inequalities going on in the country. it s about race and he tries to downplay that it s not about race, but we all know it is. with us this sunday to share their reporting and insights, i will yan na jackson of politico and harry bacon and katelan collins. one who defied his subpoena and challenging the legality of the investigation. also a new response, it appears to be much more a stalling tactic. did not appear to close the big gap whether the president will refuse to answer questions. the big case brought by the special counsel will likely go to the jury in the week ahead. prosecutors could rest their case as early as tomorrow. they witnessed the past week to paint as a greedy sleezy crook who lied to banks to get loans and hiding millions in overseas
business, dan. i want to ask you about this because rudy giuliani first told our team that it would happen by monday or tuesday. today is wednesday. now it is most likely, according to information that i just got from giuliani as well as peter alexander. is this a stalling tactic or is this legit? it will, i don t think it s a stalling tactic to wait from monday to wednesday. i think that realistically this interview is never going to happen. so to some extent is it a stalling tactic to play a longer game and to keep these negotiations alive so that rudy giuliani and can build up a narrative that basically says we tried to negotiate, mueller is unreasonable, so therefore we cannot allow the president to go and be interviewed. because the one thing lost in all this is it s pretty remarkable that the president of the united states would not submit to an interview with investigators about an investigation related to his
first. i don t think there has been any evidence that any collusion has occurred as distinct from some things that may politically painful but legally significant. melissa: we have heard from the president s side before they want to bring this to an end they want to make a decision whether they will sit down and not sit down and not panned out before when we have heard this talk. is there a chance this is sort of a not even a stalling tactic that they feel like the issue is working for them and they continue to talk about it both the president and his lawyer tweeting and talking and his lawyer giving interviews because they feel like it fuels this narrative that, you know, it s a witch-hunt and that sort of thing? well, it s possible. there is nothing wrong. that kind of investigation though frankly any type of investigation involving public figures, you have two teams. defense and the prosecutor engaging in let s call
they don t want to have him answer in person with the special counsel investigators, so we ll see. we don t know whether or not this is the proposal that will win the day. obviously this is something that again has been going on for about eight months. is this simply part of a new stalling tactic? how likely is it that the president will sit down with mueller? so far the special counsel has not been willing to budge on the idea that they want a sit down interview with the president, that for this investigation to be over, for it to be wrapped up, especially the obstruction of justice questions, wolf, for that to happen, the president has to sit down with the special counsel. so we ll see. it doesn t seem likely the special counsel will accept this idea either. the trump campaign chairman paul manafort, his trial has been delayed until next week, but potential jurors were given a questionnaire to determine their ability to serve. what stood out to you, evan, about the questionnair
pr move, partly a stalling tactic and a way to mine the special counsel for information, to find out just what robert mueller knows. the special counsel, which is customary, is saying nothing about this, alex. all right, thank you, jeff bennett at the white house. we are just a day away from the president s supreme court picks. more details on why the frontrunner may not be a slam-did you think. > slam-dunk. also is the president asking for advice on the meeting with putin? we ll be back. but thanks to our forester, neither did our story. and that s why we ll always drive a subaru.