saying, well, he s got nothing to say because nothing bad happened. no story. they are worried this is someone who does have a family, who potentially could be facing a lengthy prison sentence if he doesn t cooperate with prosecutors, and in the president s world, people around him, they find loyalty often is a one-way street. the president demands loyalty. he doesn t always give it back. the question is will cohen reciprocate? ashley, serious question intended without snark, and that is what is rudy giuliani supposed to help with on this laundry list that so far we ve just run through? that is a great question and a fair question. and the answer is sort of twofold. his stated role is that, you know, he s basically going to allegedly come in and talk to mueller s office and put an end to this probe very quickly. that s simply not going to happen. let s just be clear about that. and even some of the president s aides sort of question the wisdom of bringing in someone
uh-huh. this is a tougher one. look, the question i would have, twofold, one was the information classified? i think he testified under oath before congress that he didn t actually take the memos themselves. but he created a non-classified version, according to his testimony, that he then turned over to his pal who was a law professor. daniel richmond. who then leaked them to the new york times. is it not the case that i ve read i think the point has been made that whether or not it s classified is not the point. it s the fact that it s unauthorized. that s what s against the law. 1924. statute. another interesting point, certainly that comey s lawyers would likely raise in this situation, comey is a person that can classify and declassify information. uh-huh. as a head of an agency.
uh-huh. this is a tougher one. look, the question i would have, twofold, one was the information classified? i think he testified under oath before congress that he didn t actually take the memos themselves. but he created a non-classified version, according to his testimony, that he then turned over to his pal who was a law professor. daniel richmond. who then leaked them to the new york times. is it not the case that i ve read i think the point has been made that whether or not it s classified is not the point. it s the fact that it s unauthorized. that s what s against the law. 1924. statute. another interesting point, certainly that comey s lawyers would likely raise in this situation, comey is a person that can classify and declassify information. uh-huh. as a head of an agency.
one person said several people in the room knew that time line mr. kelly had presented was false. so kellyanne conway says the president has absolute confidence in john kelly. but twofold, most other people in the white house don t. and the public doesn t. so many people in the public don t. so doesn t it get bigger than the president saying he s my guy? i mean, the president said bill o reilly, he s my guy, and we know how it turned out for him. part of your job when you work in the west wing is to have political antenna. to have political radar. to sense how things are going and how things are going to play. going back to the first moment that people in the white house knew about this situation, there was a failure to recognize how this was going to play. like the stakes here. let alone the environment that we are now in where there s now more rightful attention to these issues. you add on to that the l.a. times today reporting that
there. likewise for da ca, dreamers need to be treated fairly and equity. the were dirty word in washington is compromise. as we move into the new year both of those want the same thing, a question how we get there. we compromise in private lives, business lives, we have to do so in political life as well. the art of the deal is real, it is going to happen and a secure border, equitable and fair solution to dreamers. rob: what is the problem with the wall? the left identifies it as a racist idea or they have an issue with putting a wall there? twofold. one, symbolism surrounding the wall basically saying we are not welcoming individuals from south of the border so we put a