a wall. so far she s been able to hold her caucus together. we ll so see if she can do it 18 1/2 days. amazing. for somebody that doesn t know what is going on, you re well-versed and detailed. i m like that old 1950s sign. don t know much. neil: we should all not know so much. thanks, john. you bet. neil: let s get the rita from john brasso. is it your sense that we risk another government shut down? it s my sense that we need to keep the government open. we need to secure the border and start dealing with our broken immigration system. that s what i heard in wyoming over the weekend. people said happy to see the government open. now it s time to secure the border. neil: what if they don t do that? would you advise the president going to what we did last time? no, i wouldn t. but he certainly has the authority to do that, i believe.
things to try to hamstring the investigation. he could try to limit the budget. he could say, as he has in the past in addition to that actual clip about this being a lynch mob and not cooperating with mueller s team. and also about not trying this being something beyond the pale and passing a red line, but looking into finances. the interesting thing about what he said then until now is the same. at this point in time, he s no more well-briefed or well-versed in the mueller probe than perhaps anyone at this table. the reason for that is as chief of staff of jeff sessions, who has been recused, he also should not have been privy to the information. so he ll have to be essentially briefed in at this point in time. and he may have some revelations about his own words. they may come back to haunt him. there actually may be some credence. and by all accounts, including rod rosenstein, just three weeks ago, the american people should have confidence in what the investigation holds and is
the more they can muddy things up, the better for them. isn t it true also that rudy giuliani is just one piece, he s the public piece. jay sekulow is on the president s legal team. there s a couple from florida on the legal team. emmet flood is involved. other people do the lawyering. rudy the clown. rudy is the fog machine, and that is the strategy. rudy is the public relations person. he s the person out there in front. but i think that we must can i make a quick point about hang on, harry, let me get to the rev and we ll finish with you. when you make the point about coverage, you have to deal with who is the judge of the competence, and that s the president. he s saying and doing as inconsistent as it is what the president wants. that s right. he is not looking for a legitimate, consistent, well versed lawyer. he s looking for a mouth piece that will go out there and say whatever i want said, exactly the way i want it said. and that s what giuliani does. an
person. he s the person out there in front. but i think that we must can i make a quick point about hang on, harry, let me get to the rev and we ll finish with you. when you make the point about coverage, you have to deal with who is the judge of the competence, and that s the president. he s saying and doing as inconsistent as it is what the president wants. that s right. he is not looking for a legitimate, consistent, well versed lawyer. he s looking for a mouth piece that will go out there and say whatever i want said, exactly the way i want it said. and that s what giuliani does. and i think that if we re looking for somebody that would follow the letter of what a lawyer supposed to do, you don t have a client that is looking for that at all. he gives directions and runs and turns on the television and sees if you did it the way i told you. harry?
de-nuclearization piece. john bolton very hard care and effective on these issues. the question is is the president well versed and insist upon that agenda. you write about the incredible and intense preparations that are happening on june 12. i have not yet started packing. what do you have? when you do a summit like this someone described to us like an iceberg. we only see a little bit on top but so much goes into it. everything from drilling down on the negotiating positions, how you define nuclearization and how you negotiate to verify this but also all kinds of protocol items things like who walks into the room first, where the water glasses go, how many security guards are there. teams of people here, ing singapore are going over all of the details right now. i know that the public conversation right now is about