bit, i m feeling fine now. happy to have you back. the looking good. oh, thank you. you re outnumbered. i am. thank you very much. good to be here. president trump s legal team taking on tougher tone to deal with special counsel robert mueller, his new attorney rudy giuliani explaining why he doesn t want the president to sit down for an interview with robert mueller. because they are trying to trap, you couldn t put a lawyer on the show who wants to keep his law license to tell you to testify. they don t have a case on collusion or obstruction, they are asking all kind of questions about what do you feel and think. i will walk him into prosecution for perjury? giuliani was asked if he believes the president could be forced to testify before a grand jury, watch what he said. we don t have to, he s the president of the united states. we can assert the same privilege as other presidents have. are you confident the president will not take the fifth in this case? h
and later, my conversation with senator kiersten gillibrand. but first we are following a wave of breaking news. rudy giuliani tells the new york times and nbc news robert mueller will seek to conclude his investigation into collusion with russia by september 1st. so far we have not heard anything from the special counsel ourselves. robert costa from the washington post reports an important asterisk. that deadline might hold true if the president sits for an interview. at the same time, president trump ordering the justice department to investigate an if in fib informant who was used in the early stages of the russia probe. the president tweeting, quote, i here by demand and will do so officially tomorrow that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi/doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes. as for the president using the power of his office to intervene in an ongoing justice department
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at low containment. bill: it s a big job. probably something we deal with all week. thank you live in redding, california. sandra: president trump raising the stakes in the battle over the border wall threatening to shut down the government if he doesn t get the funding he has been demanding. the president firing off this warning a short time ago tweeting quote, i would be willing to shut down government if the democrats do not give us the votes for border security. which includes the wall. must get rid of lottery, catch and release, etc. and go to system of immigration based on merit. we need great people coming into our country. doug mcelway live at the white house this morning. doug, an interesting tactic to see a republican president embracing the prospects of a government shutdown. it sure is. history has shown that whenever there has been a government shutdown in the past it is the republican party that takes the blame for it and i
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crime. colluding about russians. you start analyzing the crime, the hacking is the crime. the hacking is the crime. the president it s a sign the president s legal team is is trying move the goal posts on the probe as the investigation moves closer to president trump s inner circle, he s trying to distance him from manafort. he was never involved in intimate business relationship with donald trump. the president s lawyer is doing the talking for the president on all things russia. all things michael chone and he s doing quite a lot of talk ing. jake. jeff, thanks so much. let s talk to our experts. laura coates, our former federal prosecutor, i want you to listen about what the crime might have been. i don t know if that s a crime. colluding about russians. start analyzing the crime, the hacking is the crime. the president didn t hack. before we get to the moving of the g
A news show featuring the top headlines of the day from pop culture to politics, which are discussed by a rotating panel of four women and one man. harris: i hear you saying david: it sounds like the m.o. it sounds like their m.o. but the fact is that for decades and, of course, we got to realize vladimir putin is part of the old soviet union. k.g.b. guy at heart. they have been trying to sow dissent in the united states since stalin was in power and even before that. they continue to do that. it s just the method of delivery has changed. that is what they re focusing on now. there hasn t been enough done in the past. probably isn t enough done now. i don t think it is ever going to stop. harris: senator lindsey graham says he is working to introduce a russia, quote/unquote, sanctions bill from hell. go for it. trump has been tough on russia, as we should. so i have no problem to continue sanctions on russia. of course we have to take the cyber security issues seriously.