Virginia Lieutenant Governor ralph northam. Democratic candidate for governor. Well be watching next week to see how you do. Thank you for joining us, sir. Thanks so much, katy. That wraps things up for me this hour. Ali velshi, my friend it is friday. Are you done . The president is overseas. Right. I think were going to have a quiet weekend. I dont know. Just say it. Might have a quiet weekend. Theres always one. I have property to sell you in florida. Katy have a great afternoon and i hope you do have a quiet weekend. I hope we all do. Im ali val shi, as katy alluded to, President Trump will arrive in hawaii, the one stop before he kicks off his highstakes visit to asia. The longer overseas trip of any president since 1991, but the president is traveling with some hefty political baggage as the russia investigation looms. Mr. President , do you remember George Papadopolos during that march meeting i dont remember much about that meeting. It was a very unimportant meeting that took p
vowed war against establishment republicans. anyone who opposes trump and more importantly the special counsel in the russia investigation robert mueller. political reports bannon has been pushing president trump to apply pressure against mueller raising questions over whether or not those conversations are legal. joining me, co-authors and chief white house ethics lawyer for president george h.w. bush so he knows a few about these things. richard, what potentially about steve bannon talking to donald trump about russia and mueller would be illegal? they are conflict of issues statute. 18 united states code 207 prohibits a former senior official from representing back to the united states government, an agency they worked at. here it would be the white house with intent to influence the white house decisions on any