but first, a moment in court the judge called outrageous and simply not allowed. good day. i m chris jansing alongside andrea mitchell and katy tur and they are back in the courtroom. the judge is now planning to issue a new instruction to the jury after trump s defense attorney made a remark that the jury, quote, cannot send someone to prison based on the words of michael cohen. the judge did not like that at all and blasted todd blanche for even raising the idea of trump going to prison. it s not in the jury s purview. and of course, you can t unring the bell and now we are all watching to just see how the prosecution tries to rebut the defense s portrayal of michael cohen as someone with an ax to grind and quote, the greatest liar of all time, that he called the gloat. vaughn hillyard is with us, danny, catherine christian. both are msnbc legal analysts. okay, they are already back, as we said. we have a little bit of color from inside the room. all the attorneys are
commentary we got from capitol hill. a lot of people saying bob mueller, if you have something, come out with it, we can t wait, we can t sit on this any longer. does the release of this statement tell you anything about pressure and the special counsel? well i mean the pressure is obvious anyway. i think the danger of it is the comey episode. once you start on this slippery slope, how do you stop it? so now that he commented on this the next time there s something slightly wrong or dramatically wrong, does he have to say something? if he starts rebutting everything that somebody says, that s going to be completely contrary to how the department of justice functions, how a special prosecutor functions. it is, i mean we have no leaks during watergate ever and they ve had no leaks, either. the three times they ve spoken before this one, were announcements that were public. it becomes a certain sense, i don t think he will have to. because of all the talk of impeachment 15 hours, mayb