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to roll the dice and gamble. i think the question of a pardon is huge. and intimidating to the whole process here and the president is wise to step back and not do that because the act of that and interesting to see. the mueller team can look at that as destructive conduct. in these circumstances what is best for him and, honestly, the best thing to do is not to plead but to cooperate, as well. reverend al sharpton who is one of the few people that michael cohen has reached out to to discuss where his head is at but right now where his head is at but what about exactly is going to happen. he has come to an agreement with the prosecutors in the southern district of new york. that is not the mueller investigation. we need to figure out what role the mueller investigation is going to have in this agreement. in the end, this all has to be presented to a federal judge,
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For president trump to go to the cameras and talk. that s not going to happen on departure. he s not leaving by helicopter. he s going to be motorcading down to andrew s air force base. in the morning an opportunity for the president to invite the cameras in and roundtable and so far it has been silence from the white house and they could just be waiting to get the details on what michael cohen is pleading to. just like all of us, really want to get into what sort of offer was made, what he s offered to give in return. white house is just as hungry for that information, i suspect, as we are. so, so far, ali, no official updates from the white house. we will hear from the president tonight at 7:00. he has a rally in west virginia. you know, the president s team is doubling down on the attacks on the manafort, i m sorry, on the mueller investigation and the attempts to undermine that with rudy giuliani in over drive. any sense from the white house whether they think that is actually wo