i do think robert mueller will issue his report this summer. he doesn't want to interfere with the midterm elections that is why jim comey was criticized to post to the elections that is a constitutional rabbit hole. so we will produce a report this is different from the starr report a few years ago. it required him to write a report and then sending that to congress. so the special counsel governing this matter and then he could just sit on the no requirement to make it public but then he also has to comply with grand jury secrecy rules and and it makes you wonder if we ever will see a full report in public because of the classified nature and secrecy.d d s for their consideration because president trump has made it clear he doesn't want that report to go. forward. you are on thein with nelson cunningham go ahead. >> caller: >> comparing this to clinton and nixon and so forth but that is a contrived situation to make a list like something happenedha and now we want the president to determine on the interview. that doesn't even make sense. who

robert mueller and rod rosenstein are republicans. and he appointed rod rosenstein. >> we are all over you, mr. president. >> nicolle wallace, thank you very much, and congratulations. >>> ifs monday, allow myself to pardon myself. tonight, absolute power, and absolution. >> the president hasn't done anything wrong. >> then why is presi

today robert mueller also indicted konstantin kilimnik. these charges are related to the charges manafort is facing regarding his foreign lobbying work before he joined the trump campaign. and breaking tonight the legal team has responded to these charges. from a scant record the special counsel conjures a sinister plot to corruptly persuade two of mr. manafort's former business associates to perjure themselves in the upcoming trial in september. the new charges should be seen for what it is, an attempt to derail the modified conditions of rae lease at the 11th hour. there's no reason to believe the newest charge has increased the flight risk. joining us now barbara mcquade, an msnbc legal contributor. and matt miller former spokesman for attorney general eric holder. barbara, first to you in this argument that manafort's lawyers are trying to make, they're trying to say not only is there very little evidence that mueller's team has produced, a couple text messages that were short text messages but also in talking about or filing this it c

and he wants special counsel robert mueller to investigate. yesterday congressman adam schiff released a letter he sent to the committee's chairman devin nunes two weeks ago asking him to give mueller the transcripts of the interviews the committee conducted during its investigation. in the letter schiff wrote, these materials may be important to mr. mueller's investigation and shed additional light on the issues of collusion and obstruction of justice. i also have concerns that certain witnesses may have testified untruthfully before our committee and believe that mr. mueller should consider whether perjury charges are warranted in light of the additional evidence in his possession. congressman schiff told nbc news he thinks donald trump jr., roger stone and erik prince are among those who should be investigated for potential perjury. all the house intelligence committee's interviews were closed-door. according to schiff the committee was supposed to publically release the transcripts after chairman nunes ended the investigation in march but

the confidential letter from president trump's lawyers to special counsel robert mueller revealed the shocking claim that he can end the russia investigation at any time for any reason. bumpy road ahead days before the june 12th summit in singapore. james mattis outlines what it would take for north korea to get sanctions relief and will not be easy. demanding truth, protesters in puerto rico call out the government saying thousands of hurricane related deaths are going underreported and unacknowledged. >> a 20-page letter drafted by president trump's legal team. in that document, they assert the president can not be forced to testify and they argue he could not have obstructed justice because he has absolute authority over all federal investigations. that letter was hand delivered to robert mueller back in january of this year, here's the commander in chief's current attorney earlier today weighing in on the merits of that letter and on the power of the presidency. >> first of all, i didn't make the argument but i agree with most of it as any lawyer, i probably would have organized i

it was hand-delivered to robert mueller by trump's lawyers in january. what did robert mueller and the special counsel's office do after they received this letter? well, in fact, shortly after this letter from the president's wyers was delivered to robert mueller, robert mueller did in fact do something that we could all see in public. just a few weeks after receiving this letter from trump's lawyers robertueerunleashed a surprised. a surprise. he unsealed what was a big surprise indictment that nobody saw the only time we ever see mueller act in public is when he indicts somebody, right? well, before this letter went to mueller's office in january, before then we'd seen mueller indict trump's campaign manager -- campaign chair, paul manafort. and his deputy campaign chair, rick gates. we'd seen a guilty plea from this papadopoulos guy who had also worked on the campaign. and from mike flynn, who had worked on the campaign and been knowable if not googleable people involved directly in the trump campaign. but then after mueller got this letter from trump

here it is. >> do you still believe that robert mueller is committed to wrapping this up by september 1st? >> i believe he is because of the midterm elections. he's as sensitive as everybody to not do another comey and interfering horribly in the election. i don't think it had as big an impact as some people think, but they have a right to think that. second, i do think that it's still an open question, but it's beginning to get resolved in favor. >> i want to first address this time livethis timeline, sean. september 1st. what makes him so confident? he was asked whether he believes it'll be wrapped up. wrapped up is one thing. taking a break, taking a pause for the midterm elections might be another. >> yeah, you know, it's unclear exactly what is driving him to believe in this potential timeline. we've heard from republicans for months that they are hoping that this investigation winds down in a timely manner. as it has gone on, you've heard republicans say, let's let this thing play out, let's not interfere, and hopefully this will wrap up in a timely manner. there's a lot of vari

rob: do you imagine that the president will sit down with robert mueller or are democrats thinking that he's threatening to take the opportunity away? >> i don't foresee the president sitting down with robert mueller and to be quite honest if i was legal team i would not ask him to. he goes off topic here. i think it should be wrapped up in a way that people on both sides of the i'll have someceps that this was done, it was investigated and we went to full extent of the law and saw that the president of the united states did not do anything illegal that would give us all a peace of mind, it's about time that we get answers. rob: ryan, we will give you last word. the president has right to sit down anyone who wants to and he's the commander in chief. at this point, year and a half into it, they produced nothing that show collusion. obstruction justice charge seems have been politically motivate today most americans and especially republicans an independent aricansant to focus on the things that we actually care about. rob: ster still talking about closer to midterms. guy, thanks so much

they don't really know what robert mueller's intent is. giuliani said to me, for example, he wentnto some of the possibilities. it depends if he does issue a subpoena, how narrow it is or how broad it is that could determine whether or not robert mueller is successful. but -- and t the important butt -- he and the president and other members of the legal team are hoping they don't get to that point, that they can negotiate something. giuliani said they hope to do that so that they're all in control of it rather than a court. they don't know if they're going to get there, but they're certainly going to try. that is why we're at a very key moment in tim with this very important question. they were putting it off until after the north korea summit. that's over. the president knows that, his legal team knows that and robert mueller knows that. >> i suspect things are going to moving very very quickly. let's get more on all of this. democratic congressman eric swalwell of california, thanks for coming in. so the president had a chance, he stare

was hand-delivered to robert mueller by trump's lawyers in january. what did robert mueller and the special counsel's office do after they received this letter? well, in fact, shortly after this letter from the president's lawyers was delivered to robert fact do something that we could all see in public. just a few weeks after receiving this letter from trump's lawyers robert mueller unleashed a surprised. a surprise. he unsealed what was a big surprise indictment that nobody saw coming. the only time we ever see mueller act in public is when he indicts somebody, right? well, before this letter went to mueller's office in january, before then we'd seen mueller indict trump's campaign manager or campaign chair, paul manafort. and his deputy campaign chair, rick gates. we'd seen a guilty plea from this papadopoulos guy who had also worked on the campaign. and from mike flynn, who had worked on the campaign and been national security adviser. all knowable if not googlable people involved directly in the trump campaign. but then after mueller got this let

so, certainly, the lawyers are spelling out in this 20-page memo that was handed over to robert mueller's team, according to "the new york times" in january, a very broad interpretation of presidential powers. and they make the case in this letter to mueller's team that they have already been so transparent with handing over documents beyond what they really had to do, they make the argument that there's really no need for the president to have to sit down with robert mueller's team. now, for context here, mueller has made the case to the president's legal team that he does need to interview the president to understand his state of mind, his intent, to see whether he intentionally obstructed justice, but the lawyers actually cite a case called esby in which they say under that case the president must demonstrate with specificity why it is the subpoena materials here in this case the testimony contain important evidence and why this evidence is not practically available from another source, so they are basically making the argument, look, we've handed over everything to you, you don't real

the takeaway from this letter, i think, is that we know robert mueller wants to speak with the president before he wraps up the investigation. but the lawyers, and there's part of that letter. president's lawyers fear if he answers questions, the president risks exposing himself to accusations of lying to investigators, which would be perjury, and that is a potential crime and frankly an impeachable offense. >> geoff, earlier in the day, the precursors to this, was the president alluding to the department of justice, could be leaking his lawyers' letters? >> that's right. we know the "new york times" reached out to rudy giuliani who is the president's newest attorney for comment, giuliani, we can assume tipped off of the president and that's what led to the tweet where he characterizes the witch hunt, which we should say the special counsel team has racked up multiple indictments. >> nbc's jegeoff bennet. >>> let's bring in msnbc contributors. and former federal prosecute eras of about 24 hours at ag co. >> this is a story you've been following from the very start. what stood out in this

host: new charges against paul manafort from robert mueller, witness tampering. what do you think about that charge in a larger scope of the investigation and how does paul manafort play into the larger scope? guest: manafort is in a key position. person -- only american indicted by mueller who has not yet pleaded guilty. the others, michael flynn, papadopoulos, even rick gates, have pleaded guilty. manafort sits out there. one trial in july, one in september. just looking at this from a cold-blooded prosecutor standpoint, he's a dead man walking. 69 years old, facing counts in both jurisdictions that are ironclad. he took millions of dollars from the ukrainians. russians sympathizing ukrainians. failed to report himself as a foreign agent. failed to pay taxes on that money and he hid it through offshore accounts. it is cut and dried. has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the prosecutors. paul manafort is 69 years old. the only way he is going to avoid spending the rest of his life in jail is if you plead guilty and cooperates. what we are seeing right n a b

quote, in a brash assertion of presidential power, the 20-page letter sent to robert mueller contends the president cannot illegally obstruct any aspect of the investigation into russia's election meddling because the constitution empowers him to. according to the "new york times," this letter hand delivered to the special counsel's office in january by two of president trump's lawyers at the time, johnson dowd and jay sekulow. with me now is michael schmidt from the "new york times," on the investigative team there. help us distill this 20-page memo. the up shot is these lawyers believe president trump cannot be compelled to testify, he cannot be subpoenaed. >> it's a strong view of presidential power that essentially says that because the president is the head of the executive branch, he controls everything that goes on inside of it. he can end an investigation, he can pardon whom ever, his powers are essentially absolute. and this is made in the context of whether he should sit for an interview. the lawyers are arguing that mueller had no need to talk to the president because this

robert mueller -- >> so phil, what should you do. should robert mueller come out and break his silence and defend himself. >> no. there is one issue he should think about and that is timing. you don't want to have politically motivated or related indictments coming out and we have midterms coming out. and if mueller doesn't come out with something significant by the first week or two of september, then you are in trouble. with an election in november, you have to say, man, we can't roll it out right before the election and we have to wait until december. i think they ought to have something to show from the mueller investigation by september -- >> you say that you are saying what rudy giuliani says. how do you feel? are you okay. >> except for having the same hair as he does -- >> i also want to show another figure from our poll which is kind of crazy, i have to say. 42% of americans say that the president should be impeached. we can talk about that in a second. but the key thing is that is the same number that president nixon had in

trump should not sit down for an interview with robert mueller. the presence attorney said a 20 page letter to the special counsel in january, giving their views on executive authority. on why the special counsel cannot subpoena the president. hello everyone and welcome to a brand-new hour inside "americas news headquarters". i am arthel neville. >> how are you everybody? our latest development comes as the president will spend the weekend in camp david following historic visit to the white house on friday from the top korean official and former spymaster. the present declaring

or is he simply take the fall because robert mueller has nothing better? >> number one i think he is taking the fall. this did not escape the judge in virginia who is hearing the case who suggested the reason that robert mueller is going after paul manafort is to try and pressure him into pleading guilty and then somehow cooperating with donald trump. but here there has been absolutely no evidence and i of course represented the trump campaign. -- >> the attorneys have made a compelling argument. robert mueller is acting beyond the authority under the 1999 special counsel regulation. what are the charges against him, to have anything to do with the russian government and the trump campaign? >> absolutely nothing. the charges all concerning his involvement when he worked with the former president of the ukraine. and as we know he was forced out of office in 2014. other than this attempt to allege that he is engaged in obstruction, it all stopped in 2014. well before donald trump even announced he was running. >> it is definitely peculiar. i want to bond to

this letter was sent on january 29th, 2018 to robert mueller. as written by jay sekulow and his assistant. he said in july that the president didn't dictate it. then he and his assistant is were the 20-page memo that was delivered to robert mueller january 29 saying that he did dictate that. you point out that sarah huckabee sanders didn't have anything to say about it today. the communications and press teams haveains to wall themselves off from the russia investigation. it's a legition to ask sarah sanders. look, you said one thing and now somebody is saying something different. what was it that informed your first statement? she wouldn't go there. let's bring up the question from the 20-page letter that led us into this. jay sekulow and john dowd in this letter writing "you have received all of the notes, communications and testimony indicating that the president dictate add short but accurate response to "the new york times" article on behalf of his son, donald trump jr." his son made a full public disclosure regarding the meeting including

he had many meetings in regard to robert mueller with defendants he was representing. he was struck by somebody that mr. mueller said. he was gathering with his associates that any criticism of the fbi is a nonstarter. that is a quote from harvey silverglate. he said any criticism of the fbi is a nonstarter. mr. silverglate's mindset, it's a statement as to the nature of the upper echelons of the fbi. mr. trump is trying to penetrate that line of thinking right now and he's going to be going after mr. mueller in a big way, especially emboldened by this i.g. report that came out yesterday. as it now stands -- i forgot his name now. the man just sentenced to jail is going to be in jail as of now, today. he's not coming out of the courtroom. there is a gag order in effect right now. so his attorney won't be speaking either. but he's in jail and he won't be coming out until his trial. >> excellent. doug, thanks so much. so you know, doug making the point this is, chris, pretty much unprecedented, at least highly unusual that someone would have their bail revoked, this alle

he has the power to fire rod rosenstein and fire robert mueller. i believe as someone that's been in pr and politics for 15 years, the reason he's not doing so is just here purely public relatio. >> do you think he should fire them? >> i do not. if you look at a quinnipiac poll that came out today, it is interesting. it shows the voters approval ratings on this, it's odd that we're testing the approval rating of a special counsel. but that is the media climate we live in. but that showed that even though people do still trust by and large robert mueller, the special counsel's approval rating is down ten points. that is pretty significant. you hear democrats talk about how well thought of mueller is. it it's actually gone down 10%. that's happened at the same time president trump's approval ratings have gone up 7%. so that's a 17 point gap tlac. t that is pretty significant. the most important point is that it shows that nearly two-thirds of americans say they would not blame president trump if he fires robert mueller, in fact 5shgs 55% of the ameri

some just going to say robert mueller. then i'm going to say sometimes i get nervous because i think that robert mueller is the corrected that david and vanita are talking about everybody says it's okay, because robert mueller is going to save us. and almost a think sometimes we the point where there's another reality show we're watching, robert mueller show. even though it's all happening in the dark, every indictment, every leak, every whisper, every russian every transaction swells to fill the entirety of the evening news. so i think i just want to ask all of you whether we are, we just i think all agreed that may be putting too stock in impeachment is that healthy and putting our confidence in people in voting is healthy, is putting too much stock in the magic of robert mueller probe in whatever its consequences may be another version of putting too much faith in impeachment? are which is way too magical in our thinking that a lawyer on the whiteboard is going to save us all? >> well, robert mueller charge is the focus

the "new york times" obtained a memo that trump's legal team sent to robert mueller in january n. that memo, they write, it remains our position that that the president's actions here by virtue of his position as the chief law enforcement officer could neither constitutionally nor legally constitute obstruction because that would amount to him obstructing himself and that he could, if he wished terminate the inquiry or even exercise his power to pardon if he so desired. the president took notice of the story. he wrote on saturday, quote, is the special counsel justice department leaking my lawyers' letters to the fake news media. i'moined by charlie savage, the washington correspondent for the "new york times." he is also an msnbc contributor and he also is the author of the aptly titled book, power wars, the relentless rise of presidential authority and secrecy, which is really, charlie, what this conversation is about. because the way that memo reads suggests imperial power, monarchy power, not presidential power. it may be legally sound. it is certainly not what i think most am

robert mueller hasn't said those things. giuliani has seized upon that idea, there's a vacuum that he can fill. he's playing the public relations game trying to influence the public and lawmakers about this probe. but he keeps getting himself this trouble with comments like this about the first lady or the north korea negotiations. in our reporting the president to this point is still okay with giuliani being out there. but patience is wearing really thin elsewhere in the west wing. >> you know, donnie, you know pr, very, very well. if you keep making claims, when you're running gm's account, if you said hey, listen, this car is fantastic, not only are you going to get 36 miles to the gallon but you press a button and the car flies, you can fly over traffic. you don't have to worry about the hutch, you can just fly right home and the ceo says that's not really true. and you make about ten different statements like that. this chevy car sarks fantastic car, it can take turns at 45 miles per hour, stays low to the ground and it

the 13 investigators on robert mueller's team didn't appoint themselves. they didn't gather in a room and decide that they're going forward with this investigation. they were appointed to do so. is there any evidence of a framing? rudy giuliani is talking about the -- this group attempting to frame the president. what do we know about this, if anything? >> first off, when i hear somebody is being framed, aassume they've been charged. to the best of my knowledge, the president hasn't been charged. we tistill have courts. someday, whether it's the president or somebody higher up in his campaign, although, somebody his former campaign manager has been charged, whether it be some associate of his, a family member of his, at some point whatever these 13 prosecuters that he keeps talking about, and robert mueller's team is bigger. we know special agents have been assigned to the team and it's broader than just these 13 people that the president keeps referring to. at some point if charges are brought, the government will have to prove that those violations of la

to share with them such as the list of matters of inquiry from robert mueller, for example. it strikes me that this is an effort at public relations to put at least a little bit of law out there that people can hang their hat on to argue that the isinvestigation, and that he op should not have is to sit for an interview. >> just want to read a little bit from here, a couple excerpts from the memo. "this encumbrance has been compounded by the astoubdastoub public relations. we see that salvo from the two attorneys. another excerpt, "counsel for both sides developed an informal confidential and cooperative relationship to ex-petite the conclusion of the inquiry. it was agreed that all the conversations were confidential and off the record. so as to encourage candor and engagement as opposed to adversarial hostility." let's take those two in kind. starting with the last one there. there is an emphasis, barbara throughout this memo of how closely the two sides have worked together. the president's attorney is very keen to say they have been cooperative. why is that? >> well, fir

>> we are not going to let robert mueller -- i understand robert mueller is overexceeding his powers. he is feeling all of us, trump associates, when i look at my friends, the eventual indictment of stone and cohen, when i look at that, when i even look at the russian indictment. it's overly broad to me. i think he is treating us like mafia associates. and i think we're being persecuted and prosecuted because we have an association with donald trump. >> do you think he will pardon stone? >> i have no idea. >> what do you think? >> i would hope so. it goes back to the president's loyalty. he doesn't have a lot of it, i can tell you. >> and the message he's send to go robert stone, paul manafort and others is that i will pardon you? >> well, in my opinion, it looks like that. i have no idea. i can't speak on behalf of him, as you know. >> you worked for jay sekulow? >> yes. >> he wrote a letter to special counsel in january where he admits that the president dictated -- >> i would assume the president didn't tell him the full facts at the time he went up? >> so he lied to jay sekulow? >

and frank figliuzzi, who has worked for robert mueller among others in the past. gentlemen, welcome to you both. frank, reading this reporting tonight about -- in "the new york times," what stands out to you? >> a couple of thoughts, brian. first, witness tampering is a very serious offense because it goes to the heart of our justice system and the credibility of the system. and in reading the charges, we're seeing a man here, paul manafort, who just seems to have utter contempt for the system. it's very typical for your bond conditions in the federal system to say, by the way, you can't have contact with witnesses in this case. not only did he have contact with witnesses, he had contact with multiple witnesses, and he did it using encrypted applications is what we're hearing. so that itself could show the intent to corruptly communicate and alter the statements of witnesses. the witnesses themselves came forward and reported it, so they're cooperating. so we've got here somebody who is acting a whole lot like maybe he doesn't care, and maybe because he thinks a p

you know who we haven't heard from other than court documents is robert mueller. i think it's going to be very difficult to depict robert mueller as insane or needing to be committed to a psychiatric hospital when we haven't even heard the guy speak. >> kevin, that's -- amen to what jonathan just said. bob mueller has proven time and time again through every twitter news cycle that he does not care what anyone is saying about him. also proven time and time again he's not operating on anyone else's timetable but his own. he kept this investigation completely in its own lane beyond all of the political noise coming from yes the left as well as the right. that this is intensified politicized this. he's saying no, he's doing this on his terms, completely separate and independent of all of the outside noise. >> kevin and jonathan, thanks for kicking this off. we'll be back with you in a little bit to talk about scott pruitt and more. next i'll talk to a former prosecutor about how much longer the mueller investigation might last. napoon is duping us! all around louisia

in this case right now is in their lap of robert mueller. in the end we might get a good result out of this investigation showing that the russians were actually involved. but there was no collusion with the trump campaign. which is the most important thing we can do for the american public. show the president of the estates and his campaign was never involved in this and it is a made up narrative by the democrats on the left. >> we've certainly heard from you and the president on the issue. many, many times with ted as always we appreciate you being here. enjoy beautiful day in denver out there.>> thank you, god bless, have a great day!>> to you as well. shocking! there's a lot more to talk about on this topic. tomorrow, "fox news sunday", chris wallace sits down with trey gowdy at 2 pm tomorrow here on fox news channel. republicans in the meantime, liz? >> thank you. republicans in the meantime are gearing up as to gop immigration bills are expected to hit the house floor next week. the bills are in response to a failed discharge petition.

because he goes, robert mueller goes, that's what's going on. so, i detest this attorney general. he lied under oath. he has subverted our constitution and nothing to do with all of these other issues that people may disagree or agree with him about, but we're in the very, very troubling situation where we have to keep this man where he is at least for the time being to prevent this president from subverting the rule of law and i ask how did we get into this horrible situation, it's a tragedy. >>. [applause] . joyce, do you want to talk about the just sea change at the justice department? >> it is so tempting just about every day to play this game, imagine if barack obama had done whatever. and i find myself playing that game a lot, although i try to avoid it with the justice department. can you imagine if eric holder had lied under oath about contact with the russians during his confirmation hearing? right? i mean, these are very, very troubling concepts. a lot of what's happening at the justice department isn't quite that public. last week, there was a story, some of you may hav

so what else does robert mueller really need to know about it? in terms of an interview, rudy giuliani said over the weekend -- because this 20-page letter, by the way, argued the reasons to not do an interview with robert mueller. i was told by a source that the legal team wanted to get him thinking and the argument and high bar to leap to get an interview with the president. rudy giuliani saying over the weekend while they are thinking about it, they are leaning against it. so we'll see where that goes. harris? >> harris: you have given us a full report. i have one quick follow about the leak. the president may be pnting the finger to robert mueller or his team. if it were to be some sort of outside-the-circle leak, what kind of punishment would come with that? if anything? >> john: nothing. >> harris: no? >> john: nothing. confidential letter. it's not like it's top secret or classified material. it's a letter that the president's attorney wrote to robert mueller. >> harris: all right. john roberts, thank you very much. my first guest republic

and now they have to tell the truth because robert mueller knows something? >> telling the truth is not the first instinct of this crew. were there enough interviews they were backed into it? it isn't just the denials by sarah sanders and sec low. but even in the admission they say it is a short but accurate statement which is itself a fundamental falsehood. they can't help themselves with this stuff. >> it's a lie. his lawyer lied repeatedly to the american people. unless the president flat-out lied to him, which is possible someone is lying there. i said forget for a moment it is about this meeting. this is dishonesty about something that is crucial to the entire investigation. the trump tower meeting where they were promised dirt on hillary clinton. they are telling lies about that crucial meeting. >> right. if you're a special prosecutor looking into this, you would like to question the president about the the circumstances of the meeting, what he knew, what he didn't know. given the lies surrounding it, it becomes something that you grow even more suspic

tweeting he has the absolute right to pardon himself and slamming the appointment of robert mueller as unconstitutional. refusing to answer. white house press secretary sarah sanders dodges questions about why she told reporters the president had no role in drafting a statement defending son's meeting with russians when his lawyers say he dictated the entire thing. why wouldn't the white house admit that it changes itstory. >>> first appearance. after more than three weeks out of the public eye, the first lady is scheduled to attend a white house event this hour honoring gold star families. why has she waited until now to appear in front of others. and replacing kim's generals. kim jong-un purges three of the top military leadersad of the summit with president trump. tonight new details of the upcoming meeting and how it may be influencing kim's decision. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. the white houseeppered with questions about a false statement made and about president trump's claim that

robert mueller files charges against paul manafort as well as one his time business associate. what mueller is alleging manafort has been doing while under house arrest. >>> pandserring to russia. president trump says the world's largest democracies should readmit russia into their alliance four years after kicking vladmir putin out. why is the president once again backing the controversial russian leader? >>> positive about pardons. calling his power to grant clem si clemcy for pardons. he is asking nfl player to suggest who they know. >>> honoring an icon. tonight we remember chef, author and adventure, anthony bourdain who took his life today. what are the warning signs and where can you turn for help? i'm wolf blitzer. you're main "the situation room" >>> we're following multiple breaking stories. president trump is meeting with the allies he just antagonized by opposing new tariffs and said russia should be readmitted. robert mueller had filed a new indictment containing extra charges against paul manafort and one of his close colleagues. we'll discuss all of this and much

here is the key part of their letter to robert mueller linked to "the new york times." here it is. let's talk about it. joining us now to discuss is legal annist and criminal defense page pates and sxu constitutional attorney. i'll pull this straight from the letter the president can neither constitutionally obstruct because of being president. >> i think that is incorrect. the chiefxecutive officer the president determines what can happen in the department of justice. he is the guy on top. if he wants a particular investigation to end for a good reason or even for no reason, he can do that. the difference with the obstruction of justice statute it prohibits someone from ending an investigation or obstructing an investigation with a jupt intent. in this case the corrupt intent is either protect myself as the president or people close to me, my family, my advisers, that sort of thing. i think a president can commit the crime of obstruction of justice if he is doing anything in an investigation to stop it, hinder it or throw it off course with intent of corruption. >> will they sit d

trump should not sit down for an interview with robert mueller. the presence attorney said a 20 page letter to the special counsel in january, giving their views on executive authority. on why the special counsel cannot subpoena the president. hello everyone and welcome to a brand-new hour inside "americas news headquarters". i am arthel neville. >> how are you everybody? our latest development comes as the president will spend the weekend in camp david following historic visit to the white house on friday from the top korean official and former spymaster. the present declaring aging 12 summit in singapore with kim jong-un is officially back on. what can we expect? ellison barber is live on the north one of the white house with the very latest. we've heard a lot about the letter that kim jong-un gave to the president through his adversary. we do we know what is in it? >> in terms of the letter that kim jong-un said to be delivered to president trump, we do now know that the president did read that letter. initially when he spoke to report as he sa

. >>> special counsel robert mueller's office is adding charges against paul manafort. here's more from washington. >> reporter: paul manafort was facing two dozen charges for financial crimes and for lobbying on behalf of foreign governments. he is now facing charges of obstruction for tampering with witnesses. special counsel robert mueller filed these charges as part of their effort to have man affords -- paul metaphor -- metaphor -- manafort bailrevoked. saying th the special injures a sinister plot to corruptly persuade two of this or manafort's former business associate to prove -- purchase -- perjure themselves. these charges are for alleged crimes that took place before he worked on the trumps campaign. trump was asked if he was considering pardoning them? >> they haven't been convicted. it's far too early to be thinking about that. >> reporter: special counsel robert mueller's team also issued charges against another man who is in russia. in washington, garrett tenney, fox news. >>> short-term rental companies are teaming up with the city for new pilot program.

robert mueller and his team are not watching the tv. they're not doing their investigation that way. they're following the facts and they'll see where it leads and they don't really worry too much about bogus interpretations of the law. the problem here is that not ons and trum himself,ou can go back six months. john dowd, one of the attorneys, no longer representing the president, but one of the attorneys who wrote this memo that was ined by the "times." six months earlier he was saying the same thing publicly, expressing -- arguing for a really broad interpretation of the president's authority here that a lot of constitutional experts think is just not true. the thing here that they are doing is obviously they are talking to people in the country, they are trying to get people used to the idea of a president with vast powers. the president himself is doing it with the pardons making people get a little used to the idea of seeing pardons in the news every day, even though they seemingly don't have much to do with the special counsel's

because if he goes robert mueller goes. lying under oath and has nothing to do with those other issues that we are in a very troubling situation to keep this man were he is for the time being. and from subverting the rule of law. [applause] would that change at the justice department? >> but then imagine if barack obama had done whatever. >> and to avoid that with the justice department if eric holder had lied under oath during his confirmation? these are troubling concepts isn't quite that public into with the attorney general session and the prosecutors across the country through the 93 u.s. attorneys offices nationwide. and what does that mean? he will have a greater capacity to carry out his priority is attorney general. and priority numbers. and loretta lynch made those decisions about those priorities and prosecutors should think about doing fewer but more significant cases. go after public corruption or white-collar crime. cartel or civil rights or immigration cases. under the obama administration and then to prosecu

mueller. the possible blueprint for their defense, claiming the president cannot illegally obstruct justice. >>> and pet transport nightmare. a beloved dog flying cross-country to be reunited with its owner. why he didn't survive. the airline responding tonight. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday and we begin tonight with the terrifying scene on a little league baseball field. a woman driving her car onto the field, tearing across the diamond in sanford, maine. young children and coaches nerea sc screaming in the stands. abthin driver, now facing is lia shefs.ge starts us off. images. ivdr o of ront little league baseball game. >> get off the field. scra f tngives in mb sanford,he miraine. that car seen here driving on >> kids on the field were running in every which direction. a lot of screaming and yelling in the park itself. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: 14-year-old makenna capturing the horrifying incident on her cell phone. her friend zachary, pitching the game. >>

and flew to london and involved in the investigation and robert mueller appointed this guy. when are the charges against him coming? >> i don't think there is any doubt that the inspector general's report will deal with that. it is it impossible to not to. i expect to deal with it. strzok is a serious person in all of this. he would be someone because of the knowledge he has of comey and other activities who may be immunized. but my guess is, there will be criminal referrals from the investigation involving the way the f.b.i. covered up the clinton investigation and basically as a bunch of dirty cops led by senior dirty cop, james comey through the case. it is most embarrassing situation in the history of the f.b.i. >> sean: there are 30 f.b.i. agents and predict they are heroes in the story and want to tell the story of how corrupt their bosses are. they ever the heroes. sarah carter and greg jarret and also jesse waters and who is going to win tonight and much more. and the safey for "most parallel parallel parking job" goes to... [ drum roll ] ...emily lapier from ames, i

he lieed to the fbi and was involved in the investigation of trump and robert mueller appointed this guy. when are the charges against him coming? >> i don't think there is any doubt the inspector general's report will deal with all of that. peter strzok is a serious person. he would be someone because of the knowledge he has of comey, he may be immunized. there will be criminal referrals from the investigation involving the way the fbi covered up the clinton investigation led by the senior dirty cop james comey through the case. it's the most embarrassing situation in the fbi. >> sean: there are fbi agents that want to tell the story of ou corrupt their bosses are. they will be the heroes the rank and file. sarah carter and jesse watters and who will win tonight and much more straight ahead. for my constipation, my doctor recommended i switch to miralax. stimulant laxatives forcefully stimulate the nerves in your colon. miralax is different. it works with the water in your body. unblocking your system naturally. miralax. now available in convenient single-serve mix-in pax. let's do

trump spare george papadopoulos after he ered with robert mueller. a new green light for a lawsuit against the president by a former apprentice contestant. the president may now be forced to answer questions under oath. we want to welcome our viewers in the united statnd around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news on the president. picking new fights with some of his favorite targets.s accusing eagles of a political stunt. this as mr. trump goes eve

host: advice to robert mueller. guest: carry on as quickly as you can and try as best you can to steel yourself against all of the noise in the media. just get your job done as honestly as you can. host: steve twitter. guest: i believe that a sitting president can be indicted but that is not the policy of the justice department. my own view is that no one is above the law. that includes the president of the united states. in the clinton versus jones civil litigation involving the allegations of paula jones, that the then governor of arkansas had engaged in sexual hairsment of really rassdzer grotesque way, that is the allegation, never proven. the case was never tried. it was eventually settled. but a unanimous supreme court concluded that the president has to respond to civil litigation, does not even get a postponement until the time he is through with his office. that he leaves office. that's the basis for my view. however, the justice department official position embodied in the office of legal counsel opinion f

robert mueller has 49 questions he wants to ask president trump. or if you want to make it easier on yourself, just ask trump one question, and he'll give you 49 different answers. [ cheers and applause ] "i did -- i did meet with him, but i also didn't. [ laughter ] so whichever one of those is best for me legally, just put that down." that's right, robert mueller wants to ask president trump 49 questions, which is about 49 more than sarah sanders has ever answered. [ cheers and applause ] president trump's former doctor, harold bornstein -- is claiming that the trump's lawyer and body guard raided his office and took trump's medical records. though, personally i find it a little hard to believe this guy kept records. [ laughter ] they might have been looking for medical records, but they probably left with super tramp records. [ scattered applause ] "hey, man, be careful with those, those are mint." founder mark zuckerberg announced today that facebook has developed a new dating platform and promises the site is not for hookups and will not conne

the us special counsel robert mueller has filed new criminal charges against president trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort. he's accused of obstructing justice. today, fans and friends of anthony bourdain are mourning his death. the celebrity chef and tv personality was found dead in his french hotel room. many are shocked that the man who widened horizons with his food tourism would take his own life. it's the second high profile suicide this week — fashion designer kate spade died on tuesday. from new york, neda tawfik reports. i have eaten a lot of really nasty things may show... anthony bourdain was a culinary rock star who was unpretentious about his food and his company. his taste for adventure and his honest reflection captivated audiences and let them hungry for more. his sudden death came as a great shock. television network cnn which carried his food and travel shows said the chef took his own life. anthony bourdain was in france, working on the series when he was found unresponsive in his hotel room by a friend and fellow chef. he first gained attention with h

. >> so somewhat the state of play right now exactly with robert mueller? he's not responded to the letter. >> he's responded to other things. if i were him, i wouldn't make the response unless i decided if i'm going to go or not go. i better spend a month on it. emmett flood, the president's -- let's say in-house counsel. >> in the white house. yeah. >> this is his area of expertise. he represented president clinton. represented president bush. this is the area he knows probably better than anybody in the world. we're relying on him, as well as jay. john did an excellent job. everyone we have had look at this says, i guess what lawyers always say, we can't guarantee it. but 90%. i should say 70%. >> back in 1998, you argued matter clinton could be subpoenaed. here's what you said to charlie rose. >> all of the watergate litigation resolved that the president is not above the law. is not able to avoid subpoenas and the president has a right, like anyone else, to go before a judge and say, this is being done for an improper purpose. this is being done for pu