all the way to the supreme court. this is a fight that will go on forever. they've been fighting this for centuries. >> a beautiful land out there. thanks for your report. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, above the law. whether the president obstructed justice, his lawyers say it's not possible. he's the president. the former campaign chairman contacting a russian while he was on bail. and breaking news, the supreme court allowing the trump travel ban to take effect as he wished it to. i'm erin burnett out front tonight. obstruction of justice, that's

what the president of the united states could be facing tonight. president trump knew flynn misled the fbi weeks before he actually fired flynn. don mcgann told trump in january that flynn misled pence and investigators. the president did not act on that recommendation for weeks many this is a bombshell development and it creates huge problems for the president. who even today tried to defend his ex national security adviser. >> i feel badly for general flynn. he's led a strong life.

and i feel badly. i will say this, hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi and nothing happened to her. flynn lied and they destroyed his life. i think it's a shame. >> trump leaving unanswered this key question about general flynn. >> thank you very much. >> did you lie to the fbi? >> trump's problems garn when he fired off a series of angry tweets this weekend in the wake of flynn's guilty plea to lying to the fbi. among them, i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. remember, back in may, trump said he fired flynn, because he lied to pence. he did not mention in anyway shape or format that time that flynn had lied to the fbi. >> my white house council came to me, they had -- i believe, two meetings and we ultimately fired. but we fired for a different

reason. >> you're talking about general flynn? >> general flynn. yes. >> because of lying to the vice president? >> yeah, but everything plays in. everything plays into it, we fired him because he said something to the vice president that was not so. >> now again, we are reporting that trump fired flynn because he lied to pence and the fbi. we're reporting in a don mcgann told donald trump about the fbi lie in january. now, keep in mind when the president met with the fbi director, the day after firing flynn, he asked comey if he could see his way to letting this go, to letting flirn go. now, john dowd, trump's personal attorney jumped in to do damage control today. he wrote trump's tweet, saying it's a matter of sloppy wording, that excuse is troubling, he has tweeted 3,000 times since he was elected president to date. no one has come forward to take

credit for writing trump's tweets until this one. trump's tweets are official statements, according to his own spokesman. >> are president trump's tweets considered official white house statements? >> well, the president is the president of the united states, so they're considered official statements by the president of the united states. >> they are considered official statements by the president of the united states. except for when they don't like what it says and they want to blame it on one of his attorneys for the first time in 3,000 tweets. he tried one other way unite today, saying, in an interview, the president cannot obstruct justice, because he is the chief law enforcement officer under constitution article 11, and has every right to express his view of every case. he's admitting the case was obstruction it sounds like, but the president can't be charged with it because he's the president? is there any sense inside the white house that this attempt to

do damage control over this tweet is working or making things worse? >> they're certainly not acknowledging publicly this was a misstep, i think as you've heard, in the best case scenario, this was a clumsy attempt by the president's attorney to try to sort of clean things up or explain things, in a worse case situation, this could open the president up to even more legal jeopardy, it is a bizarre situation as you pointed out, we are used to the president crafting his own tweets, dictating his own tweets. with the help of some lower level aids. we're not used to any of his lawyers coming forward and insisting they're the ones that are crafting these tweets, as you know, normally, a lawyer in a situation like this, isn't encouraging someone at the center of it, to get out, to speak out publicly. part of what you're seeing in this white house is a story we've seen time and time again. the president is often dead set

on getting a message out. he's going to do it whether his staff wants him to or not. and a big part of working in this white house has been swallowing hard and zealing with the aftermath. >> i guess if you're jim dowd trying to edit or help construct a tweet that says what the president wants it to say. >> thank you very much sarah murray. now, more breaking news in the russia investigation, we have gotten some court documents in a few moments ago. from k.t. mcfarland. the deputy adviser under michael flynn. when she was asked if she was aware of any communications between flynn and the russian ambassador. well, it appears she's saying different things. manu, what are you learn willing from these documents? >> that's right, k.t. mcfar land was nominated to be the ambassador to singapore. as part of her confirmation proceedings, she was asked this, according to documents that we

have just obtained, it's a question from cory booker, senator on the committee, did you ever discuss any of general flynns contacts with russian ambassador sergei kislyak directly with general flynn? in response, i am not aware of any of the issues or events as described above. now, this is significant because in those court documents that were unsealed on friday, they revealed a senior transition official in late december did speak with general flynn about what flynn should talk to sergei kislyak about, in the aftermath of the obama administration, imposing new sanctions on russia. clearly, a contradiction from what she told the committee. and what this documents are now revealing from mueller's case, we reached out to mcfarland's representatives to see if they wanted to comment in anyway. so far they're not commenting,

the top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee saying that she needs to come back and collar phi her testimony before there's a full vote in the united states senate, to confirm her to the post, no word yet whether or not that will happen, but clearly, new pressure on her, in light of these new revelations. >> thank you so much. i want to go now to the former special prosecutor during watergate, former white house ethics lawyer and former director of the nixon presidential library. thanks to you all. tim, you have had this happen, now they want to see if there's an apparent inconsistency with k.t. mcfarland? >> yes, she could face some real trouble. she'd have some legal jeopardy. >> what's going to be interesting to find out is whether the trump team decided on a specific approach to how to deal with the kislyak problem. whether there was in fact a

concerted effort to have the same story that k.t. mcfarland would give the same story, the president would give the same story. we don't know that at the moment, but that's something i'm sure the investigators would be looking at. >> and that would be conspiracy? >> yes, that would be a nixonian cover-up. >> did trump commit obstruction of justice, the tweet he sent out, also that we are now learning white house council don mcgann told him in january that flynn misled the vice president and the fbi. he told him that weeks before he fired flynn, and, of course, he told him that before he asked comey to drop the investigation. >> we knew that the president committed obstruction of just is when he fired the director of the fbi. and they lied about it, and said they fired him for other reasons, and it turned out the president fired the director of the fbi because of the russia investigation, and basically said as much in front of the russian ambassador on television in the oval office.

this fits right into that picture. here we have the president knows that general flynn lied to the fbi, committed a crime, and he is pressuring the fbi not to investigate general flynn, not to pursue the russia investigation, and then when james comey won't do that, james comey gets fired, that's obstruction of justice, and this argument that his lawyer, mr. dowd is making, is absolutely absurd that the president is somehow above the law, and cannot obstruct justice. that's just as bad an argument as the argument that president trump was making, that the president can't have a conflict of interest. we don't have a king, we don't have a dictator, he's not above the law. nixon tried that argument, and he got booted for it, i think that's where trump may have to go as well. >> let me say, obviously, you were a special prosecutor during watergate, what do you make of this argument john dowd is trying to make. he is the chief law enforcement officer citing article two of

the constitution. >> it doesn't hold water, clearly the president can obstruct justice, anybody can be charged with that crime, if they have the sufficient intent to obstruct an investigation that's ongoing, and has the means to do it, and so a number of threads have been pulled together by this panel, you've heard some of them that lead to skepticism. at the very least as to what the president was doing, why was he so intent on protecting general flynn against what? why was he trying to rehabilitate him after he lied to the fbi and he knew that. and so these questions sprung forward from the very beginning. and now we have in addition to that, the fact that he fired the investigator, you have all these

nixonian counterparts, and nixon said it's not illegal if the president does it. and nothing could be further from the truth, and it cost him his office. >> well, i mean, tim, here's the other thing, have you, even when it comes down to this tweet, we have a few thousand tweets since he was elected. no one's ever claimed credit for one before. they claim credit for this one, they know it's a problem. acting as if it doesn't matter. here's the thing, they've already said it reflects the white house. they cannot run away from this tweet or blame it on someone else. >> they have two legal theorys, the first theory -- the first defense was, president trump didn't actually write this, and there's a new theory, which is, it doesn't matter whether he wrote it or not, he couldn't be held responsible anyway. richard nixon, who is a pretty good lawyer. wasn't a very good lawyer for himself. he understood that even he could

not impede a criminal investigation for political reasons. and that's why he wanted to keep the smoking gun tape away from the public and congress. if he thought he had the right to obstruct justice because of the constitution, do you think he would have cared so much about the tapes? >> so he knew it, and i suspect most people in washington knew it. >> is he obstructing nothing or in terms of an underlying crime, or does he know there's an equivalent of a nixonian tape out there, that he's trying to keep out of the public eye? i don't know what he's trying to avoid the public finding out. we keep hearing a new story every other day or so, about more russians and more people lying about the russians either to the fbi or underoath.

i think these comparisons to president nixon are really on fire with president nixon, there were a lot of probes in the nixon administration. at least he wasn't getting in bed with the russians or a foreign adversary to commit the watergate break in or anything else. this is critical to our national security. and the idea of high ranking officials in the government lying about contacts with the russians is unacceptable. >> what about the underlying issue here, aside from the russians, that the white house council don mcgann told the president of the united states in january that his national security adviser had lied to the fbi? and the president did not fire him for weeks? that just in and of itself, forget what the lie was about, he lied to the fbi and president trump did not fire him. >> well, it's important what it's about, i agree, he did lie, he lied to the vice president, he lied to the chief of staff as

well, and president trump did nothing but protect him for some 13 days, as i recall, and so the question is, what was it that president trump was so concerned about the russians? and why, if you start peeling the onion what do you find be neath the first layer? >> that is obviously the crucial question raised now tonight with this disturbing development, thanks to all three of you. next, breaking news, stunning revelations about paul manafort at this hour, this is just breaking, you are not going to believe who former rump's campaign chairman was in contact with days ago, it's a russian, that's your hint. plus, more breaking news, more details about a top agent on bob mueller's team for alleged anti-trump actions. and the new development in the alabama senate race. a woman sharing evidence of a

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ghost write. this is a guy who, if convicted could be spending the rest of his life in jail. this is shocking. really the biggest implication in all of this -- it was about a month ago, that the judge in this case ordered all parties not to make any statements that could prejudice the case, what prosecutors say they uncovered is a draft editorial that related to manafort's political work in ukraine. he was working on it with a russian with ties to the russian intelligence service. it wasn't released nor was the publication manafort was writing it for.

there would be no reason to seek its publication, much less for manafort to goat write it in another's name. this discussion is coming as manafort's lawyers were potentially reaching a bail agreement by putting up $11 million in property as collateral, to be released from house arrest. with this disclosure, they're pushing back on any revised bail agreement. now both sides are gearing up for this next status hearing on december 11th. >> thank you very much jessica, member of the judiciary committee. your reaction to paul manafort as recently as thursday of last week?

>> the temptation is to scratch your head or smile at the obvious stupidity of it it's pretty serious what paul manafort is demonstrating is a corn tempt for the court. he faces a total of 80 years in prison. put apart the flight risk and danger to community what he's demonstrating here is sheer contempt for the judicial process, and i want to ask you about the other breaking news this hour, k.t. mcfarland is testifying -- taking questions obviously to become ambassador to singapore, was asked explicitly, did you discuss any of general flynn's contacts directly with general flynn. she responded i'm not aware of any of the issues mentioned above. cnn is reporting, based on the

court documents friday that she did have conversations with general flynn about the russian ambassador. k.t. mcfarland is acting with obstruction of justice, and collusion with the russians. she's one of the individuals that directed michael flynn to engage in talks about them. flynn lied about those contacts and, of course, she is implicated. she is denying in what she's said to a congressional committee that she's aware of any issues or events that happened. she has some serious exposure as well now. >> this comes down to what underlying crimes there may have been with the russians. the issue of obstruction of

justice tonight. you know the president sparking debate about this, when he says he had to fire general flynn, because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. >> we are reporting he was told by the white house council that flynn lied to the fbi in january, weeks before he fired him. he's admitting he knew it was a lie to the fbi. is that tweet in and of itself proof of obstruction of justice to you? >> it it is very powerful evidence of obstruction of justice. the evidence shows there is a credible case of obstruction of justice involving donald trump it's not only the tweet and report that you mentioned which is very important by cnn, but other mounting evidence that's available publicly, including his attack yesterday on the fbi

his earlier effort to reach out to dan coates to suppress the investigation in that way there is a growing accumulation of evidence showing donald trump is culpable of obstruction of justice, there's a credible case against him. and the spektr of his political interference in the special council investigation is urgent, that's the reason i'm going to be pressing for the judiciary committee to mark up the legislation that i and others have introduced, bring it to the floor so we can send a message, we're going to protect the special council from political interference. that's what the legislation does. and also, the judiciary committee should push forward with its investigation of obstruction of justice. >> you heard the president's lawyer say he tried to send the tweet, and say, okay, it doesn't matter. he can't obstruct justice, because he is the president. he's the chief law enforcement

officer of the united states of america. your response? >> there are two points. john dowd is responsible for those tweets, and when is the last time that anybody put words in donald trump's mouth? has anyone put words in donald trump's mouth? >> this is the first tweet that anyone has purported to take responsibility for other than the president? >> and it just happens to be the one that puts him in the most danger of potential criminal charges or obstruction of justice. even if his lawyer wrote it, he has to own the words, just as i do, and anyone else does for speeches we give that someone else drafts, it makes no difference who drafts the words, they are donald trump's words, he has yet to disown them or disavow them or say i'm firing my lawyer, because he independently without my permission used my twitter account.

here's the other point that's very important, you just raised, erin. obstruction of justice is a crime. no president is above the law. this point is very serious, for the president's council even to suggest that any president is above the law really raises again a question of respect for the law, and the rule of law, and also potential contempt for the rule of law, i think it is that serious. >> all right. thank you very much for your time, senator. more breaking news, new details about a top fbi agent on mueller's team, fired because he sent text messages critical of donald trump. does trump now have new ammunition in his fight against the fbi? the supreme court letting trump's travel ban take effect. it's happening and it's happening now. (♪)

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messages that were critical of now president trump. we're now learning more about that agent's role in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. laura jared is out front. this is obviously where the story gets very important. what more are you learning? >> tonight we're learning from sources that the fbi's electronic records show peter changed key language in former fbi director james comey's infamous statement, clearing hillary clinton of wrongdoing in that e-mail probe. the process of drafting this statement was a collaborative team effort, struck was the one who changed the description of clinton's actions in handling classified materials from grossly neglect to extremely careless. take a listen to how comey described the clearing of the former secretary of state back in 2016. >> although we did not find clear evidence that secretary clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the hand elling of

classified information, there is evidence they were extremely careless in their handling of highly classified information. the softening of language from grossly neglect to extremely careless makes sense, since comey ultimately decided no reasonable prosecutor would pursue charges against clinton. this news obstructs directly in the statement, combined with the fact that he was dismissed from special council mueller's team this summer. it could be seen as favoring clinton and mocking trump, may now give further investigation. the president's own inner circle, erin. >> thank you for that reporting. let's go to a former fbi agent. how damaging is this

development? the guy who was leading the hillary clinton e-mail investigation not only turned down the wording significantly, but then was on the mueller investigation. and was saying negative things about trump? >> i think laura had it right, it was bad for optics. the fbi is biassed at all, one of the things they train you very strongly, they emphasize all the time is that perception is reality, and you always have to maintain the utmost objectivity, i think the changing of the language was changed to actually reflect what was the final conclusion. and comey is a lawyer, and he wanted it to be accurate, and it was accurate based on what he was saying, but yeah it doesn't help mueller's case that this agent was on there, and has this history. >> mark, look, this has got to be music to the president's

ears, he's called this investigation a witch hunt, lest you forget, here he is. >> this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> the entire thing has been a witch hunt. >> there's been no collusion, no obstruction, and virtually everybody agrees to that. >> the russia story is a total fabricati fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. >> mark, look, this is music to his ears. >> not only is it music to his ears, but it's music to those of his supporters that are looking at the investigation right now that's being politically driven. there's two ways to look at this investigation. there's the legal ramifications, right? which is the path that we should be looking at, and then there's the political ramifications which in many ways is what's clouding and coloring what's happening legally right now, so

absolutely right, optically it does not look good. there agent was dismissed as soon as it was found out in the investigation continues on. it shouldn't be used as it will be, it shouldn't be used as a distraction. as a shiny object in the corner to try to take our attention away from what they're trying to discover. >> the president is in a battle with the fbi right now, one of the tweet's this weekend saying, after years of comey with the phony and dishonest clinton investigation, it's reputation is in tatters, worst in history, fear not, we will bring it back to greatness. what's the reaction -- you are a special agent. running the fbi is in tatters, the worst in history. >> i think the president should read up on his history. the fbi had some dark moments in the past, this is not one of them. it's a very professional agency right now, i will say that, when

i was in the bureau there's a lot of stuff happening on the outside. agents keep their heads down and they do their work. they take the facts where they lead them, they stay professional, they present the evidence to the prosecutors who are going to decide if a crime has occurred. i think the doj and fbi do their jobs and i don't think that they want to get in a fight with the president, they don't want to politicize the fbi at all. >> and yet, of course, with a this news of peter strock, this is the president continuing to go after american law enforcement, fbi, cia, u.s. intelligence. >> absolutely true, and in fact, we've just been noticing there's going to be a news conference where you're going to have 10 members of congress. they're asking questions about how the fbi conducted their investigation into the clinton server situation as well as

donald trump and supposed meddling with russia right now, now what we're seeing is the con nation, and the tieing together of two very separate investigations. but yet we're seeing president trump's allies on the outside, and certain in congress right now, trying to put them all together, when you do that, you're creating a lot of white noise which creates even more confusion. >> breaking news, the supreme court handing trump a major victory, and it is on the travel ban. it's going ahead. and it's official, trump calling roy moore and saying, good get 'em. this as a new woman shares evidence of a relationship she had with moore when she was 17 and he was 34. if you move your old 401(k) to a fidelity ira,

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the supreme court will allow president trump's latest travel ban to take effect. pending appeal. marking the first time a first version of the ban has been allowed to move forward. the latest edition of the ban, puts restrictions on people entering the united states from eight countries, the ban applies to -- and they're mostly muslim countries. they threw a couple others in there to add to it. iran, syria, libya, chad, somalia. venezuela and north korea. i'm not sure the last time we had a north korean come into the united states. i make that point simply because obviously, he has put on here the muslim countries that he wanted and added in two others so it's not called a muslim ban. this is a big win for the trump

administration, what does it mean? >> it is a significant temporary victory for the government. the supreme court has allowed the third version of this to go fully into effect pending appeal. it's the first time the justices have allowed any version to go entirely into effect. it's still being played out in the lower courts. it could signal that a majority of the justices think that this could pass legal muster. it is definitely more tailored to the countries. the government did ask for the full version. only justices ginsburg and sotomayor said they would deny it. >> what's the question next. you have a ban on eight countries.

>> the government hasn't said so right away tonight. i talked to the aclu. it has to do with visas. the lower courts had allowed it to go into effect, except for those with a bona fide connection to the united states. >> thank you very much, next, new developments in the alabama senate race. a woman with new evidence who had a relationship with roy moore. this on the same day the president of the united states has endorsed roy moore. on a much lighter dose, jeanne moos's on trump's diet. e deal.

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>> i came across a card it was a high school graduation greeting card from roy moore. i wanted to give you this card myself, i know you'll be a success in anything you do. roy. >> gibson says that she dated roy moore for a short period of time, kissed with her consent. showed the washington post looking back, she's glad that nothing more happened, the card seems to contradict what moore stated about these women, the accusers, less than a week ago. >> let me state once again, i do not know any of these women, do not date any of these women or engage in sexual misconduct with anyone. >> president trump endorsed roy moore, according to moore, the president said, go get 'em roy. >> dean young is a long time friend of roy moore, he's been a very vocal defender of mr.

moore, i appreciate your time. i want to ask you about the president's endorsement, i know he spoke with roy moore this morning, can you tell us what they talked about in. >> i talked to judge moore after they spoke, he told me the president was very nice, very cordial, and the president told him he would be with him 100%, and go get him. >> the president wants to make sure that his agenda is accomplished in washington, and we don't elect some liberal extremist democrat to a senate seat up there. the president was very encouraging and judge moore was very thankful. >> as i mentioned, just so people know, i'm curious, dean, how long and how well have you known judge moore? >> i've known judge moore for 25 years, i was with him before the aclu moved into alabama. i've known him, my kids were raised with his kids. we're very close friends and have been for 25 years.

>> as i mentioned, the washington post tonight reporting that debbie wesson gibson found a card in her high school yearbook when she says is from roy moore. roy moore didn't know any of those women, that he was referring to those who accused him of sexual assault. gibson says she doesn't buy it, she says that moore is a liar, what is your response to her? >> well, i mean, here we go again with the washington post bringing out more stuff, listen in alabama, it's very common for people -- politicians to write notes to people and say, hey, i hope you do well, i don't know how we're going to -- the fake news is going to try to spin this, but that's no big deal. all the time politicians right? everyone -- not everyone, people all across the state say, we hope you do well in your future, and if we can help you, let us know. >> once again, here we are trotting out some letter that judge moore in that letter, says

i hope you do well in life. so i don't know, this isn't going anywhere, alabamans don't believe this. the latest that's what the fake news has told them and the last three or four weeks, you know, we give them a pass but the people of alabama, the other people that don't know judge moore, we know judge moore and we know that this is fake news and we see gloria allred trotting out there pretending like she's got something -- >> gloria allred does represent one of the women. of course there are 8 of them now. "the washington post" as you know, dean, they spoke to more than 30 people who backed up the claims of the 6 women that they initially reported on, 30 people, both men and women who have talked to these women. >> that's what they said, right? isn't that what they said? >> yes, that's what they said. >> like i said, they're the same ones that put all this stuff out

about trump that was fake and the people of alabama know that this was a hit job. >> but these women -- these women have put their name on it, dean. four of them alleged sexual abuse. >> that doesn't matter. >> you're not calling "the washington post" a liar. you're calling these individual women liars. >> what i'm telling you is this, the people of alabama know judge moore and they believe judge moore. they don't believe these other people, these women. it's that simple. so when people have watched you for 25 years do what's right and just and fair, they know who you are. judge moore has been around this state 25 years, as long as i've known him. people can eyeball him and i've known him and he's never ever said anything derogatory or sexual toward any person, any person, man, woman, ever. he loves his wife. he's been married 32 years. so all this is make-believe because mitch mcconnell couldn't beat him with $30 million and then "the washington post" is trying their stuff with george

soros registering felons all to keep judge moore from getting into washington and it's not going to work. >> again, you have women here putting their name on the record. they have come out here. i have a list of all these women's names. they're willing to put their names on the record and let you come out and say all these things about them. >> i didn't say anything about them except that i don't believe them. >> right, right. >> i'm putting my name on the record. i'm putting my name on the record saying i've known him for 25 years and the people of alabama have known him and he doesn't -- >> you take his word over those women and the people who have verified those stories, one versus 30 bullt you know him so that's why you trust his word? >> me and the alabamans that elected him chief justice twice, we take his word for it, we do. and we already admitted gloria allred was one of them who was a complete fraud. you know that and i know that. it's fake. all of this stuff -- >> i certainly don't know that. >> judge moore is going to win. >> i want to ask you about sean

hannity. i know you watched this interview. i want to play for you the part so you can explain it. sean hannity asked moore whether he had dated teenagers when he was a man in his 30s and here's how he responded. >> do you remember dating girls that young at that time? >> not generally, no. if i did, you know, i'm not going to dispute anything but i don't remember anything like that. i don't remember ever dating any girl without the permission of her mother. >> dean, are you okay with if he did this that it was okay, for a man in his 30s to be dating teenagers? >> what i'm okay with is judge moore made it perfectly clear, if he did date a teenager, he didn't know about it. so i can't tell you how many times i've been on a date and then asked a girl how old she was, especially after i asked her mama if i could date them. >> he's not saying he didn't.

he's saying i don't remember dating any girl without the permission of her mother. that's not saying he didn't know their age. >> okay. okay. well then, i mean, here's the situation, erin. in alabama we believe that judge moore is a man, a godly man of integrity that doesn't do all the things that the fake media is trying to say that he does. he doesn't. all this is out of character and all of this again is just all of a sudden one month before he's becoming the next senator -- and he will be the next senator from alabama -- that's when all this stuff explodes out in the open. >> yes. and i understand that. and that's a fair question and perhaps that's because they feel like this person is now going to be in one of the highest offices in the land and they feel like it's finally time to speak out. i don't know. but i do know i spoke to tina johnson and she says that moore groped her in his office in 1991. and i asked her what she would say about moore's campaign if someone came out and called her

a liar and here's what she said. >> the lord that i serve is not the one roy moore serves. my lord knows that he did it. he knows it and i know it. he can say whatever he wants to say. the truth was seen when the world won't and that's the truth. >> is there a part of you in your heart, dean, that wonders if maybe you're wrong and all these women are right? >> no. there's not a part in my heart that wonders that because, like i said, i've known him for all these years and i've never seen anything like that or i wouldn't be hanging around him. this guy's a man of character, utmost character and has integrity. that's just who he is and the people of alabama know it. i hate that people want to come out and get on tv all of a sudden, but that's the way the world is now and we just keep seeing this and the people of alabama -- again, a poll was taken by cbs, 71% of the people

believe these are absolutely false allegations against judge moore. and they are false. and by the end of this week, a week and a day from now, judge moore will be the next u.s. senator. he'll be the best one up there and he will help president trump pass his agenda. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your time, dean. >> thank you, ms. erin. >> next, jeanne moos on the burgers, shakes of president trump. ens. all right! let's teach these freaks some manners! good luck out there, captain! thanks! but i don't need luck, i have skills... i don't have my keys. (on intercom) all hands. we are looking for the captain's keys again. they are on a silver carabiner. oh, this is bad. as long as people misplace their keys, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.

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bag. a bag of mcdonald's. >> hot and ready and on time. it's a stressful thing and i made a lot of food runs. >> reporter: former campaign manager corey lewandowski's new book "let trump be trump" he lets us in on a typical trump dinner. a big mac, 540 calories times two. fillet of fish, 410 calories times two. a small chocolate shake, 530 calories. bringing the grand total to a gut-busting 2,430 calories. the estimated daily calorie needs for a man of president trump's age? 2200 for the day. >> what did donald trump order? >> fish sometimes, right? >> learn your menu items, it's fillet o'fish. according to louen do you ski, there were four major food

groups, mcdonald's, kentucky fried chicken, pizza and diet coke. that makes trump america's fillet o'president. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> makes me want a fillet o'fish. it's been a while since i've chosen that over a quarter pounder with cheese. thanks for joining us. "ac 360 starts right now. we begin with a question about the president of the united states and obstruction of justice. namely, can the president obstruct justice if he attempts to shut down an investigation into someone he knows has committed a crime. what the president's attorney said about it today. former president richard nixon didn't seem to believe that a president could be accused of obstructing justice. here's what he said to david frost in the spring of 1977. >> when the president sdoes it, it's not il