. >> former white house counsel don mcgann kicked off a conference on the trump's deregulation of health care. here he opens the american bankruptcy institute conference in washington d.c. he speaks for about a half an hour. >> [inaudible conversations] >> they handed me a gift bag as i was walking up here. this is wonderful. i don't think i opened it right now, i'll put it down here, but i've never been at an event you get the gift bag before you speak. usually they hold it ransom until after. thank you-- okay. i think we're live on c-span on that. got the cameras here. first thank you for the opportunity to be here. i want to thank the conference co-chairs nancy peterman and suzie and the entire conference committee. the abi leaders sam and aaron, thank you for the opportunity and special thanks to my friend billy hughes, known bill for a long time, fellow-- originated from new jersey and we've escaped to varying degrees, me more than him, i think. this conference is an important conference that talks about health care and the health industry and that sort of thing. i'm not going to ta

. >> former white house counsel don mcgann kicked off a conference on the trump's deregulation of health care. here he opens the american bankruptcy institute conference in washington d.c. he speaks for about a half an hour. >> [inaudible conversations] >> they handed me a gift bag as i was walking up here. this is wonderful. i don't think i opened it right now, i'll put it down he

someone in the old white house counsel's office, current white house counsel, may be reince priebus, don mcganne types? will executive privilege cover that? >> i think it would cover it. i think if congress misuses its legislative oversight authority, getting them to testify, it will lose by the supreme court and the federal courts are not going to help congress try to pry secs out of the president. >> laura: guys, thanks so much. big conversation. we are going to be hitting all of these issues in the weeks and months to come. big fights ahead. up next, president trump and fast food again? yes. yes. t>> tech: at safelite autoglass we know that when you're spending time with the grandkids every minute counts. and you don't have time for a cracked windshield. that's why we show you exactly when we'll be there. .. i take trulicity once a week to activate my body to release its own insulin, like it's supposed to. trulicity is not insulin. it works 24/7. it comes in an easy-to-use pen. and i may even lose a little weight. trulicity is an injection to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabete

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i have a sense that don mcgann understood very well what the real legal and existential threats there were. he understood that he had a job to do and there was a investigation for russia as well. what is your sense for the people that remain today who trump doesn't think very much of. >> i think they're still coming to grips with the reality. they brought in more attorneys, that is a recognition that that is a new era for this white house and they have to get ready for that. the president has largely surrounded himself with people that will tell him no. he is largely enabled by yesmen. when he had a job interview. after mul vainy agreed to take it. >> he was like the last person in the bar. it wasn't like an interview, right? and the president said don't tell me no often. that is just one moment but it is emblem matic of the problem the west wing. >> right, so they can plan their response to these committees and construct these e llaborate pla, and he will join them up. he will just blow it up, that is what he does. >> the trump family organization was not built for the highway, it wa