joining us now is doug burns. good morning to you. these types of attacks on comey and mueller affect leverage for the legal team? >> it could, to some extent. this has been a consistent strategy, as it were. the trump's side and the other side. the trump side is scorched, there was no collusion. deny it over and over, then turn around and look at the information. again, it gets everybody's blood boiling and what went on. this is the playbook they have been using. whether it will affect negotiations about an interview with the president is hard to say. those have been very, very unusual negotiations to start with. those of us in the business, if i said to an assistant u.s. district attorney, the only terms my client can be interviewed is to show your cards, you would be laughed at. >> rudy giuliani said mueller needs to prove he has evidence the president committed a crime. so, giuliani is expected to talk more about this on "meet the press" later this morning. doug, is mueller legally required, at this point and time, to turn over an

questions surrounding the fbi's release of the documents, let's turn to formal federal prosecutor, doug burns. >> morning. >> the fbi believes page has been the suspect of target by the russian government. how bad is the burden of proof with a claim like that? >> you have to make a substantial showing. basically, fisa is a little different than a regular wiretap warrant. in a regular wiretap warrant, there crime is to believe a crime has been committed. in fisa, it's often this evidence that we may obtain valuable intelligence information, which is important and has been written about and discussed. this warrant, in looking at it, unfortunately, the editorial characterization. the same dispute is going to continue on unabbated. the reason is because the document is so heavily redacted. page after page after page, no pun intended, redacted. you don't see the information. you are left with the conclusion that there was substantial effort by the russians. as pointed out, efforts by russia is one discussion and then to what extent, if any, the campaign was involved is a separate one. we hear that

joining me now is doug burns. giuliani says cohen is violating attorney-client privilege. argues they are not. who is correct? >> very interesting. each side is partially correct. the mayor is right, attorney-client privilege seems to be implicated if he was acting as an attorney. but lanny davis is correct in terms of waiver. the way you have to frame it, it is simple, if they waived the attorney-client privilege with respect to one conversation, how does that affect the rest of them? that's the legal issue. it's not 100% clear, honestly. >> giuliani talked about the conversation. let's listen to that. >> we have had it analyzed and there's no way to tell if he did at the time or he went back and edited out a portion because it goes on to another subject. it stops abruptly and goes on to another subject. >> doug, how much weight would the audio excerpt add? >> it's very important and i have said all along, if there's a dispoout as there's been, one said don't pay cash, the other says the tape indicates he said pay cash, they sometimes have auditory issues. i have been wor

turning to criminal defense attorney doug burns with us. you're so great to talk to us about this.f course we have done before pics. brett kavanaugh. the westerner type. definitely a wildcard. and thomas hardiman always the bridesmaid because his been in this position before. do you have kind of a pick for a the successful in getting the confirmation. >> i think you're right. the conventional wisdom whatever they say with judge kavanaugh and judge coney barrett. i think judge thomas hardiman for the third circuit court of appeals would have a really good shot. i don't have a crystal ball obviously, but at the same time he was right in and make some may have been down to the last two choices last time to replace justice scalia. so he may get it this time. >> there is talk that is something president trump likes about hardiman. because of his background of his personal story, the first family to go to college. a runner-up to fill the seat and also his work on the u.s. court of appeals for the third circuit pennsylvania, new jersey, delaware, virgin islands with a strong record in the

connell: doug burns, are you handicapping one of those four adam is talking about? schumer's history lesson. antonin scalia was 98-0. i hope everyone recognizes that. i handicapped it like a mad scientist, all different factors. many which everybody heard, don't want to repeat them, brett kavanaugh a leading choice. all four, look at it globally, come from the united states court of appeals. that is not surprising. that is the training ground. eight of the nine current justice, including justice kennedy came from court of appeals. elena kagan came from better spot, solicitor general. the 10th justice, the solicitor general appears. themy pick i feel that thomas hardiman may get the nod. it is kind of a gut feeling. connell: feels like his stock is rising for whatever reason. we don't know the reason, unlike other decisions made in washington this one really hasn't leaked. we found out the president made a decision. we don't know who. some of the stories last few days. hardiman was the number two pick. he was runner-up to gorsuch. >> to put it in colloquial terms, if

here today.r being i would now like to introduce mount vernon's president and ceo, doug rad burn, who at the behest of the board has been leading the charge, save george washington's campaign to halt the industrial approach meant across the river. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. i would like to particularly welcome supervisor dan who is here standing with us. i want to welcome mount vernon's coalition to save george washington's view partners. american battlefield trust, the chesapeake conservancy, the cultural landscape foundation, the garden club of america, the my own reserve, the national trust for historic preservation, the neighborhood friends of mount vernon, preservation maryland and preservation virginia. colson just -- mrs. noticed, this extraordinary view behind me is something that has been protected and defended by the malvern in ladies association since the 1960's. it does not just happen to be one of the most beautiful sights in the region, but one of the most significant sites in the nation. it was preserved and actively preserved by the ladies associatio

mike: gillian turner, thank you very much bit more and thus less bring a former federal prosecutor doug burnsk you. mike: how big of a deal are the michael cohen recordings? those who do not like the present are quick to say aha! but is it a big deal? >> everyone is quick but this really does apply. we have a legal process in court with tapes, by the way. we look at it really closely for voice inflection, audibility, things like that. context. i've been working with tapes for three decades.the point is, i'm not judging one way or the other. but when he says pay cash versus don't pay cash. it depends, there has to be a forensic expert to look at what the words are. the point is, i do not think it is as earth shattering as it has been made out to be. the cash thing is interesting. donald trump is in real estate. if you tell me you bought a building, if it's an all cash deal doesn't mean you have a suitcase -- as a lawyer i don't prejudge.mike: do you think that michael cohen was trying to protect himself? >> i do. it is interesting i was talking to friends earlier this afternoon. it is really a

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doug luzader, fox news. >>> back here at home cal fire now knows what it caused a big wildfire burning near lake bariessa. the county fire was started by that was installed incorrectly. cal fire is not saying where that fire started. it did burn 141 square miles and now 90% contained. >>> firefighters in san jose investigating a three alarm house fire that forced out two families. it happened yesterday afternoon on berke lynn court in san jose. when fire crews arrived the garage was engulfed in flames. the fire may have started near a gas meter between those homes. one resident found something hot on her back and realized her house was on fire. the fire crews put out the flames but not before the fire damaged both homes and also destroyed two cars. >> this is our home. we raise our two kids here so that's hard. we'll do what we can to rebuild but we'll do the best we can as a family. >> she was able to retrieve some of her belongings. firefighters say the winds were light, that fire could have caused a lot more damage. >>> 4:18 is the time now. sal, this time of year there's a lot of paving going on. i've

doug and amelia are back in a few minute. year-old her and her escaped a terrifying situation in montgomery county last night. police say a m threatened that woman with a knife and tossed a burning object o w of adow right near the child. officers eventually shot 30-year-old john carlos perez at the home of the home on mozart drive in silver spring. he was gravely police say they knew they had to move in when they heard the toddler screaming. >> he was moving furniture around and barricading doors and windows. at one point observed him light something on fire and throwin some out the second story window. >> the man who owns the home told news 4 the w woman who renting his house is staying in a shelter tonight because he doesn't have anywhere else to go. for the suspect police say he's not expected to survive. >>> d.c. chain z burger is apologizing tonight after a tweet from their account created some serious backlash over the weekend. that tweet juxtaposed a photo of murdered by ho was isis within an image of a hamburger. there's a caption when you say you want a burger and someone says okay let's hit mcdonald's. the tweet has since been deleted. posted er the company this messa

campuses and they burn things some say i don't want any part of that i'll just stay home , go play tennis today, go shopping and if you have a tight race those people show up. adam: doug to stay home it seems to me that perhaps i of an age more middle of the road. i'm turned off as i think a lot of people are by some of the aggressive tactics but doesn't that rally younger people who might identify with cortez who won here against joe crowley in the bronx but with the younger democrats who now identify themselves as democratic socialists are the democrats and moderate republicans underestimating the far left of the democratic party? >> well there certainly is a healthy minority principally millennials who support democratic socialism and are activated by it and were activated by bernie sanders but i think they don't really have any place to go but to turn out and i would make the argument that there are more votes to lose by moving far left and " walking away" than by trying to present a middle of the road constructive alternatives to the policies of donald trump. adam: so you think democrats would stay home if this behavior on the far left continues within the democr

burning in idaho, nevada and oregon. another high level executive is leaving tesla. this time it is engineering chief doug absence back in may. at the time a spokesman said he was taking time off to recharge and spend time with his family and he had not left the company. but after six weeks, many had expected him to return and he has not. his official departure comes as tesla ramps up production of the model 3. tesla aims to increase the model 3 output to 6,000 vehicles a week by late august, suggesting it expects no let-up after recently reaching its goal of making 5,000 of those sedans in a seven-day stretch. shares of tesla are down three-quarters of a percent. lyft is getting into the bike sharing business. they will buy motivate, the largest supplier of bike sharing services, such as city bike and many other programs. it will be called lyft bikes. they will go up in new york, chicago and six other cities. this is a way they're trying to stay competitive with uber which got into bike sharing in april when they bought jump. and finally there's this, taco bell is celebrating an a an anniversary. it's be

earlier today, firefighters doug fire lines, they also set backfires to try and slow it down. two major fires are now burning up mostly uninhabited rural wildland, but they are merging -- moving dangerously closer to populated communities. the river fire and the ranch firearm oosting -- moving closer to clearlake. that's why they are evacuating towns on the north and west side. lakeport has a population of 5,000. the town is evacuating this afternoon. upper lake has 1,000, now under evacuation orders. firefighters are referring to the two fires together as the mendocino complex. they started friday in mendocino county and moved aggressively into lake county. fire crews are spread thin because of other major fires throughout the region. >> we got grandma out, who is down the street, got my mom and dad out. >> reporter: after helping evacuate, shelley green is one of the few staying behind in lakeport. she has spent the evening pouring water on her neighbors homes. >> i think we are going to be all right. i don't think it's going to come down by the lake but we are packed and ready. >> reporter: it's clear wit