cnn political analyst, josh dawsey, shares the byline. he joins us, now, by phone. so, josh, explain what you have learned. >> yeah. president trump called the speaker of the pennsylvania house of representatives, twice, during the past week. about reversing the loss in the state. speaker of the house's office confirmed these calls to us, on the record. and said, you know, the president said i'm hearing about all these issues in philadelphia. all these issues with your law. what can we do to fix it? and the speaker of the pennsylvania house said that he had no power to overturn. a slate of electors for the electoral college vote next week. this comes after the president has called brian kemp, the governor of georgia, to try and exert pressure there. and lawmakers in michigan to try and exert pressure in that state. so far, none have seemed to work. >> so, do -- the -- was that the -- the pennsylvania state speaker's final response to the president? because that -- if -- you said there were two calls. i'm wondering, you know, once he says i can't do anything. is there

josh dawsey joins us now along with cnn correspondent, abby phillip. josh, i have to say. the president attacking the republican governor of arizona. the republican governor of georgia. suggesting the doj and fbi are in on some scam to rig the election. you have done this deep dive. talked to so many people inside the white house. what have you learned? >> yeah. the president is particularly frustrated with brian kemp, the governor of georgia. he believes he made brian kemp's political career by endorsing him. as we reported in our story this weekend, he called kemp recently and for not helping him more in georgia. he is also unhappy with ducey, in arizona. what happened essentially is the president thought he was going to win these states. as election results came in election night, he becauwas wat the results and he believed he was going to win. and then, more and more ballots came in and he clearly did not win some of these states that have been certified. they've lost case after case after case, in state after state after state. and they are making a lot of these argum

josh dawsey is joining us now by phone. how angry is president trump at attorney barr? >> two reasons, one barr came out and contradicted him on voter fraud of what they have done and investigations and they looked into matters across the country and they have not found anything to overturn the election and two, barr did not deliver on the durham report against the mueller investigation that he wanted deliver before november 3rd. barr even though he was appointed as special counsel and continuing to look in the that. he did not deliver the report the president wanted. yesterday there was a confrontation with the president, he was describing his anger about him all day. i don't think there has been any decisions. a lot of dealing that could have happened. >> i don't understand the point. i mean he's got, you know, a couple of weeks left. it seems odd that i mean he's upset but it seems odd. given the blow back that barr is getting from the white house and over comments. i know you spoke to a source telling you why barr decided the speak out, what did he say? >> there was

josh dawse dawsey shares the by. tell us what you have learned. >> speaker of the house confirmed on tp record that says the president said all these issues with philadelphia and what can we do to fix it. the speaker of pennsylvania said he had no power to overturn. the state chose the electoral college vote. this comes after the president called brian kemp, the governor of georgia trying to put pressure there and michigan. so far none of it have seemed to work. >> is that the final response to the president? you said there were two calls. once he says i can't do anything, is there a need for another call? >> i thinew information as i understand. both times the speaker were not and we don't have any power than that. we can't change that. there is been a number of lawmakers who have agreed to sign onto the president's effort. but the speaker of the house as far as is not going along with it. it is not nearly enough to make a difference. >> has there been a response of the white house over the reporting? >> the white h

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incites, two of the best reporters on the trump beat, cnn's kaitlan collins and "the washington post" josh dawseythank you both for being here. happy holidays. josh, i'm going to start with you. between the pardons, you've got the torpedoing of this economic rescue package as well as efforts to overturn an election that he lost, he lost in a landslide, this president, he seems unhinged and there doesn't seem to be anyone around to tell him what he should or shouldn't do. this is a question you could have asked at any point in the president's term. but now it's critical for millions of americans around the country. >> well, as you said, the president does not align with the party right now. he's frustrated that mcconnell and others will not back him up on trying to overturn the election and therefore he's lashing out with the pardons, with, you know, torpedoing bill last minute by secretly filming a video in the white house that his team did not know existed. jared kushner is nowhere to be seen, we haven't seen ronna mcdaniel, we haven't seen bill stepien, the campaign manager. the white house is

. >> josh dawsey, preeshappreciat.e booked our next guest to talk pardons but andrew weissman served as special counsel robert mueller's lead prosecutor. he is author of the new book about it. also with us, author of many best sellers, cnn political analyst, carl bernstein. andrew, what is your reaction to the "washington post" reporting about the president and the attorney general? >> so, i am a little more cynical about bill barr. he was perfectly happy to be the emanuencis for the president, when the president was riding high. and it's hard to not use the analogy of, you know, rats fleeing a sinking ship. and now that he is no longer in power, he's willing to separate himself. you know, i think it remains to be seen, whether he really pushed back on john durham, for instance, and really wanted to do the president's bidding. i think there is a lot more to come, on that story. so, you know, i think bill barr. it's -- it's a little too little, way too late, to say that he's really having some integrity here. >> carl, w