a local lawyer who works for president trump is giving us unsight into the white house.hite house counsel for a year before leaving last week. his job was to focus on ethics and while he wasn't involved directly in the russia investigation he says he could see its effect on the prosecute's agenda. >> you only have so much time in the day. if you have to deal with the crowd noise. that certainly puts the white house staff in the position of not focusing on the things that are advancing the agenda. >> we asked him about the president's tweets. he said that's just part of working for president trump. >> it's official. millions of buzzing about the royal engagement of harry and american actress megaen markle. he got on one knee on a typical night at the couples cottage. she didn't even let him finish the proposal before saying yes. over and over again. she won't be your typical addition to the family. he's american. by-racial. three years older and divorced. the couple sat down for the first time since the engagement to talk about the magical night. >> it was so sweet. and n

wonderful letter from the revolutionary war era of a young woman in connecticut who writes about unsighting the elderly woman who had no children and inviting the orphans who were being tutored by the minister and new neighbors and this resinates. this is the same today. in addition to that, mary, there's also the idea of a thanksgiving generosity and i trace that back the earliest example i could find was 1636 in massachusetts where the wealthier people were encouraged to take care of people on thanksgiving. >> how do native americans view thanksgiving? >> this was one of the most difficult chapters for me to research and write. the title of that chapter is day of mourning which comes from part indian minister who wrote in the early part of the 19th century referring to the fourth of july and another holiday, but there are some native americans who starting in the 70's when the red power movement took over gather every year in plymouth and fast during the day and march through town and see thanksgiving as the beginning of the tragic, the tragedy that the native american people. but they ar

he might have been wearing a wire to gather information for the muller team to help them get other unsighthat's big. and then down the road if there's need toe have testimony he would be available for that as well. >> now, one of things we talked about is whether or not donald trump jr. has been forthcoming with the nature and intent of whatever communications he had. had he released emails this week that was supposedly supposed to prove that these were innocuous. but instead it raised more questions about his communication with these individuals. now, i want to you put on defense attorney hat on for a second. >> okay. >> if your client is out there putting out that kind of information is that helping your case at all? >> well i mean i think there's a couple thoughts on that front. one you certainly want to try to cooperate with you can with investigators because if you don't, y creating other issues potentially obstruction of justice and the like and ultimately prosecutors can get it if they want to come in with search warrant instead of being nice and sending surprise they can do that. m

there are calls for him to be unsighted if he does win that election.epublican cost argue that voters had their opportunity to weigh the allegations against him. they voted for him anyway. while minnesota voters did not get the opportunity to weigh allegations against senator franken before they voted. neil: you never know, contrition is in the eye of the beholder, to be fair to senator franken he is contrite and come forward. addressed women involved, apologized to them. clearly first woman. and then hopes to put this away or behind him now, and move on. can he do that? >> well, his legacy will forever be tainted by this. neil: right. >> al franken will never be able to completely escape the controversy. it all depend whether more women come out. or if this is the extent of the controversy. there is plenty of time to call between now and next re-election to fade night the background and become a footnote and doesn't develop any further. of course in all scandals there is another shoe to drop. i think senator franken will face increased pressure to enco