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Mueller detailing specific guidelines ahead of his testimony on capitol hill. rob: griff jenkins with the details as democrats plan to hold a mock hearing today. >> reporter: robert mueller strikes you as a rule follower, the doj laid out specific rules in a letter to special counsel writing the department doesnt permit prosecutors like him to appear but in this case writing in a letter should you testify the department understands testimony regarding work in special counsels office will be gove...

Separately. the attorney general could not credibly announce this result. if she did, it would do corrosive damages to the institutions of justice. i decided i speak separately from the attorney general. >> why not put out a one-line statement that we decline to prosecute. >> if you issue a one liner and say were done here, corrosive doubt creeks in that the system is rigged somehow. >> comey said he does not believe anybody brought politics into the hillary clinton e-mail investigation except f...

And raising questions on the airwaves about trumps role in the deal, saying he asked trumps lawyer in a meeting last week whether the president was a party to the hush agreement. >> we heard crickets. they dont know. he said they dont know whether trump was a party to this agreement. he said we havent figured it out yet. to which i responded, why dont you just ask donald trump? >> and another spokesperson said the motion to depose trump and cohen a reckless use of the legal system and a politica...

Plus the news breaks from "new york times," the president speaking to rod porter, the disgraced former aide out because of spousal abuse as donald trump hopes to bring him back to the west wing. and stormy daniels goes after it in a court filing. >> good evening once again from our news headquarters here in new york. day 431 of the trump administration and the dwindling legal team of this president are back in the news. another high profile defense firm declined to take on the lead counsel in th...

You did right in that case also. something that i thought showed a fair amount of reflection on the plight of the plaintiff in that case writing by all accounts, the plaintiff was a good teacher, sufficient firing a wretched year, close quote. you were aware of her plight. this is hardly the kind of statement made by a judge who is unsympathetic. this is in context with the kind of statement made by a judge who understands the deeply human context of every case and also understands the deeply sa...

Not people that want to destroy us and destroy our country. [cheers and applause] >> in a file yesterday, the department of justice argues that the president has, quote: expressed statutory authority to suspend entry of any class of aliens to protect the national interests. and it says that the purpose of the ban is to permit an orderly review and revision of screening procedures to ensure that adequate standards are in place to protected against terrorists attacks. president trump also took to ...

Think about that. but in hobby lobby he became animated in that and the little sisters of the poor case writing dramatically, judges say they only deal with the facts in front of them but when you read their opinions you can usually tell what they care more about and i would say his legal reasoning in that case was elegant, strong, and well-supported but his animating principle was not about the people who didnt have health care or trying to get it or people who cant afford it, problems we talk ...

Cases he has been around. he hasnt beenround as many as perhaps other judges being considered? >> right, which is what makes him so attractive to conservatives in addition to his young age. you are looking at a sterling conservative jurist who could be on the court for 30, 35 years. think about that. but in hobby lobby he became animated in that and the little sisters of the poor case writing dramatically, judges say they only deal with the facts in front of them but when you read their opinions...

>> good evening once again from our news headquarters here in new york. day 431 of the trump administration and the dwindling legal team of this president are back in the news. another high profile defense firm declined to take on the lead counsel in this case writing "a prominent chicago defense attorney said monday he declined an invitation to lead president trumps legal team responding to special counsels robert muellers investigation. tonight nbc news has received this statement from attorne...

New york. day 431 of the trump administration and the dwindling legal team of this president are back in the news. another high profile defense firm declined to take on the lead counsel in this case writing "a prominent chicago defense attorney said monday he declined an invitation to lead president trumps legal team responding to special counsels robert muellers investigation. tonight nbc news has received this statement from attorney dan webb, quote, president trump reached out to dan webb and...