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Specific person of any specific crime. i just want there to be a fair process to get there. what i do know as a former federal prosecutor is it does appear that there were crimes committed during the obama administration. we talked earlier about michael flynn. his phone call with the russian ambassador was a highly classified nsa intercept. someone in the obama administration leaked that call to washington post. thats a felony. glenn simpson from fusion gps, in talking about the steele dossier, ...

Interfering with the election. as notes above, the special come did not find any u.s. person or trump campaign official or associate conspired or knowingly coordinated in these efforts. although the special counsel brought criminal charges against a number of russian nationals and entities in connection with these activities. the second element involved in the russian governments effort to gather and disseminate information of to influence the election. obtained e-mails from perps affiliated wit...

In this fox poll say they disapprove. that is down from muellers all-time high approval of 59% in august. the poll conducted, though, before mueller completed the probe. lets talk now to an axios political reporter, she joins us live. shannon, good to see you. >> thanks for having me. ed: this is a legal battle, its also a political battle, and winning hearts and minds in the public. >> absolutely. and we know that at the end of in the democrats are already coming out and saying theyre willing t...

Some of the evidence, and they are not likely to accept this verdict from the presidents own attorney general. so how does the attorney general, who works for the president, inspire confidence so that democrats and the country writ large accept this verdict? >> well, its, i think thats an important question, and, you know, the underlying material, the democrats didnt want to share those in the irs investigation, and the law is clear that much of that material cannot be disclosed. its a felony to...

Restrictions on the use and disclosure of information relating to matters occurring before a grand jury. generally, that limits the disclosure of certain grand jury information and a criminal investigation and prosecution. this restriction protects the integrity of grand jury proceedings and insures that the unique and valuable investigative powers of a grand jury are used strictly for their intent. given those restrictions, given these restrictions, the schedule for processing the report depend...

But first, molly henneberg live outside the justice department. molly, what are we looking for in this report? >> reporter: hi, ed. in general, were looking for the main conclusions regarding collusion with russia and obstruction of justice. also were looking at what does it mean for president trump. in addition, were looking at is this the it? meaning is what we get today all were going to get from the report, or will there be more? attorney general william barr arrived this morning, and hes be...

Report. that was nonbinding, but that effort did stall in the senate leaving big questions about how much underlying information the public will actually see. barr has said hell release as much as he can by law, and no surprise, deep partisan differences today on what the next steps should be. >> at the end of the day, if this report comes back as it seems to be coming back, that there was no collusion on the president or the part of the campaign, then that is the part we need to take and move f...

Ed? ed: molly, theres also talk about lawmakers actually calling on mueller to testify, and if he doesnt agree to do it, democrats are talking about issuing a subpoena. >> reporter: if that whole report is not released by the department of justice behind me, congressman nadler says, yes, he may call robert mueller to testify before his committee and find out whats missing from the report or wasnt released publicly. republicans say its against the law to release any classified details from the re...

Suffolk university that suggested a small majority of the country believe the president has been investigated too much. hes obviously been out there for a long time trying to beat up on mueller, suggests again and again this is a witch hunt. how does that play as well especially with his base? >> well, in the poll you pulled out today, the majority believe that trump has tried to interfere in the probe. and there is just under majority, i think its something about 40%, believe that the trump cam...

Out there. what about sensitive information? democrats pushing for that, but could there be a boomerang if its the kind of information that should not be made public? >> i think well just have to trust the department of justice, right, to make the appropriate redactions so as to not put any legal peril on on ongoing investigations. bewe also know from your poll 41% of americans dont think it will change their opinion of president trump. but we also know that a sitting president cant be indicted ...