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That republicans can say about it its not criminal but its not great. nothing that we dont know about trump. its baked into the cake. as long as the economy continues to zip along, i dont think any of this will stick. dicks will absolutely try to make it stick. >> neil: now you have the clock youre dealing with and the calendar, kevin. they go on the break that could take them back after labor day. then i wonder what the sentiment would be to take further action or have more hearings or what. >>...

Of that. >> neil: mueller telegraphed that that wasnt going to happen. he was going to stick to the know. little did we know he was literal about that. also hearing -- i dont know how typical this is of the democratic representatives. pennsylvania representative dean saying that these democratic probes of the president are not over. theyve just begin. what do you make of that? >> the other day, yesterday actually, speaker pelosis office released the six-page memo outlining some of the framing th...

Charge the president because of the olc opinion. that is not the correct way to say it. as we said in the report and as i said in the opening, we did not reach a determination as to whether the president committed a crime. >> the special counsel found that there was no conspiracy between the trump campaign and russian officials. as you know, neil, they didnt reach a decision whether there was obstruction of justice by the president. they said in the report they could not bridge criminal charges ...

That were brought up today in the testimony. i do think they need to be answered. >> neil: do you think -- the president has wrapped up his q&a are reporters and heading out to west virginia for a fund raiser tonight. he was saying things like we had a good day today, no defense for this ridiculous hoax. that if you looked at the polls and what theyre showing, its a big day for our country, the republican party. hes pretty pleased. are you? >> well, i think he should be pleased. because like i s...

Youll refer to that and all. im beginning to wonder about his management style. i got the im press that he delegated a lot. there was a lot that he seemed unfamiliar or maybe he was doing that by design so they dropped the line of questioning. he had his moments where he wasnt detached by seemed out of touch. >> yeah, many moments when he couldnt find his words. very inarticulate for robert mueller. you know, i thought it was a sign when he -- when there was a decision made to have his general c...

Obstructed justice. bob mueller was clear he wasnt prepared to go there. >> neil: to be fair to bob mueller, he didnt want to be here. he wanted the report to speak for itself. what surprised me and you know this process better, you know bob mueller better, he didnt have his fastball today. im not meaning to disparage him. he didnt know a lot. maybe that was his way of not answering a lot or leaving it as a report. certain details that came to light made he wonder, did he delegate a lot of this?...

He could not recall or answer basic questions. thats because i dont think mueller wrote this report. mueller is a figurehead with this. the anti-trump lawyers are the ones that really did all of this work, which is why mueller has no idea whats going on. i was waiting for him to say, what report are we talking about? >> neil: you know, i was a little surprised by that. i wondering how this will look to be fair to mr. mueller, he didnt want to be put in this position. he didnt want to testify. fo...

Performance. maybe he was tired. he was not sharp today. >> neil: i think a lot of democrats expected him to deliver the goods and to raise the concerns about remind congress its up to you now to follow up on some of the clear crumbs that i dropped for you to pursue. did that work? >> i was very convinced when the report came out regarding the obstruction noncall. im convinced after his testimony that he did mean to put this matter in the hands of congress. whether he -- i dont hes putting his f...

Backfired because first of all, theres nothing there. secondly, mr. mueller himself seemed very disoriented, couldnt answer certain questions. so i dont think that worked in their favor. >> i was surprised by that myself, congresswoman. we shall see. thank you for taking the time. i know you had a crazy day yourself. >> thank you. >> neil: lets go to alayna treene on this. were waiting for the tape to rush to us from the president. hes just wrapped up what seemed to be a long series of questions...

Momentarily, neil. >> neil: i cant imagine he would pass up an opportunity. we shall see. blake burman at the white house. so for democrats pushing impeachment and pushing this big event today, do they regret it? depends who you are. former deputy assistant to the attorney general, tom dupree. what do you make of just how this all went down? >> it has to be a massive disappointment for the democrats. they wanted a rock solid performance by robert mueller today. thats not what they got. bob muell...