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And one of trumps strongest supporters on capitol hill made this prediction. >> so it is case closed for me. they can do anything they want in the house. i think it will blow up in their face. conclusions cant change. there is no collusion. >> and a short time ago the president weighed in with just this. calling the latest development presidential harassment. that was the last we heard from him. and here with our leadoff discussion on a tuesday night, frank figlusi, jeremy bash, and former u.s. ...

People interviewed, why did he reach certain conclusions in term terms of the conspiracy charges, particularly around the trump tower meeting? the russians offered dirt, presidents son accepted the offer at the trump tower meeting in furtherance of the conspiracy. what happened to the investigations and what were the findings and the process there? where were you stymied? what other avenues were you not allowed to pursue? did you follow the money? we want to know basically anything we need to kn...

Were back with breaking news, of president trump attacking robert mueller ahead of his testimony in front of congress three weeks from today, that he illegally deleted text messages of two fbi officials. cnn senior legal analyst preet bahara. >> a lot of things that congressman schiff and others need to ask him about, most importantly, really, how vulnerable the u.s. was to interference in the election in 2016, what if anything he has learned from the investigation to keep that from happening to...

Questions. will they asked pointed questions and stay on task. and pin the special counsel down and how will he respond. and go beyond reveal anything new. all big questions. >> he said that hes not going to reveal anything new. heres the point. even if he preets what he said in the press conference. or reads the actual report, people will actually be hearing that from the special counsel. for the first time ever. its bound to have impact. no? >> yeah. thats exactly what democrats are arguing. h...

Limited public comment while the special counsels office work was ongoing. youve also explained that you prefer for the special counsels office written work to speak for itself. nevertheless, the american public deserved to hear directly from you about your investigation and conclusions. we will work with you to address legitimate concerns about preserving the integrity of your work, but we expect that you will appear before our committees as scheduled. leading off our discussion tonight is cong...

But theyre already managing expectations. >> certainly the outlines of what hes going to talk about are in the report, so, um, many americans havent read the report, but again i think we should be realistic about our expectations. >> reporter: the -- the committees are expected to question mueller followed by a closed-door meeting to focus on the counterintelligence issues. there was not enough evidence to charge the members of trump campaign with conspiring with the russians and left open the q...

As don mcgahn, hope hicks, said they cannot discuss these communications with the president. can he discuss what they interviewed hope hicks about, don mcgahn about, other fact witnesses who have not come to capitol hill -- >> he can. he can. they can try to block, trying and succeeding are two very different things. hes not a white house official, he did not work for the president, there was no privilege. the idea of things being privileged under the doj, i dont understand that in this context....

Messengers for that message than rich and john. john stewart is good but he pales in comparison. >> and john stewart would give credit to these guys. and good on mitch mcconnell for listening, for not taking the blank paper when the staffer walked in john was talking unt there. we have big news. robert mueller will testify in public, and theres heart wrenching image weve been struggling with all morning. does it change the immigration debate today? lets get right to it. the special counsel h...

Our breaking news, president trump is slamming the former special counsel robert mueller ahead of the upcoming congressional testimony. im joined now by the former top lawyer at the fbi during the russia investigation, jim baker. hes the cnn legal analyst. thanks very much for coming in. you work with robert mueller for a while. how do you expect he will handle this public testimony? >> well, hell answer the questions that they ask him. but i think the members of congress need to keep in mind di...

>> that may be. >> this will be the last question. i think given the nature of what he has to say, given the nature of what was in the report, he will be a very compelling witness. thank you very much. >> the chairman of the house judiciary committee, jerry nadler, discussing the upcoming meeting with mueller to testify. he says he will be a compelling witness because hell be made to answer questions about his conclusions. >> i thought it was interesting that nadler said even if all mueller does...