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Sanders also trying to have it both ways but everybody else is there and they werent before today started. >> bob, i dont mean to be disrespectful but if youre cory booker at whatever he is, 2, 3%, we saw eight democrats calling for impeachment. thats fairly easy to say when youre out on the trail. >> its fairly easy to say if youre a presidential candidate. its a harder case to make if youre a member of congress. what theyre trying to do when you talk to house democrats is build the case on obs...

Smeared by other sort of right wing personalities, smeared by donald trump, if william barr is who he says he is and in his confirmation hearing he described himself as a friend of robert muellers, what gives with that cbs interview where he again calls into question -- first he takes a pass on defending mueller from anything trump or any of his allies said about him. and then he calls into question the conduct of his 22-month-long probe. >> nicole, we know theres been tension in this relationsh...

Aim of benefitting donald trump. >> there were multiple systematic efforts to interfere in our election and that allegation deserves the attention of every american. >> bottom line, the mueller investigation is over. it did not exonerate the president. attorney general barr did misrepresent the reports conclusions and constraints and the russians will continue to try to influence our elections because they did so to help the president the last time around despite his denials and theres every ind...

Robert muellers statement makes it clear, congress has a legal and moral obligation to begin impeachment proceedings immediately. what changed today that you felt compelled to issue that statement? >> well, it was more than just today. it was an evolution of me witnessing whats happening in the house. you have the house going in good faith trying to continue an investigation. nancy pelosi in a sober fashion talking about lets follow this evidence to the conclusions that it brings about. when you...

>> it was great to hear him say it out loud. its been really frustrating to those of us who have read the report to see its conclusions misrepresented, glossed over, completely mischaracterized by the white house and by attorney general barr. so having it come straight from the horses mouth was valuable. >> in terms of his clear assertions today that it is not for the criminal justice process, it is not for the criminal justice system to determine whether or not there is criminal culpability on ...

Speaking out. in a tweet on wednesday, former massachusetts governor bill weld said, "today bob mueller reminded all americans of why donald trump is not worthy of the oval office. americans should have confidence that our president will always. put the interests of america first and represent our highest standards. america deserves better." joining me now, 2020 republican candidate for president, bill weld. govern e goo governor, good to see you again. >> thanks, ali. pleasure. >> this is trick...

Indicted and therefore im not going to reach to the actual underlying issue whether the president in the absence of the ruling would be indicted. that has left everybody looking around going what are you here to do? you are an executive branch employee, congress has its own powers. you are not positioned or created, your job was not created to create an impeachment road map, it was presumably to uncover criminal activity that was prosecutable. if he knew from the beginning he couldnt prosecute t...

A decision on any obstruction charge and underlying facts were an issue. >> he said in the future the fact of the case against the president might be such that special counsel would recommend abandoning the olc but this is not such a case. >> reporter: when the report was released in mid april william barr explained rod rosenstein to assess muellers obstruction evidence against the president and it came up short. >> we accepted the a special counsel and legal framework and reaching our conclusio...

Impeachment proceedings immediately. what changed today that you felt compelled to issue that statement? >> well, it was more than just today. it was an evolution of me witnessing whats happening in the house. you have the house going in good faith trying to continue an investigation. nancy pelosi in a sober fashion talking about lets follow this evidence to the conclusions that it brings about. when you have a president that stonewalls congress, that refuses to allow people to testify, refuses ...

Inpeecmpeachment hearings. >> phil rut ker, thker, this is because weve been running file tape of robert mueller for a public figure has not been a terribly public man. he appeared older today but thats also what people picked up on in the contrast to donald trump and his baearing and presence and demeanor, how damaging was this as a contrast to what were already seeing tonight all capital letters again with the witch hunt from the white house? >> yeah, brian. if donald trump is all about the sh...