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About nadlers position, we should focus in on his words where he says my hope and my expectation is that this is the last you will hear from me meaning period. i do not want to testify in front of congress which is consistent with what we have been reporting over the last couple of weeks that he was concerned about being part of the political spectacle. he went on to say if the issue is forced i am not going to go beyond the four corners of this report. you see a lot of members of congress react...

In the 2016 election. as far as obstruction of justice, mueller was very clear that it was because of the olc opinion and because of this idea that he didnt want to accuse a sitting president of a crime when he didnt have the opportunity to defend himself in that way. but sarah sanders also today was repeatedly making this claim that it was a question of insufficient evidence. and i think that it comes back to the idea of, why did bob mueller want to deliver these remarks today? one of the reaso...

Offices work and conclusions. that is already in letter form a public disagreement between the special counsel and how the attorney general portrayed the special counsels findings as he put them together over those two years of this investigation. ga garb, i believe youre still with us. weve already had two people on the air raise the possibility this could be his swan song, his farewell here. are you hearing anything in that direction >> i just spoke with a key republican congressional source, ...

On any other conclusions or hypotheticals about the president. >> did not and would not or two different things in this instance. i want to bring in attorney and former new york democratic congresswoman liz holtsman. she was a member of the house judiciary committee that voted to impeach nixon. shes also the author for the case for impeaching trump. its now become the special counsel legislation. i want to start with you liz. what barr was saying there, what he was saying was is a slight of hand...

Will hold the president accountable. >> shepard: yet most republicans say publicly at least that robert muellers statements should go as the final word. its time to put the two-year investigation to bed. peter doocy reporting live from washington. peter? >> shep, mueller said he doesnt plan to testify on capitol hill. but the democratic leader of the house says he really should. steny hoyer has a new statement that reads "given that the president has not been cleared of wrong doing and the serio...

And so, you know, number one, how long is he going to go on with this? and is he really going where it seems like hes going with this? it signals -- hes giving signals here that hes going right to the -- yes, thats exactly where hes going. "contrary to barrs portrayal, muellers report reveals that president trump engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment. in fact, muellers report identifies multiple examples of conduct satisfying all the elemen...

Weve done this hour. ill be back at 6:00 p.m. tonight with a very special edition of the beat. but right now, chris matthews is picking up our coverage. ali velshi at 3:00, nicolle wallace at 4:00. so we have a very big day of news. chris, what a day. >> big news day. thank you so much. good afternoon, im chris matthews in washington. and this hour new calls for congress to act after robert mueller broke his silence for the first time since he was tasked with investigating russian interference i...

Public conversation happening. >> thanks very much. as you get more reaction please let us know. well bring you right back. muellers words have been at odds with attorney general william barr from when the attorney general released his own four page principled conclusions until today. in those conclusions, bar made the decision to clear the president of obstruction. this is really important. despite the special counsels inconclusive results. in conclusive and conclusive are two different things....

Senator and presidential candidate elizabeth warren speaking recently in new hampshire. those comments from senator warren were right after congressman justin amash freaked out everybodys partisan expectations when he went online really without any warning and -- well, he posted this first. again, no sort of warm-up, no setup here. he just jumped right in. "here are my principal conclusions. number 1, attorney general barr has deliberately misrepresented muellers report. 2, president trump has e...

Other conclusions or hypotheticals about the president. >> and if you remember nothing else, remember this. what im about to tell you is a direct consequence of the first thing i mentioned. if the doj cannot indict the president, what happens with the evidence of any potential presidential crime? its not a trick question. presidents johnson and nixon and chin cli clinton and nixon all know. they all faced congress which considered impeachment. mule der not say the i word. i dont any anyone was b...