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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...

Can guarantee you that. beyond this audience im not sure. i think the problem is when you read the report, i have, you come away, at least i did, somewhat dissatisfied, i was reading volume 2 and i wanted robert mueller to say did trump commit obstruction of justice or did he not? mueller never says either way. he presents the scenarios and he says, well, in these scenarios one might have a legal reading which suggests that, yes, obstruction of justice was committed. if thats all -- if thats all...

Kimberly, that he answers a question about whether he believes congress should launch an inquiry to find out the answer to this question that he says he couldnt answer. >> thats essentially in the report. he said if he could have said definitively that the president did not commit a crime he would have said so and he said it was within the purview of congress and that he was prohibited by doj regulation from going further than that. it depends on how the questions are asked and how he delivers t...

Around him that leads people to do these things. it could be the connective tissue. and his next question was the seminal question about these hearings. he asked cohen what is the truth that president trump is afraid of. and there was this long, pregnant pause in the room and cohen couldnt answer it. think of all the people who have thread guilty of lying to congress, all in the service of covering up something, what. that was the question he couldnt answer. it was such a big moment about how do...

The 41-second google map search was planted. the prosecution had no smoking gun. so youre saying he didnt even search for that map? >> thats right. >> somebody else put it on his computer? >> yes. >> an fbi agent testified he saw no evidence of tampering, but the defense said it had experts who did. two of them. both of whom wrote reports. but trials have referees. and in this case, the judge ruled that neither one of those defense experts could testify about tampering. one, said the judge, wasn...

The one the prosecution alleges brad made himself with that now missing router? they claim that he checked out a router and never returned it. >> the question is, did he generate a phone call not did he have the technological skill. they also took photographs of the house. they searched the house. and they have not once introduced any evidence that the router was in the house. >> hard drives dont lie. or do they? that was the question the defense raised when it came to those apparently damning r...

The prosecution had no smoking gun. so youre saying he didnt even search for that map? >> thats right. >> somebody else put it on his computer? >> yes. >> an fbi agent testified he saw no evidence of tampering, but the defense said it had experts who did. two of them. both of whom wrote reports. but trials have referees. and in this case, the judge ruled that neither one of those defense experts could testify about tampering. one, said the judge, wasnt sufficiently qualified. the other was broug...

Shocking allegation the police investigation was dishonest. why would the police have any motivation whatsoever to get rid of evidence in this case? >> not only did they start with an eye toward building a case against brad. they also started with an eye toward attempting to preserve nancys reputation. and that phone would carry e-mails, text messages, pictures, videos. >> and you think it would have been exculpatory evidence for your client? >> i dont know what it was because we never did get t...

Ways to get to the president to get him to it for the interview. what does that tell you report ing on this white house, why bob woodward would want or need to do that? >> the first thing i thought was now if we want to make sure donald trump gets the message, call his personal secretary. >> which he said. >> he went through the press office and other sbeer immediate yars and lindsey graham. it was so cynical. everyone listening to that, donald trump was trying to dovr himself and suggest he nev...

It is absolutely the time for the president of the united states of america to be a diplomat and not continue to fight senator mccain even in death. you have veterans agencies, organizations ask the president continue to have the flag half-staff. he refused, putting it back up to full staff the next day instead of keeping it there until senator mccain was buried. so, yes, he missed a great opportunity to try to unite the country. but theres no surprise there when it comes to president donald j. ...