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speaker mccarthy negotiated with the freedom caucus? >> details of the secret republican governing memo is trickling out, and youll never guess why were hiding it. >> it is the data, and the spending, it is the entitlements program. >> tonight, to the house republican program, cutting social security, and -- medical care. then, what we know about the committee to undermine criminal probes of themselves. >> lets call it what it really is. the republican committee to obstruct justice. >>...

>> well when you act with criminal intent and guilt, probably because you have some criminality. i mean that is the basic honest answer. lets go right to the most direct answer, they have something to hide so theyre going to try to use whatever power they can to hide it and they do not have trump in power anymore to tell them not to. >> this is only one of a number of committees that is used to launch investigations, and that is standard. every congress has oversight, the majority committees lau...

Tells nbc news that mueller is going to provide statements for both committees. underscoring that mueller fully intends to abide by the commitment he made during his public statement, staying within the boundaries of his report. and unlike the initial july 17th hearing date that inspired the president to counter muellers testimony with a campaign rally in north carolina. theres currently no counterplan to counter muellers appearance at least for now. with me from capitol hill is nbcs geoff benne...

Report to counter mueller. >> talk to me a little bit about this idea of a counter report you guys mentioned, youre going to put out your own report. is that done to undermine muellers credibility? >> its done to answer. its not going to come out until he puts out a report. of course i think even the presidents enemies would imagine that his lawyers would put out a counter to an attack. if youre going to write a fair report, fine, write it. if youre going to write an unfair report, write it, wel...

Over muellers inquiry. in fact, the mood seemed downright campaign rally-like. [ applause ] >> it is actually 6. actually never hurt, four more years. thats an interesting -- well go for six and then well all be in very good shape. >> four more years, of course, is an expression. meanwhile, a new article in the atlantic paints a picture of a white house unprepared to deal with muellers findings. once his investigation is over, quote, according to a half dozen current and former white house offic...

Quote, according to a half dozen current and former white house officials, the administration has no plans in place for responding to the special counsels findings, save for expecting a twitter spree. you may recall that earlier this year trump lawyer rudy giuliani had promised that trumps legal team planned to put out its own report to counter mueller. >> talk to me a little bit about this idea of a counter report you guys mentioned, youre going to put out your own report. is that done to under...

You know, this evil prosecution team. so thats how a former u.s. attorney is going to counter muellers importance. hes going to smear the career prosecutors who have been working on this. its disgraceful. >> its kind of interesting, we do forget that rudy giuliani is a former u.s. attorney. he doesnt talk like somebody who entirely knows how the law work. >> hes not just a former u.s. attorney but a former associate attorney general, and he represents the president of the united states whos ulti...

Muellers report is going to be based on evidence and fact. even if its not going to be in a court, which we dont know that it is, he is going to base it on arguments that can be proven in court. giuliani is countering with made up things. and i think some of the reporting is that his counter report is going to talk about, you know, this evil prosecution team. so thats how a former u.s. attorney is going to counter muellers importance. hes going to smear the career prosecutors who have been worki...

>> the idea theyve already laid out their defense to charges, if you will, that dont already exist is prepostterous. muellers report is going to be based on evidence and fact. even if its not going to be in a court, which we dont know that it is, he is going to base it on arguments that can be proven in court. giuliani is countering with made up things. and i think some of the reporting is that his counter report is going to talk about, you know, this evil prosecution team. so thats how a former...

"wall street journal", guilliani said, quote, we certainly wont do an interview after september 1st because were not going to be the ones to interfere with the election. let him, mr. mueller, get all of the bad publicity and the attacks for that. meanwhile, trumps legal team is also preparing to counter mueller should he issue a report on the presidents actions, even a critical one. guilliani told "the journal," quote, i would take that. he went on to say, a negative report gets it over with. we...