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They started this. other than maybe that dossier and some miscellaneous tips they had heard. beyond that whats interesting is the idea the justice department made the call to not prosecute on this. you remember in the famous james comey news conference when he said he said no reasonable prosecutor would bring a case on these grounds. and remember he didnt use the phrase gross negligence. thats drawn from the statute. he said i think extremely careless in the handling of classified information by...

When he said that it was his call to make. because the justice department was compromised. well, the compromised justice department, because the attorney general had the famous meeting with bill clinton. the compromised justice department seems from this testimony may indeed have made the call. which may have been the right call but maybe by the wrong people. well see, i guess. >> bill: two points to be made here. if ratcliffe is right d.o.j. said lay off on the clinton investigation and the sec...

Until richardson names a special prosecutor acceptable to the committee with guidelines guaranteeing his independence. >> he was pushing him to commit to one, appointing the special prosecutor and two, respecting his independence. >> mr. cox will have full independence as far as im concerned. he has been given or will be given upon his appointment full authority to investigate all aspects of the watergate cases. >> what if this trail leads into the oval office at the white house? >> the trail sh...

Not let them cancel out the rule of law or separation of powers just because the heat is on and that is why next weeks confirmation hearings are crucial. its no accident that a congressional branch has the final say on this crucial appointment. the senate not only decides whether to approve the attorney general, but it can require that this attorney general under oath will back up bob mueller and we know that because its happened before. this is very important. richard nixon appointed his foreig...

Respected experienced prosecutor, and he is, there isnt a whole lot more they need to do. some nixon allies in the senate made the same argument about richardsons appointment. you can see these echos already. >> hes proven worthy of his trust in many posts and he ought to be trusted. >> he has a high opinion of mr. mueller and no reason for mr. mueller to stop doing his job. >> but history teaches the opposite and this is so important for next weeks hearings. the constitution is not based on tru...

Except real. chuck, well see you soon. tonight on the beat, we are covering a lot of developing stories. thank you for joining us. this has been in many ways donald trumps legal week from hell. what will michael cohen spill in front of congress? meanwhile theres also rud rudy giuliani with a suspicious new gambet and i have something important to share with you tonight. its a special report on how the senate could force donald trumps pick to lead the doj to actually make sure in a binding way th...

A crucial time for the russia probe. the question is whether the d.o. j. lo allow mueller to follow the facts he finds. back in 73, the senate didnt simply vet richardson. it used those hearings to extract a binding arrangement under oath to protect the special prosecutors watergate probe demanding that the watergate prosecutor would get final authority which richardson initially objected too. now the senate stopped him right then and they said they wouldnt even hold a hearing until he committed...

This is an important moment for these house republicans on these relevant committees wanting to question the former f.b.i. director james comey. he arrived on capitol hill a short time ago ahead of his closed door under oath session with house lawmakers. a compromise struck by agreeing to release a full transcript to avoid selective leaks. questions for comey about the integrity of the department of justice, the possibility of fisa or foreign intelligence surveillance act abuse and regarding som...

Take over the house. the republicans actually have been divided on this. there were some including jim jordan who preferred not to have comey and wanted to have rod rosenstein come in and talk about the revelation from 12 weeks ago that he was willing to wear a wire and even possibly consider the 25th amendment to get rid of president trump. but today what were going to hear in the hearing or what will come out is primarily a focus on the beginnings of the russia investigation because there is e...

Efforts of many of the first responders. thanks. rainfall as you can see has tapered off in the carolinas but the rivers remaining at major flood stage for the rest of the week. this will not go away any time soon. coming up north carolina lieutenant governor dan forest will join us ahead and tell us where the disaster plan stands now and what they can do for small towns like that one. >> sandra: another big move out of the white house. president trump heeding repeated calls from house republica...