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Im eric thomas. For all of us. Here, thanks for inviting us into your homes tonight. Our next newscast sat tonight, from washington, Robert Mueller grilled on the hill. The high stakes showdown. After President Trump repeatedly said the Mueller Report exonerated him, Robert Mueller is asked, did you exonerate the president . How he answers. Also, can the president be charged with a crime when he leaves office . Tonight, the president now responding just a short time ago. Also tonight, the urgent...

>> welcome back. that was senate minority leader chuck schumer this afternoon urging senate republicans to join democrats in demanding information on both the call between president trump and ukraines leader and the related whistle-blowers complaints. as the trump administration continues to stonewall congress on mults am fronts, pressure is building for democrats to do whatever they have to do to get the information they need. this morning president trump told reporters he is not taking the tal...

Bruce, live tonight with me all day up here on the hill. and mary, the bottom line here, was there anything said today that will change anyones minds here on the hill about whether to move forward with impeachment? heres what house speaker nancy pelosi said just moments ago. >> my position has always been, whatever decision we made in that regard would have to be done with our strongest possible hand. and we still have some outstanding matters in the courts. its about the congress, the constitut...

Throw it at trump, because i believe if they cant throw it in his face when theyre looking at him, its not going to serve much purpose. well be right back. our guests are sticking with us. coming up, where do democrats go from here? speaker pelosi weighed in this evening. were going have that for you next. youre watching "hardball." all.] mm, uh, what do you do for fun? -not this. ♪ -oh, what am i into? mostly progressives name your price tool. helps people find coverage options based on their...

Mccain, what do you think of that? >> well, theres something to that, look, its just the way it was, john mccain was proud of that vote and we should remember that he took it. he and susan collins and lisa murkowski of alaska, the republicans were on a knife edge close enough to get this through, it would have given them as kate said both the actual success of repealing it but the ability to then go out and see changes in the law that helped bring down prices and where people could see that was ...

Protect counsel robert mueller is brought to a vote on the senate floor. something majority leader mitch mcconnell has so far refused to do. >> we dont know how the president feels about the mueller investigation but hes never said he wants to shut it down. ive never heard anybody down there say they want to shut it down. i think its a no danger and i dont think any legislature is necessary. paul: lets bring in wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, columnist kim strassel...

Democrats who during the campaign said explicitly i will not support her. 11 of those were were incumbents and the rest are freshmen, if all of them held true to their word she would get 208 votes, 10 short of what she needs to be speaker, she would still have the majority, 201 republicans so shed still have the majority but if they voted for somebody else shed come up short of the 218. now, theoretically they could all vote present rather than voting for somebody and that would lower the number...

And that got a lot of criticism, how can you criticize john mccain, what do you think of that? >> well, theres something to that, look, its just the way it was, john mccain was proud of that vote and we should remember that he took it. he and susan collins and lisa murkowski of alaska, the republicans were on a knife edge close enough to get this through, it would have given them as kate said both the actual success of repealing it but the ability to then go out and see changes in the law that h...