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Do-over on the political side. where is that going to go? i dont know. do they just want to embarrass him and give him a chance to respond? are they actually going to impeach him we dont know where this is l. go. this is the earliest stages of it? >> i watched david bruin on "fox & friends first." he says the attorney general didnt have to do this. >> i agree. the attorney general did not have to do. this given the steadfast defense of his boss that we have seen from the attorney general, im kin...

Think he would have said the same thing. instead, he says, we do not exonerate the president. i think if he had not been constrained by that doj policy, he would have recommended charges there and one of the things that robert muellers been criticized for and was criticized for yesterday which i find astonishing is that out of an abundance of fairness, he thought it was wrong since he couldnt charge the president that he shouldnt even say so. he shouldnt even say the president committed obstruct...

Richard nixon and make money off of it. >> those who act like him, i point it out. >> how do democrats plan to pay for medicare for all? >> im sorry? >> well, i figured if we were going to ask you about stuff you dont know about wed start with big stuff. do you know how they plan to pay for medicare for all? >> who? the democrats or which candidate? >> lets get specific to nixon since that appears to be why youre here. >> actually, nixon did have a health care plan. >> it went on like that. and ...

Report is to president trump what the so-called watergate road map was to president richard nixon. stated a little differently, special counsel mueller has provided this committee with a road map. >> reporter: ranking member republican doug collins calling todays hearing a, quote, mock impeachment inquiry. >> we dont appreciate the fact that here we are again with priorities in this committee turned upside down. >> reporter: but as the drum beat among democrats for an impeachment inquiry intensi...

They want a do-over there and talk about controlling the conversation, the american people overwhelmingly keep saying that they want to move on. >> right, i think they are making a critical mistake. i mean, the investigation is over, 2 years, $30 million, there was nothing there, william barr came out and said there was nothing there, most people have read it they have knowledge and understanding that theres nothing there. i think they need to let go of it. if they continue to push this, the ame...

White house. ainsley: slamming for a do-over of the mueller probe. steve: doug mckelway is live on the spotlight on the special counsels report. it keeps on going, doesnt it, doug? >> it sure does. the temperature is rising in washington in advance of a series of hearings that will get underway this week which is the democrats attempt to keep the spotlight on what they believe is obstruction you have justice on the part of this president. particularly controversial is the appearance today 2:00 p...

His only role these days is a house trained poodle for the democrats. when they ask he will sit and ari fleischer will join us next. >> they took the tariffs beg for impeachment at republican presidents. seriously and starting to taken he did the same with george w. bush. forcement of their southern he said he should be impeached. thats his role and it doesnt border seriously. mexico is now doing more than speak well of what is going the democrats on capitol hill on securing our southern border....

Important function that the committee is serving by bringing these matters to public attention. >> juan: the president blasting these hearings as well as dean and the democrats tweeting "i cant believe theyre bringing in john dean, the disgraced nixon white house counsel who is a paid cnn contributor. democrats want a do-over which theyll never forget. >> dana: a do-over? >> juan: right. >> dana: no, theyre not going to get it. i think that one of the best things that happened to democrats today...

Richard nixon. >> mr. yates, i appreciate you were not born at this time this happened. >> we sit today in this hearing with the ghost of christmas past because the chairman of the committee has gone to the speaker of the house and sought permission to open an impeachment inquiry but she has said no, you are functionally here as a prop because they cant impeach president trump. >> bret: republicans fired up about the witness being called. john dean. former nixon white house counsel. a big figure...

Leave him alone, let him finish. bob mueller knows there was no crime. so, when bill barr comes out and says we dont have a crime here, its over. >> you know, jon meacham, its interesting watching mueller. this was in the "new york times" about mueller. he said nothing and the president said everything. he worked in secret allowing the president to fill the void with reckless accusations of a witch hunt. his damning conclusions, the doover lacked clarity. >> he took a mulligan and hit it in the ...