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Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Our colleague Kristen Welker there is still a steep hurdle to an interview with robert mueller. It would, quote, raise significant article ii questions going to the heart of president ial authority. Its not just about this president but about the presidency. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani spokes with axios. They report, quote, there are two topics the president s lawyers want to rule out in order to agree to a t...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Election, that means the more careful you have to be in how overtly you investigate or charge someone who is going to be on the ballot in that election. First of all, donald trump, as far as i know, is not on the ballot in 2018. So this whole issue about them affecting the election is actually pretty tangential. Its not clear how much it applies. But mueller is so clearly cautious and observant of preceden...

By the thousands still left. Theres approximately 8,000 of those still left. And so we will not have a winner, we will not have a concession by a loser, in this race until all of those votes are counted by august 18th. That is tonights last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts now. Tonight, President Trump calls the russia investigation an illegally brought rigged witch hunt but says stay tuned. While Rudy Giuliani puts the chance of a sit Down With Mueller at 50 . In the manafort cour...

Lot of this, he may find it comical that giuliani is setting these deadlines and issuing what are in effect demands and orders. i just think mueller is doing what hes doing on his own time frame, has a huge amount of information at his disposal, is really the guy in charge here. and theres something -- you know i could be completely wrong in the way this turns out, but from where i sit right now, theres something almost a little satirical, rudy raging at the dying of the light here, and i just d...

And i suspect that mueller -- a lot of this, he may find it comical that giuliani is setting these deadlines and issuing what are in effect demands and orders. i just think mueller is doing what hes doing on his own time frame, has a huge amount of information at his disposal, is really the guy in charge here. and theres something -- you know i could be completely wrong in the way this turns out, but from where i sit right now, theres something almost a little satirical, rudy raging at the dying...

But that was this thing that happened out of the blue and a lot of it was just sort of how he performed on camera. then he ran for president. his presidential campaign was basically a flop. he wasnt remembered for any great or powerful message or insights. since then his reputation has kind of taken a beating. hes made a lot of money basically influence-peddling. and his reputation has suffered. so, you know, there are people -- and im not saying people on this show here are doing this, theyre n...