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January, the government shutdown delayed a lot of this. thats one reason why these schedules are sort of colliding. >> what do we know as of now of what well end up seeing with the mueller investigation, democrats delayed the william barrs confirmation because they are worried of what theyll see from robert muellers report and how much of that william barr will submit to congress. >> it is possible there will be some sort of legal battle after mueller gives that report to general bill barr. the ...

Final report. rosenstein would like to stay as long as he can to help mueller with that, but thats largely going to be up to bill barr, if hes confirmed as attorney general. but putting it all together, what you have is the final stages of the mueller work, perhaps ending by late february, and then the work on preparing a report which will take several weeks. undoubtedly, grand jury material in it. classified material. it will have to be redacted, and the new attorney general, if its barr, is go...

Bannon, mr. bannons state of mind when it comes to this president? obviously theyve had a major conflict, a major falling out since he left the white house, particularly i in the last couple of weeks. is that whats motivating his strategy here? do we know anything in terms of having a source who is familiar with his thinking? do we know what he might tell mueller? >> what ive been told is that the question eof the indication of the executive privilege is not something where bannon has been able ...

So essentially, the standoff that we with saw today, even though it was between bannon himself and members and staffers of the intelligence committee, in reality was between the white house and members of the intelligence committee. perhaps a little overdramatic to say that bannon is a pawn in this situation. but he is not a character whose -- who is acting. he see not making the decisions about what he can and cant tell people. and thats why this executive privilege question which again is some...

Existence of any communication between the president that i consider to be confidential. >> so senator, you were saying before we played that, theres a bit of a line here. there are communications and exchange thats someone could have with the president that he is protected by executive privilege. there are questions that should and could be answered. what are the questions? what are the key questions that fall on that side of it? >> the simpler thing on the executive privilege question he is th...

Information, so i suspect that he probably will testify. >> to matts point there, kellyanne didnt seem prepared for the executive privilege question and the answer was the president will have to decide. surprised she wouldnt rule it out. the more glaring thing to me is how ready she was to go after james comey. this is what matt lewis saw fir firsthand last night where people said things about james comey out loud and lipublicly t muddy the waters. whats the danger in that? >> let me take it and...

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