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Than the report, thats enough for the people who are frustrated by it. >> one is intent and did the president intend to obstruct justice. the mueller report said they know the answer, but they wont tell us. it appears in the footnote that where mueller is talking about not subpoenaing donald trump and he said we obtained from other sources and other sources allowed us to draw relevant factual conclusions on intent. so mueller has a conclusion on the presidents intent, but didnt put it in writing...

On obstruction of justice and why didnt you make the things. its going to be an interesting thing if he doesnt go further than the report, thats enough for the people who are frustrated by it. >> one is intent and did the president intend to obstruct justice. the mueller report said they know the answer, but they wont tell us. it appears in the footnote that where mueller is talking about not subpoenaing donald trump and he said we obtained from other sources and other sources allowed us to draw...

Actually this process to actually hold accountable a president who might have committed misconduct. thats the constitutions impeachment clause. >> neil: you think people were aware that as he was going through these many, many months that that would be something he could go to that there would not be formal charges like that because he would be limited. a lot of people expressed surprise and disappointment at that, depending on their political views. >> im sure he was thinking of this from day o...

Sound bites and short segments. we need the hearing, the congressional testimony, to really believe it. i think thats whats going on here. >> neil: the most important part im told is his views on the obstruction thing where he said he didnt have enough to state clinically. what im wondering is someone, do you think the president, there were several acts of obstructing justice and that we should pursue it? where does that go? >> he came up with an elegant solution in his report. as a prosecutor, ...

Or her own questions five minutes. >> i have one question while were doing references because caroline has been giving us guidance and youre a very sharp lawyer yourself. you say people know perry mason over 50? >> yes. >> how about matlock? >> yes. >> adicus finch? >> oh, yes. >> id like to direct your attention to 76 which is a section relating to roger stone and the dissemination of the stolen emails from the democratic national committee. its a fact, is it not, mr. mueller -- if you look at ...

An ajudicatory body and in the report they reference that in a footnote. so its one side. i think hes just going to say the report speaks for itself. >> well, theres going to be a lot of people listening as he says that and we will wait and see. michael, thank you for joining us. john, you as well. appreciate both of you. of course cnn will have special coverage of robert muellers testimony before congress. it starts wednesday at 8:00 a.m. right here on cnn. meanwhile, still ahead, a dangero...

Daniels? she said no. phillip, what do you make of that? >> well, i think a lot of these sorts of assessments are hope hicks is sitting there in this judiciary committee hearing. shes got a lawyer by herself. im sure that she is pretty familiar with the boundaries of what the verbiage of these questions say. there is another question later on in that hearing, for example, where she is asked if she knew about the stormy daniels payment. she said she didnt. i find it hard to believe that she would...

Investigate it, he did everything he could to obstruct justice. its all there in every detail, every footnote, its documented. and for me, that was it. at that point, its clear that he has committed impeachable offenses. and this isnt about politics. this is about what it means to be president of the united states. no one is above the law and that includes the president of the united states. and i believe everyone has to step up on that and vote on it. >> senator, your thoughts -- >> thats our c...

The entire legitimacy of the judicial enterprise turns on the fact that we have a higher law. >> its an important footnote to this popular vote stuff. the left only supports the popular vote when they win. >> thats right. >> when they lose they turn to the courts of the bureaucracy. ladies and gentlemen, dont forget, you can see this almost every weeknight, join us at least tb.com to sign up blaze tv.com or give us a call at 844 levintv.....

Fury, hes now stepped back from the brink. nice. im glad hes done that. we sleep a little bit easier. but this is not progress. it doesnt represent anything except more of a reality tv show. so we have to wait until he actually delivers something before we can call it historic. just because he stepped over the dmz and no president has done that, you know, in 50 years, no president has been to a lot of places. so its a footnote in history. its not truly historic. it would make the footnotes. okay...