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In an nbc exclusive, lester holt in tehran, speaking with omar zarif as tensions escalate in the region. and im very sorry to interrupt. were going to bring that to you in a moment. police commissioner james oneill just entered the room and is speaking about the garner case. >> today im here to announce my decision in the disciplinary case of police officer daniel pantaleo, accused of violating the conduct policy july 17th, 2014. it is a decision that necessarily requires fairness and impartia...

To alow supreme court injure mandderring to allow to stand. chief justice roberts conceded excessive partisanship in districting leads to results that are unjust. maybe with states actively addressing the issue an a number of fronts and specifically cited the ballot initiatives. despite the clear express of all the people republicans in those states are trying to hold back reforms. maybe folks there remembered an ugly e-mail showing the republicans planned to quote, cram all the dem quarterbacka...

An investigation where the origins of the very facts of the investigation seem to have been fed into the justice department by the clinton campaign, thats a perfect example of when you should be recusing yourself. >> laura: i want to read provision four. the employee has to ask the ethics officer for approval if the employee is asked to participate in a matter that might cause a reasonable person to question his or her impartiality. so thats the operative ---- >> heres whats important. yesterday...

The house. >> laura: when there is a political vendetta being carriec out under the auspices of the u.s. department of justice, when the taxpayers shelled out $34 million for this travesty when they basically lied to the fisa court with that i think thats enough, if this happens again, we could flip an election. thats why rhee and weissmann im not going to be like, lets go home -- no way. weve got to bring people into account here. otherwise if they are going to be knocking trump, it may be some...

Instead of what it appears that its going to continue to occupy the house. >> laura: when there is a political vendetta being carried out under the auspices of the u.s. department of justice, when the taxpayers shut up $34 million for this travesty, when they basically lied to the pfizer course with that i think thats enough, if this happens again, we could flip an election. thats why rhee and weissmann, im not going to be like, lets go home -- no way. weve got to bring people into account here....

Bob mueller as a person but after that terrible performance yesterday, i think its perfectly legitimate. i think i might have been wrong. but you are raising very excellent points. actually, it looks like people took advantage of him and were driving the investigation >> the future of the country was at stake.t thats when you better err on the side of being careful on conflict checks and impartiality for the inheritance of impartiality is enough to throw you off an investigation and its your ind...

Clearly were allegations that they lacked impartiality, so they had to do this analysis, and i think all you have to do is look at part two of the report to see exactly how that lack of impartiality manifests.k its that new standard that john ratcliffe really laid out clearly, which is that we dont exonerate as prosecutors. ive charged over a thousand people with a crime. u.s. attorney for five and a half years, i never stood up at the podium or file a report or do anything that said, i fully ex...

Cleverly done. i am still a big supporter of bob mueller as a person but after -- i think i mightve been wrong. but you are raising very excellent points. actually, it looks like people took advantage of him and were driving the investigation, part is spew in the future of the country was at stake. thats when you better on the side of being careful on conflict checks and impartiality for the inheritance of impartiality is enough to throw you off an investigation and its your individual response ...

Any question arises after your impartiality, which is the operative one in this case. you must go for approval to the ethics official. we have no record of their having been given any approval from the ethics officials at the doj. >> right. as a former justice department attorney, as joe was, you are supposed to take it on yourself to ask yourself, can i be impartial? its not even whether i can be impartial, when anyone knowing about my work, my past clients, my personal friends or political con...

Clinton campaign and working on an investigation where the origins of the very effects of the investigation seem to have been fed into the justice department by the clinton campaign, thats a perfect example of when you should be recusing yourself. >> laura: i want to read provision four. the employee has to ask the ethics officer for approval if the employee is asked to participate in a matter that might cause a reasonable person to question his or her impartiality. so thats the operative -- >> ...