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>> right. you laid out so clearly, as you know better than most, our em supreme court cases that are fundamentally close calls. thats why theyre at the court. hearing you break it down at this stage, maybe not the inception, but at this stage with whats going on and how theyve really owned their own rationale, it doesnt look like a close case any more. john roberts would never put it this way, but d.j. khalid would tell the trump lawyers here, you played yourselves and its zbam over. neal, good ...

Countervailing potential in the mueller report. they basically just to appear to conclude that it was, without saying it. barr is clearly frustrated that mueller did not deal with that piece of it. barr has argued that it was within muellers purview, mueller has explained why. im not a doj official and not equipped to say which is more right on the law. but with that summary, when thinking that the president didnt commit obstruction and heres why is not going to leave a clear impression. what th...

Refused to carry out his orders, even some of them threatening to quit. >> reporter: david, i count seven senior advisers or aides to the president who refused to do things that could have obstructed -- could have obstructed justice. the bottom line is that these people very close to the president could have saved him from himself by declining to follow his orders. the president, though, is offering no apologies whatsoever, in fact, look at what he just tweeted from air force one. "i had the rig...

They could subpoena those records. they could bring those witnesses in including mueller and thats a big deal. thats the power, the other power of this report. >> hey, ken, heres what we know about the attorney general. he believes in the executive presidential powers. he has called the presidents office -- he has called the president really the executive branch. so talk us through how thats going to be involve said in his decision making not only what congress sees but what the people see as we...

So to be clear, mr. trump had no financial relationships with any russian oligarchs? >> thats what he said at the time, thats obviously what our position is. >> with a poker face like that, its a small miracle robert muellers investigators ever figured out manafort had lied to them. today its a little bit harder for donald trump to say no collusion. a federal judge last night confirmed something many people, including muellers prosecutors, suspected for some time, ex-campaign chairman paul manaf...

Have his time. obviously robert mueller will eventually have something to say. we learn something new every time and every time one of them says something, it always turns out to be damaging to the president. >> let me be the pessimist here i suppose. what mccabes book reminds me of is that there are two types of damage trump inflicted. one is the obvious, the crime if there is one, of what hes done. but the second thing is just the distrust in the people in the institutions of this country. wha...

Should say, "protected by alan and jamie." -right? -should it? when you bundle home and auto... run, alan! ...you get more than just savings. you get round-the-clock protection. >> melissa: special counsel robert mueller is reportedly close to wrapping up his nearly two be-year investigation into russian election interference. those reports that he could submit a final summary as early as mid-february. also, that there are still a few loose ends, including muellers continued desire to interview ...

Mueller noting that several senior members of the transition team publicly repeated false information. >> i have talked to general flynn. none of that came up. the subject matter of sanctions or the actions taken by the obama administration -- >> was there any contact in any way between trump or his associates and the kremlin or cut-outs they had? >> of course not. why would there be any contacts between the campaign? >> after flynn said there was lies, he was fired. mr. trump denies the allegat...

We have breaking news. >> this highly anticipated memo gave glimpses into where the investigation is headed, and there are two probes that are not public that flynn also assisted in. special counsel robert mueller recommending michael flynn serve no jail time for lying to the fbi, citing his substantial assistance in several ongoing investigations, including muellers probe into russias interference in the 2016 election, and any links or coordination between russia and the trump campaign. flynn s...

Again, for me, a wow moment. i think we are beginning to see something take shape. thats the power of narrative. mueller is going to finally do something to put all of this together and i think thats powerful. >> you are the czar of that notion. please explain to us what david is talking about there. you keep track of the big picture here better than anybody i know. what do you see? >> you are seeing mueller build a methodical and legal case, and the challenge is we are only getting glimpses of ...