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President -- i pamean, not sinc the 1700s has there been a high-ranking government official who was investigated for potentially being in the foreign power. it certainly never happened to a president. are we going to find out what robert mueller found out what he investigated that core issue? well, depends on what william barr thinks about long-standing practices and policies and how those can be applied to this question but i think its also worth noting that bill barr says there is some other i...

The public what bill barr told them? and what counts as muellers principle conclusions anyway? how much detail is that? how much is the attorney general going to tell those two house members and those two senators as soon as this weekend? we do not know. not yet. but then here is the last substantive part of the letter and i think its probably the most important part of the letter while also being the most frustratingly vague. again, this is bill barrs letter. i intend to consult with deputy att...

Comprehensive than just that sort of list. and now the attorney general is saying hes reviewing it. he needs to go through it to figure out what -- first of all to figure out how and when he can release the principle conclusions and then beyond that, what further can be released and what cannot. so i mean, just the fact that information exists to be decided upon, that is something we now know about the mueller report tonight that we didnt know before he turned it in. attorney general barr saying...

Was on going. so yes, there could be very small things but i think the most important point is this investigation began as a counter intelligence investigation, not a criminal investigation. it went to look at the question of whether people were acting as agents of a foreign power. that information needs to be made public and if we need to do declassified information in the interest of transparency and not sacrifice methods, we should do that, too. >> what are you going to do if barr says no? if...

Is anything you can imagine might be in this report that cant go especially to the public if there is anything with intelligence matters that relates to intelligence matters that you would be sympathetic to keeping under wraps, either just being briefed to your committee or just being held within the justice department. >> there may very well be things in the report that were acquired minor redactions that might go to a source of information gathered by an intel agency. i wouldnt be surprised if...

What would have to be sort of cleared up for us to ever be able to see behind those redactions? now that the special counsels investigation is done, would you expect that well get to know the full terms of exactly what he was scoped to look into? >> i imagine we will one day. im not sure its going to happen as quickly as we all might like. theres a bunch of things that i can imagine are in the scoping memo or even in the mueller report, which i presume will be quite thorough and quite voluminous...

Show, congress could look at a whole host of other reforms, looking at enforcement on the emoluments clause, a statutory basis for prosecution of a president when he leaves office. you are talking with the 100 contacts that had with the russians in the campaign and transition, sharing of intelligence information, the trump team meeting with russian officials. he >> shannon: all things the special counsel is looking at. >> but there is a reason for congress to have a separate process. one is beca...

It transparent. >> marie: i dont think it will have impact. i agree with what bran says, i cant think of anyone i want to hear from les on this issue. or many issues. then the former director. from the way he handled the havoc onto investigation. i think it obsolete hurt her campaign. he handled it totally irresponsibly and at odds with fbi protocol and practice. that all being said, i agree with the argument hes making the similar reports be public. >> brian: i dont know whats in it. maybe ther...

Will do more than just words. lets see his deeds and wribrins together. >> when it comes to foreign policy, theres a part of the speech that will relate to foreign policy and national security challenges. theres an interesting headline talking act the president putting maduro on his heels in venezuela. the drawdown of u.s. troops. north korea has not tested a missile since 2017. does donald trump deserve some foreign policy credit? does he? >> well, lets go over some of those. north korea has nu...

Democrats. >> pete, that line you read from the excerpts that you just got your hands on that the justice department released about transsi, being as transparent as possible. is that an indication that maybe barr would be open to releasing part of the report publicly? >> theres been discussion within the justy department about how to handle this. before barr was nominated and i think their expectation is that this is going to become public. now, make no mistake about it. you know this as well as...