good political battle. they are flying as the fact checkers work overtime. and a top united nations official now says syria is in a full-scale civil war, even as a u.n. report accuses the damascus regime of torturing children and using them as human shields. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. you don t often see a cabinet member subjected to such a harsh grilling. the attorney general eric holder on the hot seat facing republicans furious over a litany of complaints. he held his ground against calls for his resignation. dana watched it all unfold. a botched gun-running designation known as fast and furious to a republican call for an independent investigation into leaks classified leaks, i should say, eric holder knew this wasn t just going to be a regular oversight hearing. he knows he s in congress cross hairs. but what happened was a political food fight. most republicans were tough on the attorney general, but nothing compared to this. there has be
will be fair to you in this larger investigation? we ll find out. are you concerned? here is what we ll say, and everybody says, no collu sichlt on. there s no collusion. now they re saying oh, well, did he fight back? sir? john, you fight back. oh, it s obstruction. so here s the thing i hope so. by the way, no one actually knows what he meant when he s saying fight back but what do you make of how he s defining obstruction, kim? two things. one, the president seems to not understand or doesn t appreciate the structure of our constitutional government to the extent to which the executive branch, investigative arm, is out there to actually call balls and strikes based on the facts and it s not a politicized situation. to prove obstruction, mueller has to show an attempt to hinder an investigation. for trump to say i m fighting back because i think it s a fake investigation actually might be