collusion and judiciary looking, and lots of ways they can structure the questioning so it doesn t run off the rails and it doesn t become a series of look at me, i m your congressman on television moments which these hearings tend to devolve into. i m not convinced that the democrats will avoid either, any of the traps out there. but i still agree, it will be compelling television. and just the fact that, of rob mueller testifying, and even reading parts of the report will certainly have more impact than the report itself which people have not read. i can t imagine what the president will do to try to distract attention from this hearing. i have literally 15 seconds left. do you think someone will ask mr. mueller respectfully point blank, when the president says no collusion, no obstruction, is he telling the truth? do you agree with that?
get eaten. and you don t think beyond the need to just protect your short-term interests. so he s not someone who thinks long term to begin with. i think what s unfortunate in this scenario is you have the two beacons of western democracy being run by unhinged and unscrupulous people at a time when they re both needed on the national stage, international stage. eugene and tim have thankfully agreed to stay with us over this break. when we come back, the business of managing expectations in the run-up to what will be, let s face it, the next big event. and that s mueller s testimony on live television. it ll look something like that. we ll talk about it on live television when we come back.
on top of what a lot of people believe is a heavy dose of anxiety going through this president president right now about what he knows he shared with mr. epstein, especially during the 90s, now you have his dimeett rick opposite. testifying on live television next week. what must be going on? there s not a lot of things that donald trump is sophisticated about. but he has a visceral understanding of the power of television which you know as well. and very few people have read the mueller report including it appears most of the gop. at least by news accounts. robert mueller gave a press briefing, i don t know, six weeks ago at this point where simply came out in front of the cameras and said, i m not going to say anything. i ve said beyond what was in the report but i don t believe the report exonerated the president and we found evidence of obstruction of justice. that created three days of coverage and there was nothing
employees. thus it s unclear whether or not they can be stopped by the attorney general. back again for our double jeopardy round, eugene robinson and tim o brien. tim, we ll start with you first. on top of what top of what a lot believe is a heavy dose of anxiety going through this president right now about what he knows he shared with mr. epstein, especially during the 90s, now you have his dimeett rick opposite. testifying on live television next week. what must be going on? there s not a lot of things that donald trump is sophisticated about. but he has a visceral understanding of the power of television which you know as well. and very few people have read the mueller report including it appears most of the gop. at least by news accounts. robert mueller gave a press briefing, i don t know, six weeks ago at this point where
at me, i m your congressman on television moments which these hearings tend to devolve into. i m not convinced that the democrats will avoid either, any of the traps out there. but i still agree, it will be compelling television. and just the fact that, of rob mueller testifying, and even reading parts of the report will certainly have more impact than the report itself which people have not read. i can t imagine what the president will do to try to distract attention from this hearing. i have literally 15 seconds left. do you think someone will ask mr. mueller respectfully point blank, when the president says no collusion, no obstruction, is he telling the truth? do you agree with that? yes. someone will ask him that. i hope somebody asks him that. i don t think he ll give a straight answer but he might give a revealing answer. all right. our thanks.