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House of tax reform, one of its top priorities as we head into september. >> thank you so much. former republican senator danforth in missouri writes -- the title first of all is trump is exactly what republicans are not. part of what he writes is the fundamental reason trump isnt a republican is far bigger than words or policies. he stands in opposition to the founding principle of our party. that of a united country. joining me now, former senator john danforth, bill crystal, charl charlie syk...

Investigation, and as a matter of fact, appointed the very first special prosecutor under this law, john danforth. she ultimately did testify about it, but it was after the danforth investigation was done. >> see? and i knew youd know that. i dont know what that says about either of us, me for asking for you for knowing the answer. >> thats why we dont get more invitations to parties. >> exactly. in this case, pete is speaking for both of us. pete williams, our veteran justice correspondent in o...

>> reporter: meaning what started purely as an investigation of russias influence on the campaign is now using all the legal resources available, subpoenas, interviews, grand juries to see if anyone here was helping. mueller takes it on with strong bipartisan support. >> he is someone whos widely respected for his professionalism. hell conduct a fair and thorough investigation, that i have no doubt. >> reporter: hes already hired two people. james quarles. former u.s. senator john danforth broug...

Initial conclusion, john, is what we reported early sere ties an accident, not terrorism. but in looking at this response, you see the joint terror task force would respond that there is an injured person that could be trapped under a vehicle. >> theyre moving us back now. theyre establishing an even greater perimeter saying at least 1,000 feet because they do have an explosive squad coming in just to check things out. i know jonathan says at this point theyre looking at it as an accident and no...

Williams. let me talk to you first about robert muller. lets talk about his reach in terms of what he can do and how he has to coordinate with the hill and also with the justice department. >> well, his background is the longest serving, other than j. edgar hoover, he doesnt have to know his way around the building or where to go to get answers. he, im sure, has not made any of the decisions. theres a lot of things your asking that we cant answer yet like how much will he staff up? where will he...

Deputy attorney general. weve had these special counsel before. you talked about fitzgerald. janet reno when she was attorney general appointed john danforth who was a former u.s. senator at the time to look into the whole thing of what happened in waco with fire at the branch davidian compound. so we have used these special counsel before in high profile moments when it would be a conflict. >> pete williams, nbc news. thank you, as always. appreciate it. >> you bet. >> joining me now leo tadeo,...

Attack borks philosophy. they dug into his personal life. home video rental and private matters that many of the same folks have previously said were off limits. bork got a floor vote but not the job. 58 senators voted him down and the senate has a constitutional right to advise and dissent. but senators said the way it all went down was a mistake. john danforth said what happened to bork is wrong, the mans been trashed in our house, some of us helped generate the trashing, others yielded to it,...

if thats the standard then congress is loaded with quul fid qualified candidates. >> the house is bordering on ungovernable right now. >> you have this freedom caucus who says compromise is a bad word. >> were much more concerned about reforming the institution. >> i have a more modest goal which is to make sure that congress does not do damage to the economy. >> we are one day away from the first democratic debate. >> i dont think its going to be very well rated because trump isnt in ...

>> as one of his friends told reporters, because hes not a [ bleep ] moron. if thats the standard then congress is loaded with quul d qualified candidates. >> the house is bordering on ungovernable right now. >> you have this freedom caucus who says compromise is a bad word. >> were much more concerned about reforming the institution. >> i have a more modest goal which is to make sure that congress does not do damage to the economy. >> we are one day away from the first democratic deba...

Falsely spreading this rumor. spreading a rumor that was untrue that tom was jewish. he believed the state party chairman was doing that basically as an anti-semitic smear campaign to undercut his chances in the governors race by spreading this lie that he was a jew. so he had spoken to these reporters from the ap and st. louis dispatch. he had spoke to them numerous times about the issue. he spoke to them, left messages for them literally minutes before he killed himself in february. he had sum...