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System, think about its being a prosecutor is always tough. thats not an easy job. and you do it and its not like youre getting pid millions of dollars. its always tough to take an unpopular case, that the law says should be brought but you know youre going to get personal condemnation for. now you have the president putting his thumb on the scale and saying if you take a prosecution that i dont agree with, then im going to come after you personally, prosecutor. and i cant think of something mor...

>> braving news tonight. we can report moments ago a new call for impeachment from pete agi calf saying muellers testimony has convinced him to join the caucus that support impeachment proceedings which takes you up to 117 house democrats who now back some kind of impeachment inquiry meaning according to the nbc count, if one more democrat comes out in favor its half the caucus. today ted deutch declared an impeachment level inquiry in his view has begun. and forming something called impeach aug...

Flannery, special counsel to three congressional investigations. >> good to be here. >> what do you think of this basic chorus coming out a little post-mueller and during recess but at the pel looking at half her caucus backing impeachment? >> two things. one is that everybody underestimated the effect of mueller. there have been 25 members with aguilar today who have joined the impeachment roster, if you will. and i think it puts enormous pressure on pelosi to act and i think the numbers will o...

Important thing to cop out of mueller? >> i thought the most important thing was his manner. despite the fact that everybody wanted him to be the caped crusader, he was this steady as you go, firm, careful speaker who said very dramatic things. that finally got through and was the antidote for the toxin that came from barrs lips in writings and the intervening months before mueller came to the hill. >> as you say, there were things mule irdidnt say that the democrats clearly wanted. but the numb...