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Be found, they will have to wait for that or make that judgment call or are they going to sort of run for the exit here because they see their entire leadership in trouble, they are worried about upcoming elections and worried about the leadership not being able to do structure a win down ballot, fund raise for other candidates. >> initially leading democrats were reluctant to speak out against fairfax when it was one accuser and now theres two and they are saying, get him out and hes saying i d...

A different standard and likability than men are. i agree with that, that was the case in 2016. i will be interested in watching how people compare elizabeth warren versus donald trump and likability. the man has literally physically profoundly and meta physically sullied the presidency of the united states. the white house itself. the very core of our government. he has sullied that in every action that he has taken. im not saying that as a partisan but as a human being. the question then is, w...

The penalty on this pass had no intentions of harming the new orleans saints. in fact, his motivation was to protect the integrity of the outcome. he have failed to act because he didnt want a judgment call by the refs to decide the game. >> laura: jason right? well hes right to a certain extent. referees are told in the end of very important games, talking about play off games with super bowl implicationmplications, re dont want to determine the outcome. them the to let the players play. when...

Victims are targeted. the referee who failed to call the penalty on this pass had no intention of harming the new orleans saints. in fact, his motivation was to protect the integrity of the outcome. he failed to act because he didnt want a judgment call by the referees to decide the game. >> laura: jason right? >> he is right to an extent. referees that if the end of very important games, playoff games with super bowl implications, the referees dont want to determine the outcome. they want to sa...

I know that buzzfeed has come back and so forth, but i think the burden is on buzzfeed to show hey, we know what were doing. but i would go with bob mueller on this one? when you were investigating the clintons and you would catch a media report that was all over the map at the time and im sure you had to field a lot of inqui inquiries and the rest. and when you saw something so glaring and it prompted a response, did anything happen and b, what did you do? >> i was actually much more open and t...

Own spin on it, correct it before its release. do you commit that would not happen if youre attorney general? >> that will not happen. >> reporter: but it was barr himself who wrote the justice year, rais a memo just last muellers investigation into possible obstruction of justice. when pressed today about what he wrote -- >> i think it was entirely proper. >> reporter: and given what he wrote, when asked what he would do if career ethics officials recommended he recuse himself, barr said there ...

Today he stressed his support for the special counsel and the inquiry. >> i believe it is vitally important that special counsel be allowed to complete his investigation. i said his selection was good news and that knowing him i had confidence he would handle the matter properly and i still have that confidence today. >> do you believe mr. mueller would be involved in a witch hunt against anybody? >> i dont believe mr. mueller would be involved in a witch hunt. i believe the russians attempted t...

Pardo pardon? >> id have to know the specific facts. >> would it be appropriate to go against advice of career ethics officials that recommended recusal and can you give an example of under what situation ors scenario you would go againt where you recuse yourself? >> there are different kinds of recusa recusal. some are machine dandated like judgment call. >> its imagine its a judgment call and the career ethics officials in the agency are that you recuse yourself, under what scenario would you ...

>> i believe that it is vitally important that the special counsel be allowed to complete l his investigation. when he was named special counsel, i said his selection was good news and that knowing him, i had confidence he would handle the matter properly. and i still have that confidence today. >> do you believe mr. mueller would be involved in a witch le hunt against anybody? >> i dont -- i dont believe mr. mueller would be involved in a witch hunt. i believe the russians interfered or attempt...

>> in an amendment last spring william barr, him, criticized the mueller probe calling it fatally misconceived. while he acknowledged he shared that memo with trumps defense lawyers at the time. yet today will not accept a recommendations of ethics officials of whether to recuse himself from over seeing the russian probe, giving every indication he will supervise mueller if he gets confirmed. >> lets imagine its a judgment call and the it career ethics officials in the agency are that you recuse...