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>> reporter: yeah. sensitive negotiations having going up until the last minute of this high profile high stakes hearing in the aftermath of robert mueller making a request to have his top deputy testify -- to sit along side him and actually be sworn in. republicans objected to that request but it was allowed for him to sit next to robert mooul per. hes not expected to speak at the judiciary committee but the intelligence committee will actually swear him in so he can answer questions potentiall...

Flaws in his report. >> reporter: now, bob mueller said hell stay within the four corners of the report if called to testify but that will not stop lawmakers asking whatever they want to, jake, particularly why bob mueller never subpoenaed donald trump for an interview and testimony and as you mentioned, why he declined to bring the obstruction charges if there was enough evidence there to recommend them, back to you. >> sarah murray. thank you. and joining me to talk about this is president t...

>> it could be seen as an abuse of power. >> ive read those reports. ive read those reports. theres not one piece of evidence he ever tried to manipulate a witness. >> on five counts on the screen, mr. mueller and his team found significant evidence that these things happened and i could see politicians arguing we dont want this in our presidency. i could see it. >> im looking at the screen here, but i -- >> ask him try to fire mueller. attempting to limit muellers scope. messi messing with mana...

Of evidence the president engaged in obstruction which would be an impeachable crime. give me one piece of evidence he did that. >> he consistent efforts to work on comey and people around him to get to people involved with this investigation and to get to people who would be witnesses and to try to control testimony and try to control the process, even though he oversaw it -- >> he never did any of that. >> it could be seen as an abuse of power. >> ive read those reports. ive read those reports...

There is no reason for the democrats to be in all of this investigative declaration and impeachment inquiry, forget it. forget about the how. focus on the who. you have to hear from bob mueller. he is the only person who can say whether there is enough in his report to warrant congressional follow-up or not. if he sells the findings short, if hes ho hum about the need for political accountability, the only real move for democrats is to use what is in that report in the election. but if he puts m...

Of the five different basis of potential obstruction in the report that most of you have not read so they are trying to fire mueller, trying to get don mcgahn to lie about wanting to fire mueller and trying to limit mueller scope and trying to mess with cohens testimony and manaforts cooperation deal. if he puts meat on the bones and said those are legitimate questions that he cant pursue and congress can and then it is time to put up or shut up for this president, not the democrats. theyll have...

Metastasized. well, that gets your attention, doesnt it? >> it does. but i think it also -- i totally agree with what ben said. and, you know, the fact that mee pieces of this have been spun off to the eastern district of virginia, to the southern district of new york, and we dont even know, there may be other pieces of it, but the fact that whitaker is in the position hes in, even if temporary, he now overcea ceassees all of tha. yes, he has much more ability to possibly control and limit muell...

Department. >> you cant fire your way out of this problem if youre the president. >> i also want to read something that ben wittes went on to write about this very topic. if trump imagines these investigations as a cancer on his presidency, they are a cancer that has already metastasized. that gets your attention, doesnt it? >> it does, but i think -- i totally agree with what ben said. the fact that pieces of this has been spun off to the eastern district of virginia, to the southern district o...

Pieces of the investigation around different parts of the department. >> you cant fire your way out of this problem if youre the president. >> i also want to read something that ben wittes went on to write about this very topic. if trump imagines these investigations as a cancer on his presidency, they are a cancer that has already metastasized. that gets your attention, doesnt it? >> it does, but i think -- i totally agree with what ben said. the fact that pieces of this have been spun off to t...

Think the president has obstr t obstructed justice. you have a guy running this entire investigation that has been openly critical of the way its been handled. he will have overall sight of this investigation. one of the things that i think were all going to be looking for that for those of us who have been covering this is whether he tries to speed up this, tells special counsel, ok, were done. lets go, lets move and ge this over with. >> hes made it clear whitaker was not going to be the actin...