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Separate. And why your reporting is ev even he didnt read the letter and approve it. In the letter friday he said it would be muellers principle conclusions. Thats not the case. On page three he didnt have a principal collusion. Its barrs that there wasnt obstruction of justice. Everybody stand by. This is cnn breaking news. I want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. I am wolf blitzer in washington. After nearly two years, we now know the main conclusions of Robert ...

The d.a. and manhattan cy vance, are you doing your investigation? >> i think one of the things were going to see is many states have been starting their investigations and they were starting them in the context of the mueller probe. we know the attorney general for new york had been cooperating with mueller and his probe, and therapy certainly sharing information or at least it was suggested that they were. but i dont think theres any question -- weve seen already what the new york state attorn...

We dont have that situation here. >> i think one of the formative figures of this year once history looks back on it, it will be barr and what barr has done to shield president trump through the mueller report, through the release of the inspector generals report. there are all these ways in which barr has acted as the opposite of the intents of a federal agent -- >> i think where we are is we actually have to accept, were so used to the federal government coming in and saving that weve kept loo...

Is a distraction and it seems to be once again this effort of muddying the waters to create confusion, particularly among independent voters who might not be following this closely and there is an indication from a lot of the presidents supporters that they feel rudy was effective at that in mueller and here we see him doing that again. >> but the truth matters, doug. and even if polls arent moving today, they could move tomorrow. and even if they dont, isnt it important to press this? rudy giul...

Be saying, couldnt you have an audio book. >> they have celebrities doing it. >> i would be saying, i created this report, now you want me to read it in my own voice. hes saying, hey, folks, everybody is really interested in obstruction where i concluded there was all this russian interference and we indicted a number of individuals. my report was a success if you -- depending on how you define success. if you just want to get the president, then maybe not but in this case, hes got to be wanderi...

Then tell us more about that. tell us about where did you get that information. you are going to hear a lot of, i cant answer that question because as you can plainly see in the report with the big blacked out area, it is redacted. it is harm to an ongoing area or invasion of privacy. well hear a lot of declining to answer and sticking to the letter of his own report. >> let me ask you this, many questions are out there still. why didnt he call on president trump to speak with him directly inste...

And the attorney general himself to make that determination. mueller did not make a recommendation about obstruction of justice. barr in consultation with his deputy attorney general, rod rosen ti rosenstein concluded based on the evidence presented to him from mueller -- and he did it fast. he only got the evidence on friday. a two-year investigation, and he concluded today that there was no basis to pursue an obstruction of justice charge against the president. and its very important that in m...

>> capri: a violation of attornment attorney-client privilege. thats what they are trained to do, theyre trying to figure out -- we will not know until this comes out, if it ever comes out in a transparent manner, which i will probably talk about later. but we wont know. its also vacation. what they are trying to do, it seems, is to figure out that thread. to identify president trump as the director of all of this. >> melissa: that would be legit. he cannot, the president cannot -- or any part o...

Security. >> its interesting because you mentioned the manner of collection. but beyond just the selfies, there were also these text messages. president trump tweeted today about the next messages between former fbi official lisa page and her lover, agent peter s. opinion what what is mueller doing here? whats the legal strategy when it comes to the end game now? >> its much less legal strategy and much more p.r. strategy to convince the public that mueller cant be trusted. but unfortunately the...

The senate. if they try to push medicare for all senator roy blunt said that something they can unite against. and seniors particularly people who are now covered by medicare. there is no way that will happen. >> one thing that both sides agree on. it will be a major political issue particularly leading up to the 2020 elections. >> the countdown continues to partial ball government shutdown. this pending deal lives. for the border wall is still a stumbling block. speaking during an oval office m...