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Michael flynn. End the investigation. Im joined noud by ken dilanian with nbc news it, Natasha Bertrand who covers is the russia probe with the atlantic and jill winebanks, all three of you, i want to know what you make of these two witnesses being called, comey already and sessions very soon. And then the president. Chris, what i think this shows is mueller is accelerating sat ob struskz justice aspect of the probe. The three pillars of this investigation, it looks like the Obstruction Case is ...

Between the trump organization and russians. >> mike mcfaul, im going to leave it there. as always, thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> stanford still looking good behind you. well be back tomorrow with more "meet the press" daily. its "the beat" with ari meller that begins right this second. >> thank you very much. tonight were one day out from the mueller hearings and in the middle of several big stories right now. we have a special report on some of the moments from the mule ter hearing yo...

Decision as to whether it was criminal activity. but he had his reasons for not doing it which he explained. im not going to you know, arguing about those reasons. but when he didnt make a decision, the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and i felt it was necessary for us as the heads of the department to reach that decision. >> chuck? >> yeah, i dont agree with the attorney general. heres why, lawrence. the rationale that underlies the policy that is precludes the justice department from ch...

Criminal activity. but he had his reasons for not doing it which he explained. im not going to you know, arguing about those reasons. but when he didnt make a decision, the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and i felt it was necessary for us as the heads of the department to reach that decision. >> chuck? >> yeah, i dont agree with the attorney general. heres why, lawrence. the rationale that underlies the policy that is precludes the justice department from charging a sitting president is ...

With the hill, he says president trump had no contact with wikileaks but he claims even if he someone inside or associated with the campaign got material directly or indirectly as long as they werent involved in hacking, giuliani says theres know problem. >> i dont know if other people contacted wikileaks, but its hard to understand what the crime would be if they did. >> here to help me sort this out, jeffrey toobin. >> so jeff if i, giuliani left open the possibility that other people besides ...

Flood, that would be the lawyer representing the white house in that probe, appeared at the start of these briefings which were set up in response to the presidents latest conspiracy theory about a so-called deep state spy embedded in his campaign. that is fun one of the baseless narratives that have taken root in the vacuum of actual information from investigators. the presidents allies have taken advantage of muellers silence appointing themselves hilariously his defacto spokespeople giving st...

But theyve got a law license and want to make money and have the shingle out. it doesnt hurt them when you lose a race for the house. is it possible we have a guy running for president whose secondary purpose is to be elected president, the long shot part but the short deal is, of course, to make a stab at a big business investment that will pay off down the road in moscow? the problem is, hes got all this going on and saying at the same time dont look at there. close down the shop. what do you ...

Who will hide things or what have you. mueller would be hard pressed to try to charge him on obstruction based on anything that doesnt include that interview. i understand renatos point. >> i see what youre saying that should he interview the president and not get information in that interview it would be hard to then go back and charge him with something or issue a report recommending that. >> thats my view. look, i think they want some assurances. theyre not going to get the assurances they wa...

Your expertise. coming up, trumps lawyers are reportedly looking to strike a deal with the special counsel. it the president will agree to an interview as long as mule ter wraps up his investigation. fat chance. who thinks hes going to agree to these terms? plus what, does putin think before president trump? megyn kelly just returned from interviewing the russian president. and the presidents lawyer michael cohen used his trump organization e-mail while arranging a hush money payment top adult...

Multiple new reports show special counsel robert mueller is gathering more evidence now against the president on two big fronts, collusion and obstruction of justice. first on obstruction. the special counsel has learned that president trump recently spoke to two witnesses about the matters they discussed with the prosecutors. experts tell "the new york times" the episodes could be as evidence for mueller in an obstruction case. when it comes to potential collusion, the special counsel learned m...