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The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. There is nothing at the Department Of Justice that indicates that they didnt do overt acts and these investigation investigations 60 days before elections. Its customary, usually around the time of an election they wont do what is called overt acts, that i wont bring indictments or subpoena people or do anything publicly as to try to not sway the election. The idea that we here in that time frame or approaching it is ...

Provide testimony as possible evidence of obstruction of justice, but that that is for you on the judiciary committee to determine whether that makes its way into articles of impeachment. give me your thoughts on that. >> i think adam has it exactly right. the intelligence committee has done the fact finding. we cant be held up for months at a time through frivolous appeals of very well-reasoned decisions. weve got to move forward. but the fact that the president has instructed people not to com...

-- not a single document has been released as evidence only hes hiding something but he is refusing to compile with the lawful requests of congress and thats an obstruction matter. that was the third article in the richard nixon impeachment. >> there are lessons from the richard nixon impeachment that there are a few people like you who were there then, you were there for -- proceedings against bill clint clinton. what do you see here that youve drawn experience from here in the past? >> certain...

Focusing more on obstruction than interference? >> its possible. certainly, robert mueller was far more forceful yesterday rather than on the obstruction matter. it was very clear, the only time weve heard from him publicly, the nine-minute statement he gave a month or two back that was largely about the threat posed by the election. americans should be concerned about it. and its not become one because republicans have taken their cues from the white house which is not take any heft, not put an...

Have the heard about it, newly leaked messages new to the world between paul manaforten a conservative conservative leader about the secret pressure he was facing from muellers prosecutors and i have a special report where as congress hears the evidence of trumps criminal obstruction, i have a special report what is really fact in this obstruction matter. something that donald trump keeps spinning on including in some of these interviews. we hope that could be useful factually. thats all in the ...

Shouldnt exist. the point, the importance of the "new york times" story yesterday is one of the importances is it sort of answers the question of how that investigation exists even if barr is right about the obstruction matter, which is that they were investigating in part a possible crime. i think barr will likely get, first of all, a lot of questions on the merits of his legal argument about obstruction and article two of the constitution, but i also think he will now get probably or should ge...

Down. the other being that giuliani says they want this wrapped up by september so presumably in the next few weeks we could have some answers here. the next step is whether or not mueller goes to the extreme step of subpoenaing the president but its obvious to all of us the lawyers dont want the president to be asked questions about obstruction. they said fine ask about collusions. but what is it about the obstruction matter that concerns the lawyers so much? >> huge questions about obstruction...

Things about what was happening and theres some corroborating evidence to suggest comey was right. if you read the report, thats basically what it comes down to. typically on a case like this, you dont charge based on a he said/he said in terms of false statements. >> what we see here, matt miller, if you want to take a skeptical view, two key witnesses, comey and mccabe, against potentially donald trump in the obstruction matter, are now having a public feud with the looming threat of jail, whi...

Judge rules but im surprised he spoke on the issue at all. >> it is -- i feel like im watching "dynasty" from the 80s. >> or "falcon crest." >> or "dallas." "knotts landing." michael, theres a reason i saved you for last. i want you to tie all this up. you worked for robert mueller and i saved the last question for you. talk to me about the tactics he and his team could use here. >> in terms of whether they get an interview or in the course of an interview? >> either way. go on. >> so i think th...

Tension between the two of them has tried to do everything possible to try and move along the white houses cooperation with mueller. >> frank, i want to bring you in on that point because i know you shared some thoughts with us today that donald trumps reaction to this story by calling michael schmidt and maggie habermans account fake news, he may have impeached the credibility or perhaps even the testimony of don mcgahn. elaborate. >> he may have painted himself into a corner that has legal sig...