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Investigation complete with tape tampering and all. thats nick akerman, nick, thank you for being here. so obviously, the obstruction portion of this was always a pretty significant part of this case. you hear that you are looking at the tapes. what does that say? to you? >> it says to me they are looking at it for a couple of reasons. first of all, these videotapes would have shown who went in and out of the facility, the storage facility at the time of the grand jury subpoena was served on the...

It doesnt have to be a separate article. but they think it is instructive and all part of the same issue here. i think frankly there are probably some house democrats who have been dealing with this issue for so long on the mueller report, they want to see it included just to get it all wrapped up. what nancy pelosi wants is still a mystery. you saw her not answer my question there. she dodged a similar question during that cnn town hall tonight. she will be part of this process. she made it cle...

In whatever the house committees produce. it doesnt have to be a separate article. but they think it is instructive and all part of the same issue here. i think frankly there are probably some house democrats on judiciary who have been dealing with this issue for so long on the mueller report, they want to see it in included just to get it all wrapped up. what nancy pelosi wants is still a mystery.an you saw her not answer my question there. she dodged a similar question during that cnn town hal...

Especially on the judiciary committee who feel like the obstruction laid out in the mueller report is part of a pattern, part of the same objective behavior you are seeing from the president even now refusing to comply with subpoenas, to come and testify. there are some democrats who would like to see that included in whatever the house committees produce. it doesnt have to be a separate article. but they think it is instructive and all part of the same issue here. i think frankly there are prob...

Corroborate this. i want to turn both of your expert attention to the obstruction portion. glenn, what case does it make? >> so, ari, if the abuse of office allegation is a bit of an outside jump shot, then i think the obstruction allegation is going to be a layup. you have the president, who is often his own worst enemy, who stood up on camera and said i will comply with exactly zero congressional subpoenas. and then he made good on that promise can -- courtesy of this report and we knew it bef...

Collusion, he was measuring criminal conspiracy. and he outlines 12 different instances of potential obstruction. the last building block of the foundation, steve, is that they want to make it clear to everyone that mueller is emphatic that he was operating under that guidance that he could not indict a sitting president. they want that to be made clear and then build the facts out from that, especially when it comes to volume 1, they say they want the american people onto know. for instance, 10...

Agreement. we never should have left it, and now were talking about getting back in it in the same basis that we were in, it which is trump saying i want to get out of what obama did but now i want to get in to do what obama did. trump has been very inconsistent in his policies. im sure the iranians arent quite sure what hes doing either. the british and the iranians are at it. its a difficult situation that could result in some unfortunate activities including war. but we dont have a president ...

The best attorney in the biz. ahead of this hearing which is going to be really interesting to say the least to watch it and jeff just told me our own joyce vance and braarbara mcquaid wil be testifying. whats your takeaway so far on the mueller report. >> the mueller report which ive read, we know from muellers press conference if called to testify, what hes going to do is be reading from the four corner of the report. in that sense if mueller is called to testify it may be very boring. theres ...

Dupree, former assistant attorney general under president bush. good morning, tom. great to have you here. you saw the live shot at the hearing room. don mcgahn is not going to show. the white house has directed him not to. he has put out a statement he will not be there. what happens next with this showdown. >> the tables are set for a constitutional clash. look, i think the white house is staking out a position that is constitution nallly principled. there is a history of asserting executive p...

I just am glad today to see we dont have chicken on the dais. the chairman orchestrate i had the confrontation. he is more interested in the fight than fact finding. take the mueller report which weve heard quoted from more than 99% of the justice department has offered to the chairman for an entire month. the chairman refused to look at it. attorney general who testified. the chairman changed the rules thus blocking general barr from testifying. i cant emphasize this enough. the track record de...