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Certainly, theyre aware, these questions have been asked before whitaker appeared before the house. jerry nadler said, were going to ask you about this. this question has been out there. barbara mcquaid, let me ask you. given this report, would todays report alone be enough for sdny to launch an obstruction probe or add that on to their current investigation of president and that aspect of the investigation? how would that work? >> i dont know that it would. the fact that he asked jeffrey berman...

In the brake lights. hadas gold, appreciate it, thank you. >> thank you. the president firing back at former acting director andrew mccabe after mccabe said president trumps own words led the bureau to launch a counter intelligence and obstruction probe against the president. ive always been amazed by whats next. and still going for my best, even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if theres a better treatment than warfarin... i want t...

Ultimately responded to a narrow set of questions from special counsel investigators. while we dont know the substance of the interview with sanders, one likely area of interest was how she was -- she composed statements that she made on the podium, defending the president regarding the russia investigation as mueller wraps up his russia probe on the one focus. investigators has been on conflicting public statements by president trump and his team that could be seen as an effort to obstruct just...

Our understanding is thats something the mueller team has been looking at. it wouldnt be surprising if that was an area of focus with sarah sanders. it appears this was part of the obstruction probe. >> we will have you stand by. we have more breaking news coming into "the situation room." the democratic chairman of the house oversight committee is calling into question statements made by the presidents attorneys. lets get details from manu raju. what is elijah cummings saying? >> reporter: he h...

Interviewed by mueller. >> if they have not already. >> if they havent been there. >> joyce, we were talking a lot lately about the coordination of lies told about contacts with russians. weve spent a lot of this week analyzing muellers, one of his top deputies, andrew weissmanns comments that we learned about in a transcript from a closed-door hearing, the contacts between trumps campaign officials and russians or russian associates, are the heart of the special counsels investigation. it would...

Revealing he opened the obstruction probe and counterintelligence investigation of the president. >> how long was it after that that you decided to start the obstruction of justice and counterintelligencings haves involving the president? >> i think the next day i met with the team having the russia cases and i asked the team to go back and conduct an assessment to determine where are we with these efforts and what steps do we need take going forward? i was concerned i was able to put the russia...

Trump tower moscow, but its in some ways a bigger problem because this cant be spun as part of the russia hoax. this is its own crime. its about impeding congresss legitimate oversight functions and really interfering with the checks and balances in our structure of government, which means that congress has to take it seriously as an institution regardless of how they might feel politically about the russia investigation itself. >> garrett, what about you? how big is this? >> i very much agree w...

Was on that flight back from hamburg germany on air force one. something else was happening that day as well n that very sim flight hes dictating a statement back to other colleagues of mine at "the times" about the story theyre about to break at the trump tower meeting from 2016 with don why are, paul manafort and jared kushner meet with russians on the promise of getting incriminating information. >> lets hit pause, not to re-create this day, joe becker and investigative reporters pressing on ...

Moscow situation. we have the alleged russian intelligence, and now it feels like there are a lot of dots out there we dont know if mueller is connecting those dots, if they will lead to anything, but the idea that this is a mostly obstruction probe, but it is kind of being put to rest right now, the collusion question is on the table right now and he has not bonded that at all. >> i want to read you one more thing. individual one is the president. cohen discussed the status and project with ind...

Wall. heres the big question. where will he get the money? wait until you hear where and whom he may take it from. a big night. lets get after it. [ music playing ] >> all right. we learn that the mueller report is already in the process of being written and a potential battle is already brewing before the probe even wraps up about how public that report may become. cnn sources say the special counsel has been reviewing the presidents changing stories as well as conflicting statements by his tea...