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Good. >> understandably. >> yeah, this was not -- democrats didnt do a great job of setting expectations going into this. mueller appeared certainly throughout the morning halting in his answers unfamiliar with what was in the report about election interference and the institutions of democracy and there he was willing to stray away from the report. when it came to the presidents conduct specifically and that was the first several hours of the day, mueller was much less willing to engage with th...

Already? >> it was an interesting point. and it gives the president added incentive. >> and mueller didnt know the answer to it, by the way. what will they do to get don mcgahn up? thats the star witness. how do they get don mcgahn there? they are going to court and jerry nadler talked about that at their closed-door meeting. and they have to get mcgahn because having mueller, who wrote the report, is not like having john dean, white house counsel, testifying before the watergate committee. >> i...

Not for the olc report, he would have indicted the president, ted lieu thinks mueller was giving an honest answer and the walk back was not really what he kind of -- that he basically tipped his inner thinking. >> i think thats likely accurate especially layered on some of the other answers he was giving this morning. one of the ones that stood out to me is the way he corrected at one point its not that he declined to prosecute but declined to make a decision about whether to prosecute. which se...

Wanted and expected that robert mueller would bring this to life and i dont think he did. you had jeffrey sort of say well we didnt really expect it to be robert redford. we expected it to be robert mueller. i think they expected robert mueller to be much more engaged. >> this is not the robert mueller that testified. >> thats right. he seemed at times he was very engaged and had a real command of the facts with this sort of yes and no question that was probably the most effective parts but they...

Does this move others in congress or you toward supporting impeachment, should it move the democrats in the house toward moving toward impeachment? >> we know that additional democratic members of congress today said that they support opening and impeachment inquiry will see how the american public feels and know in the next few days and weeks how the american public assimilates this information that donald trump engaged in multiple acts of obstruction of justice which are felonies. >> is that w...

That is not the correct way to say it. as we say in the report and as i said at the opening, we did not reach a determination as to whether the president committed a crime. >> which is consistent with language from his report but still leaves open the question what would mueller have done if not for the olc opinion. i spoke with congressman lieu earlier tonight. congressman, your exchange with mueller produced clearly one of the more surprising responses from him of the day. were you surprised b...

Robert redford. we expected it to be robert mueller. i think they expected robert mueller to be much more engaged. >> this is not the robert mueller that testified. >> thats right. he seemed at times he was very engaged and had a real command of the facts with this sort of yes and no question that was probably the most effective parts but they were able to trip him up with facts in the report that he didnt have a full command on. i think i dont know that democrats expected that. i think they exp...

Said he believes when mueller gave that answer in the affirmative to ted lieus question about the report being not for the olc report, he would have indicted the president, ted lieu thinks mueller was giving an honest answer and the walk back was not really what he kind of -- that he basically tipped his inner thinking. >> i think thats likely accurate especially layered on some of the other answers he was giving this morning. one of the ones that stood out to me is the way he corrected at one p...

Feeling triumph and i expect well see more of that in the coming days. look, his folks are feeling very good. >> understandably. >> yeah, this was not -- democrats didnt do a great job of setting expectations going into this. mueller appeared certainly throughout the morning halting in his answers unfamiliar with what was in the report about election interference and the institutions of democracy and there he was willing to stray away from the report. when it came to the presidents conduct speci...