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Interfering in the 2016 presidential election, and he has obtained guilty pleas from five people for various charges, including michael flynn, president trumps first national security adviser, and rick gates, the former deputy chairman of the trump campaign. whats more, there is no sign that muellers investigation is coming to a close. here is cnns gloria borger with the first of a two-part profile of a man who once headed the fbi. >> reporter: special counsel robert mueller is a mystery man, pe...

Gloria borger, takes an in-depth look at the man behind one of the most important and polarizing investigations in modern political history. >> special counsel robert mueller is a mystery man. perhaps the most private public figure in washington. but as the leader of the russia investigation, hes also a political ground zero. >> i think the public trust in this whole thing is gone. >> reporter: and in the sights of a president who wanted him fire. >> last june, the president ordered the firing o...

Whats going on today? what do you got? i want to hear what the facts are. lets talk about it. i never saw any curiousness or nervousness ever. >> reporter: the pressure is intense but hes seen worse. >> this is man in his early 20s fought in vietnam. >> reporter: mueller grew up in the wealthy philadelphia suburbs and attended an elite boarding school, a classmate of john carrie. then to princeton. >> he was wounded in combat, shot through the leg, received bronze star with valor, purple heart a...

Three other broward county sheriffs deputies were also outside that school building. they didnt go inside thatch they were hiding behind their cars. its important to note we dont know if the school shooter was still inside, but we do know they never entered the building, those other deputies. this is coming from sources at the coral springs police department, and we should point out it was the coral springs officers who were first to go inside that building. >> and you also have new reporting ab...

Troubling new questions at the very least about the immediate response to the parkened shooting. thats on top top of the broward county deputy resources officers who did not rush into the building while 17 people were being murdered. with all the mixed signals and flags and all the rest, about the three still hospitalized, there is this. the deputy who left his job allegedly had company outside the school. the very latest now from our randy kaye who joins us from parkland. you have new details, ...

Also failed to act years ago on a pretty strong tip about this guy. >> reporter: absolutely. that was in 2016. the department of children and families here in florida went to the home of this suspect. they went to check out his home life. he and his girlfriend had just broken up. and what they saw was also very disturbing. they found he was cutting his arms. he had nazi symbols and racist language on his backpack for school. he was planning to buy a gun. and still despite all of that they determ...

>> reporter: his dress code as unforgiving as his work ethic. >> he was in the office been 6:00 and 6:30 every morning, and he would always plop his briefcase down on the chair while i was sitting at my desk and not shoot the breeze. immediately whats happening, whats going on? >> reporter: what if youre not a good briefer? >> then youre done. the boss likes a good briefer. they would study for two hours before briefing the boss. >> there wasnt a lot of back and forth. very quickly youre going t...

>> yeah, that sounds weird. he might have said that guys a jerk. i didnt see it as a partisan issue. >> reporter: how would you describe his politics? >> hes apolitical. hes nonpartisan. i think its become quite clear hes a pretty law and order guy. but he doesnt speak of things in political terms. >> reporter: which is partly why president bush picked him to run the fbi in 2001. >> the fbi was remain uncompromising in its mission. >> reporter: mueller arrived at the fbi just seven days before 9...

The breaking news tonight is yet more evidence that special counsel robert mueller has been busy indicting 22 people and companies over the last nine months. secured five guilty pleas and just today getting the cooperation of former trump campaign deputy chair rick gates. so who is this virtually silent special counsel, a man of few words but clearly lots of action? gloria borger reports. >> reporter: special counsel robert mueller is a mystery man. perhaps the most private public figure in wash...

Allegedly had company outside the school. the very latest now from our randy kaye who joins us from parkland. you have new details, three additional ones that did not enter the school. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, john, first i can tell you at least the one armed broward county sheriffs deputy scott pederson stayed outside that school even though he knew there was an active shooter inside that school. deputy pederson was outside that school building for about four minutes. the school...