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Joining us tonight. See you at 00. Tonight, the white house transcript released. The president saying to a foreign leader, id like you to do us a favor. President trumps phone call with the president of ukraine. In that call, urging him to open an investigation connected to his political opponent, joe biden. Noting in the conversation the u. S. Had done a lot for ukraine. And tonight, the timing. The president and the ukrainian leader were set to meet today, even before the headlines broke. And ...

>> but if its left to the discretion of the justice department, then youre leaving it to the discretion of the prosecutors and i wouldnt leave anything to the discretion of prosecutors. barr sawed he didnt know about a leak investigation into lawmakers. trump didnt know but in a moment from his testimony when he was being confirmed. this is then senator and now kamala harris questioning barr. >> has the president or anyone at the white house ever asked or suggest you open an investigation of any...

Anything relating to ukraine with rudy giuliani." but tonight, congressional democrats are questioning barrs independence and suggesting a coverup. >> you can see why the department of justice would want this transcript never to see the light of day. you can see why they have worked so hard to deprive our committee of the whistle-blower complaint. >> reporter: and democrats have new questions about whether the attorney general played a role in the justice departments decision not to pursue a cri...

Memorialize something he knew would get leaked questioning barrs conclusion and his interpretation that he presented to the public in context, nature, and substance, which is a four-alarm fire. i really think he needs to be questioned in anticipation of the republicans attack on him about this process. can we defend this process? can he defend his team? what about peter struck and lisa page and on and on? i think as a taxpayer, i think were owed that. i think that he needs to stand up and answer...

Pretty clear answers i think it just gave us more cause for concern. >> how will you respond if youre not pleased with the attorney generals level of transparency? will you subpoena mueller to testify before congress? >> well, the thing is that we do not control our ability to issue subpoenas but on the other hand the house does. so i think the house committee will be very interested in having the mueller report disclosed to the public. im pretty sure that three chairs, the oversite chair, the j...

Amy klobuchar which exchanged, he said suborning perjury is illegal. but listen to senator klobuchar, democrat from minnesota pressed this point. >> in your memo you talked about the comey decision and you talk about obstruction of justice and you already went over that which i appreciate. you wrote on page one that a president persuading a person to commit perjury would be obstruction, is that right? >> that -- yes. >> okay. >> or any -- well, you know, any person who per suedes another -- >> a...

Theres been a lot of whats collusion anyway? one mans collusion is another mans cooperation. suborning perjury is not like that. its not open to interpretation. >> no. and its very -- its been very hard to wrap our arms around what trump knew and what exactly what is collusion, what is cooperation. you know, if you go back over the last whatever 50 years or so, these are exactly the things that the last two impeachments centered around. when my old boss bill clinton, what the house voted out was...

Providing legal advice to the presidents team, but the attorney generals not the presidents lawyer, hes the lawyer for the united states. how do you respond to that? >> what do you think, rebecca? >> this and the mueller investigation are obviously going to be one of the main focus for these senators as theyre questioning barr. everyone is going to want to know will he protect the mueller investigation? and what happens when a report is issued? could he potentially go after the president for obs...