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I will find someone on the street to give it to. as we were walking i was ahead of pedros parents. in the back i see him and francisco talking to john, who i didnt know at the time. sitting there by marshals, i dont know the name of the street. he had a red sox sign. >> i am like hey. i have no change. i have extra tickets to the game. you want to go. he is like hell yeah. he dropped everything. put all of his change in his pocket. walked to the park. from there it is more of building a relation...

One week from today, robert mueller will testify before both the house judiciary and intelligence committees. each is expected to have only about two hours with the former special counsel to question him about the findings in his 448-page report. but some democrats are concerned that it may not be enough time. one of the lawmakers who will be questioning mueller is with me tonight, and thats congressman jamie raskin, a member of the house judiciary and oversight committees. congressman, thank yo...

Terry reporting in from the white house tonight. >> reporter: president trump, irate at the news that robert mueller will testify before congress. >> its a disgrace. no obstruction, no collusion. now the democrats want a do-over. >> reporter: house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler defending his decision to subpoena the special counsel. >> its very important that the american people hear from mr. mueller. >> reporter: a key issue, will mueller explain his cryptic statement about whether ...

Privately, they say they are fearful that it wouldnt live up to the hype. if they didnt meet expectations, they might look inapt. >> nadler the mumble or will be questioning mueller the cadaver, and what we have here is the first question that should be asked by the republicans is, when you fired them, why did you not preserve their phones and text messages? why did you allow their phones to be erased? why did you allow an obstruction of justice? in the next question would be, how much of the re...

Muellers decision to testify to two house committees next month. >> the mueller thing never stops. there was no collusion. there was no obstruction. there was no nothing. how many times do we have to hear it? it never ends. it just keeps going on and on. ive been going through this for two years, two and a half years. >> but some democrats say muellers testimony could be the thing that increasing calls for impeachment. outfront now democratic congressman danny heck sitting on the house intel com...

Advisers and a key ally by signing with kim jong-un, north korea unleashed a new attack accusing america of evil ambition and insulting the dictators regime. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news, a day after robert muellers refusal to publicly clear the president, attorney general william barrs openly questioning muellers failure to reach a decision on the question of obstruction. that comes shortly after president trump unleashed a stunni...

Witch hunt, the deputy director who says its not a witch hunt. >> its the opposite. what we heard yesterday from bob mueller re-enforced the idea because of his fidelity to the rule of law and his concern even about fairness, he didnt indict the president. he was bound by the justice department guidelines. thats the opposite of a witch hunt. its the rule of law that benefits the president that wouldnt benefit anybody else. >> so evan, then president trump went back to another familiar refrain, q...

Politically, republicans now willing more than ever questioning muellers russia investigation in a way they havent been able to before and democrats trying to defend it. >> that was a bad e-mail, like marquee bad. >> youre talking about the text message. >> the text message from agent strzok. i agree with clint that this is a large organization. it is an organization populated by terrific, honest, ethical, patriotic people. but one or two bad apples can really undermine the credibility of an ent...

Questioning muellers credibility, referring to the investigators as john was saying, as angry democrats even though they have registrations and histories working for republican administrations. and this is all part of the breaking point whenever that comes of whether they refuse an interview with mueller or they just fight a subpoena through the courts. and that is when the president and this white house will rely on the conservative base to rally with them. but if there are fissures, thats goin...

His argument. going to prosecutors saying look, i think you guys are using this to go after president trump. to try to impeach him. i dont think you care about these charges. and we think this is all about getting after trump. the judge has not made a ruling yet but starkly different tones in these two different courts. >> thank you very much. joining me now is jeffrey toobin. can you explain to me why two courts. >> the mueller office brought two cases charging manafort. similar but different c...