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Times," the details provided to bob woodward and your league in his book "fear: fire and fury," the way these manifest themselves, bob woodward said the truth emerges. they are sort of due for another kind of inside hit. any concerns people inside disapprove of this conduct? >> theres always people inside who voice disapproval, yet lets be real, they still choose to work there, whether its on the campaign or inside the white house. so private complaints really only go so far in any realm of life...

Activities, and i think he will make the best case possible if you follow the facts, oversight will actually result in better, stronger government. >> and im old enough to remember, as you are, jeremy, when these functions used to be bipartisan. hope springs eternal. glenn kirschner, i want to read you what the list may delve into, this is from "the new york times." now theyre requesting all documents related to the resignation of michael t. flynn as national security adviser, firing of mr. come...

Thank god. thats what congress is supposed to do, oversight. >> jerry, doug makes an interesting point. mueller is doing his job the way any sort of legal professional or political professional understands he must do his job. but rudy giuliani has been able to do some damage in the public arena and a minimum among trumps base because hes voiceless. he doesnt speak. we dont hear from him. he speaks through indictments and court documents that are indecipherable to anyone other than you and glenn ...

One of the original sentences. >> sometimes when we hear people reflect the steel dossier and salacious examples and ones, of course, that have not been proven e. theres more than that. theres a pattern of behavior over decades investigators are looking at, we know be rot mueller is, and today with what the house committee has done is said game on. michael cohen last week in some ways was opening act but provides almost a roadmap. he hit upon so many different subjects and so many different aspe...

Privileges may not be entered into the public record. >> in federal law, a spouse cannot be compelled to testify against another spouse. besides, wee believe be rot muellers close to wrapping up his investigation. the report can go to the justice department as soon as this week. its not clear this is relevant but it sure perked up a lot of ears. >> for sure. you also have reporting into investigations whether michael cohen talked to the president about a pardon. >> not necessarily the president....

It will be a blockbuster hearing the first week of february but it may not get to things that other guests were talking about because there may be things cohen was told, were not going to talk about that in an open setting. dont be surprised if this is not the own time we see michael cohen on the hill, perhaps coming back for a closed session with intel or judiciary or another finger in the pot here. >> did i see something from adam schiff that suggests it was an open session? is it open or clos...

Credible account of the events as they transpired. cynthia, as a prosecutor, what questions would you want to have michael cohen answer before congress? >> i think about it, there are six major areas that im interested in. first of all, i would say the fact that hes testifying leads me to believe mueller has said its okay, he can testify. to recognize mueller is the puppeteer at the top of this arrangement. theres, of course, what you have been talking about, the campaign finance deal, in additi...

First two years of the presidency and that is what theyre doing here. >> and now theyre doing it, ali. i think its important to know theyre doing it in contexts of their legislative goals as well. they couldnt just pull this out of the sky with michael cohen. the letters saying he would come testify link its to hr-1, the first major package if we werent in a government shutdown, we would be talking a lot more about right now, which is an election integrity law that members of congress want to pa...

Count. thats true. >> so, cynthia, again, i want to ask you the same question i asked jill about this, what do you think -- because you would assume all of these questions youve asked, somebody in the southern district of northern or muellers investigation or both, asked and maybe has is information about. does congress achieve something by hearing it directly from michael cohen, and does michael cohen achieve something by talking to congress about this? >> yes, congress has a big goal here and ...

Possibly, there are tape recording, and theres nothing more persuasive than hearing donald trumps voice in conversation with michael cohen. and those -- they maybe in the possession of mueller but have not been released because they are part of grand jury secrecy. congress doesnt have to keep things secret. once they are out in the public, it can change peoples minds. i point to watergate when the support for richard nixon who won 49 out of 50 states, he won a landslide in the popular vote. had ...