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Remains to be seen, but thats a persuasive case. >> ken for us, thank you. we have assembled quite the roster of experts here on a monday morning. sometimes i say it and i dont mean it, but this morning i mean it. mimi roka, chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney, senior fbi official, jennifer reuben here in person, an opinion writer at "the washington post." all of them, msnbc analysts. chuck, ill start with you. do prosecutors appear to have a smoking gun here as it relates to campaign financ...

They expect. >> all right joining me now is one of the lawmakers in the closed door session. congressman, thank you for being here. >> absolutely thank you. >> is this still under way this session and what can you tell us about it. >> well, its i think the last bit of questioning is happening now by the republicans. look, i think jim comey was the right man for the wrong set of questions today. the republicans brought him in to talk about the hillary clinton email server yet again. these are a t...

He says thats hogwash. burr says if he purports to know that as fact, why was that not included in the intelligence assessment that was released in 2017? that certainly will be a talking point we hear both from the president and his aides as this unfolds. >> geoff bennett is right. senator burr has been trying to stay above the political fray in this. the senate intelligence economic has operated in a bipartisan way, non-partisan way than the houser intelligence committee. when someone like sena...

Cillizza in for viewers. do you know what the republican legislation actually includes and whether any democrats will get board. >> let me answer the second question first. we dont know on the democratic front. >> yeah. >> this is an attempt to find a solution to the fact that you had, even before this family separation, you still had no answer to daca. that issue had been bubbling and no answer. this is an attempt to find a solution to that while also paring with what we know donald trump wants...

Trump jr. got material but did -- sought material but did not receive it. lets start with the transcripts. what is mule learinging for and did it find it in some of the information? >> ill ask the second question first, he did not, there was no smoking gun in the 2,500 pages of transcripts of interrogations by the senate judiciary committee of people at that trump tower meeting willing to be interrogated. almost all of it was donald trump jr. to the first question, what is mueller looking for, w...

Were back. were waiting for the white house press briefing to begin. david chalian are with me. tease before the break. we want to talk about the news today that the rumblings, david chalian, around the white house, that the president -- he spent a lot of time, former staff secretary rob porter, who had been accused of domestic violence by both his ex-wives, never had that full clearance. he has been gone a few months. news is that the president has been in touch with him and rumblings that the ...

Julian assange, this is how trump aide stone has addressed those questions. >> you know, i was very specific in that i said that i had communicated with mr. assange. i never said that i met with him or that i spoke with him. we have a mutual acquaintance who is a fine gentleman. i happen to be one that thinks that assange is a hero. >> the atlantics natasha bertrand talking about wikileaks and how stone tried to keep this communication open. i wonder the view of where stone fits into all this as...

>> the president has not even discussed that. the president is not discussing firing bob mueller. we are cooperating with -- he is not even discussed not -- hes not discussed firing bob mueller. >> is he going to rule out once and for all firing robert mueller. >> ill address the second question first. the president said last week, i believe last week and several times before there is no intention or plan to make any changes in regards to the special counsel. >> is he setting the stage for firin...

To obstruct the investigation. but why? lets keep our eye on that. why was trump willing to go by these extreme lengths to destroy and demolish the russia investigation? because theres something he does not want mueller to find out. thats whats really important we need to know and probably dont know and mueller probably does. >> matthew ill take you back to the beat and repeat for the benefit of all of us and well talk about it afterwards the number of denials about attempts to fire mueller. >> ...

Why was trump willing to go by these extreme lengths to destroy and demolish the russia investigation. thats something he didoes not want mull tore find out and mueller probably does. >> matthew ill take you back to the beat and repeat for the benefit afterwards the number of defiles about attempts to fire mueller. >> does the president commit to not firing robert mueller? >> the president has not even discussed that. the president is not discussing firing bob mueller. we are cooperating with --...