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Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Our colleague Kristen Welker there is still a steep hurdle to an interview with robert mueller. It would, quote, raise significant article ii questions going to the heart of president ial authority. Its not just about this president but about the presidency. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani spokes with axios. They report, quote, there are two topics the president s lawyers want to rule out in order to agree to a t...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Election, that means the more careful you have to be in how overtly you investigate or charge someone who is going to be on the ballot in that election. First of all, donald trump, as far as i know, is not on the ballot in 2018. So this whole issue about them affecting the election is actually pretty tangential. Its not clear how much it applies. But mueller is so clearly cautious and observant of preceden...

By the thousands still left. Theres approximately 8,000 of those still left. And so we will not have a winner, we will not have a concession by a loser, in this race until all of those votes are counted by august 18th. That is tonights last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts now. Tonight, President Trump calls the russia investigation an illegally brought rigged witch hunt but says stay tuned. While Rudy Giuliani puts the chance of a sit Down With Mueller at 50 . In the manafort cour...

And we try to at least feel we have some character. and so i think most americans, you know, certainly most republicans arent cruel, they arent corrupt, yet theyre watching this happen. and youre starting to see the support seep away, i think. >> were very proud of calling ourselves the most generous nation on earth, in fact. 44 years ago today, richard nixon lifted off the south lawn for the last time. >> the helicopter. >> yes, and gerald ford talked about our long national nightmare. do you s...

Of the presidency. and then you have that unnecessary bullying and cruelty. and here is what i think -- i think it will get to the heart of the problem, because americans deep down inside, theyre not cruel people. were not corrupt people. and we try to at least feel we have some character. and so i think most americans, you know, certainly most republicans arent cruel, they arent corrupt, yet theyre watching this happen. and youre starting to see the support seep away, i think. >> were very prou...

Arent corrupt, yet theyre watching this happen. and youre starting to see the support seep away, i think. >> were very proud of calling ourselves the most generous nation on earth, in fact. 44 years ago today, richard nixon lifted off the south lawn for the last time. >> the helicopter. >> yes, and gerald ford talked about our long national nightmare. do you see, do you entertain any echoes of anything nixonian in what were witnessing now, as a historian yourself? >> oh, absolutely. i mean, hist...