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No collusion, no obstruction, total exoneration. muellers six hour of testimonies in the house on wednesday refuted that line but it was very sort of complicated and nuanced and difficult to remember. its not a bumper sticker, for example. the challenge democrats have had in the congress is how to communicate to the american people the urgency behind this and how to communicate what exactly trump did wrong and what exactly they believe he should be impeached over. and one thing to keep an eye on...

Moving forward with an impeachment inquiry at this point. but democrats are still very divided over the next steps with speaker pelosi hesitant to move forward. she wants instead for her caucus to focus on their legislative agenda. the heat is on for house democrats. >> we will own august and make it too hot to handle for the senate not to take up our bills. >> reporter: looking to move forward now that former special counsel robert muellers testimonies are over. but growing calls for an impeach...

>> i think robert mueller did a horrible job. both today and with respect to the investigation. but in all fairness to robert mueller, he had nothing to work with. >> so i got to tell you, weve got a great group here to talk about all of this. shimon prokupecz, chris cillizza, juliette kayyem. before i get to them, first i want to bring in john pistole. john pistole worked directly under robert mueller at the fbi as his deputy director. john, its always a pleasure and really important to have yo...

Closely with him were used to seeing in his prior dozens of testimonies while he was the fbi director. i think he was more focused, more precise and more in command of the facts in the afternoon session, and perhaps because that was an area of more comfort and familiarity to him than the morning session. and the whole idea of was there obstruction and were these overt acts in furtherance of a -- were those substantive? and i think he addressed those in his succinct, sometimes terse answers, but ...

Chris? >> yes, please. >> its not only ground for launching impeachment inquiry, the reality is that obstruction of justice was the heart of the nixon impeachment and it was the heart of the bill clinton impeachment. congress has established through history and through its own precedents that obstruction of justice is right up there with bribery and treason as a betrayal of the basic oath of office. and thats what trump did. his duty is to take care of the laws are faithfully executed, but he tr...

Bribery and treason as a betrayal of the basic oath of office. and thats what trump did. his duty is to take care of the laws are faithfully executed, but he tried to sabotage the laws, he tried to tamper with witnesses and he tried to obstruct justice. we saw it in case after case that we laid out in painstaking detail today. >> and chris, you might have noticed that almost almost every one of our testimonies, we ended with if anybody else had committed these same crimes, they would be prosecut...

Hearing today. what do you think? >> well, thank you, don. i think it was really a tale of two testimonies. in the morning, after his opening statement and initial colloquy there with chairman nadler, i think he was not as focused or precise or, frankly, even in command of the facts as i think those of us who worked closely with him were used to seeing in his prior dozens of testimonies while he was the fbi director. i think he was more focused, more precise and more in command of the facts in t...

The commodity what part of ourselves are we willing to sell? is any of it -- should any of it be for sale? >> we seem to be okay with that because were not feeling money flow out of our pockets. its an existential issue. >> because its been invisible so long. what were seeing with the mueller testimonies, all of the conversations you guys are having, is the attempt to make the invisible visible and that is what we sought to do with this film is try to take this world of data and create a visual ...

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We all want whats best for our parents, so call today. were just hours away until one of the most anticipated testimonies ever on capitol hill. special counsel robert mueller will be questioned by the house judiciary and intelligence committee and the justice department guidance reiterated he is bound by the confines of what is in his 448-page report. so what might be the keys to questioning mueller? preet bharara, the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york worked closely w...