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Say its all my fault and he doesnt want that either. were stuck in this period of time where essentially a green light has been given to our adversaries to mess with the next election. >> katy, frank is right. no normal times we would have a marshall plan already announced up and running that wouldnt wait for tomorrow. absent that, katy, the talk from mueller about the russia attack surely seems to speak to the origins of the investigation, the investigation of the investigators at d.o.j., is it...

Been attacking the united states in a devastating way in 2016. he really refocuses our attention on the bigger picture, however, this investigation is underway and one of the things mueller statement brings to light is that the gravity of what happened with russia, he talks about it in very patriotic terms. this is threat to the county. if youre the president, if youre the attorney general and if youre not taking this incredibly seriously and if youre doing something to obstruct the investigatio...

Possibility that other nations could continue to assist him. the other thing is if it happens again and it will if we dont defend against it, the president wants plausible deniability. if he comes out and says im building a program to stop it and it doesnt work, he could say its all my fault and he doesnt want that either. were stuck in this period of time where essentially a green light has been given to our adversaries to mess with the next election. >> katy, frank is right. no normal times we...

Impeachment, then i believe we will have done it right. if we make the decision by way of a political calculation, that will be a grave mistake on our part. thats why i feel that im very much a part of the process. and lets remember whats at stake here. whats at stake is two things mueller told us. we have had a systematic sweeping interference of our election by russia, and this administration is doing nothing about it. its covering it up. it welcomed it to its own benefit. and then we have the...

Questions and republicans may want to question aspects why the fbi started investigating the trump campaign. there is no question russia has been attacking the united states in a devastating way in 2016. he really refocuses our attention on the bigger picture, however, this investigation is underway and one of the things mueller statement brings to light is that the gravity of what happened with russia, he talks about it in very patriotic terms. this is threat to the county. if youre the preside...

Aggressively? >> reporter: thats certainly a risk democrats have been aware of for some time. nancy pelosi has been trying to tamp down calls for impeachment. you have not seen democrats issue many subpoenas even though theyve been in power for three months now because of the fact theyre worried about the prospect of overreaching. theyve been trying to build the case for what they believe is white house intransigence and eventually move forward with subpoenas. they believe they can push forward ...

What will happen when the house tries to subpoena the report or robert mueller, what happens if the executive branch resists? we can be in court on an onensaried and constitutional question. >> you and i sort of game theories this on radio yesterday. are you surprised when all is said and done, are you surprised that seemingly the result will not involve any additional indictments for conspiracy, clue, call it what you will or for obstruction? >> im surprised bbt a couple things, im surprised in...

Report. it was just a ceremony to bestow former a.g. jefferson sessions with a, wait for it, semifinal cabinet chair, for all his service to the justice department. according to the a.p. the name robert mueller was not even mentioned once. something tells me, though, that mueller was uneveryones mind, however. so for now we wait and refresh twitter and some of us are handling the long wait better than others say for instance the president of the united states who cannot seem to resist the urge t...

Are barr, now all eyes on barr. he has several enormous decisions to make. first, is he going to give an advanced copy to the white house and give them a chance to object on executive privilege. white house lawyers have said they expect to have that opportunity. >> of his report that is bill barrs. >> barr will send muellers report over. do you object to anything here. then if they do object, and i think they will, is barr going to agree with them or will he fight them. if he says i disagree wit...

Elie, when you hear the president rchbsreferencing that deputy, that deputy is someone he appointed. >> yeah, i think another fairly transparent attempt on discredit anyone who would speak against him. no prosecutor receives votes. every federal prosecutor is appointed. rod rosenstein is a life long republican appointed by a republican who was appointed by donald trump. in fact rosenstein was a direct appointment of donald trump. >> and by the way all the spin of course weve been hearing that th...