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Were working on when i was in there when you read the transcript, most of the interview seem to center on foreign policy. the warned israel, ukraine, domestic policy doesnt come in until the rapid fire part near the end obviously, its very tough to conduct an interview with somebody who is the leader of the free world are trying to be, there are so many issues, but was that what you were hoping for or is that just kind of how the interview? >> no, i was focused we were focused very much on forei...

Ache salingss of bias as a right wing conspiracy theory. >> an attack on the rule of law tears down peoples confidence in the basic fundamental element of our democracy. >> chad: garland said he never personally linked to the audiotape from the interview special counsel robert hur conducted with the president. saying the department only altered the transcript to eliminate repetitive or filler words. but republicans say thats precisely why they want to hear the tapes. >> the transcript may be acc...

Republicans want more. >> we havent heard the tapes. we dont know if they match up. >> if you have audio or video, that is better than a transcript. >> substantively, the transcript may be accurate. but you know what? the audio would tell us so much more. >> reporter: but the white house asserted executive privilege over the recordings at the request of garland, who today says hed be concerned about a possible chilling effect if they were released. >> it could influence witnesses answers if they...

Agents to do their jobs effectively. in future investigations. i will not be intimidated. and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence and we will not back down from defending democracy. >> that was the attorney general, merrick garland, on capitol hill today, testifying before the house judiciary committee, defending himself and his department from republicans on the committee who threatened to hold him in contempt for refusin...

Be done by this committee is to observe the audio recording of the president testifying to see whether it comports with the transcript or whether reveals things about his capacity or his veracity or anything else that comes from his demeanor as he as he is interviewed congressman, do you think the audio should be released absolutely not. >> it is a preposterous proposition to say that congress has some legitimate legislative purpose to obtain the audio when it has the substance of the interview ...

Disparage the investigations into the former president, katelyn polantz is outfront live in washington to begin our coverage tonight. and caitlin, i mean, this was a five-hour intense hearing. garland standing firm, but one of the key reasons since he was there is because republicans want him to release audio of bidens interview with special counsel in the classified documents case. and so far weve got a transcript from the doj thats it. no audio. and i know to begin, youve got some new reportin...

Answers from garland on the former president trumps felony conviction last week. joining me now is texas congressman chip roy, member of the house judiciary committee. congressman roy, they have given us the transcript of the biden interview. so, why do you all need the tape? >> well, first of all, we want to be able to see the demeanor of the president when that was, in fact, the primary rationale for special counsel hur in saying he wasnt going to pursue charges against the president. when i w...

Legitimate basis. >> just one final go in the reason everyones asking for it, i think from the media perspective in the american public is because special counsel, her concluded that there were issues with bidens memory right? >> i mean, thats the reason is that actually, counsel her well, special counsel, hur said that he also said in the course of the interview that president biden has a photographic memory and ultimately you have the transcript. >> so if you have issues with his memory or wit...

For a few minutes. we all came back in and he is still rolling his eyes for the remainder of the afternoon. >> there is a period where everyone is out of the courtroom other than the defense table and the prosecution table, but then the public and press her out of the room. >> not all of the public. its interesting because as you mentioned the first two rows that were like friends of the bride and groom, they were still there. but this is where all of us to go. >> the media is screaming that we ...

Particular criminal case against trump is both lurid and cogent and full of amazing characters and has just enough surprised to make every witness kind of a cliffhanger. you cant -- i dont know if trump is falling asleep or resting his eyes, but it is not boring. it is riveting. >> riveting is the perfect word to describe what it was like inside donald trumps trial. every trial is dramatic, but this is real life and was no exception. its one thing to hear the news about it or to read the transcr...