>> you think what. >> that mueller covered up for barr yet weshtd respect. >> i don't think he is covering up for barr. he is choosing not of it the fight with barr zba fight what fight. >> the most. >> barr testified under oath and in three occasioning mueller told him that. >> and he he misled the country and the congress and isabella aed pour of his kbeem. >> the next the calls for impeachment getting louder on the campaign trail. >> we need to begin impeachment proceedings. >> plus mueller breaking silence. as jeanne found out, the internet went wild. banking eas, like... zelle. to conveniently send money to your babysitter. for overtime. or pinacle, to tap into your organization in the office, on the go, or in the stop-and-go. pnc - make today the day.
said so. >> the power of the spoken word. that was the bottom line. if mueller had confidence president trump did not commit a crime, he'd say so, but he couldn't say so. hearing mueller say that was a moment in history and makes us wonder what president trump and his administration heard. because just listen to them. >> we consider this very much to be case closed. >> he said the case is done. >> and president tweeting those same words. the operative words. the case is closed. thank you. case closed? well that's not what mueller said, right? because mueller was crystal clear that the ball is now in congress's court. >> the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrong doing. >> and that's it. a process other than the criminal justice system. that was mueller. that process, other than
democratic congressman telling cnn members are growing restless. house speaker nancy pelosi refunding to move forward. megadonor tom steyer is upping the pressure in a new video to congress today. >> we just heard the summary of the mueller report from robert mueller himself. and he set the story straight and said there is nothing i can do about it under the constitution. it's up to congress to act. so let's be clear. congress, do your job. >> outfront now tom steyer founder of the need to impeach superpac. good to have you with me. you got the statement today process ten minutes. mueller came out, said his piece. do you think in leads to a major shift in democrats in congress? >> oh, i think that mr. mueller was unequivocal that if he could have said the president was innocent he would have said it. he said he was unequivocal that he couldn't charge him. and he was unequivocal that it
what we need to hear today. >> hmm. >> well, the emphasises seep changing. they are going to call him become but i think they want time to pass. let's see thousand settles out. they want to see how mueller plays with the country. they don't want to be seen as harassing him. >> they want him to come voluntarily. they don't want the obnoxious us see page 33 or 42. >> the drama when he comes will be high. whout without him and mcgahn it's hard to have hearings that are magnetic that draw americans in which is what she wants to do before moving to impeachent. >> and when mueller refers to there being alternate process outside the criminal justice is it system if he refers to congress then you would need him and don mcgahn and others to speak for the american people to hear. juliette, the white house, you know, here is the comment today. here is the response to mueller. >> there was no real news in
>> so barr says that if mueller found evidence that trump committed crime he thinks mueller would have said so. thaps he -- injury it's not perhaps. it's pretty clear he put it word think in very purposely. because mueller said he could not charge a sitting president. he added to that. he said if he could not charge trump a sitting president then he would not take the next step of publicly accusing him of a crime. >> it would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge. >> directly refuting what barr told grassley. and as for mueller's parting shot, he called out the president for his recent remarks. >> russian intelligence officers who were part of the russian military launched a concerted attack on our political system. and that allegation deserves the attention of every american. >> of every american.
subpoenas, that he is not going to offer anyone from the administration to testify. and then in fact he won't deal with congress about anything as long as they're attempting oversight of his administration. so, sure, it sounds to me like a very pro tracted exercise whereas impeachment gives congress special powers, brings it into focus and let's the american people see on tv just the way we saw mr. mueller today what the truth is. and that's what we need, the american people to see the truth. >> so the two people who are most important in congress on this obviously the speaker, nancy pelosi, it's her decision and the chairman of the house judiciary committee gerry nadler who would initiate impeachment proceedings and hearing. they both sponed today to what mueller had to say and here they are. >> getting the facts to the american people or getting the truth for the american people, where any will lead us we shall see nothing off the table. >> with respect to the kbeefrpment question all options are on the table and nothing
white house official told me earlier that the white house's view is that in will help them in 2020 in terms of oh, retaking the house of representatives. now that can all very well be a very poly anna view of the situation trying to spin this as a positive for president trump. but the white house is also just trying to spin what robert mueller said. sarah hawk bee sanders, white house press secretary repeatedly said that mueller should have said whether or not he would have charged president trump with obstruction of justice. and she said he had a moral obligation to do that. but as you just pointed out, mueller made it clear that he felt he could not do that because of the doj guidelines. the white house is both trying to pin this as a positive for them from a political perspective and also trying to suggest that robert mueller shirked his responsibilities by not making it clear how he felt about the obstruction part of this and that by doing so essentially exonerated the president on obstruction. we all know that's not what mueller did in this report.
>> yes. >> and this white house is not paying attention to the serious underlying issue. >> obviously, john, he made it clear he can't charge a sitting president because of the opinion, right he put great weight in that. even he said even more clearly -- this was directly in opposition to barr who told chuck grassley i think he absolutely would have said he had all this information that was bad even if he didn't charge purely said no way, right. mueller said if i was going to accuse one someone of a crime i was going to charge and i couldn't charge who i wasn't going to accused. this opens the door to what is next. today mueller the continued to say this when he talked about not dieting trump. >> yeah. >> the opinion explicitly -- explicitly permits the investigation of a sitting president because it is important to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents available. among other things, that evidence could be used if there were coconspirators who could be
if he is asked he will probably do it voluntarily. but if he don't want to do it voluntarily. they can subpoena him and force the issues. subpoena it is an awkward way to do it. but his testimony is also hearsay. you could also get a lot of what he could say from other witnesses where he could shine a bigger light in sort of an overview. >> i mean, david, here is the question. you heard congressman connolly, right he said he is coming i don't care whether he wants to be here or not he is coming. nancy pelosi said she wants him to come. however gerry nadler had originally threatened to subpoena backed away. here is pelosi and nadler. >> yes, i think it would be useful for him to testify before congress. >> are you going to subpoena mueller to testify then? >> mr. mueller told us a lot of
play it cool and escape heartburn fast with new tums chewy bites cooling sensation. ♪ tum tum tum tums tonight robert mueller refusing to testify before congress. here is mueller speaking publicly the first time in two years saying he is done talking publicly about the russia investigation. >> the work speaks for itself. and the report is my testimony.