Of him actually getting bricks through on the 30 by the 31st because on the one hand brussels isnt prepared to give him what he says he wants to say they say junking the backstop have been it seems like that would be putting the interests of the departure you can head of the interests of the existing republican on and on the other hand no deal theres no majority for bottom will fight tooth and nail to prevent it what are his chances i think his chances are slim i think they are increased by this sense of determination it may be an intangible element in all of this but it was certainly something that mrs may didnt have and didnt bring to the table and its true i think the argument that if you really are determined to leave or if you are if you really are prepared to leave in the deal but i think it does focus minds but nevertheless being realistic about it the chances are still very slim however i think what may happen is some kind of careful sleight of hand by which something is achieved by the 30. It may not be the heartbreak that some of his supporters prefer and it may involve taking some elements of the agreement and putting them into a longer term political arrangement i dont know exactly i mean im not sitting in number 10 downing street this afternoon im talking to you but i think there is so much vested in not date now on the 31st of october so much for his own premiership for the future of the conservative party and for the stability of government but i think it for me it seems impossible that he cant that he wont be doing something momentous by 31st of october even if it isnt exactly i mean thats been invented you may rue the word. If youre a political biography David Camerons biography clear to take apart a book a biography of Boris Johnson we know how his story begins im going to do and i just correct you i didnt write David Camerons bible ferrite William Hagues biography right now no problem it just seemed created one was to buy it. But i now i think that the scenario with boris is unlike any of the recent conservative leaders he could turn out to be a very good Prime Minister he could be a disastrous Prime Minister and the reason for saying that is twofold i think its one his own personality its own capacity to. Essentially. Do myself in. But also you have to lay that against as youve quite rightly pointed out the very complex political very serious political situation into which hes come into government now you know it may be that this rather intangible quality that he brings to the whole situation will somehow. Assist someone out something that i just we havent managed to achieve in the last 3 years and that he will do it and then you know all these wonderful ambitions he has for britain relaunching itself as a global country that he talked about in his speech today lots of free trade deals elsewhere across the globe will come to fruition and thats obviously what i what im hoping for but you know frankly the next 3 months are going to be so critical to all of this and ill be happy to come and join you again on november the 1st and well certainly be every day thank you so much for very insightful observations on Boris Johnson hes become britains Prime Minister hes reached the pinnacle of power some say his lifelong ambition he may well now find but that does not mean he has control over events jenny many thanks are serious jonah hold their lives in westminster outgoing britain the british Prime Minister to resign may have given her final address as she left office after 3 years in power she attended her resignation to Queen Elizabeth the 2nd earlier may said that she hoped would lead to a Brighter Future for the u. K. She also hope to inspire others as britains 2nd female Prime Minister. Thank you for putting your faith in me and giving me the chance to serve. This is a country of aspiration and opportunity. And i hope that every young girl who has seen a woman Prime Minister now knows for sure that there are no limits to what they can achieve. It is good to have you with us hello adrian fenty going to here in doha but the news from aljazeera on an extremely busy news day another major story were following right now former u. S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is facing questions in Congress Questions about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 president ial election has reiterated that his report does not exonerate President Donald Trump in that investigation and these are live pictures from capitol hill a nearly 2 year probe ended with concluding that russia did interfere in the 2016 u. S. President ial election lets go live now to capitol hill and just as political hay is watching events for us there patty have we learned anything new so far. Well i think what weve learned is the democrats are going to be somewhat disappointed in how this hearing is playing out basically the bottom line is that the vast majority of the American People even most members of congress will admit they didnt read the entire mobile report its more than 400. 00 pages so what the democrats were hoping is that this man who is so well respected he was f. B. I. Director for more than a decade that he would come before them and lay out all of the. Reports hes not doing that in fact several occasions democrats have tried to get him to read from this report. From a. Very very short directly everything to the report public in a really hammering away at the investigation theyre trying to paint it. Faulty information. May be conclusions they did and again lets go back to the report that they found. More than 100. People within the. Russians but he said that the. Conspiracy. Just. Yes he found at least 10 episodes which could be seen as the president of struct injustice that is an Impeachable Offense the most mr miller has been asked repeatedly he will not go into as the president likes to say the i word hes not talking about. Thats something the congress would have to take one of the more interesting aspects though was a brief exchange with a republican congressman and i dont think he meant to give democrats the soundbite but he basically said so what youre saying is that the president could be charged with obstruction of justice after leaving office muller in his very typical response was yes so that was probably the most explosive thing weve seen from out of this hearing so far its mostly wrap it up not sure if its all the members but its not over this was about the obstruction part the next Committee Hearing after he gets a break is going to be a potential russian there. In the light to be had flagged up prior to his testimony that he wasnt going to talk about anything that wasnt already in the reports as he said democrats possibly will be extremely disappointed by by what theyve heard of the simpson and where does this leave the plans of those who would like to see President Trump impeached. There you have to wait and see how this plays out of the next couple of days but the polls show about this testimony so if you took if you look at it from the perspective of most people dont know whats in this report because the way it was rolled out what we saw is mr boehner gave his report to the attorney general far far than made his own summary and a lot of ways it contradicted what was actually in the report found when you got that slater in the meantime the narrative has been able to be set up no obstruction no engine mr miller very clearly in the short answers and saying i never said exoneration i never said no structure they never said you know no collusion exactly in those terms so if those sound bites are picked up if they make it through to the people who are paying attention it could have an impact but so far i dont think weve seen any monumental soundbite that is going to be played over and over and over again that its going to really make it through to the American Public just how serious the charges are that hes level that his investigation. Many thanks indeed it was it was political hey lets get back to that testimony then former u. S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller the official who led the investigation into alleged russian interference in the 2016 u. S. Election testifying right now before congress lets continue to listen in with christie later that same day the president arranged to meet with then f. B. I. Director james comey alone in the oval office correct correct particularly if. You have the citation to be repaid 3940 volume to thank you very much and according to me the president told him i hope open quote i hope you can see a way to clear to letting this thing go to letting flynn go hes a good guy and i hope he can let it go school age 40 volume 2 accurate. What that call me understand the president to be asking im not to get into. Mr cummings mind call me understood as to be a direction because of the president s coming to mind call me understood as to be a direction because of the president s position and the circumstances of the 1. 00 to 1. 00 meeting 40 volume 2 i understand its in the report and i have supported as being in there as being in the report thank you sir even though the pub the president publicly denied telling call me to drop the investigation you found open quote substantial evidence corroborating commies account over the president s is this correct correct the president fired call me on may 9th that corrects or i believe that he accurate day thats page 77 volume 2 you found substantial evidence that the catalyst for the president s firing of call me was. Open quote unwillingness to publicly state that the president was not personally under investigation im not more of the details of what happened if its in the report that im supportive because its already been reviewed appropriately appears in the report and thats page 75 volume thank you you and in fact the very next day the president told the Russian Foreign minister open quote i just fired the head of the f. B. I. It was crazy a real not job i face great pressure because of russia thats taken off im not under investigation close quote is that correct and thats what weve written in her report yes i mean the gentleman has expired thank you sir gentleman from virginia. Thank you mr chairman mr crow mr moller weve heard a lot about what youre not going to talk about today so lets talk about something that you should be able to talk about the law itself the underlying obstruction statute in your creative legal analysis of the statutes in volume 2 to killer earlier interpretation of 18 u. S. C. 1512 c. Section 1512 c. Is an obstruction of justice statute created as part of auditing of financial regulations for Public Companies and as you write on page 164 of volume 2 this provision was added as a floor amendment in the senate and explained as closing a certain loophole with respect to document shredding and to read the statute whoever corruptly alters destroys mutilates or conceals a record document or other object or attempts to do so with the intent to impair the objects integrity or availability for use and if it in an official proceeding or otherwise obstructs influences or impedes any official proceeding or attempts to do so so we find of the stature in prison for 20 years or both your analysis an application of the statute proposes to give clause c. To a much broader interpretation and commonly used 1st your analysis proposes to read closely to an isolation reading it is a Free Standing all encompassing provision prohibiting any act influencing a proceeding if done with an improper motive and 2nd your analysis of the statute to apply this way to being pro proposes to apply this weeping prohibition to lawful acts taken by Public Officials exercising their discretionary powers if those acts influence a proceeding. So mr meyer to ask you in analyzing the obstruction used state that you recognize that the department of justice and the courts have not definitively resolve these issues correct correct. Youd agree that not everyone in the Justice Department agreed with your legal theory of the obstruction of justice statute correct im not going to. Be involved in a discussion on that at this juncture in fact the attorney general himself disagrees with your interpretation of the law correct leave that to the attorney general to identify and you would agree the prosecutor sometimes incorrectly applied the law correct i would have to agree with that and members of your legal team in fact have had convictions overturned because they were based on an incorrect legal theory correct i dont know to what weve all so well in time and one of trenches trying cases that not one in every one of those cases me ask you about one in particular one of your top prosecutors and a wiseman obtain a conviction i guess ordering from Arthur Andersen lower court which was subsequently overturned in a Unanimous Supreme Court decision that rejected the legal theory advanced by weissman correct and i could get it i dont have any read from that maybe i just remember i had just finished yes answer to say that i could be get involved in a discussion on that i will refer you to that citation that you gave me at the outset for that lengthy discussion on just what youre talking about and to the extent that i have say thing to say about it it is what we have already put into the report on that i am reading from your report when discussing the section now read from the decision the Supreme Court unanimously reversing mr weissman when he said indeed is that its striking how little culpability the instructions required for example the jury was told that even a petitioner honestly and sincerely believed his conduct was lawful the jury could convict instructions also diluted the meaning of corruptly such that it covered innocent conduct oh let me let me just say put out word probably move on ive limited time your report takes the broadest possible reading of this provision and applying it to the president s official acts and im concerned about the implications of your theory for over criminalizing conduct by Public Officials and private citizens alike so to emphasize how broad your theory of liability is i want to ask you about a few examples on october 11th 2015 during the f. B. I. Investigation into Hillary Clintons used of a private email server. President obama said i dont think it posed a National Security problem and he later said i can tell you that this is not a situation which americas National Security was endangered assuming for a moment that his comments did influence the investigation couldnt president obama be charged on your interpretation with obstruction of justice. Again i refer you to the report but let me say with Andrew Weissman news one of the more talented kearneys that we. Have on board i wont take that over a period of time he is run a number of units i have very limited time in august 2015 a very senior d. O. J. Official called f. B. I. Deputy director Andrew Mccabe expressing concern the f. B. I. Agents were still openly pursuing the Clinton Foundation probe the o. J. Official was apparently very pissed off quote unquote k. A question this official asking are you telling me i need to shut down a belly predicated investigation to which the official replied of course not this seems to be a clear example of somebody within the executive branch attempting to influence and as the i had this investigation so under your theory couldnt that person be charged with obstruction as long as a prosecutor could come up with a potentially corrupt corrupt motive i refer you to our lengthy dissertation on exactly those issues it appears and at the end of the road report mr maher id argue that it says above the Supreme Court is just underlining the gentleman has expired not stretcher in china it was our intent was to conclude this hearing in 3 hours given the break that would bring us to approximately 1140 with the rector mahlers indulgence we will be asking our remaining democratic members to voluntarily limit their time below the 5 minutes so that we can complete our work as close to that time frame as possible they recognize the gentle lady from pennsylvania thank you director mueller i want to ask you some questions about the president s statements regarding at vance knowledge of the wiki leaks dumps so the president refused to sit down with your investigators for any in person in your view correct correct so the only answers we have to questions from the president are contained in appendix c. T. R. Report ok so looking at appendix c. On page 5 us the president over a dozen questions about whether he had knowledge that we possessed or might possess the emails that were. Stolen by the russians i apologize sure started again ok sure so were looking at appendix c. Appendix c. Page 5 us the president about a dozen questions about whether he had knowledge that wiki leaks possessed the stolen emails that might be released in a way helpful to his campaign or harmful to the Clinton Campaign is that correct to ask those questions ok in february of this year mr trump personal Attorney Michael Cohen testified to congress under oath that quote mr trump knew from roger stone in advance about the wiki leaks drop of emails and quote thats a matter of Public Record isnt it. Are you referring to the record or some other Public Records was testimony before congress by mr cohen do you know if he told you im not familiar with it explicitly familiar with what he testified before congress ok lets loo