You just got the new reporting on the a. G. Barr deciding not to release the report today. Why . Whats going on . They didnt explain to congress exactly the rationale for not providing the principal conclusions to the key committee, thats the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Judiciary committee, other than saying it is not coming today. There is an expectation it could very well land tomorrow. Bill barr himself said in his letter to congress, last night, that as soon as this weekend, they could get briefed, lawmakers could get briefed on the principal conclusions of the Mueller Report. Now, theres still a lot of questions about what that means. Will there be summarized anyway by the attorney general . How much detail . What do lawmakers get . But nevertheless, today, people are awaiting, in anticipation of learning what bob mueller found. It is not going to happen today, according to multiple congressional sources and a Justice Department official and perhaps because bill barr is still going through the report, as he did today and we will see if the lawmakers learn tomorrow, there is of course a lot of high anticipation here on the hill. Fred . And manu, we know that apparently coming out of the Mueller Report, there will be no further indictments, and now, House Speaker nancy pelosi has sent a letter to house democrats, ahead of this caucuswide, you know, phone conference later on. Just about an hour away. And what is she saying . What is she wanting to make clear . Well, she wants to get her caucus all on the same page. Theres a lot of anxiety among democrats now that this investigation is over. Democrats want to know what the next steps are for their new majority, how they plan to pursue, it and essentially try to keep everybody on the same page. Well, nancy pelosi said in this letter today, that she expects, she was demanding the full report, to be released to the public, as well as to provide the underlying evidence that underpins the decisions by bob mueller to prosecute. And not to prosecute, to be given to capitol hill, and she said this in the letter, even if d. O. J. Chooses not to prosecute additional individuals, the underlying findings must be provided to congress and the American People. The attorney general has offered to provide the committees with a summary of the reports conclusions, is insufficient. Congress requires the full report, and the underlying documents so that the committees can proceed with their independent work, including oversight and legislating, to address any issues the Mueller Report may raise, and one of those committees is the House Judiciary Committee, which has launched this investigation into potential obstruction of justice. They are demanding documents from a range of individuals close to the president , and were now learning that jared kushner, the president s soninlaw, and senior adviser, has agreed to provide some documents to the committee answering a range of their questions about what happened in the campaign, the inauguration, the transition and in the white house. Well see what they learn from that. But democrats are trying to make the case, this is just the beginning of their investigation going forward. But they need to see what mueller has as a road map of sorts for how they plan to proceed. Fred . Manu raju, thank you so much from capitol hill. Jessica schneider is at the u. S. Justice department. Right now the attorney general still reviewing the russia report. Is this an indication that perhaps he is changing the approach of what conclusions would be presented . Needs a little bit more time . Well, overall, this is really a process. We know that the attorney general sent this letter to Congress Pretty quickly yesterday, after receiving this confidential report from the special counsel Robert Mueller. That reception of the report was around 4 00 yesterday afternoon. Shortly thereafter, around 5 00 p. M. , thats when we saw the letter that he sent to congress, advising them that he would be reviewing this report, and then advising them of the special counsels principal conclusions. So today, were getting word from the Justice Department, confirming that those principal conclusions will not be transmitted to congress today. However, in that letter, the attorney general said that he expects it as soon as this weekend. So were still on standby perhaps for tomorrow. But again, this is a process. You know, the attorney general has to go through this confidential report from the special counsel. He reviewed it for a few hours yesterday. And was back at work this morning, coming here to the Justice Department, just before 10 00 this morning. You know, but he has to review the report, and then after that, he has to write his own report, to congress, where he advises them of these principal conclusions, and no doubt, there will be a lot of scrutiny on this report, that the attorney general issues to congress, because it will be made public, so no doubt, that is on the attorney generals mind as well as hes working through this throughout the day today. Something important to note here, fred, the attorney general is not doing this on his own, he made it clear to congress and weve heard here at the Justice Department obviously that he is in consultation with the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein, Rod Rosenstein front and center because he is the one who appointed the special counsel way back 22 months ago in may 2017 and who oversaw this entire process, while the attorney general at the time, jeff sessions, had recused himself from the russia investigation. So theyre essentially working in tandem. And to that end, you know, from this letter to congress, that is something that bill barr made explicit. He told congress i intend to consult with Deputy Attorney general rosenstein and special counsel mueller to determine what other information from the report can be released to congress, and the public, consistent with the law, including the special counsel regulations, and the departments longstanding practicing and policies. So fred, not only talking with rosenstein, but also perhaps consulting with the special counsel here, the one who drafted this confidential report, but now, were in this holding pattern. It looks like it will not come to congress today. So of course, with that expectation that it could be as soon as this weekend, we stand by and see what happens tomorrow. Fred . Thank you, barr consulting with the principles involved, a 2 month investigation after all. Jessica schneider, thank you so much. So as all of this unfold, President Trump remains silent as he spends the weekend at maralago and this afternoon, we did see the president golfing at his club in west palm beach. Cnn White House ReporterBoris Sanchez joining us right now. So boris, no comment from the president so far. But his actions, you know, come across as rather relaxed. Yes, we just heard from the Deputy Press Secretary who was with a group of reporters, where the president was golfing today, at his golf club here in west palm beach, and he was asked what the president s mood was and it was a bit of a short response, all he said is that the president is fine and good, and he pointed to a statement put out by press secretary Sarah Sanders yesterday, via twitter, responding to this news coming from the department of justice, where she says that she is looking forward to the process taking its course. So the white house at least publicly has been restrained in its response. Privately, though, its a bit of a different story. One white house source telling cnns pamela brown, that the fat lady has sung. They were suggesting that democrats and the press should be embarrassed by this news that Robert Mueller had wrapped up his investigation, without any further charges, and that no one, no trump associate was ultimately charged with collusion or conspiracy, either during the campaign, or his time at the white house. Another source on the Trump Campaign telling cnn that yesterday was a good day for america. So theres certainly a sense of vindication, as to whether we will hear from President Trump on this or not, that is yet to be seen. We know he is surrounded near maralago by top aides you whethering two top attorneys, so whatever the white house says, you can bet they will weigh in and have some input on what the president s response will be. And boris, you know, the white house has announced who will represent the u. S. In beijing, looking ahead, because the white house is trying to do that, when trade talks resume next week, and give us details on that. Thats right. Sarah sanders put out a Statement Today confiring that trade representative Bob Lighthizer and the treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin will be headed to beijing next week to try to finalize these trade talks, in some form of a trade deal, with china, and something that the president has long been working toward. We have been hearing from sources that there was potential that he would invite chinese president xi here to maralago to sign off on that deal at some point this month. That ultimately had to be delayed as the talks are still ongoing. White house sources indicate that may actually happen next month, fred. Boris sanchez, thank you so much. Lets talk further on all of this with me now, cnn senior White House Correspondent pamela brown, cnn crime and justice reporter shimon prokupecz, jeff mason, a White House Correspondent for reuters, and steve hall retired cia chief of russia operations. Glad you could all be with me. So pamela, this is something else, that the president has not said a peep, you know. So the whole team is there in support of, and likely controlling him from tweeting out, commenting. How hard are they working to do that . Trying to. I think weve seen the president kind of does what he wants to do. Its clearly a wait and see approach by President Trump. He was very vocal before this news came out yesterday, in that interview, where he said, look, Robert Mueller didnt even get vote, and now hes going to write this report on me. Now that the report is delivered, the president has a muted response, he is not even saying anything and even the white house response yesterday was pretty restrained saying basically we will leave this up to bill barr and i spoke to a source close to the president s legal team who said look, this is a wait and see approach. We feel confident, but lets get the plane on the runway and see what we got. Lets see what is actually in this report. So while privately, white house officials, as boris said, are framing this as a win, as an indication there were no indictments, no charges on collusion, the president never had to sit down for an interview with Robert Mueller, there is a level of anxiousness about what could be in the report. Is there any conduct written out in the report about the president that is unseemly, or concerning . They dont know. So i think youre waiting, what youre seeing from the president is, he is waiting to see how he should respond. And then i wonder, shimon, this is the president s pick, bill barr, perhaps this is also deferring to giving him some respect to do his thing. Im going to refrain from commenting. And im hoping that, you know, to a degree, hes going to shape the narrative. I think, so i dont think bill barr is going to shape the narrative here. What i do think is you do make a good point that this is his pick, the people certainly around the president really like this attorney general, thats why he was there, and he also made certain requests before he went in, and took the nomination, so they know hes a serious guy. They trust him. I do think that there is a lot of trust there with him. And so far, i think what weve seen from him, we all should have a little trust in him. I think weve seen all more than we expected in the early stages of this, that letter that was sent to members of congress yesterday, indicated things that we did not expect to see, like the issue about the principal conclusions, the idea that he was going to work through this weekend and get this out as quickly as possible. And i think those are positive signs, and theyre working through, theyre trying to be transparent, they say, well see. And perhaps barr trying to be rather honest today by saying i need a little bit more time. Not going to release that information today. It may come tomorrow. The letter said sometime this weekend. So steve, while we do know that there are no new indictments, you know, what does this mean for all of the russian nationals who have been connected, upwards of 29, i mean is there really any hope, or thought that they would ever be prosecuted, brought to the United States, to talk . No, i dont think so, fred, i mean those people are unlikely, as has been said many times, so see the inside of an american courtroom. It is no small thing that these russians will pretty much in perpetuity into the future will not be able to come to the United States and many of them like to travel internationally. You know, as frustrating as it is, fred, we just dont know yet what the full report says. And even deeper than that, as part of the entire process that mueller was the head of, he spun off we know, several things, to places like the Southern District of new york, which are very, very well equipped to do counterintelligence investigations. And those are the longest and most complex types of things that go on, that sometimes have very difficult legal and of course, National Security implications. So we really dont know yet what is going on. And when it is going to go on and where it is going on. We have to remember that some very notorious spies not that im saying any american is a spy but guys like ames and hanson who were spies for russia were prosecuted in the Eastern District of virginia. So these directs have a lot of, districts have a lot of ability to continue counterintelligence investigations which is my main concern. Yef, tjeff, the president ha a few reasons to feel vindication, he escaped a oneonone face to face interview with Robert Mueller and we are learning there are no further indictments, however all of this could still shape his tone for his reelection. Oh, totally. I think if the report comes out and the optimism that seems to be coming amongst some republicans and maybe in the white house now, because of the fact that no more indictments are coming, yes, i mean that could turn out to be really good news. On the other hand, we dont know whats in that report. Because there will be details. Yes, i mean they had, he has a story to tell in that report, and we dont know what that story is yet. But whatever it is, certainly if it is more positive towards the president , then hes going to use that as he goes out into the reelection campaign. And the other side of the aisle, the democrats are going to use it, too, if it goes more the way that perhaps they were expecting it to go. So pamela, there is a pretty good chance that they would, the white house would exert some sort of executive privilege to try to contain any of those details from that report, from getting out. How might we see ha . Thats right. And ill tell you, the white house has been bracing for a fight over the report, over the disclosure of it, and the expectation is this very well could end up in a federal court, with the judge deciding who gets to see this report. While the president out wardly says put the report out there and let the people see it, the white house lawyers have been strategizing how theyre going to deal with this because it wants to have, the white house wants to have the opportunity to exert executive privilege before it goes to congress, thats one of the Big Questions right now, will bill barr share what he is going to share with congress with the white house beforehand. We dont know the answer to that yet but the expectation is they will have the opportunity to do so, and theyre going to try to shield as much information as possible, particularfully it is unsleemly or looks poor for the president. Now, if it is exonerating. If it is exculpatory, they may take a different tact. They are also waiting to see. And steve, shielding some information because it is classified information is also a pleasure that just might be taken. Yes, this is always a really tough thing when youre talking about again counterintelligence, and foreign national, and youre talking about sources and methods, and although i very much want to see whats in the report, because i still have some significant counterintelligence questions that i would like to see answered, you do have to worry about the sources that were used, the methods that were used, and of course from a legal perspective, you also got to be careful about people who might have been investigated but ended up not being guilty or involved in any way, shape, or form so that is always a tough line to walk. And you know, there was an expectation of who might be the big fish, you know, more indictments, and it turns out really it could have been Paul Manafort and you know roger stone, right . Roger stone, the trial coming up. I will tell you the big fishes. The big fish is the russians in the end, right . Theyre very much responsible for what happened here in terms of the interference. And i think that has always been the main concern for the fbi, and really the special counsel team. Its the russians. What were the russians doing . It is why th