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Place, the time, whether questions are written, what's submitted beforehand, the scope of that discussion. but i think it is important that he does sit across from mueller so this can be brought to a conclusion, and i think that's why i think that's why we're seeing now that mueller is looking to interview the president, just to bring this to a conclusion. >> let me get walter and then jim to respond. i look at the instructions that the acting attorney general at the time, rod rosenstein, gave mueller when he was named special counsel and conduct the investigation into any links and/or coordin...

A mouthful. it is part of the u.s. code that governs the justice department. it gives the special counsel broader powers to investigate things, like perjury, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence and witness intimidation. here's a look at some of the lines of investigation that the special counsel is pursuing. first of all, june 9th, 2016, meeting at trump tower, when donald trump jr., paul manafort, jared kushner, met with a russian lawyer, veselnitskaya, a former soviet spy and other russians in an attempt to get dirt on hillary clinton. also looking into former national security a...

Subpoenas and make those determinations. grand juries are conducted in secret. if they decide a prosecutor has enough evidence they issue an indictment. after that, the prosecution can formally charge a subject. that's what's happened today. take a look at the scope of robert mueller's investigation which is much bigger than the indictment we've seen this morning. back in may the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein issued a letter. this letter here, appointing robert mueller as special counsel. in tx mueller is given power to investigate any links and/or coordination between russian governm...

Gloria, let me ask you the news of this morning is the president of the united states going after the notion, saying that this is all a political witch hunt, the greatest political witch hunt in american history. a risky move politically, legally, or both? >> both. but also keep in mind, his supporters have always said they wanted this outside person. he's the one who said he could kill somebody and still be elected, who's been told that he was inciting riots when he was working on the campaign. so, now he's in the presidency and he's doing all these very nontraditional things, but he's gotten...

Speculating? >> no. look at points two and three. any matter that arose or may arise directly from the investigation and then the omnibus catch-all. any other matters within the scope of 28 cfr section 600.4a. >> as we have learned from the special counsel in the past, they go off in new directions over the course of not months, but years. these investigations go on for a long time. most famously the whitewater investigation of ken starr into the monica lewinsky scandal. >> we have the response directly as it was dictated from the president to the senior staffers in the white house.