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Expected to do that in a friday afternoon ceremony surrounded by some of these first responders. lester? all right, jeff bennett, thank you. another major story tonight, we re just hours away from former special counsel robert mueller taking the hot seat iquestions about the russia pre for the first time. nbc s kristen welker now in the most anticipated testimony in years. reporter: tonight, house democrats huddling in a last-minute practice session, preparing to question robert mueller in a make or break moment for their case against the president. i think it s very important that these facts come to light. our committee is most concerned about the compromise of national security. reporter: nbc s kasie hunt is on capitol hill. when robert mueller sits down here tomorrow, it s going to be the 89th time he s testified before congress over a long public life. democrats know this might be their last chance to convince the american public on impeachment. so they tell us they pl ....
Risked their lives on september 11th. cheering from above the senate floor. expression of approval is not permitted in the gallery. reporter: as the bill passes to permanently pay for the 9/11 victim compensation fund. the yeas are 97, the nays are 2. the bill is passed. reporter: the two senators voting no, republicans mike lee and rand paul. both introducing measures to cap pay outs, which failed. this should never have been a fight. reporter: the compensation fund had been running short on money. recently gaining nationwide attention following passionate pleas for support fro first responders and comedian jon stewart. your indifference costs these men and women their most valuable commodity, time. reporter: stewart back on capitol hill today. we ll spend some time today thinking about the friends that we ve lost, who gave their last ....
Funding. the democrats were devastated by it. they went crazy. they got off the deep end. bill: quick predictions on what happens tomorrow? this is his 89th time. i totally agree. he is not going out of any box. he is not going to be roped into anything. and i guarantee if it s boring, the president mates live tweet it to show how boring it is. he may do it anyway. please do. sandra: they will try to push him out of the scope of that report. aoc, may be rashida tlaib. others. definitely aoc. as we talk about, i expect some she is very good, by the way. democrats have to show the american people three years that this probe has been going on for some purpose. that this is actually good for the american people. the people who didn t bother to read the book are going to tune ....
Of justice to protect donald trump. karine, i have been critical of democrats for not claiming that moment when it came out. i have been vocal on this show and private. but i think they successfully have done to things in advance for wednesday. lowering expectations to below-ground level. nancy pelosi has taken impeachment off the table. i think there are up to 90 still for impeachment but this isn t about impeachment wednesday. and lowering expectations for even the remotest possibility bob mueller goes beyond the four corners of this report. and that s exactly it. it will be hard to get robert mueller outside the four corners of the report. to go back to what rick said for a minute, the reason bob mueller did the nine-minute press conference is because of what william barr did and how he narrated and took over the robert mueller report. so he went out there. look, we are also going to have a reluctant witness. yes, this is mueller s 89th time ....