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Balancing test between the need for confidentiality, the public interest. there's an overwhelming public interest here. ordinarily, with we talk not about a mueller report, but about a barr report. that attorney general report that's going to summarize that underlying information. i think in this case, anything less than the original mueller report isn't going to cut it. there isn't that level of trust. the report might not be the final sort of word we hear from bob mueller. if congress doesn't feel like it's gotten enough information, they are likely to call mueller to testify. if mueller doe...

President's and close associates might have done. it isn't an area which there are firm lines. it is a balancing test and a decision. what we are balancing here are the privacy rights. >> what do you think? >> i totally agree with you. he is lowering expectations and saying don't expect this complete report. he is is the guy that wrote the memo about comey talking too much about hillary clinton. remember the famous where he said we are not going to pursue this but she was reckless. but i do think what he may be saying is that the place for this is the congress. i mean he didn't come out and sa...

Executive privilege to. they would push him -- and this presumably is what he was practicing doing, pushing him a little farther down the line before he asserted. one more thing about executive privilege, it's a general balancing test and might be a harder battle for congress to win than for the special counsel. the nixon case suggests if mueller is iep the mueller is interested in talking to whitaker and asserts executive privilege, mueller should win. >> don mcgahn, whose name is invoked this hour, spent 30 hours with robert mueller. it seems like the debate of executive privilege has been a...

Situation room. who's been it the oval office. made tough decisions. so i think age can be an asset as well as a liability. it's sort of a balancing test. and particularly if joe biden picks a young, attractive running mate. someone who can inspire younger voters as well and says he's running for one term. that helps diffuse after age issue there is. >> good point on that. >> against donald trump i don't think an age issue. >> ed rendell, thank you. look forward to seeing you again soon. >> my pleasure. it is the most read article on the "washington post" right now and it's an explosive one....

Executive privilege which is something they claim quite lib really in relationship to this in the past? >> i think it is revealing that the play here is to try to block this report from coming out. i think that is telling that they think whatever is contained will be damaging to the president. it is very unlikely they will block this report from coming out to the public. maybe very minor pieces of presidential communications. executive privilege is a balancing test and about the availability of the information elsewhere, the requesting bodies need to know. richard nixon fought this fight and l...