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And the russian government. I spoke not too long ago with a source close to the Trump Transition Team who says two things. One, that he believes the source that the Mueller Investigation did illegally he put it obtain the emails. He also says they were used as part of the ongoing russia probe which is noteworthy. As a result we have seen a rare Public Comment from the special counsels spokesman about this defending Robert Muellers practices, his processes. I want everyone to stay with me one second. We are going to try to rerack that tape and play it for all of our panel so everyone can have a...

Is he setting the stage for firing mueller . No, there is nothing like that. What is the white house afraid of . This is not a bipartisan thing. We want our agents to be neutral. Robert mueller comes to the table with such innate. Theyre pushing back on the process. This is a setup potentially to fire bob mueller. I think he is the person, the right person at dinner last night with the president and Vice President , i hadnt heard anything about this, any firing. Heated sunday, shall we say. The white house confirming today that President Trump spoke by phone with russian president Vladimir Put...

Nbcs White House Correspondent jeff bennett. Jeff, the plan on track to pass here, we think. It certainly looks that way. You laid out the substance of the bill in great detail. Politically republicans think they are on Firm Political footing. Here is why. They were able to flip two holdout lawmakers flipping them to yes votes. On the one side you have republican senator marco rubio, who wanted a boost in the Child Tax Credit for working families in exchange for his vote. He got that. Now hes on board. You also have a reversal from tennessee senator, excuse me, bob corker, who says he doesnt w...

22month long investigation. A historic weekend certainly. This hour, attorney general william barr reviewing the highly participated Mueller Report as he decides what to release to congress. Heres what else we know. House democrats will strategize their next move in a Conference Call about three hours from now. Nbc news has learned House Republicans were cautiously optimistic last night during a Conference Call. Barr told congressional leaders yesterday he may release the top conclusions from the Mueller Report as soon as this weekend. As for the white house, it says it has not been briefed on...

President. Even as the administration became aware that a formal complaint had been filed. As one of my next guest writes, the story of the past two months is one of a white house scrambling to keep secrets to protect a president willing to cross lines others would not only to fine the very government he frequently disparages expose him. The president who considers himself to be his own best defender has unleashed on twitter attacking adam schiff, attacki attacking democrats, and claiming that his phone call with the president of ukraine where he asked him to, quote, do us a favor by investiga...