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Spokesman at the department of justice, and jean-pierre, senior adviser to moveon.org. it cannot be repeated enough how fast the mueller report was and 0 because sometimes how opaque it was we talk about the collusion probe, obstruction probe, but it was at its heart a counterintelligence investigation. >> yes, and you went through questions at the beginning and there are many more. did the president know about the trump tower? did the president direct an aide to get in touch with roger stone about ricky leaks? did the president himself talk to roger stone about wikileaks? these are all import...

Point that impeachment proceedings are inevitable, when you look at the house? that they're going to go down that path, pretty much regardless of what's in here, or not? >> i think they will seem to have some foundation to at least initiate the discussions around high crimes and misdemeanors. remember, there are many parallels to what happened the last time, when there was actually nixon in office and an impeachment proceedings that was on the horizon, as well. didn't quite get to the same level we're talking about here, but the analogies are there. and the reason for that, erin, is really bec...

Joining us now. we started with reporting this analysis, which was probably clearer to you than it was to me which we saw the transcripts in which mueller, one of his top deputies, andrew weissmann, talks about the contact between paul manafort and constantine kl kilimnik being the heart of the collusion probe. that something you're taking a fresh look at now you have the ability and more control over your committee? >> absolutely, nicolle. again, it goes to the question of why was the trump team so damn eager to work with the russians starting back in october of 2015? that's the best evidence...

Obstruction and refusal to answer. >> i'm answering your question. >> so is this a taste of what's to come as the white house faces divided government? let's bring in former federal prosecutor laura coates. is that how you expect an attorney general to conduct himself? >> absolutely not. first of all, they should probably know that the actual chairman wouldn't have the same time limits if they had been prepping for this actual hearing. but also the idea of being so flippant, especially in answer to a question that is about what way if any you put your thumb on the scale involving this very con...

Mueller and cohen in the investigation? >> i don't know. i don't know about that. >> that's very interesting. first off, what questions are outstanding for you? he was told this, and we were not confirmed he was told this. what are you aware of? >> he was a target and not the subject. the target is sun who liomeone y will become a subject at any given time. did rod rosenstein say you're not a target or you're not a subject? that's looming out there. also the communication between himself and rod rosenstein. to what extent has there been communications about the russian collusion probe in gener...