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The senate democratic caucus had a meeting started about 8:30, i was told it kid not go very well. on the house side, minority leader nancy pelosi talking with her leadership team. she actually left the building, we saw her leave through the senate side of the building a couple of hours ago. i wondered if maybe she was coming over to meet with the senate democrats. but that was not the case, she left the capitol through the senate side. we're not sure why that was. so, they're trying to figure out what is next f they knew what was coming next they would have closed this vote and be on to somet...

Not? if republicans are essentially saying, we'll never do that, i think there are a lot of democrats who are going to find it hospitable to go out and say, look, we want to leave it open, let the rule of law play out, open to whatever mueller's conclusions are and leave it open for us to take over the house of representatives. >> eli, have you been surprised the number of republicans, some big-name republicans, who have gotten on this let's kneecap mueller campaign and the fbi while we're at it? >> acquiescence to trump's behavior, going further in this case than trump has in trashing mueller...

Of greater contention, they're softening the ground for what's going to be a full-scale attack including the president on mueller. whether that leads to a firing or not, we don't know. over the course of the next year, going to be at least a year more of the investigation, on the basis of what sources are saying and signals coming out of the special prosecutor's office. you have the potential to soften the ground for pardons if there are criminal convictions. soften the ground for direct attacks of the president on mueller and for a 2018 congressional election that could end up being largely a...

Look, we want to leave it open, let the rule of law play out, open to whatever mueller's conclusions are and leave it open. r us to take over the house of representatives. >> eli, have you been surprised the number of republicans, some big-name republicarepublicans, w gotten on this let's kneecap mueller campaign and the fbi while we're at it? >> acquiescence to trump's behavior, going further in this case than trump has in trashing mueller, really is more interesting than behavior that we've seen from donald trump and see from him day in and day out. just months ago you go back and when this ...

Sharks, people would go, you get 70% of people saying, sharks are fine, whatever. that's why we have a constitution and lawyers and that's why we have courts and the stuff to to determine what are the rights of this person. in this case, what's popular is -- it's not about what's popular. it's about what the law is. >> shannon: let's talk about this. the last thing we have about gitmo is from february. 55% said keep it open, keep sending people there. 21% said move these guys to federal prison. 17% said send them to other countries. we know what happen sometimes. we can't always keep track of ...