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That. ed dowd, that's standard procedure at this point, isn't it? >> i think it is, and i think it's really a good procedure, good thing to do. on the waco investigation, the senate judiciary committee was about to do an investigation of what happened at waco, and jack danforth talked to the head of the senate judiciary committee and they agreed to wait until we completed our investigation. we did not want people interviewed before we had a chance to interview them and maybe take them in front of a grand jury and really get to the bottom of it. and we very much appreciated the senate judiciary...

Lawyers and is hiring more. and they will be a tremendous group of lawyers. bob mueller, of course, you can't have a better person than bob mueller to run this investigation as special counsel with his background and experience. and he'll be able to put together the best possible team. they will move fast, i'm sure. senator danforth, in our investigation, one week into the investigation came into my office and said, are we done yet? and i said, no, but i get the point. and we finished that in 14 months with 17 lawyers and 34 postal inspectors full-time. jack danforth kept saying, i'm no ken st...

The department of justice, the first time that regulation was used was a 1999 by then attorney general janet reno, who appointed former missouri senator jack danforth to investigate botched federal rate in waco, texas. in this case, attorney general jeff sessions has recused himself from the russian investigation, so, the power to appoint falls to acting attorney general rod rosenstein. it is also rosenstein who decides the initial scope of the special prosecutor, meaning whether or not former fbi director robert mueller's investigation would focus solely on russian meddling in the election or...

The candidates would participate. we've been able to do that. we've been able to do that with the assistance of 14 incredible members of our commission, distinguished leaders who joined me and frank. i'd like to introduce them now. we'll give them a round of applause at the end. we're delighted to be joined tonight by the chairman of the howard g. buffet foundation. howard buffet. your former united states senator here in missouri, jack danforth. the former anchor of abc -- by the way, guys, stand up as i list your names. the former anchor of abc world news with charles gibson, obviously, char...

On donald trump. the party apparatus reports at the rnc, there are people saying we're not going to work for the presidential candidate. only for the house and senate and governorships and for this all to happen just on the eve of a crucial debate. if you read about this, you would throw it against the wall because it would seem too improbable. >> thank you very much. i know you're going to watch with us. we're going to need your advice and counsel when it's over. look at the scene on the right hand side of your screen. this is the trump family taking their seats. those women are the women tha...