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>> well, they can do whatever damage control they can, but at the end of the day, the president of the united states has not only tremendous power but tremendous freedom. and you know, my personal suspicions, and that's all they are, based on being an analyst for many years and studying the russians, is that putin does have something pretty grim on trump, whether it's six tape sr money or both. and the russians go for two avenues whenever they can, they really want to get you. but trump's behavior is inexplicable to me in any other manner. and if you look at trump's inconsistency overall, his ...

Karrie cordero. neal, explain for nonlawyers what william barr is supposed to do with mueller's findings, what's mandatory and what's optional? >> yeah, so, the special counsel regulations were written in 1999, and they require mueller, the special cown semi, unsecouna confidential report to the attorney general that outlines really in some detail, although it is a summary, but some detail what he's done, the state of his investigation, and the like. to the extent the reports today are accurate that this is kind of his final summation, that would be what that is. there's also a separate provis...

Over the last several months. so president trump has been attacking the mueller probe from the very beginning, but like all of us covering this story and like his attorneys, the president understands that this probe has to come to an end and it's more than likely to come to an end now that there is a senate-confirmed attorney general in that position, one that the president picked himself. anderson. >> abby phillip, thanks very much. much more now on the forces at place, legal, political, otherwise, which may shape what we ultimately see or don't see of robert mueller's report. he's so far onl...