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>> yes, laughter there on the judiciary committee on capitol hill. garrett haake joining us, dana milbank, here in new york msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and maya wiley. and from los angeles greg brower, friends with matthew whitaker. worked when he was at fbi. gar e, we'll sta garrett, we'll start with you on the hill. when they reconvene we'll rejoin the hearing in progress. garrett, we'll start with you. just summarize what we have heard so far. >> sure. so far, craig, it's been a confrontational, combative and apparently sometimes comedic hearing as matthew whitaker has tried to slow ...

House for quite as long as dingell did, accumulating enormous influence here. frankly in a rare way here, without alienating folks on the other side. he was someone who was widely respected by republicans as well, even when they didn't agree with him on many issues. >> medal of freedom in 2005, legislative accomplishments, among them the clean water act, civil rights act. dingell said several years ago, though, that he was proudest of being one of the shepherds of the affordable care act, also known as obamacare. his wife would go on to represent that same district, but john dingell being reme...

Volunteer a lot of information about ongoing investigations. they almost never do. so he has at least two major powerful reasons for not disclosing information. so when he went out essentially on a limb and said i have not talked to the president at all about mueller, he has really locked himself into a statement there that may in the future prove false or it will be tested one way or the other and people will find out. but i think that's a really interesting statement amidst all of this other refusal to disclose during this testimony. >> dr. wiley, if you were on this committee, if you were o...

Here's the thing, professor wiley and danny cevallos, matt whitaker is, for all practical intents and purposes, on his way out. just has a few more days left at attorney general. what incentive is there for him to be cooperative and fully forthcoming? >> i think there's tremendous incentive. first of all, he's testifying before congress. he is the head of the doj, even if only for a few more days. and being in the department of justice is not like being in some other place or some other agency. it is staffed by assistant united states attorneys. it's the department of justice. if he testifies ...

Very seriously. when i did look at them, they are taking notes. they were intentatively looking at me and taking this -- and they were also -- >> paying attention. >> paying attention and also people that represented all parts of america, if i can be -- >> absolutely. robert mueller was or was not there. >> no and thank god because that wouldn't be good for me after monday's -- >> okay. so do you regret what you've said on earlier appearances? do you regret monday? >> absolutely not. monday was fun. it was fun. by the end of it, once again, after professor wiley told me and explained to me why...