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Cohen's guilty plea to lying to congress about this matter. i will say one of the main questions, the most potent questions, i think, about this "buzzfeed" reporting today has been, well, if mueller has this evidence that cohen was directed to lie when he lied to congress, why wasn't that charged or otherwise indicated in court that day in november when cohen was there pleading guilty to lying to congress? would you expect if the special counsel's office did have the kind of information that "buzzfeed" says they have that somebody directed cohen to do this? would you expect that to have turned...

Step down on his own terms, but apparently will not leave robert mueller high and dry. this is according to nbc news reporting today. "a source close to rosenstein said he intends to stay on until mueller's investigative and prosecutorial work is done. the source said once mueller's work is done special counsel's report to the justice department would follow a few weeks later and rosenstein would likely be gone by then." the timing of all of this unclear and there's reporting all over the map regarding how far along that man might be in his investigation. if confirmed and hearings start next w...

Cause reason even though he shouldn't be able to fire him. >> "the wall street journal" reporting today that chairman powell seems to be open to a meeting with the president. if that happens, do you think that will be a good sign for folks? >> yeah, i do, actually, hallie. the more we can return to normal in this administration is better. and ceos not investing as rapidly in capex because they're not sure where we're going. that has to be clarified and then the marks will have room -- not to generate 20, 30% returns but in lines with earnings growth and dividend growth, 5, 8, 10, 12% a year. t...

Part of the decisionmaking. the reason she had trouble answering that is because from all the reporting, the answer is almost nobody, literally almost nobody. for any of us who have covered the white house over the years, that's so remarkable. we can't say it enough, the extent to which big decisions like this often involve scores of people across multiple agencies, meeting repeatedly to sort of go through what the consequences are. >> even the people aware of the decisionmaking didn't agree with it, and some people were cut out. >> he seems to be listening to turkish president erdogan more th...

Appearance tells us is that robert mueller is alive and well. the last time michael cohen plid guil pled guilty in federal court in new york, prosecutors from the southern district of new york. today it was prosecutors from robert mueller's office and it was robert mueller's name and signature on the court filings. if matthew whitaker was installed at the justice department to bring the mueller investigation to a halt, today shows that that has not happened. this was a significant new step in the mueller investigation. whitaker didn't stop it, and, in fact, msnbc's nicolle wallace reported tod...