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Latest and even more likely maybe august 1, they will just be in shutdown mode and not do any report because they don't want to affect the 2018 elections. and they'll be very conservative about it. the department of justice rules are very solid that you are not to interfere with an election. he will take that very seriously, more seriously now because of what happened with comey. >> because at the end of the day he's a by the book guy. cynthia alksne, thank you for coming back on our broadcast. always appreciate having you. coming up for us, we'll take you to the front of a new war the u.s. ...

>> cynthia, every time you come on, i like to ask you how many weeks the mueller investigation is running ahead of the news coverage, and what inning do you think the investigation's in right now? >> well, i think that bob mueller takes very seriously, and especially now after the report from the investigators -- the inspector general, i apologize -- about the effect of the comey investigation on the 2016 election, going to be very conservative. and my guess would be if he cannot get this investigation wrapped up by september 1 at the latest and even more likely maybe august 1, they will just ...

Focus on holding their majority. if you blow up the spending plan and you put the government in a shutdown mode, who are you hurting? are you hurting the democrats? are the democrats going to ka p -- c api tulate and say, never mind, here's a billion dollars for your wall. the president is seeing what he can come back with, but if he's wrong, if chuck and nancy this time don't blink, where does it leave his party? >> it's a great question. we're going to sneak in a quick break. 12 minutes from now the president is supposed to tell us what he's going to do about the spending bill. will he sign ...

Just to tell people what they're seeing on those screens read now, it's the live shot on one side of your screen on the house floor and you're seeing lawmakers leaving the building after a very long night. but, of course, this bill has to go to the white house to fully get passed and hoping that help us happens, as well. i want to talk quickly, molly, while i have you. just 30 seconds or so. the reaction to rand paul's procedural tactic that he used. how are republicans reacting to that, that he pushed the vote and that the government did go into shutdown mode for about five hours or so. did t...

Try to find a way of resolving this issue. he's gone incommunicado once again on an attempt to resolve these issues. we could easily consume all of the time that was just purchased by this shutdown without anything having been resolved once again. >> and the last question is one that drovives a wedge between y and the part of the democratic caucus that stood more firm today and the rest of your colleagues. the argument has been in three weeks if mcconnell and the president don't keep their word you can close down the government again if you need. do you believe if they don't keep their word th...