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It is the rare, rare exception. it does go, as you say, against the traditions of the judiciary committee. and i just think because the judiciary committee consists of lawyers they should ask their own questions. it's a matter, frankly, of tradition but also decorum. why should the attorney general of the united states confirmed by the senate be answering questions by highly paid staff lawyers? i think the attorney general was in his rights in saying no, i'm happy to answer your questions. you were elected. you ask the questions but not hired help. >> sean: in the starr report i know i asked y...

I imagine that's what he's going to do, when he goes up and -- goes up and talks to the congress about the main principles coming out of the report, it's going to be a piece of paper plus. the justice department spokeswoman said that piece of paper would be made public. so he's got to make sure that that piece of paper cone sides, it does not twist or tilt the facts. it's not very selective. because eventually this report is likely to come out, one way or the other. s if he's seen now as tilting. i think it would totally undermine him. >> we talked about how this would come out. there's not a ...

Report filed by robert mueller. >> if you will, are we planning to or expecting to hear from the white house at all tonight? >> well, there was a photo, meaning the white house press team does not expect us to see the president again until potentially tomorrow, if he goes golfing again, there are no other public events on the schedule tonight. we're waiting to see what he might say on twitter, as pamela suggested, there is a sense of caution around the president's team, suggesting they should wait and see what's in this report before they go spiking the football. >> we watch and we wait. thank...

Other investigations that are ongoing, so is the mueller report going to be the end all be all of this legal saga? or do you see mueller's final report as just the end of the beginning? >> absolutely i think it is the end of the beginning. this is the end of the investigation that was launched around president trump and his campaign behavior. what we've seen since is this spiraling sense of information around the inauguration, the transition, the behavior in the white house, the back business work of the trump organization itself. i counted it up in december. there were 17 active investigation...

Also with us from the new york times. politics editor, and garrett braff. david, you and i were talking just last week about what it was like to be in the white house when watergate happened, and the report dropped and you were there, alongside nixon, you talked about a bunker, a military bunker mentality, and feel. what do you think is going on behind the scenes within the white house and with the president's circle right now? >> it's vastly different in one sense, and that is in 1974, the big day was the day we found the smoking gun. the president was guilty, you knew he had to go, it was a ...