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So judge jackson has this on her shoulders too. or does she look at it that way? that she needs to have manafort's sentence become big enough to send a message to others or not? >> i think she needs to send a message to the defendant but it would not be her role to send a message to the president. she should be able to take into account all of his behavior deciding to sentence him. what i think is more interesting is what he was not charged with. manafort is a fulcrum here. i suspect that was the counter intelligence investigation and may not have been charged in court. i think the question is...

Transparent about his motivations, actions, he said a lot of things to them. mueller will have been able to get their testimony, that will help him get the answers he would have preferred to get directly from the president. >> schiff also says he feels mueller is feeling pressure to wrap it up. is that a dig to mueller? >> reporter: i don't think it is a dig to mueller. there has been a lot of reporting that mueller is about to wrap it up. what we know he has ahead of him the roger stone trial. it's hard to envision when that is going on. we will learn more on the status hearings on sentencing...

Send notice to the administration that we are a co-equal branch of government and we are entitled to get classified hearings and other hearings and briefings from the administration and we are not getting there. so out of frustration we issued a letter. i hope things will change. i won't hold my breath. >> i want to ask you about north korea and the upcoming summit. the attorney general as it is written is obligated to tell congress that the investigation is done and whether mueller was prevented from any of his investigative efforts, really nothing more is required. if that is just what is do...

The attorney general as i understand the rules would report to congress about the conclusion of the investigation and there may be discretion about what the attorney general can put in that report. >> so you would make a report to congress? >> yes. >> based on the report you've received? >> yes. >> here is the law regarding special counsel investigations. barr only has to tell congress the investigation is complete and whether mueller was blocked on acting in efforts in his investigation and as you just heard mr. barr said he's more inclined to issue his own report on the mueller probe not the...

Besides the timing the biggest question remains the scope of what exactly barr will release publicly and share with congress. tom carper sits on homeland security and finance committees and is a ranking member of the environment and public works committees. thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you so much having me. >> the ag is only obligated to tell you that the investigation is complete and whether mueller was prevented to act on investigative efforts but that's it. bill barr has no obligation to tell you anything. do you have any concerns once barr gets the mueller report? >> i do, th...