this line from robert mueller, let's talk about the report. this line from robert mueller, if let's talk about the report. this line from robert mueller, if we let's talk about the report. this line from robert mueller, if we knew that the president didn't perform obstruction of justice, that the president didn't perform obstruction ofjustice, we would say it. but interestingly is, president trump said it is game over, there is no collusion. that's the end of everything. if you look at the report, it says that he himself was terrified when investigation was launched by robert mueller. he thought, this is terrible, it's the end of my presidency. the last line isa end of my presidency. the last line is a profanity. it shows that he himself feared what might happen and it seems as if the democrats are going to pick up on some of those aspects that have been found in the robert mueller reporter and that chair of the justice committee says the report was probably written with the report was probably written with the intent of providing a roadmap wh

robert: let's sith that. he's watching the television based on seung min's reporting and reacting to it, andrea. is he watching conservative media and frustrated about this migrant surge and trying to ng signal somet to them? >> signaling to his base, lou dobbs' case, the conservative media but also i think in reading your stories, he resents being told well, i can't dot. t and law doesn't seem to matter if something is illegal. he's seeing what clearly is something favorable to kirsten nilsson and they pushed back against it. i think that gets his -- whatever it is, it gets his anger up. and he saysoe can d that. and he has been defiant aboutev beg that he can violate court rulings right and left. views them as impediments and not as -- restr ttionst are legally arrived at. robert: on capitol hill, what's the response among democrats as the president moves forward at least potentially with this idea? >> outrage. they say that it's beneath the office of the presidency and unlawful. republicans sort of -- thei

jonathan: robert, let's talk about your exposure to the european credit risk. what is it? robert: positive. the spreads are substantial. and the ecb is basically going from thinking they were going to be ending their buy program to and raising rates, and now they are trying to sneak the deposit rate up to zero so it does not punish the banks. they are ahead of the curve compared to japan. they realize they may be stuck here for a long time. investors are going out on the yield curve. they are having to drop their yield targets. they are going into spread product, and that will be supportive. the fundamentals are strong enough that you don't have deteriorating credit quality that would suggest this is going to be a near or intermediate term credit blowout. jonathan: you are very constructive on the global economy and global risks, but i don't hear that from you, so what have you been doing in terms of managing your exposure on the continent? krishna: the way we have managed our exposure on the continent is to recognize that owning bunds doesn't really do much for you. you m

robert: let me on, and we will r these as a group. can you say who you are? >> susan binder, cambridge systematics. my sense, and i agree that there is a two-pronged benefit of taking the pilot or the trial, one is that you learn something in order to be able to refute or twto change or tinker with the proposal. the other is comfort level. does that need to be through various bites like we did with state pilots? could it be a slice like just a focus on ev's or fleets or just a focus on trucks? there may be some supplication, because what i hear from those who used to say, or are saying , you know, that this is the right way, from an economic point of view, but these are too many payers. it is too big a bite. and here's the tension, your parallel with interoperability, do we really need to design this in a way that is truly national in scope? so where we are defeating this value proposition, in other words, i paying this because i am getting a benefit. and if you stratify too much you might not make a different -- robert: i am going to ask adrian on the cordon

chief justice roberts: let me just be a little more precise. if -- if you lose this case, do you think the trademark office would be able to deny registration to marks on the grounds that they're obscene? mr. stewart: well, i -- i -- i think there are certainly ways -- if the court struck down the statute on its face on the ground that it was substantially overbroad, then, no, i don't think that there is any other provision of the -- of the trademark act. it -- it seems -- chief justice roberts: well, and this is --as we've established, this is a facial challenge? mr. stewart: right. chief justice roberts: ok. so, if you lose, then you would not be able to restrict trademarks on the ground that they're obscene? mr. stewart: i -- i think that's -- i think that's correct. justice kagan: and --and just so i could understand, you're asking us to narrow this statute to exactly what? mr. stewart: to marks that are offensive, shocking to a substantial segment of the public because of their mode of expression, independent of any views that they may exp

robert mueller himself, let's hear from bill barr, the attorney general, then let's proceed cautiously and deliberately and investigate every aspect of what robert mueller has put out there in his report. you have these two very disparate wings of the party that are struggling to unify in this post robert mueller report world. colleagues,our hill covering the story, this meeting, and you are tweeting about it. democratichis," leaders on conference call seek to reign in calls for impeachment, but some rank and file question that approach, arguing there's plenty of evidence to launch impeachment proceedings." you also note that at the same time, that subpoena by the goesiary committee chair out to former white house counsel don make again. is that a next message -- don mcgann. is that in next message? -- a mixed message? scott: i don't think that's a mixed message. there was a subpoena issued just as this meeting was underway, to send a message to the rank and file members, who are clamoring for impeachment, to say, we are going to use the robert mueller report as a guidepost. he has lef

let's go to robert in las vegas. >> good morning, gentlemen. i look forward to reading your book. what a coincidence because i was with jim nelson and michael douglas, we made the movie the china syndrome. are you familiar with that movie. >> oh, yes, yes. i started my book with that movie. >> what a terrible coincidence the movie, when we released that three days after it was released a nuclear physicist was on television and said the chances depicted in that movie was one in 100 million or more. well, then a total of ten days we heard about what was going on there. now, i was under cover. i checked all nuclear powerplants all over the world. and now we're trying to deal with all of the waste right here in nevada, if you are familiar with what they are trying to do about that. >> hey, robert, let me jump in quickly. explain specifically your role or involvement in the film the china syndrome. >> i did the research on all the nuclear powerplants. and to be honest with you, i think they should all be shut down and just go to other kinds of fuel because there is never a catastrophe

robert: okay, let's hear her talk about that a little bit. melanie: sure. irene tu: "rest in peace, irene," i'm really excited, like, if you've seen me before, you'll-- it'll be very me like in terms of topic and stuff i talk about. like, "oh, that's very irene," but the show itself is going to be very different. like instead of me on stage being an embellished version of me, which is like me doing standup, it's going to be me as a character, it's like dead me. you know, i'm like hosting my own funeral, i'm dead. hopefully, there'll be like a very interesting message. i'm going to try to make everyone cry at the end. i mean, it is my funeral after all. if you don't cry, it's not a funeral. i'll probably do standup like forever, which is like cool and also sad and depressing. you know, when the world's ending, i'll be like trying to tell jokes to people who are like dying. like, that's going to be me, and i'm like, "this is my skill, guys." come on out to my show. we're premiering it may 17 and 18th at bindlestiff studio in san francisco. and it is a funeral

robert, let's head over to 92 because traffic is crawling want to show you an accident west 92 alameda de los pulled us. >>way over on the peninsula in san mateo but i wanted to show you that because that explains why it's so heavy and so slow of the 7 tail bridge theory are westbound leaving hayward and it's about 49 minutes right now to make your way from 8 80 across the span. all the way out to one on one because of the accident that i just showed you some activity there in the center divide as well so that explains why it's so crowded this morning favorites traffic routed to not as bad but your stacked up from the maze carpool lanes of already thinned out so they get in early they get out of the way for the cash for years and thats trackers still have to wait you're at 18 minutes, that's decent right to make it over to the freeman street exit. it looks like that stall tour bus may still be there. no word on it officially clearing it's north one to one cesar chavez you see it back to appear the on 3rd so keep that in minand then to 80's a tough commute from highway one leaving daly

. >> thank you very much robert let's go to michael santoli now for "trading nation. mike >> thank you, tyler. today, we are looking at a tale of two health care stocks. united health group sinking after earnings while shares of johnson and johnson head higher. health care is the worst performing sector so far this year let's check in on the group's vitals your show "trading nation" today. let's get started on the two names. you would have thought that expectations for united health were low enough, given how the stock has performed lately i guess not low enough where do you come down on these names? >> i could not be a buyer of u&h after this bad day and even worse week here's why the average true range, a measurement of volatility, is broadening as we're seeing new lows and lower lows and ultimately, the 50 day moving average crossed below the 200 day moving average in february this is the death cross. i want to get out of the way of this for now but for j&j, i like the way this looks a trend like going back to 2016. and there is solid momentum with the 50 day movin

get a look at traffic with robert let's do just that and for people who need to get into san francisco this morning you're not going to be flying through the toll plaza. >>you're going to be crawling through the tolls are actually know i'll take that back if you're a car puller you're flying through the toll plaza, but if you're paying cash or if you're fast-tracking know you have to sit there there's a long wait traffic backed up through the maze but nothing is causing the slowdown. it's just a lot of heavy commute traffic and it's like this often on to fremont street. no other major issues around the bay area right now but we'll take a look at more bridges and more drive times coming up james will >>no charges will be filed in a dog attack that happened of oil. police say a woman and her son were attacked in a backyard on friday night they're in stable condition at last check still in the hospitals recovering, but they survived. >>crawford's michelle kingston tells us what happened before they were attacked. >>it's really stressful. >>neighbors heard screaming on friday night in vala

they wrote to let robert know how grateful he was for the brakes that they gave him and signing for the dodgers, they hope that ricky will think of him as a friend and return and it was a very heartfelt letter thanking him for everything he had done for himself and for his family. what we have here is the original first page of jackie robinson's letter and on the back of the reproduction in order to preserve this letter and keep it from being affected by the wear and tear of being on exhibition. we will eventually swap these out and we will have an original signature. what we are seeing here so far today is only about half of the exhibits in washington dc, please come to the library of congress and check out the exhibition.

let's stick with robert mueller. let's stick with william barr. oft within the last couple hours, the ranking member on the house judiciary committee, congressman doug collins, a republican, writing to the chairman, a democrat from new york, saying i write encouraging you to invite special counsel robert mueller to testify before our committee. and foreek transparency the american public to learn the full car doors -- the full contours of the special counsel investigation, public testimony from mueller himself is undoubtedly the best way to accomplish this goal. my question to you -- do we need to hear from robert mueller? do we need this release sooner than later to restore that trust in this entire process? preet: i will answer yes to all of your questions. i've not seen that quote. it just happened in the last little while. i am imagining that is an invitation to good to pass up on the part of the chairman jerry nadler. , my respect to the timing thought is absolutely the fullest version of the mueller report that can be made public, the better

attorney as well as robert ray, former whitewater independent counsel. joe, let me start with you. bob woodward was no trump fan for sure and certainly not a card-carrying member of the republican national committee. basically he was saying, this was the work of john brennan. >> there is no doubt, this is pretty simple stuff for career prosecutors like rudy and myself. it has been evident from day one that there was a brazen plot to exonerate hillary clinton illegally and then if she lost the election to frame

robert: let me ask you something. work for the dallas newspaper. one-off,st, it is a more or less. you tell the story once and you walk away. just at the moment when you are getting an awful lot of great tips and follow-up material that, in a different universe would be the source of many and a-up stories sustained reporting campaign to address this problem that we all agree is a huge national issue. of course it expresses itself locally as all things do. thisdo you do with all of wonderful follow-up material that you now have? other doctors, other hospitals? laura: i have gotten tons. it would be depressing if i did not know that this was uncommon. the number of messages that i have received from people saying you really should look up -- look into this doctor. it is a lot. robert: what do you do with that? laura: in some cases it has been so bad that i contact local reporters at papers because i cannot do another six part hard cast -- podcast about another bad doctor. i have had conversations across the country with local reporters saying here is this tip from somebody, you shoul

lee to another name. >> this was never about a statue of robert e. lee. let's give you some facts. the permit application straight up called it a unite the right rally. according to an affidavit filed by the charlottesville police department in the days leading up to the rally authorities knew who was coming and who to expect, hundreds of members of the clan among other white supremacists and alt-right groups, pro publica reported that the daily stormer, a neo-nazi website encouraged rally attendees to bring shields, pepper spray and fascist flags and flag poles. the trouble began the night of friday august 11th, when hundreds of white nationalists marched in a torchlight parade across the university of virginia campus as far as the statue of thomas jefferson where according to "the washington post" they surrounded a small group of students of color and white students, the marchers making monkey noises at home and chanting white lives matter. the next morning the marchers flooded lee park, waving confederate and nazi flags. that's where the statue of robert e. lee sits. those are t

he's going to need five. >> mike: robert ray, let me bring you in on this. you've also served as a federal prosecutor in the whitewater investigation. do you have confidence that we are ever going to get to the bottom of this, and by the bottom of it, find out who just was feeding at the bottom of the river here, and that people are going to be held accountable for the violation of civil liberties, for the corruption, the cover-up, and the attempted coup of a sitting elected president. >> the start of getting to the bottom of it is going to be, as expected, the release of the inspector general, michael horowitz a's report, sometime, i think the attorney general indicated in either may or june of this year. i think that will have to happen first before the attorney general then conducts the investigation that he is indicated in testimony before the congress that he intends to conduct. yes, governor, i do think we will get to the bottom of this, and i think to put sort of a bow on this so that it is clear to the american people why they should care, this is an

robert: all right, let's bring him on, okay? jan is staying and her son, another tv host and producer, j.b. zimmerman, will join us and tell us about being part of this book and its message so come right back. j.b. zimmerman, is here, and he sports a very impressive résumé himself, producing television series for major networks as well as digital platforms and steps in front of the camera, hosting celebrity interviews. robert: welcome to the show. j.b. zimmerman: thank you. it's a pleasure to be here. robert: so, your mom forced you into this book? j.b.: actually, it was quite an honor to be a part of the book. i knew about the first edition and this updated one, you know, it's so honored to be able to share my story. this was obviously not the life i ordered either so to be a part of that and to show the side that i saw, losing a father, was a very personal journey for me and to be able to share that and in my perspective was-- robert: was it kind of a healing thing for you in a way? j.b.: absolutely. the exercise when my mom

robert e. lee. let me provide the context. yesterday in announcing he was entering the race, joe biden cited trump's defense of white nationalist who is marched in charlot charlottesville saying trump's words helped them understand that we are in a battle for the soul of the nation. when asked about the comments, trump made it crystal clear which side of that battle he stands on. >> do you still think there are very fine people on both sides. >> i answered that and if you look at what i said, that question was answered perfectly. i was talking about people that went because they felt very strongly about the monument to robert e lee, a great general whether you like it or not. he was one of the great generals. i spoke to many generals here at the white house and many people thought of the generals they think he was maybe their favorite general. people were there protesting the taking down of the monument of robert e. lee. everybody knows that. >> robert e. lee, the man trump holds in high esteem tried to destroy this nation. th

frfrances: they got to let me know. robert: oh! he hung up on me. ok. he said he'll keep you informed. frances: ok. robert: he saiaid the russnsns e flexible right now. frances: good. that't's good t o know. and they still ntnt to come, huh?? robert: they still want to come out here. frances: that's good to know. so that's good to know. robobert: yeah. frances: gooood to havhohope, bt yoyou know, y you don't t want p it up p all the titime. robert: last i've heard w was ty won't fly till monday, but thehen i've heard they're in wells andnd trying to come out here. [helicopter approaching] [helicopter approaching] frances: when i grew up here, we had 20 or more elders around. now we have maybe 2 here. so having this event happen, it is heartfelt for a lot of people because we always wish this would occur for diomede. [singing in native language] frances: you know, the only barrier we have is trying to understand each other with different languages. i see this really strong connection now, and a lot of it have to do with, hey, we are so similar with each

but then as we were racing towards show time, robert surprisingly let us know that, hello, he had just received a call from the president, from the president himself. quote, president trump says he is opposed to current and former white house aides providing testimony to congressional panels in the wake of the special counsel report, intensifying a power struggle between his administration of house democrats. in an interview with "the washington post," trump said that complying with congressional requests was unnecessary after the white house cooperated with special counsel robert mueller's probe of russian interference and the president's own conduct in office. the president said in this interview tonight, quote, there is no reason to go any further, especially in congress where it's very partisan. obviously very partisan. joining us is one of the reporters who got that scoop tonight, "washington post" national political reporter roberta costa. bob, thank you very much for being here. i appreciate this on short notice. >> good to be with you. >> so the president not only is telling yo

let's bring in now a man with a unique perspective on in that is reverend robert w lee. he is a descendant of robert e. lee, the father of asin by any other name reckoning with racism and the heritage of the south. so good to have you on reverend how you doing. >> i'm good. how are you? >> when you heard the president now he said he defended his remarks again charlottesville, the rally praising your ancestor robert e. lee is he trying to whitewash white supremacy? what do you think about in. >> well the president may believe that he is above indictment. but i moep he doesn't believe that he is above sinning. because white supremacy is a sin plain and simple as i see it as a pastor and as a public theologian. and this is a plain and simple dog whistle sin of showing that what we do as white folk is causing a detriment to the black community. by how we act, we've acted for centuries in this country because we are afraid to confront our past and our history for the sake of a better future. and our president just seems to be refuseding to do that. >> karen finney a contribut

patrick spencer joining us from robert baird. vonnie: let's get a check on the first word news. courtney: a proposed u.s. china trade deal would give beijing until 2025 to fulfill its promises. bloomberg has learned the agreement would allow american companies to own businesses in china. president trump and china's chief trade negotiator the vice premier will meet today and that is assigned the talks are in their final stages. meanwhile president trump renewing his attack on the federal reserve for renewing interest rates. tweeting the economy is in good shape despite the fed's destructive actions. this comes after months of criticism of jay powell, who the president appointed. prime minister theresa may holds brexit talks to date with the opposition labor party. they're are looking for a compromise position on the uk's future ties with the european union. the house of commons rejected the idea of the new deal brexit. they passed a bill that compelled theresa may to seek an extension of that deadline. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more tha

reading from the writing of robert costa. let's put this up on the screen. in conversations today with several trump advisors, it was clear that trump is the one driving this stand off with congress. no whisperer has one put it, just a man alone eyeing the tv, urging everyone to take a hard line. chuck, how does this end? >> yeah, great question, brian. i don't think it ends well for the congress or for the president or frankly for the american public. this is ugly. it untoward. frankly, it jarring. you know, all presidents and all congress, right, have tensions, they fight. they argue. but the way we normally get through that is through accommodation. and there does not seem to be any room for accommodation here. the president is drawing a very hard line in the sand. he's making absolutely no sense except for the fact that congress doesn't seem at least so far to find a way through the thick he planted, and for me, frankly, i'm a creature of the courts. i understand the legal process and rule of law and justice system. i wou

david: let's go to that issue because that was explicitly let open by robert mueller. he presented a lot of evidence one way or the other. he knocked down claims of privilege against the department of justice and do not think it was an issue, why? ray: by his own acknowledgment and words, some difficult questions of both law and evidence, and also in the view of the deputy attorney general, the office of legal county, and the attorney general, questions of policy. how you apply the obstruction statute to presidential conduct where early on in the administration, viewed in context, it reasonable for the president to of had a view, since he was firmly of the view that there was no russia collusion, that his inquiry and efforts and adjustments to personnel and other conduct or planned conduct was based on non-corrupt motives. if that is the case or there is reasonable doubt with regard to that, that would be why in obstruction case cannot be made as a matter of criminal law. david: at the same time, mr. mueller said the president repeatedly tried, inappropriately, to affe

let's see how we are setting up. sophie: we have markets in australia, new zealand and hong kong off line for the holiday weekend. happy easter to all who celebrate. on the earnings lineup we have the state banko,

she explained when she let mr. kline know there was a problem, they tended to it. >>> to the other major subpoena from democrats set for this week, to get the full unredacted 400 -some page frreport from robert mueller. let's go to manu raju. what's happening there? >> reporter: the house judiciary committee plans to move to authorize a subpoena later this week for the full mueller report as well as the underlying evidence in addition to five white house officials to provide documents that related to their cooperation with the mueller investigation. this is all part of the democratic effort to try to get everything that bob mueller tries to uncover as part of his information. what democrats are concerned about is the letter from bill barr on friday. the attorney general telling congress that he would redact portions of the mueller report for categories he cited with two particular that caught democrats by surprise. one saying he would redact grand juror information. two regarding third parties barr considers that t

hear from robert mueller, let's hear from bill barr in the coming weeks. we need to see this full, unredacted report in order to make a determination whether impeachment is proper and necessary. and so you have this sort of tug of war happening within the party. the concern i think from pelosi and others is that if democrats overreach ahead of the 2020 election, it could put the party in serious jeopardy. it could alienate a lot of voters and so they are -- pelosi and others are concerned and don't want to turn off a number of voters ahead of the election. >.arthel: congressman elijah cummings, he's on-board with the rest of the democratic leadership in terms of wait and see, let's get all of the -- try to pull back all of the curtains before we make decisions. what about the obstruction of justice case that special counsel l sell mueller laid out in his report. will congress pursue that trail? if that, will that pursuit be bipartisan or partisan? >> well, nancy pelosi is going to be holding a conference call on monday with fellow democrats. this will be s

let's go to our congressional correspondent, sunlen serfaty who's joining us from capitol hill. chairman jerry nadler laid out what he wants to happen before he hears from mueller. >> reporter: that's right. jerry nadler saying that of course he wants mueller in front of his committee and intends to push for that, but first he wants to hear from the attorney general, bill barr. and the choreography essentially is clearly very important to the chairman as bill barr is preparing, of course, that redacted version of the mueller report to hit capitol hill mid-april, potentially as soon as this week. jerry nadler saying of course he wants the full unredacted mueller report and the underlying evidence. nadler tweeting today in part, quote, in order to ask special counsel mueller the right questions, the committee must receive the special counsel's full report and hear from the attorney general barr about that report on may 2nd. we look forward to hearing from mr. mueller at the appropriate time. tomorrow is something of an accidental big day up here on capitol hill for the attorney ge

he denied he ordered the firing of robert mueller. let's listen. oh, we don't have sound of that. but he did say it. and this is so he tweeted this as well. and when you look at the mueller report, it lays out very clearly in the conversations the special counsel had with don mcgahn, that this is something that happened. what do you make of the president repeating this over and over when there it is in black and white? >> it is fascinating. he's speaking to an audience, a plr audience. he's dismissing what the report's findings are. this is another instance where his white house counsel is under oath por the penalty of perjury. how many people have been prosecuted for lying and mcgahn is explaining in great detail how he was asked to go to the justice department and rod rosenstein and say you should get rid of robert mueller. and he didn't do it. and if it was a direct order or an indirect order -- >> and he's saying -- and in the tweet, i could have done it myself. but actually he couldn't have. >> right. >> he could not have just done it himself, walked up to robert mueller and

. >> the piece that doesn't make sense to me is, why did robert mueller let his team's work land in barr's lap? why did he hand over that thing that was viewed as precious and impeachable, why did he give it to barr? >> that's what the regulations require. the special counsel regs say the special counsel is supposed to deliver his report in a confidential fashion to the attorney general and then the attorney general is the one that makes the hand off to congress and public. i think the question is how long does mueller's silence hold up? we've seen some fraying with members of the team coming forward to say you know what barr is saying is not exactly what our report concluded. and at some point we'll hear from mueller himself testifying on the hill and we'll find out whether or not he agrees with what the attorney general has done or whether he has some disagreement. >> so i remember when chris christie was on tv trying to defend matt whitakers uncelebrated tenure, which at this point doesn't look as bad as it did at the time. he said maybe he's there to land the plane, the mueller report.

let's begin with robert in texas on the independent line. robert, have you had the chance to digest any of the report today? i'm having trouble understanding the responsibility and duties of the attorney general under the constitution. appointed by the president, is he considered to be the lawyer of the president or the lawyer for the people and congress? if the president is the one under investigation, why was the white house given the mueller report prior to congress? good question. unfortunately our two lawyers have left. otherwise we would give that question to them. i would like to say that i think this is a witchhunt against the president. i think the mueller report will exonerate him. i think he has done more for this country than any president since fdr. he has

so let's talk about this. one thing we should point out is that special counsel robert mueller did something that i think a lot of people found unusual, which is he did not reach a conclusion, at least according to what we know, he left it up to the attorney general. >> right, and as i have talked to former justice department colleagues, this actually is the most surprising thing to those of us who had worked in bob mueller's orbit. which is that he didn't actually make that decision. what i did find really interesting from the attorney general's comments is i think i heard him say that he did not really have a substantive conversation with the special counsel about this decision. and i found that really surprising. this is a matter of the utmost importance. it's the most important decision that this attorney general will make in his tenure, and the fact that there was legal disagreement between the special counsel and his team and the attorney general, and the attorney general, again, if i heard him correctly

let me read you the tweet and i'll read you the portion from the mueller report. this is what president trump said today, as has been incorrectly reported by the fake news media, i never told then white house counsel don mcgahn to fire robert mueller even though i had the legal right to do so. i could have done it myself. now the fake news media has nothing to do with the media, it's what's in the mueller report. this is the all right, quote, on saturday, june 17, 2017, the president called mcgahn and directed him to have the special counsel removed. all of this, hallie, fueling democrats' demands to intensify their investigations and also talk of impeachment. take a listen to one congresswoman who says they're not at impeachment yet, but if the stonewalling continues, they may be. >> if all of that fails, if all of those protections of our government fail, we will pursue impeachment. we won't have any other choice. >> reporter: so the stanoff between the white house and capitol hill intensifying this morning. >> kristen welker, thank you. >>> that 448-page all ri

join you go us now robert bayer. let me read this list of things, a signal detector, nine usb drives, five sim cards, four cell phones, two chinese passports, an external hard drive, thumb drive containing malware and more than $8,000 in cash. bob, when you look at this and look at what happened, where she was trying to go, do you see a spy or someone working for chinese intelligence? >> she's definitely a spy. people don't carry that stuff around, especially the receiver looking for hidden cameras, very unusual, very expensive piece of equipment, it detects power and signal modulations. it costs thousand and thousands of dollars, the passports and then the malware. you know, ideally the way i look at it she was going into mar-a-lago to put malware on the smart tv which would spread to the rest of the hotel and even including the president's room and then bleed signals out. so now the question was she working for chinese intelligence or privately? but let me tell you, privately if she did this on her own, a rogue ope

it's well it's not going to be him personally looking into that if he were to appoint somebody like let's say robert miller again to investigate another killer collusion do you think that would have more credence in your eyes no i think at the end of the day. highly doubtful that he'll do. just making political points you know the american electoral campaign has already begun we're going to have to suffer through it for the next eighteen months and so everything becomes khaled you know including foreign policy but professor brennan help me understand here because for the last two years did democrats have been making political points about the miller invest. nation why is it not ok to lead the republicans do the same and settle die suspicions through the investigative process because there are real issues about the the provenance of the still dos here and whether or not it was used to get fives or warrants etc why those issues are not serious enough to be looked into given that the last two years respond in two investigating as likes to say and nothing burger or more nothing burger. actual

let's see what robert mueller says. there is a lot of outside the norms. a president of the united states who attacks everybody is outside the norms. so that's what he has done from day one of this, robert mueller, everybody around him, his previous attorney general, current deputy attorney general who will stand with bill barr in the room. that part to me rod rosenstein who appointed robert mueller, empowered him the entire time will be standing there, too. if it's damaging to the president he attacks you over and over again. to what end? to get the 35% of the americans who are in his camp to not believe anything this he hear. >> do you know what else is outside the norms? with all the other steps in this investigation the report came out then there was a press conference with the indictments of russian military intelligence for interference in this election with all those indictments reporters read the report, congress, members of congress read the report and then justice officials came out to answer questions about it with the indictments regarding the

shannon: the top take aways from robert mueller's report, let's bring in tonight's parent, brad, chris and guy. essentially the section talks about the fact that they said we cannot come to the conclusion the president did not obstruct justice. >> bottom line is if you juxtapose that against the collusion section where he did exonerate him, special counsel would've exonerated him if he was able to. that says there probably was obstruction and also refutes everything attorney general william barr said this morning about obstruction and what he said 3 weeks ago when he wrote that 4-page letter to congress, william barr can't be trusted with issues like this and i think the american people know that. >> some might disagree with you but that is what this panel discussion is about. you talk about the fact the president made public overtures to people he thought could cause him trouble but privately he was trying to control the investigation. that is included in the report as well. >> the president brought us to the brink of constitutional crisis over and over because he can't stand scrutiny