tangible results, there will be a lot of egg on a lot of people's faces. >> will ripley reporting for us, good information. thanks very much for your excellent reporting. that's it. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next, robert mueller with a scathing response to paul manafort detailing lies pant contacts with the trump administration until just recently, as the republican party tonight hands trump a stunning rebuke on russia. plus, william barr, trump's pick for attorney general says mueller's prone is not a witch hunt. doesn't believe in this lock her up stuff. did trump know this is the man he nominated? and the only member of congress who didn't vote to rebuke steve king for racist comments, but it's not why you think. let's go "outfront." and good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. list of lies. robert mueller tonight filing this court document, laying out how trump's campaign chairman,

paul manafort, lied to investigators. now, all in, it's 188 pages. obviously, i'm holding up the summary here of these lies. despite some of the heavy redactions, which do continue on page after page, pages of blacked out text in some places, we are able to make some sense of this, via some of the places that are a bit less black. mueller accusing manafort of lying about his communications with the trump administration. communications that continued well into 2018. that's the year that just ended, what, 14, 15 days ago? just to reiterate the obvious, because it's really important, communications well into 2018 is communications well into trump's presidency. and manafort who was at the center of the mueller probe under investigation was talking about getting jobs for people in the trump administration. also in, this filing tonight. we see mueller's focus on manafort's longtime russian associate, constantine kilimnik. now, kilimnik is an important name. mueller says he's an agent of

putin, of russian intelligence. he appears to be a key player in the mueller probe. and this is crucial. because kilimnik is reportedly the go-between between manafort, right, trump's campaign chairman, and the russian oligarch, oleg deripaska, a close putin ally. a putin ally that team trump is trying to ease sanctions on right now. and that is proving to be too much for some republicans to stomach. today in a stunning rebuke, republicans telling president trump he is wrong when he went on fox news to claim this. >> i can tell you this. if you ask the folks in russian, i've been tougher on russia than anybody else, any other -- probably any other president, period. but certainly, the last three or four presidents, modern-day presidents, nobody's been as tough as i have. from any standpoint. >> not the toughest to republicans. ten of them breaking with president trump on russia. joining senate democrats to advance a measure that would block a move by trump's treasury department to ease sanctions, to

relax sanctions on three companies that are at the center of oleg deripaska's billions and billions dollars universe. senator kennedy just moments ago, speaking to our manu raju, saying it is der paeska that ha proved a russian bridge too far. >> i have grave concerns about mr. deripaska. >> evan perez is "outfront" in washington to begin our coverage. and even, you know, this filing, as you know you've been reading through all of it with all of the backup documentation brings us even closer to the trump administration. >> you know, it really does. because the filing describes that manafort is having these contacts into the administration, even while he's -- he was indicted. i mean, that's one of the things that is really stunning from this, the idea that you're having these contacts, while paul manafort is under indictment in 2018, right? he's defending himself in these two trials. and you would think that people in the administration would try to, you know, sort of keep it

arm's length, given the fact that they know this investigation is ongoing. and what we learned, erin, is that as part of this investigation, paul manafort testified before the grand jury and apparently the grand jury is asking questions about the person you mentioned, constantine kilimnik, who the special counsel, who the fbi says is somebody who works with the gru, the russian intelligence agency. that's one of the agencies that was behind the dnc hack. so i think you can take a step back here. i think you can start seeing that the mueller investigators are trying to connect some dots. there's a lot of this, obviously, that we cannot see this in this filing so far, but it does appear that kilimnik is a very key part of this, is a very key part of the collusion case that the mueller investigators are still very much working on. >> all right. thank you very much. and evan, just to make the point, again, kilimnik, the go-between, according to mueller, right? between manafort and oleg deripaska, who is at the center of this sanctions attempt by the

trump administration to ease sanctions on deripaska's companies, right? >> right, exactly. that's exactly right. >> all right. thank you very much, evan. obviously, big developments this hour. and i want to go to john dean, former nixon white house counsel, anne milgram, former white house prosecutor, and david gergen, former adviser to four presidents, including nixon and clinton. david, let me start with you, as you put this together. you know, this is crucial, right? it goes into 2018. when we talk about manafort's lies, communications with the trump administration. and at the center of it is oleg deripaska. oleg deripaska, who the trump administration tried to ease sanctions on his companies right now. how big of a rebuke against president trump is this vote today, by 11 republicans who said, no? deripaska is a bridge too far. >> john dean will remember as well as i do how things got very, very complicated in the white house and more and more suspicious and it turned out the

suspicions were true. and what one sees here is a very complex case, but the fact that paul manafort, under indictment, continued to have contacts within the white house, that his go-between leads back to deripaska and that this same administration is now trying to lift sanctions to give mr. deripaska, you know, a free pass, in effect, or are lifting the sanctions against him and his companies, i think is stunning. it is -- it's extraordinarily suspicious and i do think that republicans now are waking up to the fact that on this and other fronts, but particularly this russian issue, that they better be darned cautious, because we're playing with real dynamite now. >> i mean, ann, it appears real dynamite. we're talking about, as evan said, under indictment! paul manafort is talking to people in the trump administration, a sitting administration -- >> stunning. >> -- and it goes back to an

agent, mueller says an agent of the russian government. tide to a guy they're trying to ease sanctions on. >> yeah. i think there's two points worth making. first of all, the fact that manafort would reach out to the white house is not that surprising, because we've seen him, you know, allegedly obstruct justice while he was under indictment already. i mean, he's taken a number of actions. he tried to write an op-ed clearing his name. what's stunning is that anyone in the white house would have communications with him, while the president is still under investigation by robert mueller, while the campaign is still under investigation. that's stunning. the part about the sanctions is also, we're in the middle of a criminal investigation where all of these names are mentioned as people who are associated with manafort, associated with putin, potential russian, you know, kilimnik is a known russian asset, intelligence asset. to be doing this in the middle of an investigation is just stunning. >> john dean? >> my reaction? >> yep. >> it -- first of all, i -- i'm amazed. i looked at the affidavit and unfortunately, about 80% of the

affidavit is blocked out. but i did notice that while they focus on five lies or five areas of lies, the agent says there's much more evidence than we're even presenting it here. so this is just the tip of the iceberg. and the senate vote doesn't surprise me, for this reason. that underlying legislation passed like 98 to 2 in the senate. and it was bipartisan at the time, so it's not surprising that -- and of course, the senate vote would be before mueller had made his filing, which would have even compounded it. but it's going to take only a simple majority to proceed, sanctions and it likes they've got it. >> right. now, of course, it puts the president in an awkward position, or he's got to decide, right? which side is he going to take? he's made clear which side he's on, but does he veto against his own party? david gergen, to have

impeachment go through, you've got to have republicans onboard. it's a political question. so putting aside the technical term of conspiracy and who there's anything there, does the move you see here from republicans to say, look, this is too far, we'll vote against, could it end up bag small predictor of what is possible or not? >> it is -- i think we ought to be very cautious on this. the -- what the republicans are objecting to now is far short of the republicans potential voting on impeachment. there have to be a lot more here, but it does show that the republican unity is cracking on this and orr fronts. such as the shutdown. and that the president does not command the -- is not in command the way he once was. he's much more vulnerable, he's thrashing around. and all of that is to suggest that this has gotten a lot manufacture seriomore serious. i also think, frankly, we're looking at a longer period of time for mueller than we thought. we thought it might be a matter

of days, not weeks. it looks like it could be months. one last thing, erin. the bar -- the william barr testimony today, i think, really is going to come right down to the middle of this, because he clearly, as welcome as many of his comments were and his stance on transparency and everything else, he very clearly left the impression that the mueller report, which the public has been waiting for, may not ever see the light of day. >> yep. >> what we may see is a barr report. i don't think that's going to go down well with the country. >> and we'll be talking much more about that in just a moment. ann, when you take it together, where do you think we are? everyone says, oh, we're close to the end here. in part, because rosenstein said he was ready to go, and he had indicated that he wouldn't do that until mueller is gone. but now you've got these filings, you've got new people that they're looking at, they say, related to jerome corsi and roger stone. is it possible that there's a lot longer of a runway here than we thought, as steven said? >> i think mueller is going to

want to wrap up as soon as he can. that level of redaction shows that there's still a lot that we don't know. but remember that mueller may have already put a lot of evidence into the grand jury. he may just not have voted an indictment out. >> interesting. >> so in terms of timing, i think it's months, i don't think we're looking at years, but i agree with david, it's not tomorrow. there's work still -- >> and as some were thinking, we're weeks away. i guess it's possible, but this would indicate, possibly, we're not. >> this indicates there's a lot we still don't know. i think that's the main thing. and that there's more action that they're going to take. where they are in the process of presenting a case, that's the piece we're missing. >> but i think it's important for viewers to hear, yao aou ale saying, there's a lot we don't know. we like to think, we know. if you look at these redactions, that's extremely clear. john, "the wall street journal" is also reporting tonight that trump's longtime fixer and lawyer, michael cohen, who is going to jail for crimes he committed at trump's direction, according to tor prosecutors, he's going to testify to congress in public about working for trump and what it was like.

a source tells "the journal" cohen's going to talk about what a madman trump is, continuing to say, he's going to tell the story of what it's like to work for a madman. he's going to say things that will give you chills. john, what do you say? >> i think that's his strong suit. he's worked for this man for a decade plus. i think he was probably hopeful of going to the white house. we can see now why trump probably had trouble with that idea. but i don't think trump ever expected that this man would turn on him. and they're at odds now. th they're in an open fight. and i think that michael cohen is going to be able to probably embarrass the president deeply before he finishes. >> and of course, the question is, how influential that would be, among, especially republicans in congress. all right, thank you all very much. and next, the breaking news. you heard david mention barr. well, the president's pick for attorney general testifying all

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breaking news. trump's pick for attorney general just finishing testifying before the senate judiciary committee. william barr promising he will be, quote, truly independent and not be, quote, bullied. but he did not commit to letting you see mueller's eventual russia investigation report. >> will you commit to making any report mueller produces at the conclusion of his investigation available to congress and to the public? >> as i said in my statement, i am going to make as much information available as i can, consistent with the rules and regulations that are part of the special counsel regulations. >> all right. that, obviously, is not a "yes." barr also said he would not commit to recusing himself from the mueller probe. and here's the crucial thing, even if ethics officials say

that he should. >> under what scenario would you not follow their recommendations? >> if i disagreed with it. >> and what would the basis of that agreement be? >> i came to a different judgment. >> on what basis? >> the facts. >> such as? >> such as whatever facts are relevant to the recusal. >> manu raju is "outfront." he's on capitol hill. look, barr obviously not forth coming in that front with kamala harr harris. and you know, look, he was not -- a lot of vagueness here, right? >> reporter: yeah, he's clearly not trying to box himself in, make any commitments that he would not be able to keep. and he has no desire to recuse himself from the russia investigation, making it very clear that jeff sessions' decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation, different than anything that bill barr would consider going forward, because sessions wo s

involved in the campaign, that was a political decision. bill barr is not. democrats try to make the case that hse should be recused because of that memo he wrote last year raising concerns about the mueller investigation, the obstruction aspect of it. but throughout the day's hearing, bill barr time and time again said that was a narrow in scope memo, it only dealt with one small legal theory about the larger investigation. it did not mean that the full investigation was something that he did not believe was serious going forward. he tried to portray himself as independent. he would let that investigation going go forward. but he left himself a lot of room and vaings about whether he would actually release that report, saying he would follow the rules and regulations going forward. and also unclear in some other areas, too, erin, including whether or not the mueller team could subpoena the president and compel his testimony. he said he'll look at the facts and decide that as they come. so questions going forward, but overall, republicans and democrats do agree, he's probably going to be confirmed just in a matter of weeks. >> all right, manu, thank you

very much. and obviously, when it comes to subpoena, it's a crucial question. because we're -- we've now been reporting that mueller wants to talk to the president, still in person, right? follow up on those written responses and the president's team, rudy giuliani saying, over my dead body, hit me with a subpoena, we'll fight it. this is a very crucial and pertinent question. outfront now, harry sanzik and james trusty. harry, barr was, we just heard some of those, right, very vague on some really crucial, central issues to the mueller probe. why? >> i think he was trying to navigate this middle path between a concern of saying something that would tick off the president. we know that the president was angry about sessions' recusal. so he certainly wasn't going to say, well, if doj ethics people tell me to recuse, i will, even though i think that's what he should have say, but he wasn't

going to go too far in the other direction and sort of denounce the investigation as a witch hunt. for one, i don't think he believes that it's true. and for another, it might make him more difficult to confirm. >> james, when it comes to that issue of recusal, was he speaking to an audience of one? >> i think he was actually being pretty judicious. we're putting it off as political gamesmanship or evasion, but the guy was very judicious in his approach, his demeanor was judicious, his comments were restricted. and remember, he's not on the inside yet. it's a little premature to announce that he should be recusing or he should have set opinions about where the mueller probe is going. >> but he did have this memo he discussed with the president prior to nomination, right, where he supported him on at least part of the president's view on obstruction of justice, right? so i guess that would be what you could raise as possible grounds. >> look, anything that you've published is fair game. but that memo is very much a legal memorandum. it's hardly an op-ed piece. it's talking about principles of federalism, of separation of powers, it's written in a very,

again, lawyerly way, as opposed to kind of a public opinion. so i don't think you can fairly hold against him that he's given some opinion where he qualified it, by saying, i don't know what's going on the inside. >> but harry, what he's saying is, okay, well, i'm still going to make the decision. someone could read that and come to the conclusion that that's a problem and he could say, sorry, i don't care. >> i think he's saying, i'm going to wait and see what happens and i'm going to leave myself lots of escape hatches here. i'll share things from the mueller investigation, if i think it's appropriate and if it's something i want to do. i'll recuse if the ethics people tell me to, as long as i agree with them. and there are good reasons, as jim is saying, to try to be careful and to be judicious, but i think he had other motivations, as well. >> obviously. when you're talking about the audience he's speaking to, the president. but when it comes to that audience, though, james barr did say a lot of things that could incense the president. when it comes to this issue of recusal, he defended jeff sessions, who god knows the president has come out how many times and said terrible things

about jeff sessions for recusing himself. well, bill barr said he did the right thing and that's not the only thing he took the president on about today. here he is. >> i think he probably did the right thing recusing himself. i don't think mr. mueller would be involved in a witch hunt. i believe the russians interfered or attempted to interfere with the election. >> will you commit to no interference with the scope of the special counsel's investigation? >> i will. >> will you commit to providing mr. mueller with the resources, funds, and time needed to complete his investigation? >> yes. i don't subscribe to this "lock her up" stuff. >> that, obviously, would have possibly annoyed one person a whole lot, james. just the way that -- i guess what i'm saying, the kind of disdain which was clear in his voice when he said that about "lock her up". >> well, he could certainly unleash the twitter bear by making those types of comments. but again, i think what a lot of people were listening for and heard was pretty impressive in

terms of independence and caring about where the department is going to go, caring about the department of justice and the fbi's reputation and bringing a certain kind of gravitas and impartiality to that chore. so, yeah, again, there's political fallout no matter he says, but i think the answers reflected a pretty thoughtful approach, a guy who's going to let the special counsel statute dictate where the special counsel investigation goes. and those are good things to hear. >> but harry, what about this that we might not see the mueller report? >> that's been a risk throughout this proceeding, because unlike the old independent counsel law, the special counsel regulations only provide that mueller gives his report to the attorney general, and then attorney general makes a decision in his or her discretion about what to do. >> but that's why people watching should understand how important bill barr is. >> absolutely. >> this is the person who it seems very likely is going to make that decision as to whether every single person watching tonight is going to have any idea what mueller concludes. >> absolutely. and i think you saw today members of the senate committee trying to pin him down on that.

saying, commit to releasing it. and he said, look, the decision is ultimately mine. i don't know what i can release under the law, under the regulation. and he left it very much open. i would like to see what's in the report, but it's going to be up to this person to decide. >> all right. thank you both very much. and next, president trump says the new democrats in congress are on his side when it comes to his wall. >> democrats in congress, especially the new ones coming in are starting to say, wait a minute, we can't win this battle with trump. >> is that what they're saying? well, an incoming new democratic congresswoman is "outfront" next. and only one member of congress deciding not to support a resolution rejecting white supremacy today. only because he says that resolution was a complete copout. he's the only one who stood up to it. and he's "outfront" tonight.

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tonight, a mess. that's what one democratic member of congress is calling president trump's attempt to arrange a bipartisan meeting on the shutdown today. that meeting part of trump's strategy, which is to go after new members of the democratic party, vulnerable ones, and pick them off. but today it didn't work.

not one single democrat showed up. kaitlan collins is "outfront" with the white house tonight. kaitlan, okay, that was today's plan. what's the president going to do now? >> that's pretty much the question on everyone's mind in washington right now. what is the strategy going to be going forward? now, erin, we know we can expect more meetings with lawmakers between the white house, whether or not that includes democrats, democrats who are actually going to play a big role in ending the shutdown is still a big question. and right now, essentially, the two people this is all going to come down is president trump and house speaker nancy pelosi, skprigt now neither of them have a meeting scheduled together, and it doesn't seem that any of them had shown any signs of coming off of what their demands are. the white house strategy today by inviting those democratic lawmakers to the white house for lunch was essentially to drive a wedge between party's members and the party's leaders to say, hey, we've got people who are on our side, they want to reopen the government, and they agree with us about our plans for border security, but clearly, they sent a pretty symbolic rejection by turning down that offer. not a single member showing up. now, the question is, what are

they going to do going forward? and right now, even inside the white house, the strategy here is not clear. but what is clear is that there is not an end to this shutdown in sight right now. though officials are becoming increasingly worried, erin, about the optics of all of this. and they're paying attention to those polls, like the one from cnn, that shows more americans are holding the president responsible for this shutdown, despite his attempts to pin the blame on democrats, than they are holding democrats responsible. and that's something that's becoming an increasing concern for these white house officials. >> kaitlan, thank you. and let's go now to freshman democrat representative mikey sheryl. she's from new jersey. i appreciate your time. look, it's day 25 now, congressman. we're hearing bekay coppins, a writer for "the atlantic" just tweeted out, "i was struck talking to people on capitol hill today by the general feeling that the shutdown won't end until some outside disaster occurs." what's your reaction to that? do you agree that it's going to take something disastrous end to this shutdown, congresswoman?

>> well, erin, i certainly hope not. that doesn't seem to be what i'm feeling down here. i'll tell you, we have been working very hard to get the government open again. in fact, my freshman colleagues and i were sent down here to get government working. if the american people have any doubt that it's working well, then i'll let you know that we were the first class in the history of the united states to be sworn in during a government shutdown, so here's a report from the field. government is not working. >> you know, what to do about it, though? should your democratic colleagues, the ones the president called and said, hey, come on over, should they have gone to the white house today to meet with him at least? >> well, like i said, my freshman colleagues and i really want to work hard to get government open and to then start working on the business of the american people. so i think we should get government open, we should do that first, and then we would be happy to talk to the president about issues that concern all of us, like border security. >> so it's -- i mean, you're still on the side of, open the government first, then we'll talk. and he's all, give me my wall

and then i'll open the government. there's been no movement, it would seem. but he is saying, congresswoman, that some democrats are starting to side with him, particularly people like you. here's what he said to sean hannity. >> if you look, democrats in congress, especially the new ones coming in are starting to say, wait a minute, we can't win this battle with trump because it's just common sense. how can we say that a wall doesn't work. >> you're a new democrat, do you accept that you can't, quote, win this battle with trump? >> i think the new democrats are first and foremost on the side of the american people. and the american people want us to get government open. and so the very first bill that we passed was a bill to open government up in the house of representatives. we've broken that bill up to try to get it passed and then just yesterday, we passed a bill so that we could open government up for three weeks in order to start to negotiate border security. >> right, but again, you know, this comes down to, you're saying, open the government and then we'll talk, and then he's saying, let's open the government and there we are. we're still on two polar

opposite spaces. he says he does not care what to call it. that's his move? he's like, i don't care what you call it, just give me some kind of barrier. here's how he put it, congresswoman. >> this is where i ask the democrats to come back to washington and to vote for money for the wall, the barrier, whatever you want to call it, it's okay with me. they can name it whatever they can name it. peaches. i don't care what they name it, but we need money for that barrier. >> okay. what do you say? >> so the president has money for border security. he has a billion dollars, over a billion dollars he's not spent. in these bills we've passed, we've just sent him another 1.6 or offered to send him another $1.6 billion more border security. >> can he use it for a barrier. >> i think what might be getting a little lost in this, though, is the senate's responsibility. so we have a responsibility in congress to get government open. we have sent now several bills

to the senate and the republican senate has not taken them up, despite the fact that we sent -- we passed the very same bill that they passed a couple of weeks ago. so the senate has a responsibility, as a co-equal branch of government, to get this government open. >> would you give him some kind of a barrier, though? just a fence, whatever, but some kind of a barrier. is that on your table? >> like you said, i'm for strong border security. so once we get this -- the government open, once we pass the bills and get people back to work and get them their paychecks. make sure tsa workers are being paid, then we can talk about the best way forward on border security. and if that's a wall, i'm open to that. i do think that when we look at the needs of the border, it's more cbp or border patrol agents making sure we have drones, making sure we have advanced technologies to stop incursions of drug trafficking. so these are some of the things i talk about, but if a wall is the right thing to use, as it is in el paso and san diego, then we can talk about that, as well. >> you talk about paychecks. you have opted not to receive

yours during the shutdown. the president tweeted today, why is nancy pelosi getting paid when people who are working are not? should the speaker be refusing her pay, as well? is he right about that? >> you know wi, i think people charge of this should be refusing their pay, whether they're in congress or in the executive branch. it is our responsibility and our duty to have government open. that is why we are sent to washington. and so i felt very strongly about this, because i've certainly worked in federal government for many years and seen firsthand what a government shutdown can do to federal workers. >> all right. thank you very much. clear statement. thank you, congresswoman. >> thank you. next, one house democrat voting against a resolution against white supremacy. but he says only because everyone else wimped out. breaking news, democratic senator kirsten gillibrand a major announcement about what's next. >> i'm filing an exploratory committee for president of the

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new tonight, congressman steve king under increasing

pressure to resign. adamant he's not a racist. this after the house voted 424-1 on a resolution to reject white supremacy in light of king's comments to the "new york times" when he said, quote, white nationalists, white supremacist, western civilization, how did that language become offensive? why did i sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization? "outfront" now, the one congressman who did not vote for the resolution of disapproval, democrat bobby rush of illinois. congressman, tell us why. why did you vote against this disapproval resolution? >> well, i voted for it because it did not do far enough. it was shallow. it was of little import to literally millions of american citizens. and really it was not worth the paper that it was written on.

it became obsolete before the ink on the paper dried. so it certainly fell far short of what i think the action of the members of congress should have been in regards to -- in light of this unrepentant racist steve king. he has a legacy and a history of saying the most vile things, condemning americans, and using the official status as a member of congress, using the well of congress as a platform to promulgate his vile and racist commentary. >> now, you talk about, you know, unrepentant racist and things that he has said. you know, one person that has been silent here is the president of the united states. he's been completely silent about steve king. here is what he said yesterday when he was asked about it,

congressman. >> mr. president, what about steve king's remarks? >> who? >> steve king. congressman steve king. >> i don't -- i haven't been following it. i really haven't been following it. >> congressman, he says, "i haven't been following it," but trump does have time to follow and tweet about news about jeff bezos, who he calls jeff bozo, reportedly delighted with the coverage of bezos' divorce and disgusting texts. now, trump, keep in mind, of course, has reportedly boasted of raising more money for steve king's campaigns than anyone else. now he says he hasn't been following the steve king story. do you believe him? >> well, yes, i do believe him. he has not been following steve ki king, the steve king story, because he's been led by steve king. steve king is, you might say,

one of his philosophical leaders. he is in concert with steve king. he knows exactly what steve king is saying, because steve king wrote the president's playbook in regards to how a racist should really conduct himself. so he is, indeed very versed in the racist antics of steve king. >> so why do you think the president will not speak out against king and is saying that he doesn't know -- i mean, how far -- how far are you willing to go about the president? >> he believes in steve king. he honors steve king. he emulates steve king. he exalts steve king. and so therefore, when steve

king says in his height of racism, donald trump actually believes that and will repeat it from time to time. so i don't know -- i can't call on the president. that's another matter, but i do call on the members of the u.s. house of representatives as where steve king actually serves as a member to repudiate, to regurgitate, to indeed censure steve king. his comments should not be given a moment of consideration by this u.s. congress p. from charlotte, north carolina, to charlottesville, west virginia, to the u.s. congress, there's a pattern of racism that has gone way too far in this nation. >> all right.

well, i appreciate your time, congressman rush. and of course, steve king even voted -- censuring steve king himself would be quite different. >> a major contradiction of the whole thing. >> absolutely. >> and it meant so little that steve king could so move forward. >> all right. thank you so much. congressman rush, i appreciate your time. next, breaking news, democratic senator kirsten gillibrand is running for president. that's next. i am not for colds. i am not for just treating my symptoms... (ah-choo)

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moos. >> reporter: feast your eyes on a fast food feast where you can wipe remnants of a fast food burger off your mouth with a white house napkin. members of the clemson tigers were spotted balancing several somethings and sniffing at other things, and guess who picked up the tab? >> paid for by me. >> reporter: quarter pounders by candlelight. naturally the president got a makeover as the ham burglar and ronald mcdonald. what would lincoln think about white house gravy boats being used to hold mcnugal sauces? the but the golden nugget was the one president trump dropped in a tweet, boasting of serving over 1,000 hamberders. ham berders the new covfefe. and next thing you know aids to the president are being referred to as hamburger helpers. we're all out of hamberders, just serving hamberders today. someone else advised, be sure to wash down that delicious

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>> was it 300, and then suddenly it was 1,000? just count. thanks for joining us. don't forget you can watch out front anytime. ac 360 with anderson begins right now. good evening from washington. two big stories tonight. and even if they're not interconnected, at least not quite yet chances are they soon will be. the russia investigation and the man who will have the final say in it. how the president's pick for attorney general acquitted himself today. first, though we have breaking news in the mueller probe. a new court filing from the special counsel that conceals quite a bit but also speaks volumes at the same time. talk about what's in this filing. >> there's really a lot, anderson. we say they have redacted a lot of information. they have concealed a lot of information. but when you read through these documents it's 80 pages of exhibits and evidence essentially against paul