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we are growing anticipation of the long anticipated moment when we finally learn that robert mueller's report is d finished. we thought today might be the day and we're not alone. they're now bracing for impact. whatever it may be. tonight we'll talk about what might be in the mueller report and how much, if any of it we might get to see. let's go to pamela brown first on how we got here. >> nearly two years after it began robert mueller's special counsel investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election is soon coming to an end. through his filings, mueller has shown how russians strive to interfere in u.s. politics, scrutinizing those in trump's orbit as part of that effort.

to date, 34 people and three russian entities have been charged with crimes. 26 of whom are russian nationals charged with computer related crimes ranging with hacking the computers and networks of prominent democrats to using social media to sew political discord in the u.s. with the purpose of helping to elect donald trump. >> the presidents allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states. >> the president always careful to distance himself from those charged. >> of the 34 people, many of them were bloggers from moscow or people that had nothing to do with me. had nothing to do with what they're talking about or they were people that got caught telling a fib or alie. >> even when some of the president's inner circle and those that ran his campaign were found to have violated the law, the president remained defiant. >> the russia thing is a hoax. i have been tougher on russia than any president maybe ever.

>> it helped reveal how the initial stages unfolded. a trump campaign adviser bragged to a foreign diplomat in a bar about what a man with ties to russia called dirt on hillary clinton. that 2016 encounter may have prompted the fbi's counter intelligence investigation which would eventually become mueller's inquiry. mueller uncovered evidence that trump's long time political adviser roger stone allegedly communicated directly with wikileaks while in coordination with a trump campaign official. the substance of those communications are not yet known. >> i actually have communicated with assange. >> in 2016, stone bragged about his contacts with wikileaks founder and later denied he had any direct contact with wikileaks. he's charged with obstruction and making false statements and witness tampering. >> first of all, he didn't work at the campaign except way in

the beginning. >> the investigation revealed the trump campaign chairman's deep ties to pro-russian ukrainians and litany of crimes he committed. a judge found he lied about contacts with an associate believed to be linked to russian intel that gave trump campaign internal polling data to. his contacts also strike at the heart of the investigation and russian efforts to seek ways of removing sanctions. in this case through a possible peace plan to end conflict through russia and ukraine. >> he worked for me for a very short period of time. it's very sad what they have done to paul manafort. >> in convicting the personal attorney, michael cohen, the special counsel revealed how the president was pursuing a business deal with russia to build trump tower moscow during much of the election. cohen even discussing traveling there after the republican convention. the deal fell apart but investigators have been focused on it and why michael cohen lied

to congress about how long talks of the deal took place. >> so he's lying to get a reduced sentence, okay? >> and charging the president's former national security adviser, the public learned that michael flynn's contact with russia's ambassador to the u.s. included talks about sanctions and he discussed his conversation with others in the trump administration. discussions within the administration have been raised at various points in the investigation. he talked to white house staffers about the testimony beforehand and manafort had contacts with the white house after being indicted. during the campaign with trump in the room, he says he raised the prospect of using his contacts to set up a meeting between trump and putin president trump all the while insisted that mueller doesn't have any incriminating evidence on him and repeatedly called the investigation a witch hunt and disgrace. >> this thing has been a total witch hunt and doesn't implicate

me in anyway. there was no collusion, there was no obstruction, there was no nothing. >> but his attorney seemingly moved the goal post from no collusion involving the campaign to only trump himself. >> i never said there was no collusion between the campaign or between people in the campaign. >> through it all, mueller has remained silent on his findings, refusing to utter a word publ publicly. >> the court allegations inquired were whether or not a foreign national interfered with the integrity of the 2016 presidential election. resolving those questions was of critical importance to the legal system and the american public at large. >> well, james comey whose firing lead to the naming of robert mueller wrote i have no idea whether the special counsel will conclude whether or not mr. trump knowingly conspired with the russians in connection with

the 2016 election or that he obstructed justice with required corrupt intent. he also said i don't care. i only care that the work be done well and completely. if it is justice will have prevailed and the core of american values will have been protected. he also comes out against the impeachment and removal because he says some will see it as a coup. joe lockheart served with president bill clinton. joe, we hear the white house is nervous. we hear the white house isn't nervous. in a typical administration, what would be going on when the conclusion of a special counsel investigation was believed to be imminent? how does one prepare for that? >> you would prepare a very detailed response. we face the situation in 1998. we knew the rough outlines of what was in the report but we

didn't know what conclusions he would draw and which pieces of evidence and we debated internally. the political people and the lawyers whether we would put our own report together. we ended up putting it together. the trump administration will be able to see the report and weigh in on what's in it and what's not in it as far as what's released to the public. so that is a distinct advantage. the one thing that i will say is there's been a number of these things where you know something is coming. bob woodward's book, for example, they all knew it was coming and this white house doesn't seem to plan a countiy attack. there isn't a lot behind it. i'm sure that they're nervous tonight and they'll probably also have a feeling we have which is no matter what's in it at least we'll all now know what we're fighting about as opposed to chasing after ghosts.

>> can you explain the latitude that the president has to claim executive privilege on anything that mueller presents to bar and how do you think this is going to be handled. we know however long and short it is, if it's given to bar, what happens then? >> the justice department is going to look at it. there could be classified information in the report. there could be a number of things in that report that can't be made public and they'll have to make judgments at the justice department as to what can be made public and what can't. do that end, the white house council's office is going to have an ability to review the report and exert executive privilege about communications between white house staff and executive branch staff relative to what interviews took place.

courts are going to give great deference to the white house and to the president as it relates to executive privilege. they always do. and nixon, you have to remember that was a subpoena from a court that allowed the tapes to be released and the information to be released. in this instance we're likely seeing subpoenas from congress and not a court relative to this issue and they're going to give great deference to the white house. now from a political perspective, this goes back to what you were saying. they have to decide what they're going to do as to transparency. the american public is going to expect transparency on this and tying it up in a court battle, which it will get tied up in a court battle if they hold too much back is going to be a real problem because there's going to be that drum beat they have to deal with.

you heard the president say he'd like the report to be released. the white house council has to make some judgments on that but this is largely going to be a political decision at the end of the day backed up by legal judgment as well. >> although it's easy to envision when the department of justice reviews it and the white house knows what is in the report and the white house is able to review it for executive privilege. it's not going to stop the president from coming forward and say the report says no collusion and no obstruction of justice, for the president to define what's in the report before the public gets to see what they're going to see. >> there's real advantages here to the last couple of times we have been through this, whether it be clinton or nixon for this white house. i'd say the big disadvantage is this president has a reputation all the way through the process of not telling the truth. so i don't think the president himself out there spinning, and

i wouldn't have him out there because i think it would be counter productive. it's as influential and my guess is they'll do some sort of report and it's very, very hard at this point for the president to say it's a witch hunt, no collusion, no collusion, but you can't see the report. i expect there will be a enormous amount of political pressure. this is a president that stands up to pressure. there's enormous pressure for him to release his tax returns and he thumbed his nose at that. the last point is on executive privilege. the courts do exert deference but if you put a weak claim forward you can harm the presidency. in the clinton case the president decided not to exert executive privilege because he thought this might weaken the

presidency. i don't expect donald trump to be thinking a lot about that. i do expect people in the white house council's office to decide whether they have a strong claim or not. >> it's going to have to be done with specificity and not just broad brush general assertions of executive privilege. it's going to have to be done with specificity to hold up in court. >> appreciate it. coming up next, he's not running yet and he may get into the race very late but there's new reporting on who joe biden, former vice president joe biden might be running with. we'll talk about his possible early pick with delaware senator and later newly revealed objections from the marine corps's top commander. what he's saying about the commander in chief's order. e. you're going to be seeing a lot more of him now. -i'm not calling him "dad." -oh, n-no. -look, [sighs] i get it. some new guy comes in helping your mom bundle and save with progressive, but hey, we're all in this together.

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reporting in the new york times that former vice president joe biden and top advisers are looking at ways of appealing to young democratic voters if he gets into the race. one is to pick a younger african american running mate. including stacy abrams. i spoke earlier about that and all that may come with a possible biden run with his friend, delaware democratic senator. >> vice president biden may now not announce his candidacy until late april. how late is too april? in terms of donor support?

>> if there's anyone that can afford to wait a little bit longer before announcing, it's former vice president joe biden. he's probably got a 98% name i.d. among democratic primary voters and he's got the strongest progressive record among anyone that's currently running or who could run. so i think it's fine if there's a couple of more weeks between now and what i am hoping for which is his announcement that he'll be running for president. >> biden is reportedly considering choosing a running mate before the nomination is sealed up. perhaps even as he announces. would that be a smart move in your opinion? >> there are a lot of good potential running mates out there of those that are both already in the race and folks who are serving.

i don't know what joe's thinking is on this. my hope is that he's going to get in the race. he's going to run a bold and successful campaign and he'll focus on the positives and on the future and at some point he'll have a running mate. >> the name that's being floated now is stacy abrams. it's been reported that they met recent recently. you've known her since she was in college. she's been meeting with a lot of candidates. what would she bring to a ticket and do you think this is a wise idea for him to announce that at this stage and with her name? >> i'm torn. i'd love it for stacy abrams to run for the u.s. senate and join me as a colleague and a future biden administration would be well served to also be certain that there's a democratic majority in the senate and we need strong candidates in at least five races so we have a strong shot at taking back the senate and she would be one of the strongest candidates to pick

up a seat anywhere in the country. >> in terms of the other option being floated, biden pledging to only serve one term. there's concerns about age. there's certainly with vice president biden. does that alay concerns? it puts more focus on who he picks for vice president. he's capable of serving out two full terms. 63 different candidates. he was the most in demand candidate to help other candidates around the country. he is someone that can fire up the crowd at virtually any state in the country and appeal to americans from any possible background. >> you were very close to senator mccain, i wonder what

your thoughts are and the things being said by the president. >> well of all the things that candidate donald trump said that i thought were beneath him and in this case despicable was his criticism of john mccain's war record, his record of service and duty and sacrifice as a prisoner of war in vietnam for 5.5 years was beneath contempt. the ways in which in recent days he has again and again and again criticized and attacked former senator, late senator john mccain, i think are regrettable. he called him out directly and

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worldwide. in part because the crack down from the southern border comes from a man that leads the marine corps. it's from the four-star general. broke the story which cnn has sense confirmed. she joins me now. thanks for being with us. this is fascinating. so he says the president's national emergency declaration poses in his words an unacceptable risk. how so? >> he was talking about a number of factors that lead to budget strains in the marine corps. among them he was talking about the deployment to the southwest border along with the shifting of funds that is planned or is starting to happen under the emergency declaration. the shifting of funds to border security. there's also been a lot of hurricane damage for example at marine corps facilities across the country particularly in georgia and north carolina, all of these things combined he is saying is posing this unacceptable risk. they're undermining combat readiness in the marines. this is the first time that we have heard from someone within the services and within the

pentagon expressing concerns about the strain on their resources due to border operations. >> right, exactly. he said a number of the hard decisions they have to make they are either reducing it or cancellations of exercises in scotland for example and then pentagon for this combat readiness. >> how unusual is this? some people might look at this and say oh is this a cym memo saying this is difficult -- how unusual? >> it is absolutely true that the services are, they will employ strong terms when it comes to budget short falls but this is pretty unusual for such strong language to be used. i think he is known for being a pretty straight shooter. not exactly dramatic or prone to exaggeration and it is significant that some of the

president's top political priorities were cited in these memos as part of this strain on the marine corps. we reached out to the pentagon and shanahan the marines did respond after we published these memos to stress that a lot of their resources are being strained by this hurricane damage that i mentioned and this is just ahead of hurricane season so this is urgent. urgent concern for them and that the border deployment wasn't so significant as that strain but it was significant enough to mention in his memos. >> appreciate it. very much. i want to bring in retired marine colonel that served in the department of homeland security under president trump. also a former border patrol chief under president obama. what do you make of this? >> as a marine as well, if they say he sees a potential risk in

operational readiness. he can take that to the bank. that's exactly what a leader should be doing and that's exactly what the president needs is a leader like him saying, hey, look, with what you're doing, here's the risk it is to the world that i own. he needs every leader to do that. but look, i know this is common sense but the united states faces a lot of threats. and it's hard to be the president. he has to balance the needs of all of these different entities and all the different threats and do what is right and in the best interest of the country and what i would say, the tag line you got, my experience with what's going on right now, the border patrol, i.c.e., they're beyond maxed out. they're overwhelmed. they're overrun. >> how do you see this? >> very similarly. again, if he sounds the alarm, i would take it very seriously. the thing mentioned about hurricanes, those are something that was unplanned. something that the marine corps

has to deal with because of circumstances. but in many ways border deployment was the same. they didn't plan for this. this wasn't in their budget. so when the president directed the services to include the marines to go to the southwest border, that was, you know, an unplanned deployment that was then going to take resources from other priorities and as she talked about those priorities include international exercises and things like that. something has to give. >> do you think it was necessary? some argued at the time that they had more to do with politics, frankly -- national guard troops have been deployed to the border in other administrations but that it wasn't really necessary? >> so i'll put out my hand and say i was one of those. you know, the things that are in the memo, just based on my experiences as a marine and working at the pentagon, my

concern is that it was going to be a strain on resources. i said at the time that then secretary mattis had been very clear on the need for the military to shift it's focus after 17 years of count counterterrorism operations and get ready for full spectrum operations and combat readiness and i argued at the time that none of those were being served by this deployment of active duty military forces. big difference between national guard which again had been done under the bush and obama administration. but end active duty forces from an engagement in domestic law enforcement, they were not going to have their combat readiness improved by serving at the border. >> do you think politics was involved in this decision? although i guess politics is probably involved in every

decision? or do you think this is overwhelmingly about politics and if so, should it be reversed? >> you're talking about what it said or the decision to deploy troops? >> from my perspective, it's very important that my perspective is the law enforcement perspective. i'm trying to stay outside of politics although this is infused with politics. living with the fbi and working in el paso, it was absolutely needed. we are, in my opinion, we are facing a dual front on the southwest border. a threat and humanitarian crisis and the border patrol, talk about the military, they're not designed for this humanitarian crisis. they never have been. i said it was a crisis back in 2016. the numbers have just gotten worse. so when the military came in they gave specific very narrow resource enhancements to help if

necessary. >> is it just the number of people coming because numbers have been going down over the years or is it also making asylum claims that much harder so there's more people now backed up waiting longer times to now be able to make an asylum claim and there's not enough judges to actually hear those claims? >> so i think the most important thing, i think, i'm glad you brought up the numbers. it's a little bit of a false narrative because if you look back in the 90s and 2000s, we had 1.5 million or so. the issue is most of them were mexican males and 90% of them were removed back to mexico sometimes within hours. the difference now, the demographics has completely changed. >> central americans. >> central americans. 65% of them claim asylum and guess what happens? under catch and release, they're allowed into the interior united states while they're waiting so that means this year we're looking at a million. 650,000 will be allowed into the interior united states. that's a different mission. that's a different crisis. we have never experienced this before. >> i have to leave it there. thank you very much.

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obviously that ban has not happened in the united states after the rash of mass shootings here after sandy hook or parkland or las vegas. it's very complicated. both sides are deeply entrenched with strong opinions. all of that is the backdrop on this next report. it's a yearlong exclusive cnn investigation looking at how guns in this country are routinely bought and sold. no background checks. many linked to violence. >> it was 2:00 in the afternoon, sunday, san francisco. walking home when a grey honda came speeding out of nowhere. >> didn't stop at all and went through the intersection. >> the car nearly hit it. yelled and then saw the driver and a gun. >> i didn't believe it.

was this guy pointing a gun? i was like this guy is going to kill me. >> he heard a bang. two bullets fired from a smith and wesson .38 caliber handgun tore through his body. >> after he shot me and i was feeling and hearing the blood gushing. >> the road rage shooter changed his life forever. this is that shooter. >> that was a really bad period of my life. >> he pleaded guilty to assault by a firearm and served 2.5 years for nearly killing a man he never met. why? he was angry and in his hands was an unregistered gun he thought couldn't be traced to him. >> i had an unregistered gun. >> did that effect your thinking at the time? >> since it's not being tracked, i felt like i could do whatever i wanted with it. >> the gun he fired that day can be traced back to an accused unlicensed gun dealer and part

of a much bigger gun sales problem in the united states. cnn reviewed dozens of cases against alleged unlicensed dealers. some that sold hundreds of weapons. a flood of weapons without any background checks whatsoever. guns going to people prohibited from buying them because they are drug dealers and mentally disturbed and cnn's investigation found many of these guns can be linked to violence across the country, murder, assault, armed robbery, suicide. >> a lot of the firearms that i have seen recovered in violent crimes have come through the hands of unlicensed dealers. some get prosecuted. i would say most do not. >> unlicensed gun dealers benefit from a vague federal law that says anyone engaged in the business of selling guns must have a license and conduct background checks except those that make occasional sales for a

personal collection or for a hobby. it says no minutes, the problem is unlicensed dealers often massacre raid as the private seller that has few restrictions. he is a top atf official overseeing the bureau's operations in the western u.s. >> the law doesn't require that i know your name or that i ask about your criminal history or your age or ask about your residency. only that if i know or have reason to know that you're a prohibited person or a resident of another state or too young to possess a firearm, then i cannot transfer it to you. >> so it's best to not know the person you're selling it to? >> that would be up to the seller. >> that's almost laughable. >> i think people will be shocked when they hear that coming out of your mouth. >> it presents a challenge for us. >> they identified a police

officer that sold up to two dozen guns. even guns connected to a homicide and other crimes for years. a defense department employee with a security clearance that sold 200 guns to a crack dealer. a dea supervisor in arizona that sold a large number of weapons including one to a drug trafficker. the vagueness of the federal law is one of the reasons atf officials say the cases are hard to prosecute which brings us back. >> all of this area is all smashed. >> it was blown out. >> just gone. >> this is simms corner. douglas county. mary hunt is a commissioner and her husband a prominent wheat farmer along with their sons derrick and rusty. the family's side business for years according to the atf was selling guns to just about

anyone. court records show this washington state family were prolific gun sellers dating back to 2009. they sold hundreds of guns at their table. at the big reno gun show in nevada. no questions asked. no background checks conducted. in 2012, aft agents even hand delivered a warning letter to terry hunt telling him to stop. the family kept selling. the atf traced a gun sold by the hunts to drug dealers, felons, crime scenes, even into the hands of a mentally ill person. all prohibited from owning firearms and cnn's investigation including an admission from the shooter himself found that the 38 caliber smith and wesson used that nearly killed him can be traced to mary hunt. mary and terry hunt never responded to cnn. neither did son, rusty. this is derrick who asked us to come into his trailer, no

camera. >> he doesn't want to talk about the case. i explained to him our story and i explained for him about tracking the guns to crimes and i explained to him in particular that a smith and wesson that ended up in the hands of him and he shot an innocent student on the streets of san francisco and he had no reaction. >> the hunts got off easy. a plea deal to a misdemeanor, no prison time, just probation and fines. he now drives for a ride share company. his dreams of a career in electrical engineering shattered by bullets that left him unable to focus.

>> sounds like you had almost a life sentencing. >> yeah. >> he joins us now. what is the solution to all of this? >> the universal background check bill passed in the house but apparently going nowhere in the senate is the answer to shutting down these unlicensed gun dealers. if you require every single gun sale to include a background check it removes the ambiguity that allows unlicensed dealers to sell guns to people that otherwise would not legally be able to buy them. >> and who is in the senate? will it even get a vote? >> as far as we can tell, it has no, zero republican support in the republican controlled senate. the bill will not get a vote. most likely will not even get a hearing. >> it's also not a small problem. these guns are being sold to criminals in large amounts. >> they sure are. my colleague went through federal words and found case after case where these guns were being sold without background checks and these are only the

convictions which are scarce. if you read the detailed findings you'll be amazed how many of these guns are being sold without records and without background checks really to anyone. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. one of the most dramatic moments in recent supreme court history almost went another one but only tonight are we learning details about how he changed his mind on obamacare. the author is here for a first interview, next. (door bell rings) it's open! hey. this is amazing. with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, are you okay? even when i was there, i never knew when my symptoms would keep us apart. so i talked to my doctor about humira.

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b . tonight new insight into one of the biggest supreme court rulings of our time, the obamacare decision. it's helped define the legacy of john roberts now in his 13th year as chief justice of the united states. it's part of a remarkable biography. the book is called "the chief, the life and turbulent times of chief justice john roberts." it's a fascinating book. joan's with me for her first interview. there's a lot of talk about this book. when did you learn about chief justice roberts obamacare decision? >> over several months of research. i knew about one switch that he had made, the individual mandate part of the -- you know, the core of the obamacare law, but

then i found out he had switched on another part, the medicaid expansion and what i reveal in the book is that end result was the exact opposite of what the nine justices had voted in conference. in their private conference after these three remarkable day of oral arguments in 2012, they vote to strike down the individual insurance requirement and to uphold the medicaid expansion for needy, poor people, and he flipped. >> what was behind the flip? i mean, how did -- do you have a sense of what the thinking was? >> i do. remember back then we were in the middle of an election year. there's a lot of pressure on the chief justice. reviewing this signature domestic achievement of the barack obama administration, he was right at the center of this. anthony kennedy, who typically during those days was the deciding vote, he was all for striking down the entire obamacare law. the chief did not want to go

that far, ask onnd once he real that he was going to have to build some sort of coalition between the two competing sides, that's when he enlisted a couple other justices to come up with this compromise that ended up invalidating the medication expansion but upholding the core of the law. >> that's one of the things that's so interesting about this book. i don't think a lot of people or i hadn't thought so much about them sort of trying to build coalitions in the supreme court. >> well, and also, you know, we had known of rumors of the chief maneuvering and changing at least one of his votes, but i also discovered that justices stephen breyer and elena kagan had changed their votes. they were worried that the chief was going to flip back the other way. >> oh, really? >> there was constant -- he has said he's only an umpire calling balls and strikes looking at things neutrally, but when you

unpack this case, it's really a prime case study of the kind of considerations that go on. >> that's fascinating. >> that have to do with the atmosphere at the time, the court's institutional reputation, and perhaps the chief justice's reputation. lots of cross currents going on. >> it's not so black and white that it's just he's calling balls and strikes. >> absolutely. >> so many candidates now are talking about this idea of increasing the number of justices. i think justice scalia's son was on television saying he's not supportive of it, but i think he said maybe it's an argument worth taking seriously. >> you know, it's in congress's power to increase the number of seats on the supreme court. the last time congress acted was in 1869 when it set the number at the nine justices we have now, but once upon a time it was as low as five seats, and once upon a time it was as high as ten, but the one you're probably remembering most, the one attempt to change the number was back in the roosevelt era when he was so angry that the conservative supreme court was

striking down his progressive new deal initiatives, and he thought i'm going to try to expand the number of seats. that went nowhere as we all know, and frankly, i don't think this is going to go anywhere either. >> congratulations, the book again "the chief." it's a fascinating read. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we'll be right back. game wi. one serving... ...once a day... ...with nutrients that support 6 vital functions... ...and one healthy you. that's the power of one a day. wow, before i refinanced i paid so insane! my grad school loans. speaking of insane, have i not taken a vacation in 4 years? i should probably do that, and get a new car. how about a road trip? or tokyo? well i've got to celebrate, because now i'm going to be debt-free even sooner. and this is why i sofi.

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the news continues, so does the waiting game here in washington. let's turn things over to don lemon and cnn tonight. this is cnn tonight, i'm don lemon. can you just feel the tension? the white house, congress, all of us on pins and needles with the mueller report expected to drop at any time now. the report that's been in the works for 674 days and counting. all the signs are there. mueller's team shrinking, down from 16 attorneys to 10. staff members seen carrying out boxes. prosecutors bringing their families in to visit the office. no sign of a grand