good evening a day and a half from now former special counsel will go before a pair of house dmitst and be asked about the russia investigation. we have breaking news. a letter from the justice department which says it was sent at mullers request reminding him not to go beyond the boundary of the public report. we learned the former special counsel hasn't shown his own bosses the opening statement for wednesday. which serves to add even more drama to the moment. no testimony in recent memory has been so widely anticipated even though tonight's breaking news the witness has already made it clear what he will and won't say.

>> any testimony from this office wouldn't go beyond our report. it contains our findings and analysis and the reasons for the decisions we made. we chose those words carefully and the work speaks for itself. the report is my testimony. i would not provide information beyond that which is already public. in any appearance before congress. >> that was the out going special counsel. less than two months ago. telling anyone who wants to know his thinking with respect to the investigation to read the report. at the same time the fact he gave that press conference at all which came as surprise signalled something else. as did his earlier letter complaining about how his report was being karkized by the attorney general. both told observers as little as he liked unnecessary public exposure. he didn't like people misrepresenting the wok of his office. which adds to wednesday's drama.

the testimony before the intelligence and judiciary committee. which democrats say is necessary even if mueller does nothing more than cite from the report. not everyone has read it. and not even some committee members. potentially viewers will be hearing some or all of this for the first time. the bottom line on obstruction of justice. i'm quoting now. if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice we would so state. and they did not so state. we're on tonight for two hours and will be devoting time for the report itself the testimony and the significance of the moment. it is a big deal clearly even if the man in the white house who tried and failed today to suggest it's old news and no big deal. certainly not to him. >> i'm not going to be watching. probably. maybe i'll see a little bit.

i won't be watching mueller. you can't take all the bites out of the apple. we had no collusion. no obstruction of justice. no nothing. we had a total no collusion finding. it said no collusion. the report was written and the attorney general based on the report was easily able to find no obstruction. no nothing. >> keeping him honest. from the report that is not the conclusion. nor does the report clear the campaign on the question of collusion. it lays out many examples of the campaign the president's son and the president himself welcoming russian help and interference. some which never been part of any presidential campaign before. in addition the report says i'm quoting, the investigation entlished several establishes with the campaign lied to the office and congress about the interaction with russian individuals and related matters. those lies materially impair the

investigation of russian election interference. this speaks to obstruction and perhaps collusion. depending on what was hidden behind false testimony. none of what the president sid said about the report is true. whether he read it or not he's leaning on barr's initial characterization of the report. as well as his decision not to bring indictments against the president. the attorney jern actions and statements made his impartiality clear. which doesn't seem to concern the president focussed on one individual. >> robert mueller he's conflicted. there's a will the of conflicts including the fact his best friend is comey. he's got conflicts with me, too. big conflict with me. as you know he wanted the job of the fbi director. he didn't get it. and we had a business relationship where i said no. and i would say he wasn't happy. then he gets this position. you know what he's still ruled and i respect him for it. he still ruled no collusion.

no obstruction. >> so again, that second part is untrue. as is the first time. in order. from mueller his best friend is not comey. mueller did not seek the job of the fbi director. there was no business relationship or falling out. what he's talking about concerned mueller requesting a refund for the unused balance of a membership from the president's country club. every single assertion of fact from the president there is not true. it's false. which maybe the single best reason to have the hearings on wednesday to hear something about all of this from the man in question. instead of only the man under suspicion. joining us now a member of the house judiciary committee among those asking the questions. democratic of rhode island. congressman, first of all the breaking news the doj instructed mueller to limit his testimony to the report. does that affect what you hope to achieve wednesday?

>> no. i think we all understand that mueller is likely to limit his testimony to the contents of his report and investigation. i do think it's curious that the president lawyers thought it was important to remind him of his commitment to do that. and make this ridiculous claim that there's executive privilege attaching to everything else. think about that. the subject of an investigation claiming executive privilege on the contents of the investigation. it's absurd. there's no basis. i don't think mueller intended to go beyond the contents of the report. >> i'm wondering what your strategy will be on wednesday. how do you plan on getting answers you want or responses you want from the former special counsel? >> i think what you'll see from the committee is a very strategic very sober examination of mueller and we'll allow him to tell the story of what he found the evidence he uncovered

and the conclusions me made about the president. for example directing his legal counsel don mcgahn to fire the special counsel to fire mueller. he then directed mcgahn to lie and said he never told him to do that. and directed him to create a false document memorializing that lie for the future. he also we'll hear testimony from mr. mueller about corey lewandowski being summoned by the president to the white house being told to go tole the attorney general of the united states to tell the special counsel to limit his investigation to future presidential elections. not the election of 2016. those are just two examples of clear obstruction of justice. by the president of the united states. what you'll hear is recounting of evidence in the report that supports the claims of serious misconduct by the president. it will be incredibly porpt for the people to hear it from the counsel himself who prepared the report. >> essentially you're with the

other democrats coordinating to focus on very specific instances and walking mueller through it. because you believe those instances are the most informative in terms of what you believe went on. >> there tr ten specific instances of obstruction of justice. allegations against the president. at least five of those all three elements of that offense are met. you'll see a real emphasis on those five in particular. and additional questions about the balance. this is really about the special counsel really for most americans for the first time they'll hear the contents of the report. most of the american people haven't read the report. i did. in its entirety. that's my job. so from most people this will be the first time they will hear what's in that report. it was actually found in the investigation by mr. mueller approximate and his team. it's a damming report with disturbing evidence against the president. and i think it's going to have a

very powerful impact on the american people. >> you're limited on time. both in how long you can ask questions for how long you can speak and the length of time mueller will be sitting for questions. i have heard a number of people express concern that it is oftentimes mebs of congress making an opening statement and sometimes it goes on for quite sometime. do you expect that to occur given the time constraints over all? >> no, i don't think you'll see that. most members will go directly to questions to give mueller the opportunity to really speak to the american people. and the committee. this is not hearing which members of congress should have any interest in highlighting themselves. it's really about giving mueller an opportunity to give the american people this important information about what he found. you'll see people go quickly to their questions. and avoid speeches. you'll see that on the democratic side. we understand from the republican colleagues they will try the same old attack the fbi.

attack the credibility of mueller. bring up peter strzok. red herrings to distract a damming testimony from the special counsel about the conduct of the president. >> graph who wrote a book about mueller. and watched every moment of public testimony he's given. his advice is one the former special counsel is bert at this than you are. this is in his words. he doesn't care about what you care about and three he doesn't play word games and already done your work. could mueller -- does any of that ring true? >> or is that a concern. >> no, there's why mr. mueller will be an excellent witness. people recognize he's an person of extraordinary integrity. thoughtful and deliberative in his response. report to the american people what he found. he was a great patriot to take on the responsibility. this was an important

investigation about the attack of the democracy by russians and the president effort to cover it up. and his responsibility is share the conclusions of this report with the american people. it's a proceeding which will be serious, where i think people understand the gravity of the moment. again i think what he will reveal is really damming evidence that this president engaged in specific acts that would constitute obstruction of justice. any other person because of the opinion saying a sitting opinion can't be charged. >> if you would stay with us. i want to bring in democrats during the clinton impeachment. i know you have questions for the congressman. >> sure. assuming that bob mueller does what all the indications are that he's given so far, he won't answer the ultimate question of whether in his view as a prosecutor all of the facts that

are documented in volume two constitute obstruction. if he doesn't answer that question, that does it really change the minds of other members of the house. as to whether or not there should be an impeachment inquiry. what's that say about whether or not congress is capable of holding a president accountable? >> i think mr. mueller will certainly say what is in the end of his report. the final paragraph. that the responsibility to hold a president accountable rests are congress. to vindicate the principle that nobody is above the law. mueller will reaffirm that within on wednesday. we can whether or not the elements of obstruction of justice have been met. he will say he's bound by the olc opinion. it will remind people 1,000 federal prosecutors signed a letter and all said if an individual had committed the offenses in the mueller report, they would charge the individual

be multiple counts of obstruction of justice. the answer to that question. it will be very powerful to hear it come from mueller himself. >> julian. >> in 98 when we were defending president clinton. it was easier to play defense than the republicans to play offense. particularly when public opinion shifted against impeachment. as it had done here. it seems the republican play book is careful to stick with the bottom line conclusion of mueller which is there was no under lying criminal conspiracy. and he will continue to remain not committal on the question of obstruction. as he probably has to. it seems to me the game you have to play is to get him to commit to the idea that i wasn't really making a final judgment on some of the legal questions. i was deferring to congress. and you have to get into what are going to be very graphic details. it's true there wasn't evidence of conspiracy. but that doesn't mean there

wasn't evidence of collusion. there are dozens of examples of the trump campaign meeting the discussing and encouraging and benefitting from criminal russian interference. it seems like the job of the democrats is to illustrate those. similarly on obstruction a number of important questions you can ask and illustrate without forcing mueller to commit on the question of obstruction. that can illustrate that the a lot of the activity was obstructionist. how do you intend to do that? >> well, we will look at specifically the obstruction of justice offenses that there are five of them in which the special counsel found all three lemts were satisfied. our focus will be principally on those. there are five instances of obstruction of justice by the president of the united states. you'll hear some questions about that volume one. about the trump campaign and the

context with the russians welcoming their help. and while not sufficient to establish a criminal conspiracy, certainly unusual to see an american presidential campaign regularly contacting wikileaks and the russians and benefitting from interference. reminding people that what's at stake here is the security of the democracy. and this was an attack on american democracy. and followed by the president effort to cover up and impede the investigation. of the russian action. so you'll see us go very methodically through the offense. conduct of the president. questions about what did you find the president did here? or say here. again the mueller report comes to life. it's contents the four corners of the document are damming and disturbing and substantial efd of wrong doing. and our only mission to bring that report to life through mueller. we don't need to add anything. we need the people to understand

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obstructed justice and go through each one. do you get the sense they're not going to be able to get him to answer the big question which is whether or not mueller would have charged the president with obstruction of justice if he was not anyone but the sitting president? >> yeah. i think the congressman who was just on he even conceded that point. all indications up until today were that mueller was not going to answer that question. although there were some out lying hope that maybe he would. maybe go beyond what was the written in the actual report. i think that letter that came from doj puts the nail in the coffin. he won't answer the question. the question is what can they elicit from him. that point with respect to all the facts that are described particularly in volume 2 obstruction of justice. which is what the committee is most concerned about. he sounded optimistic to me. i'm afraid it's overly. mueller doesn't want to tell a

story. he's a reluctant witness. he didn't want to do this hearing. he doesn't want to be there. he doesn't want to be there to give the whole narrative and tell the story and all he's going to need is prompts from the congressmen and launch into it. it will be really challenging for the members to elicit the information they want opposed to asking a question and the most concise limited possible answer he can. >> the congressmen said he doesn't expect members of congress questioning on the democratic side to make long statements as often most of them seem to want to do for whatever reason. whether it's getting on the news or making a statement and being seen. do you believe that they will be able to resist that urge? and just get to questioning. the time is short on this. >> the time is short. this is a be careful what you wish for moment for the democrats.

they'll have two very unsatisfying answers on the question of conspiracy. and second trying to get mueller to commit on the obstruction of justice issue. which i don't think had le commit on. they'll have to limb the opening statement and get to the rich story here. about the extent to which the trump campaign commute kated and encouraged and benefitted from illegal russian intelligence interference here. and a rich story to tell on the the elements of obstruction. the question is are they doing to persuade anyone. with john dean testified on the water gate in 1973, 80 million people watched. my guess is about 15 million will be watching on wednesday. only 21% of the public right thousand supports impeachment. and the democratic caucus is divided. the question is will the democrats get into a rich bounty of material on collusion.

which was short of conspiracy. on obstruction. and kind of tell a story about really the conduct on behalf by the administration. is anybody listening can they change minds? probably not. and i think we're kind of nearing the end of the impeachment question. i don't think that's really viable anymore. >> appreciate it. just days after robert mueller testifies democratic candidates return to the debate stage. testimony could become one of the hot topics. why he thinks the 2020 field needs to focus and a reset. (vo) the insurance institute for highway safety rates vehicles for safety, and some reach a level of top safety pick. but only a select few of the very safest vehicles are awarded a top safety pick plus. the highest level of safety possible. how many 2019 top safety pick plus-winning vehicles does your brand have? one. two. how about eight?

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next week 20 of the top democratic presidential candidates take the stage in detroit. two nights of live debates here on cnn. "new york times" opinion columnist warning after the

first face off they could be teeing up an easy reelection for trump. he shares what he thinks would be a better strategy for the democrats. though it would may force several to change their message. but the president blasted freedman for the column in which he labeled the president racist. suggesting he kissed up to him during a phone call before the article. he joins me now. >> i don't want to give the juvenile response from the president anymore oxygen than it's gotten. i want to give you a chance to respond. >> well, the president tweeted about our private conversation we had. and lobbed in a few insults. basically my response which i put out on twitter is i was encouraged by a friend of his to speak to him after the downing of the american drone. because i thought it was wise that we not retaliate.

and i thought he was wise not to. this friend wanted me to encourage him in that. he was evidently agonizing over that. and di that. i began the conversation saying that i disagree with you on many things but you did the right thing on this. we talked for four minutes. we talked about china and we left it at that. i believe that when you speak to the president you should be respectful. i would encourage him to do that adds well. when he speaks about people. the main point was that for me it's not about him or me. it's about america. and that's why on issues where i agree with the president. china for instance. or not retaliating on iran. i have no problem saying that. when i disagree with him. on issues like labeling four

american congresswomen basically as aliens who should go back to another country where three of they will were born here. i will speak out as strongly as i can about that. that that's what it's about. >> it's interesting. like the issue on the four congresswomen and the things president said, it's one of the things it's hard to know exactly how to cokind of day after day report on it. because in some ways there's some strategy involved in his mind. much of it is sort of temporary strategy. or something he says and seems tock working for him in his mind and continues with it. i just from the reporting standpoint, it's an interesting how not to fall into the trap of just following every tweet he says. and yet at the same time not ignoring racist language or things which are clearly racist

or many of the things the president of the united states now routinely says. >> it is a real challenge. there's a political response and a media response. my political response after denouncing this kind of racism. by the president of the united states. which is really vile. i didn't see the people in the audience shouting send her back. it's important to use his energy and his leverage against him. what i would have done i wouldn't have put up some impeachment. i would have announced a telethon to raise $100 million to register a million new democrats in every swing state and district in america. and every hour i would have sent the president a thank you note his vile energy we have turned into something positive. we registered 1 million new voters. i think if you get into the fight with him where he does his thing and democrats and critics in the media just say you're

bad. that doesn't work anymore. it's clear his supporters have made their peace who he is. the republican party rolled over for him. we're not -- there's no new information we can give anyone. the only thing you can do is build your leverage to change the one thing that will be totally differentiating. removing him from the presidency the way he came in. by a popular mandate of the american people. that's all i'm focussed on. >> you wrote a really interesting column. i want to talk about. you have a lot of people coming up to you say lg he's going to win again, isn't he? i have people saying that to me over really the last two years. constantly. you're arguing that democratic candidates are not really getting it right. now is not the right time for a

revolution. >> we have to start with the fact of how did the democrats win the house? back in 2018. they won the house by winning congressional seats in districts that donald trump won carried nd the presidential election. and they did that by appealing to independents, moderate republicans. and suburban women. who have been become alien ated for trump. you have to hold those very same voters. while energizing the democratic base. i get that. but when you listen to the democratic debates and when i drill down on people and said why do you feel trump will win? i kept bumping up against the debate. hearing people talking about di criminalizing people who enter the country illegally. that act. and i personally think you should have to ringle doorbell when you come in. >> that was castro. >> i have said many people some people agree with it.

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back now with nooi"new york times" columnist. thomas freedman. >> when you look at the democratic field there's an opening for a unifier. how much of an opening is there? we have seen there's certainly remains an opening for a divider. >> i just judging from the feed back this column got. i think there's a lot of people out there who really want someone to keep it simple. the simplest democratic message is national unity. a lot of people around the country, anderson, yearning for someone who will pull the country together. there's a lot of people feel like we're heading for civil war. political civil war.

there's a huge yearning for that. i would say the focus on good jobs, real jobs. that come with benefits where someone can actually sustain a middle class lifestyle. a family of four. with rising aspirations. i would keep it simple around those who things. that doesn't mean if a democratic wins they shouldn't pursue other agendas. if you get yourself tied up in ore things there's a danger that in this world with this guy donald trump who is very effective at smelling out peoples weaknesses. going after it. you can get tied up in knots. i would keep it simple. national unity and good jobs. >> the president has an extraordinary ability to zero in on a weakness. or a perceived weakness. and just kind of start needling into it. and opening it up. deeper and deeper. >> i think the one of the ways to get at his weakness is to say

you're a chump. wait a minute you moved the emmys? the u.s. embassy to jerusalem and got nothing for it? you gave away a prime diplomatic asset to sweeten leverage in the peace deal and gave it for free? what exactly have you gotten from north korea. other than a cease fire. trump the chump does fall off the tongue. fair lu easily. there is a lot of evidence for it. >> it's interesting. the kind of candidate you're talking about with not focusing on revolution and green new deal, medicare, taking away private health insurance. you look at vice president biden on that debate stage the last time. he couldn't come up with an effective argument to defend himself against kamala harris on

the record. i think there's people looking at him saying let's see how he does next time. if he can't push back on democrats to his left or his right how will he do anything with trump? >> the thing i fall back on. i worry about that. debates are so waawkward. so weird. you're up there were a dozen people. you have four seconds. i wouldn't do very well. i i want to give this more time. my bet is you'll see harris move to the middle. some of the stuff revealed how voters felt about that debate. there's a big opening in the middle. she'll try to differentiate herself from sanders and warren. i find a lot of people liking how buttigieg talks. i like the way he talks about his faith and abortion with

sensitivity. the way which he call out evangelical for supporting trump. which bible justifies this behavior. he's an interesting character. he comes from small town. but there's people in there that in time could really start to i think differentiate themselves. i want to give it time. i don't want to write anybody off. >> do you see any candidate who at this stages knows how to run against donald trump? he eliminated an incredible field of republicans the last time around. he's willing to go to places that no one else is willing to go. i don't mean geographical. i mean places of racist places and he has no shame. in that regard. in terms of how low he might take the debate. do you see any democrat who actually really you any knows how to run against him?

>> i see two. but neither is available. one is bill clinton and obama. but right now i don't. it's really early. and when you're focussed on democrats against democrats. a different against democrats against him in sangle race, i want to give that time. >> you would take lessons from how bill clinton got elected and obama got elected. >> clinton and obama again both had the ability to hold the base. appeal to the center and reach out to the other side. and they were quick. they had whit. a twinkle in their eye. and also knew when someone was speaking crazy stuff. in a debate. to raise their eyebrow and say, where did you learn to talk that way? >> always good to have you. >> thanks. >> up next. more on the breaking news involving robert mueller and the

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chris cuomo is off tonight. welcome to a special edition "360." we were devoting the hour to an upcoming testimony of robert mueller. tonight the justice department sent him a letter laying out guidelines for his testimony, including a reminder not to go beyond what's in his report. first, why what happens on wednesday may be so significant starting with something that may be overlooked. not everyone has read the report. the vast majority of people have not, which has allowed the president to put his spin on it. the evidence we obtained about the president's actions and intent presents difficult issues that prevent us from conclusively determining that no criminal conduct occurred, which is a far cry from what the president and others have been saying and saying repeatedly. >> we had no collusion, no obstruction, we had no nothing. we had a total no collusion finding.

and he showed a rare moment of lightheartedness, about fbi managers being required to take polygraph tests. >> i have already taken that polygraph. >> the only reason i asked that question is because i knew you had and i think it's important for people to -- how did you do? >> i'm sitting here. that's all i can say. >> we just have a good examiner, that's all. >> reporter: muller has testified dozens of times over the years. it's all preserved and catalogued online by c-span. we reviewed more than ten hours of it. while he's most often precise and polite, he does not like to be pushed around. that was evident in 2013 when he testified about the boston marathon bombings. >> why did no one go to the mosque and say who are these guys? they may attend here. why was that not done since such a thorough job was done? >> reporter: nor does he like to be interrupted.

>> your facts are not altogether -- >> point out specifically. >> may i finish -- >> if you're going to out specifically -- >> we went to the mosque prior to boston as part of our outreach efforts. >> were you aware those mosques were started by al amoudi? >> i answered the questions. >> reporter: even when things get heated, he's calm and cool. >> you're asking questions about the detail about the investigation. >> that's not a detail of the investigation. that took prior to the investigation being starred. >> may i finish, please. i'd be happy to get back to you and answer those questions that i can. >> reporter: in 2007, mueller was questioned about a conversation with john ashcroft,

the topic, a controversial wire tapping program run by the national security agency. he stood his ground protecting private conversations. >> i'm asking you to tell us what the conversation was. >> i don't think there's a privilege and i don't want a conversation. what's in your psyche? that's not a conversation. that's a state of mind. >> to the extent i follow through on the state of mind, it is a conversation. i would resist getting into that conversation. >> reporter: despite his rigidness, mueller has also shown humility, like during this 2013 exchange about surveillance and smartphones where he admitted he hadn't prepared properly for the questioning. >> it's terribly disappointing to come and talk about something in the headlines of every newscast, i gave the questions in advance. >> they noted that i would be asked on that, i might add. so it's my fault. >> reporter: humility from a man-hours away from what he hopes will be his last hearing on capitol hill.

randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> a lot of experience. joining to discuss robert mueller's career and someone who worked under him at the fbi, john pistol. john, do you expect the mueller we'll see on wednesday is like the mueller we saw in ranti's piece? >> i think the piece that randi teed up, those are examples where he'll be factual, responsive to the question, perhaps succinct in those responses and some may even find that to be terse in terms of short, to-the-point responses, but i think he will try to also refer back to the written report as much as possible so much he doesn't elaborate on that with his opinion or recommendations or things beyond the scope of the report.

>> do you see him actually ending up kind of reading from the report itself? >> i could see him doing that if members ask him questions that are directly answered in the report, i can see him say, well, i've addressed that, the special counsel team has addressed that in the report. if he is pressed too much, he may even say, for example, on page 67 you'll find a specific answer to that and then he may pull that out and read it, perhaps just to delay that or extend the timing of his answer so limiting other questions and things like that. we'll see about that. >> it seems like the democrats on the committee would be fine if he is just reading from the report. it seems like what they want is, you know, robert mueller on television even if it's him reading. they feel people will learn

something they didn't otherwise know because most people have not read the report. >> well, that's right. i saw something on the weekend that said those surveyed, perhaps only 2% to 3% of people have read the entire report. it understandable. it is somewhat dense in places. if you don't have a legal or investigative background, i can see how people could get bogged down. the key would be if the democrats are focusing what are the big takeaways from volume one and volume two and then in totality, what are the conclusions. even if they had him read some of the conclusions in the report, that would be the first time if many people, if not most people, have heard that specific language. >> i appreciate you being with us, john. thank you very much. >> you bet. up next, we'll devote our entire next hour to robert mueller's testimony, what his report said, what president trump said about it and the political implications of it. a big day on capitol hill breaking down the key points made in the mueller report. most people think a button is just a button. ♪

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