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bill weir, cnn, new york. >> and our thanks to bill weir for that report. you can follow me on facebook and on twitter @jaketarp. tweet the show @theleadcnn. we actually read them. our coverage on cnn continues right now. see you tomorrow. >>> happening now, breaking news. tale of two deadlines. attorney general william barr misses a deadline to give congressional democrats access to the full unredacted mueller report. and treasury secretary steven mnuchin is supposed to turn over the president's tax returns by the end of the day. will threats of contempt citations pave the way for action or just more talk and delay? to testify or not. in yet another flip-flop, president trump now says special counsel robert mueller should not testify before congress. that's a complete reversal of what the president was saying as recently as last week. what is the president afraid of that he keeps insisting that he's been exonerated? >>> parting shot. president trump's one-time personal attorney and fixer michael cohen heads to prison for three years, but not before lashing