mr. mueller, we're sure. d the more that comes out about facts like this that are potentially criminal on mr. flynn's part, the greatest chance there is that mr. mueller can turn him into a cooperating witness. >> shepard: aaron zitner, thanks. >> absolutely, shep. >> shepard: hillary clinton slamming james comey in his first live television interview since she lost the election. secretary clinton told ""the today show"" that she did not make enough mistakes on her own to lose and she criticized james comey. >> i thought what is he doing? the investigation was closed. he went way beyond his role in doing what he did. >> shepard: though she questioned comey's action, secretary clinton said that president trump fired him for the wrong reasons. ahead, we'll go back to the keys where we'll hear from a man who says he is still waiting to find out if his friends survived hurricane irma. an incredible disaster still unfolding. that is next. tech: when you schedule with safelite autoglass, you get time for more life.

mr. mueller? mr. amar: actually, if you read even the on-ed by our mutual friend, neil, in "the washington post" who helped write the regulations he says that's not altogether clear. it's not clear that the regulations themselves actually apply to the president as opposed to merely figures in the department of justice. senator graham: do you think he has the inherent authority to fire this guy? mr. mar: we don't agree. senator graham: what do you think, mr. posner. mr. posner: i do agree that scholars and others would be un-- mr. vladeck: the supreme court has held multiple times that the executive branch and toto is bound by regulations that in itself promulgated until it probably rescinds them. i agree the supreme court said the -- senator graham: in english, you don't think you can? mr. vladeck: i try to avoid english. senator graham: mr. duffy. mr. duffy: he does have the de facto power because he could fire the representatives at the department of justice to repeal the regulations. senator graham

mr. mueller needs to find out and establish. there's a lot of smoke there, particularly the point that she referenced, mr. stone -- roger stone, who was a trump confidant was kind of bragging to people that the russians were going to and wikileaks was going to come and hit me and all of a sudden, maybe it's a coincidence on a friday afternoon right after the dump of this "access hollywood" tape, within 30minutes, wikilea started dumping the e-mails that had been stolen from my account. but, you know, there's a course of conduct here. we now know that there were several meetings between trump officials and russians, to some extent, direct agents. russian government. >> do you think it's up to mr. mueller to establish how much, if any, direction was given by the campaign to the way that they handled the information, the timing, and the distribution of that information, particularly through facebook? >> in your heart of hearts, though, do you believe that this administration colluded with the russians? >> well, in my heart of heart

mr. mueller is going. because i think it's a very directional -- i think direction aly -- >> do you believe mr. mueller should be fired? >> no, i do not. >> has there been discussions in the white house about firing him? >> i would nl you t >> that would b-- that's probably would be too bombastic even for me, but maybe modern political histor host: mr. bannon also commented on leadership in the house and senate and other topics. those available courtesy of cb if you want to check that out yourself, in "the wall street journal" this morning, whent comes to efforts on capitol hill, takes a look at the spending bill that's currently being debated a what it might do for campaign finance riders, as they're known. it says -- host: you can see it on the front pagof the "new york times" this morning. it also takes a look at the trump administration, particularly when it comes to social issues. this is ben and others writing that the trump administration opened the door to allowing more firearms on federal ld, lgbt

mr. mueller's office or the fbi. i only had an initial contact on the senate intelligence committee asking us to preserve records. >> [indiscernible] stone: no. they seemed to know neither when nor what the charge may be. >> how much did the questions focus on your discussion through an intermediary with mr. assange, as well as the discussion with gucifer? mr. stone: a fair amount. a substantial amount. asked it republicans who the questions? democrats? mr. stone: democrats. >> did you have any other communication with gucifer. mr. stone: the conversation i believe took place between august 15 and september 9. many months after the publication by wikileaks of the dnc material, meaning collusion with gucifer in the hacking and release of that material would be impossible unless i owned a time machine, which i do not. the version of is it your view that russians had nothing to do with the hack of the dnc? that is my belief. i subscribe to the view in "the nation" magazine a few weeks ago. the computer science seems to

mr. mueller may adhere to.tion of conflict, i know map u and he's a great reporter, but in terms of how the senate intelligence committee and the special prosecutors getting along, i think we will work through all those issues. >> but what you mentioned there about mr. manafort changing lawyers in the middle of this process, are you saying that whether or not mueller gets the transcript of that interview will depend on what manafort's lawyer decides in that matter? isn't the transcript the property of your committee to do with it what you want? >> well, rachel, we are going through these witnesses. we'd much rather try to go through these witnesses on a voluntary basis rather than using subpoenas because we want to try to get as much information as we can. i can assure you from the committee's standpoint, we're going to want to have mr. manafort back and have a chance for we as senators to question him as well. and we expect that to happen and, again, i can assure you on the macro level in that long list of wha

mr. mueller might be able to do that. but he also has the option of returning a report to the congress to show how for case could be built for impeachment. >> jeremy last word to you, what are you looking for next? we'll be right back. >>> mr. trump would you consider russia a security threat? >> well i consider many countries as a security threat, unfortunately when you look at what's going on in the world today. >> he actually got asked that question a second time and had a similar answer moments later. despite the president's continued reluctance to single out russia as a threat to the united states, today more diplomatic shots were fired over the kremlin interference in the u.s. election. the state department is forcing russia to shut down the consulate in san francisco and scale back staff at annexes in washington and new york. the move? retaliation for vladimir putin's order last month to have the u.s. cut 755 diplomatic personnel from russia. but as "the new york times" reports tonight, quote, the state department'

mr. mueller's team had to show probable cause that mr. manafort's home contained evidence of a crime. to be allowed to pick the lock and enter the home unannounced, prosecutors had to persuade a federal judge that mr. manafort was likely to destroy evidence. lawyers and a spokesman for manafort declined to comment for the story, and it's not the only illuminating report from the times on mueller's investigation or the effect it is having. here's another headline. trump lawyers clash over how much to cooperate with russia inquiry. this story dropped during the emmy awards last night. the lawyers reportedly at odds are special counsel to the president ty cobb there on the left who was brought in to manage the response to the russia investigation. and white house counsel don mcgahn on the right. we know this because ty cobb was talking about the russia investigation and talking about mcgahn, apparently, out loud at lunch with another of the president's lawyers in a washington stake house where he apparently didn't realize he was sitting next to a reporter from "the new york times". the t

mr. mueller. all of this unfolds as a current and a former trump ally gear up for the role they will play in this investigation. long-time lawyer for both trump and his business, michael cone, will testify before the senate intelligence committee tomorrow. he told vanity fair earlier this month he was taking his lawyer's advice and had not spoken to trump or his family in a few weeks. but he made his loyalty clear, telling the reporter, quote, i'm the guy who would take a but for the president. and there's a new legal defense fund for former nsa director michael flynn, who "the daily beast" reports is preparing for a million dollar or so legal tab. let's turn on our lead-off panel on a monday night. carolyn ryan is with us, assistant editor for "the new york times." sam stien, long-time political journalist, politics he had for for "the daily beast." and ron a dough measure ratty, a former federal prosecutor who wrote this piece for politico that got our attention today, titled how to read bob mue

mr. mueller might be able to do that. but he also has the option of rurpg a report to the congress to show how the case could be built for impeachment. >> jeremy last word to you, what are you looking for next? >> well when michael cohen the trump organization main lawyer and the one who was the architect to of the deal to billed the trump tower testifies in the house committee you'll sigh information come out about the financial ties. as we follow the money i'm looking at that testimony. >> jeremy, michael and jill thank you all three of you for joining me. >> with congress set to return to washington next week how could the latest developments in the investigation affect this white house? our political panel reacts when "the 11th hour" continues. hey you've gotta see this. c'mon. no. alright, see you down there. mmm, fine. okay, what do we got? okay, watch this. do the thing we talked about. what do we say? it's going to be great. watch. remember what we were just saying? go irish! see that? yes! i'm gonna just go back

mr. mueller is exceeding his jurisdiction? >> well i think -- i think that's for others to say. what i can assure you is that we're fully cooperating with the special counsel and we'll continue to do that. i've made clear that during my time on the campaign, i was not aware of any contacts or any collusion with russian officials. and i stand by that. and as i said, we'll provide any information the special counsel requires. but honestly, this is not what the american people are focused on. >> let's focus on that. we have some questions for you. >> just quickly though, paul manafort was your campaign chairman for both you and mr. trump and he was reportedly offering briefings to a top russian olig arc who has close tied with vladimir putin about what was going on. was that appropriate? >> i have read those accounts in the newspaper and i -- paul manafort was on the campaign for -- at the same time i was for about a month. and so, look we're just going to let this process go forward. >> got it. >> we'll let the special counsel get the americans the american peopleeserve. and i hav

mr. mueller is going. charlie: do you that mr. mueller should be fired?hat someone said to you describe the firing of james comey. you are student of history as the biggest mistake in political history. be bannon: i would probably too bombastic for me, but maybe modern political history. charlie: the firing of james comey was a big stake in particle -- biggest mistake in modern political history. because? mr. bannon: there's nothing to the russia investigation. it is a waste of time. charlie: if there's nothing to it and why don't you let the investigation continue. mr. bannon: i didn't say anything about the mueller investigation. .ueller has his own mandate i'm talking about the investigation on capitol hill that are empowered by republican establishment. those three investigations should have a short life. the house committee -- tummy right now who runs the house? charlie: it is the republican chairman. mr. bannon: i've had 10 people in the last two weeks they could name the guys name. one person said i think the congressman from texas. adam schiff is

mr. mueller's investigation and show that several aspects of this inquiry are focused squarely on mr. trump's behavior in the white house. "the washington post" has matched that report. just moments ago we're joined by michael schmidt who broke this story for "the new york times." first of all, i want to read to you something from the piece that caught my eye. in recent weeks, mr. mueller's office sent a document to the white house that details 13 different areas. on that list, i pulled out the flynn firing, the comey firing, the russians in the oval office but also the white house meeting in which they figured out how to respond to your paper about don jr.'s meeting with russians to get dirt on hillary clinton. what do all of those presidential actions sort of have in common from an investigator's perspective? >> the significance to susthat mueller's investigation has largely operated secret. there's very little we've known about it. certainly indications in the press he was looking at the issue of obstruction but what this does is details the contours of what we know he is looking a

mr. mueller. pursuing that with the department of justice to make sure that what we understand is taking place is within the scope of his authority. >> congressman, you're also part of the informal -- i guess we'll call it, informal working group that speaker ryan has put together, to come up with the actual deal that the president struck with democrats, when it comes to immigration and daca recipients. what is that deal going to look like? >> well, there is no deal until there's a deal. and i think both the president and his chief of staff, general kelly, have made that clear since that dinner with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. in fact, the chief of staff contacted me the next day to assure me that there was no deal, and that he had laid out all of the enforcement measures, not just border, whether that's a border wall or not, not just border issues, but all of the enforcement issues related to the interior of the country, related to making sure, for example, that legislation that's already pas

mr. mueller is going. i don't believe the institutional logic of the fbi in regards to an investigation can change by changing out the head of it. >> bannon would not say directly whether her against firing jim comey out of respect for private conversations. he said he was adamantly opposed. he claimed he did not know whether the president's son-in-law, jared kushner favored the firing. sarah huckabee sanders stayed behind the decision. >> certainly, it has been shown in the days that follow that the president was right in firing director comey since the directors firing, we have learned new information about his conduct that only provided further justification for that firing including false testimony, leaking privileged information to journalists. >> when representing president trump wanted jared kushner to step down as an adviser. "the wall street journal" cites, some on the legal team worried of complications from the special counsel's russia probe. the concerns with kushner during the campaign and tra

mr. mueller. lou: at this point he would be eaten alive by his own party.hat really isn't a possibility for him in the near term. >> i don't know what else to do. he's a responsible official. sessions recused himself and maybe he will under recuse himself and do the right things but mueller is reported today to the white house everything and to the sun in terms of president trump's firing the general plan and mr. comey. the white house has been torn asunder by this investigation and its compromise from the beginning. lou: we have to go but what we are watching in my judgment is the establishment which owns both political party leadership, we are watching the establishment to use mueller for what he is used best and that is as a tool against the one person person, the one person who can change the direction of what has been an increasing corruption in the federal government and that is the president of the united states and i think it's straightforward. tom is always great to have you here. keep up your continued great work. thanks so much. be sure to vote i

mr. mueller is able to determine. >> you are a veteran of different white houses.do you think of the strange bedfellows we are seeing where bannon is now criticizing president trump's decision and president trump is now seemin y be friending chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. >> president trump is very unpredictable and not tied to any kind of philosophy or direction. he goes across the board and reacts to the moment. he tweets his deepest feelings. a lot of that is being reflected now. to some extent, i'm a little surprised he didn't reach out to the democrats earlier in his administration. if he had worked with the democrats on funding infrastructure, if he had worked with them on tax reform or worked with them on budget issues, if he had worked with them on health care reform something might have gotten done. it's taken him a while. i think he does recognize the fact that if you really want to get some things done in the congress you are going to have to develop some kind of bipartisanship. i commend him for doing it this last time on the debt ceiling and on hurric

mr. mueller is exceeding his jurisdiction? >> i think that's for others to say. what i can assure you is that we are fully cooperating with the special counsel and will to do that. >> and remarkable rescue efforts after mexico's big earthquake while puerto rico is facing the herculean effort of clean up. the president's big moumt from the united nations in a moumt about hurricane maria. still a category three storm ripping across the ribbian. it battered the dominican republic and expected to dump 16 inches of rain on the island is that that is saturated from hurricane irma. local officials and residents are horrified by the devastation they find. >> i swam out to my neighbors to see how far we can reach and there is a lot of power lines. the whole infrastructure is damaged. it will take long to recover, but we will be strong and we'll rise and be strong again. >> when she said the infrastructure is damaged, she is not exaggerating. restoring power to everyone may take months. the entire system is down. no one has power. president trump said the u.s. territory is

mr. mueller's office, from the f.b.i. i only had an initial contact from the senate intelligence committee asking to us preserve records. reporter: on the manafort thing, [inaudible] and how much of the question focused -- questions focused op your -- on your intermediary with -- [inaudible] -- as well 2. discussion with goospher were democrats asking those questions, republicans? did you have any communications with -- [inaudible] mr. stone: none whatsoever and i have made that public yesterday. we released the entire exchange which takes place between august 15 and september 9. many weeks after the publication by wikileaks -- [inaudible] -- meaning collusion with goosipher is the hacking and release of that material would be -- [inaudible] -- unless i owned a time machine which i do not. reporter: is it your view that russians had nothing to do with the hack? mr. stone: that is my belief. [inaudible] -- magazine several weeks ago that computer science seems to indicate an inside job. so i don't know whether the d.n.c. w

mr. mueller should have. on the other hand, i think the irs in its hesitancy should release all the information they initially wanted. that is what we americans hope for. but at the same time we want to make sure that everybody obeys the law and pays their taxes. >> true. but obviously, you know, you wind up getting cross purposes. is this about finding out what happened with russiinterference. it will be tricky. we will see where mueller goes. >> it may be tricky, but keep in mind when rosen stein signed off on all of this, part of the order was to investigate any matters that may directly or indirectly come out of the investigation. >> right. >> and so it's pretty broad here. but again average joe blow is -- if he avoided taxes, believe me, the irs would be all over him. so manafort is no different. so, again, as you probable know, joe, when they begin to investigate you, it is a ball of yarn that keeps going and going and going. so we're going to have to wait and see. >> kushner's e-mails. six current form

mr. mueller's office, from the fbi.initial contact with the senate intelligence committee asking us to preserve records. >> just on the manafort -- did he express indication of when -- >> no, they didn't seem to know neither when nor what the charge may be. >> and just what happened in there? how much of the question focused on your discussions through an intermediary with mr. assange as well as this discussion on twitter with gucifer? >> a fair amount. a substantial amount. >> democrats were asking the questions, republicans? >> democrats. >> and did you have any other communication with gucifer beyond -- >> none whatsoever. i made that public yesterday. we released the entire exchange which takes place i believe between august 15th and september 9th. many weeks after the publication by wikileaks of the dnc material. meaning, collusion with guccifer and the hacking and release of that material would be impossible unless i owned a time machine, which i do not. >> is it still your view that russians had nothing to do wit

mr. mueller's operation to date? >> well, i think the mueller operation is trying to move pretty quickly on this. they're bringing people before the grand jury at a pretty advanced stage of their investigations. he's been hiring prosecutors and so forth. and to already be beginning to take testimony is a pretty important step. now, this fella is not going to be central to any case involving the president of the united states most likely but it's the beginningful a parade of people like you suggest with the ken starr investigation or scooter libby or someone like that. he starts seeing people like michael flynn or paul manafort himself or people at the white house, the special counsel has already issued a list of people in the white house he wants to talk to and that's going to be a big deal if those people actually end the up in the grand jury if for nothing else the picture as you say is not a welcome one for any president because it distracts from the agenda that he wants to set. so this is just the small tip of wh

mr. mueller to the president's legal team laid out the case that mr. trump has the inherent authority under the constitution to hire and fire who he sees fit area it also says that mr. comey would make it unsuitable witness -- who he sees fit. it says that mr. comey would make an unsuitable witness. constance is calling in. how are things there.s there caller: we just got through a storm. host: how's it affecting you? caller: i lost my home four years ago, so i'm used to it. what are -- host: what are your thoughts today? caller: i am very upset about the lady that was on about the police and the material that trump wants to give to them for safety. host: why is that? can you turn your tv down and listen to the phone? caller: i am upset because a number of years ago i went to a inlter by a company california for abused women and children. i had to ride along with a squad to pick up the children and women. there was a young police officer there who had three children. it was a week i wrote with them. i saw every type of abuse you can imagine. seeing wha

mr. mueller. for president have met with the special counsel to address specifically this case of obstruction. so anything that adds any weight to the notion that the president's true motivation was to stop comey from pursuing this investigation would be of great interest to mr. mueller. >> david gergen, how do you see this? what do you make of the draft letter, particularly that the white house counsel thought it was a bad idea. >> we need to be cautious because no one has seen the letter outside the mueller team, a few people at the white house. but i do think that mueller clearly is looking for questions, does this add to a sense that there was an intent? as david axelrod said, it was the motivation part of the president to shut mueller down. does this add to the weight of that zmarj the fa that? the fact that the white house counsel did not want trump to send the letter because he, quote, found it problematic, i think suggests there are things in there that the white house council didn't want

mr. mueller is going. >> rose: someone described to me that you described the firing of james comey you we'rehistory as the biggest mistake in public utility history. >> that would probably be too bombastic than even for me but maybe in the modern history. >> rose: the firing of james comey was the biggest mistake in modern political history. >> if you are saying this is attributed to me i'll go along with that. >> rose: because? >> there is nothing to the russiaation. it's a waste of time. >> another terrorist attack on friday, this time in the plond subway. a home made bhoam explode during the morning rush hour at the parsons green tube station. at least two dozen were injured. meanwhile in new york the united nations was holding a conversation, bjorn keiler is himself a survivor of a terrorist attack on the norwegian island of utola. bjorn thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> what are your feelings when newscasters say, another terrorist attack, we're getting used to this thing. >> to me, every terrorist attack is devastating. i know what the families of the people who were there are

mr. mueller? >> actually, if you read evenly and by our mutual friend neil -- in the washington post who actually helped to write the regulation. he said it is not altogether clear. it is not clear that the regulations themselves actually applied to the president as opposed to merely figures in the department. >> you think he has the inherent authority to fire the sky? >> he may very well claim that and we have not settled that either way. >> what about you professor? >> i believe that a court would reinstate the special counsel under constitutional principles. i do they agree that others -- >> i agree i will point out the supreme court has held multiple times that the executive branch is bound by regulation that itself -- until he rescinds them. therefore -- >> you do not think he can. all right. >> i tried to avoid -- >> you are doing good.mr. duffy. >> i think he has de facto power because he could order his representatives at the dod to refill the regulations which i think would be -- >> it wo

mr. mueller is going. >> reporter: special counsel robert mueller's team of all-star prosecutors speaks to that. 16 in all, they bring experience in long-term investigations, going after organized crime, money laundering, cyber-terrorism, and foreign bribery, some even speak russian. >> this is a group of people who have a deep, deep level of experience with complex federal cases. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor sam buell: >> there really isn't anything that this team is going to come across that they're not going to be equipped to deal with. >> reporter: andrew weissman headed up the fraud section at the justice department. in the 90s, he worked on a case linked to the mafia and russian organized crime that involved felix sater, a trump business parter who is now of interest to mueller's investigation. andrew goldstein moved to washington this summer. he's with the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan, where he was overseeing an investigation into former campaign chairman paul manaford, which mueller has taken over. and one of the more experienced members of the team is james 84les,

and denied in a misleading report that constituted potentially a cover up so the subpoenas from mr mueller seem to me to be starting with the outer layers of a conspiracy to cover up straw.

and denied in a misleading report that constituted potentially a cover up so the subpoenas from mr mueller seem to me to be starting with the outer layers of a conspiracy to cover up or obstruct and when they if they ever do get to the collusion evidence they still have a crime in obstruction of justice potentially and conspiracy kendall is this he getting to look like it looks like that that sounds like adults. well what we're seeing is is with the turn over documents there's just a critical necessary and ordinary in the sense part of an investigation you can't really speak to the key witnesses until you have every scrap of paper of e-mail of anything so that you've got all the information otherwise either whether it's refreshing the witnesses recollection or catching the witness on some misstatements you're just not ready to go to the witness interviews so that's that's what they're going to do and lanny very properly touched on some of the areas of of criminal law interest there is certainly in the campaign phase and these are campaign documents of focus on was there a criminal conspira

mr. mueller is going through. >> rose: do you believe mr. mueller should be fired. >> no, i do not. >> rose: have there been discussions in the white house about firing him. >> i would not tell you about discussions in the white house but i would tell you, nothing i ever heard like that. >> rose: someone said to me that you described the firing of james comey, you are a student of history. as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that would be probably, that would probably too bombastic even for me but maybe modern political history. >> rose: so the firing of james comey was the biggest mistake in modern political history. >> if are you saying that that is associated with me, then i will leave it at that. >> rose: because snr. >> is there is nothing to the russia investigation. st a waste of time if there is nothing to it why don't you let the mueller investigation continue their investigation. >> i didn't say anything about the mueller investigation. >> mueller investigation is under the deputy attorney general and mueller has got his

mr. mueller is going. >> reporter: special counsel, robert mueller's team of all star prosecutors speaksexperience in long term investigations going after organized crime, money laundering, cyberterrorism and foreign bribery. some even speak russian. >> a group of people who -- have a deep, deep, level of experience with, with complex federal cases. >> former federal prosecutor, sam buhl. >> there isn't anything the team will come across. >> andrew wiseman headed the department. in the 90s he worked on a case linked to the mafia and russian organized crime that involved, a trump business partner now of interest to mueller's investigation. andrew goldstein moved to washington this summer. he is with the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan. where he was overseeing an investigation, into former campaign chairman, paul manafort which mueller has taken over. one of the more experienced members of the team is james quarrels, a former law partner of mueller's who cut his teeth in the 70s when he served on watergate special prosecution task force. >> highly elite team. if there aren't cases, it'

and denied in a misleading report that constituted potentially a cover up so the subpoenas from mr mueller seem to me to be starting with the outer layers of a conspiracy to cover up or obstruct and when they if they ever do get the collusion evidence they still have a crime in obstruction of justice potentially and conspiracy. beginning to look like it looks like that that sounds like adults. well what we're seeing is is with the turn over documents just a critical necessary and ordinary in the sense part of an investigation you can't really speak to the key witnesses until you have every scrap of paper of e-mail of anything so that you've got all the information otherwise either whether it's refreshing the witnesses recollection or catching the witness on some misstatements you're just not ready to go to the witness interviews so that's that's what they're going to do and lanny very properly touched on some of the areas of of criminal law interest there is certainly in the campaign phase and these are campaign documents of a focus on was there a criminal conspiracy collusion itself isn't

mr. mueller is going. i think -- >> do you believe mr. mueller should be fired? >> no, i do not. >> have there been discussions in the white house about firing? >> i wou n discussions in the white house, but i would tell you nothing i ever heard look that. >> someone said to me you described the firing of james comey. you're a student of history. as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that would probably be too bombastic even for me, but maybe modern police cal history. >> so the firing of james comey was the biggest mistake in modern political history. >> if you're saying that that's associated with me,'ll leave it at that. >> wow. i sat there thinking, charlie, i wish i had a bowl of popcorn because it was such a great give-and-take between the two of you. you pushed. he pushed back. i thought he gave us really great insight of what happens in the white house in a way i've never seen before. >> so was he opposed to the firing of comey and then who's for it? >> he was, in fact,os the firing because he said -- he talks about this a llt bit later. in wash

mr. mueller. >> lou: he would be eaten alive by his own party.not a possibility for him in the near term? >> i don't know what else to do. he is the responsible official. sessions is recuse himself and maybe he will uprecuse and do the right thing. muler is asking the white house about everything under the sun in terms of the firings of general flip and comb ep and the white house is tourn a sunder from the investigation that is compromised from the beginning. hugh lou we have to go. what we are watch nothing my judgment is the establishment use mueller for what he's used best. a tool against the one person, the one person who can change want direction of what is an increasing corruption in federal government and that is the president of the united states. and i think it sfrat forward. tom, as always great to have you here and keep up your great work. >> thank you. >> lou: do you believe if counsel mueller exceeded the original man date of his investigation. cast your vote on twitter at lou dobbs. tweet me and up next. the state of california dec