mr. ruger. i think he did what he needed to that he would protect mueller's probe that he would make as much of that public as he could. his good sure that is ableob mueller and to what is once and for all. trump who is donald is saying there is no collusion. comesen this report believe mr. mueller would be involved in a witchhunt against anyone? >> i don't believe. his family works for the department of justice. thank you committee based on feeling more secure that he would be independent and give the mueller probe the air it needs to be public. math take us through the on the confirmation. guest: he starts with a leave because it is 53-47. 12-10.committee, it is the new members of the committee don't look l the new members of the committee don't look like they would vote against him. you have some republicans who have not made up their minds yet. he would have to lose three members of the republican party and that does not look very likely. host: what is susan collins waiting on? what does she

mr. ruger, good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. >> give a sense of william barr, who he is and why the president has chosen him to be the next attorney general. >> well, william barr by his own admission is a lawyer near retirement, in fact, he is partially retired. he has had a long career in the law here in washington. he had a stint at the cia. he was in the white house in 1982, 1983. he was at the doj for four years and that included two years as attorney general under george h.w. bush so he's looking for a job that he has already held. but he has been a private sector attorney for a while here, he represents big businesses, he is now 68 years old, it's 27 years after he had his first confirmation hearing to be attorney general. he's well known in conservative circles, dianne feinstein, the senator from california, the top democrat on the committee, told me he is a quote/unquote known quantity. he says that he sees a country that's deeply divided and i think he can do a good job of protecting the rule o