additional funding is provided by -- koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural dnces in our communities. the corporation for publ broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning ute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org.] >> you're watching pbs. hey. hello, you. come this wa this is good, this is very good. we have got 12 oven-fresh bakers raring to get into t tent with, oh, just a mere 30 challenges between them and the title. mel: thousands of people applied. it's been qu a while coming, and now, today, it starts. mel: just 12 have made it through, and over the next 10 weeks... i'm just the most excited about being in the tent. to walk in there, have your station, see your ingredits, see your recipe. mel: their baking will be scrutinized, whatever their experience... woman: i've been baking for years. i suppose i'm having my chance at last, aren't i? man: the thing that worries me the most is probably opening the ov

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announcer: additional funding is provided by -- koo and patricia yuen throughen the oundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washi moderator robert costa. robert:the battle this week between the white house and democrs over the release of the full mueller report has sparked a still raging debate over power in politics, oversight and executive privilege. many republicans insist it's case closed. but tre are som cracks in the g.o.p. side. democratic leaders are frustrated by president trump's refusalo comply with their demands, declared that the u.s. in a constitutional crisis. joining me tonight, peter baker chief white house correspondent for the "new york times", laura barron-lopez, national political reporter forco "poli abby phillip, white house correspondent for cnn, and eamon javers, washington correspondent for cnbc. peter wrote about the president's strategy in friday's "tes." his bottom line, mr. trumpem is daringrats

announcer: additional funding is provided by -- >> kaiser permanente koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. robert:president trump issued an ultimatum tots demochis week and congressional o investigatio forget about any deals between now and the 2020 election. the president delivered that blunt t messageo speaker pelosi during a brief white house meetin on wednesday. earlier, the speaker accused the president of being related to a cover-up. she did not appreciate the president's walkout which stalled talks over infrastructure. >> the white house has a bag of tricks they save for certain occasions. they don't necessarily apply to the occasion but they're a distraction, which is his m of distraction. we will all agree on that. robert: the rinationship cod to fray as both the speaker and the president made cutting remarks, like this one, about the sp

additional funding is provided by the qu and patricia you win. -- yuen and by contributions from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderaosr, robert. robert: this week, robert mueller answered key question, did he the special council have concerns with th attorney general's summary of his report? the an, he -- the answer, he did. he cleared president tru o breaking the ball in a four-page memo. days later mueller wrote to barr, he said his summary has causeded public -- caused confusion. barr defended himself in senate testimony this week noting that he later released aac rd version of the report.e >> w prepared the letter for that purpose to state the bottom line conclusions. we were not trying to summarize the 410-page report. robert: joining me tonight dan balz chief correspondent for "the washington post." laura jarrett correspondent for cnn, carrie johnson, national justice correspondent for n. p.r. and ed o'keefe, political correspondent for cbs news. laura, as someone on the d.o.j. at day in, day out, when you look at this letter from robert mueller, what's