here is what peter carr said, a spokesman from mueller. it's pretty rare that we see a statement from the special counsel's office. so that is a significant step in all of this. important to note this is not happening in a vacuum. while these accusations are being made, people, trump supporters, on capitol hill and in the conservative media, are really trying to undercut mueller's credibility saying that it is nothing more than an attempt to take out the president and you have even some lower thirds on fox news suggesting that it's a coup. so all of this is happening not in a vacuum but happening as trump supporters are trying to undercut mueller and certainly we know that the president often watches tv and certainly getting some of that messaging from places like fox news. >> the lower third being the words across the bottom of your screen as you watch cable news. dan, thank you. stay with us. i want to bring in brian stelter, cnn media correspondent and host of "reliable sources." and lynn sweet of the chicago sun times and joey jackson.

peter carr went beyond typical response to issue a rare on the record statement. asserting when he gets e-mails, obtained with consent or appropriate process. those are the facts. show you how president trump weighed in on this today. >> mr. president do you believe transition team e-mails were improperly taken? >> not looking good. it's not looking good. quite sad to see that. there's no collusion whatsoever, but a lot of lawyers thought that was pretty sad. >> the president speaking last night. also asked about firing bob mueller, something he doesn't personally have legal power to do. >> no i'm not. no. what else? are you surprised? >> these questions aren't coming out of nowhere. attacks on bob mueller have migrated from conservative media to republican officials in congress. >> so i have confidence in director mueller, would just think he would be concerned about the appearance of conflicts of interest that would undermine the integrity of the investigation. >> this is scary, comes out what mueller was doing with the transition team. >> this bias is like infe

peter carr a spokesperson pushed back.hen we have obtained emails in the course of an ongoing criminal castigation we have procured either the account owners consent or the criminal process. alan dershowitz as this was a close legal call for it was foolish for mueller to fail to make this airtight by seeking easily obtainable warrant. adding mueller should have immediately disclosed to the public he had in fact removed peter strzok from the case because of anti-trump text messages rather than waiting a couple of months. here's dershowitz. >> i think he has a credibility problem. he should have been more careful about who he hired. he has been conducting a sloppy investigation and that's a typical of him. i'm surprised. when you were going up president you have to be caesar's wife. you have to be above reproach. >> another democrat, mark penn who advised democrat bill clinton has just conducted a poll that found 54% of the public believes that mueller has conflicts of interest in this investigation. at 63% of the public sai

peter carr said when we have obtained emails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal criminal process. >> a lawyer said if you use a .gov email address, there is no expectation of privacy but sharing it without notifying the trump team has set up a fierce debate in d.c. >> bret: kevin corke, thank you. let's talk more about this. the legal side. jonathan turley is a law professor at george washington university and joins us now. thanks for being here. you wrote this opinion editorial "mueller makes reckless move with seizure of trump transition emails. >> it's reckless because you didn't have to do it. there's a way you can allow the attorneys to raise privilege arguments, perhaps go to a court, get a subpoena. there's lots of avenues in which you could acquire these emails. he probably would have acquired them. the question is why take the risk. this is a somewhat ambiguous area. where the trump attorney is correct is that these transition documents are not the property of the gsa. they're not ag

so i take peter carr, the spokesman at his word when he said they used legal process to get these. and i think this argument is nonsense. >> this line jumped out at me. mueller issued a statement, which is extremely rare. we basically never hear anything from him. >> from his office. >> right. >> as far as the reporters and his office, they're not even leaking. it caught my eye. when we have obtained e-mails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal process. really got that adjective criminal in there twice. >> that's what this is all about. this is a criminal investigation. if you look at this seven-page letter which is a bunch of hooie. this is unbelievable. they threw around all these legal terms. this is privilege, that is privilege. what they don't acknowledge is there is no executive privilege because trump is not the president and there is no attorney-client privilege because they don't even explain how attorneys had anything to do with these e-mails. >> why are -- lawyers that i know acros

the special counsel's investigation weighed in on this, been very quiet, but ant to read what peter carr, a spokesperson for robert mueller and the special counsel'ses investigation said. when we have obtained e-mails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal process. so essentially the special counsel's office saying we didn't do anything wrong here. back to you guys. >> all right. sara murray with the reporting, thank you. at the white house. >>> to capitol hill where some of the biggest flashpoints from the election are due to come before the house and senate intelligence committees this week before the christmas break. manu raju has that for us. what is expected? >> very busy week in both the house and senate intelligence committees and democrats raising concerns on the house side this is all part of a strategic effort to wrap up the house intelligence committee's russia investigation as soon as this week because of the way they're stacking some of the witnesses. today alone, three witnesses are com

peter carr said, when we have obtained e-mails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, weave secured either the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal process. our colleague kelly o'donnell asked president trump about all of this. take a listen to what he had to say. >> reporter: mr. president, do you believe your transition team e-mails were improperly taken? >> not looking good. it's not looking good. it's quite sad to see that. so my people are very upset about it. i can't imagine there's anything on them, frankly, because as we said, there's no collusion. there's no collusion whatsoever. but a lot of lawyers thought that was pretty sad. >> reporter: president trump and a number of his republican colleagues continuing to step up their attacks against special counsel robert mueller, particularly in the wake of revelations that there were conflicts of interest. we know that one top official who was investigating this was removed from the investigation amid those revelations. that is giving the president and his allies something to seize upon. we know privately, h

place in the division with a win over kansas city and a chargers loss raider quarterback, derek carr says peterst playing is not a big deal "i have no problem throwing it to certain guys but when a guy like marcus he knows how i feel about him. super talented, likes to guess on certain routes but to him it's not guessing because he knows route combinations, he's a very smart player. you have to just be careful. when he's not in there, you study the next guy. is he a guesser? there are a lot of guys that people don't know about in this league that will guess on routes and things like that. he just has a lot more picks than they do, so you go into the game knowing that about certain people. definitely with him being out, it doesn't change what we do. we still have to go out there and execute our game plan". ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ (catherine) a woman from hawaii discovered an avocado so heavy it may claim the world record!(steve) pamela wang discov

place in the division with a win over kansas city and a chargers loss raider quarterback, derek carr says petersot playing is not a big deal "i have no problem throwing it to certain guys but when a guy like marcus he knows how i feel about him. super talented, likes to guess on certain routes but to him it's not guessing because he knows route combinations, he's a very smart player. you have to just be careful. when he's not in there, you study the next guy. is he a guesser? there are a lot of guys that people don't know about in this league that will guess on routes and things like that. he just has a lot more picks than they do, so you go into the game knowing that about certain people. definitely with him being out, it doesn't change what we do. we still have to go out there and execute our game plan". meanwhile over in santa meanwhile over in santa clara jimmy garoppolo and the niners will be looking to build on their win against chicago last saunday they'll be in houston this week to face the texans. the 49ers are 3-point underdogs heading into sunday. houston is getting back t

peters. the result, disaster. derek carr has never won a game at arrowhead stadium.the 1st quarter, kansas city up 3-0. smith hits kelse who makes the first man miss. he led the chiefs with seven catches for 74 yards. start of the 2nd quarter, punch it in. the chiefs' first rushing touchdown in nine games, ending the longest route in their franchise history. hunt racked up 116 yards, 25 carries. amari cooper's day cut short after reinjuring the same ankle that kept him out of practice. now later on the drive, raiders down 13. trying to get points on the board. carr hit as he throws. terrence mitchell picks it off. one of three oakland turnovers today. kansas city quickly split the field. smith airs it out for tyreke hill. tj fell down. hill makes the grab. smith threw for 268 yards. raiders were fortunate to hold the chiefs to a third field goal and trail 16-0 at the half. 3rd quarter, chiefs blow it wide open. west gives kansas city a 26-0 lead and the chiefs win 26-16. oakland falls to 6-7. >> there was no easy way to go through this one. this one sucked. i wanted

peters for one game for his antics. however, the fact that he is a great defensive back does not affect derek carr and his game plan in attackingdefense. >> i have thrown at him, you know. i have no problems throwing to certain guys but definitely with him being out it doesn't change what we do. we still have to execute our game plan. i'm going to play my position how the coach wants me to. >> the chiefs imploding lost six of the last 7 but the raiders haven't beat the chiefs at arrowhead since 2012. so a chance for them to take over first place conceivably by themselves by the end of next week in the afc west. meantime, the 49ers still the fans at levi haven't gotten a big long look at jimmy garoppolo. they will play on the road again against the texans. garoppolo's second start. last week interesting to note, he targeted two particular receivers tenant taylor and marquise goodwin 14 times. and 14 times he connected. a lot of people drawing a comparison between those two guys in terms of their stature and talent, with two of his favorite receivers with the patriots down through the years. here's jimmy g. >> you know, having gu