then, deputy attorney general rob rosenstein on the mother investigation into the 2016 election. and tonight, we go live to see back for remarks by president trump -- live to cpac for remarks by president trump. >> the 160th congress is the most educated group ever with 72% of lawmakers earning a graduate degree. c-span spoke with several of the new faces. daniel meuser is new to washington but not to politics. he served as the state secretary of revenue. it also helps to build a medical equipment company with his family. euerressman m commemorated you grow up? rep. meuser: i grew up in new york. my father was a police officer. my mom stayed home with us. when we went off to school, she went off to work. i had a brother and sister. i wouldn't change a minute of it. we were blessed with a great childhood. >> what kind of values did your errant instilling you? rep. meuser: we had somewhat of a rigid household, but at the same time they kept us busy, chores, sports and homework in that order, is what we focused on and did. but values of hard work. honesty, believing in america and k

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barr says he and deputy attorney general rob rosenstein says the evidence is not efficient. >> it was a complete and total exoneration it is a shame that our country had to go through this. >> reporter: democrats say the entire mueller report should be released and promises a legal fight if it isn't snot american people are entitled misconduct referenced. >> they brought charges again 34 individuals including manafort and michael flynn. as the president supporters noted, none of the former campaign associates were accused of cooluding with russia noa small group of attorneys is now working to determine what additional details can be released for the law and department guidelines. democrats in congress said they not only want to see the entire report but also under lined documents and evidence. on capitol hill, back to you. >> natalie, has attorney general barr said what he can and can not release? >> he said under the law he did detail some of the potential problem areas and that could include matters before a grand jury which could be subject to various restrictions by criminal statu

wants to be as transparent as possible, he says but he has to work through this report along with rob rosensteinelf. the democrats sank the white house must not be allowed to interfere. what scope is that for them to interfere quest make the question is, will the white house be able to get a look at this. there have been questions and suggestions along the way. it could potentially be that president trump uses his privilege to stop some information. could he use executive privilege quest make one of the ideasis privilege quest make one of the ideas is that if they were conversations between president trump and his advisers, could that fall into some of the information privilege. a lot of it dates back to richard nixon's time and what was decided in the supreme court then. but i think ultimately william barr is determined to make as much public as possible. democrats are concerned about president trump and aware that william barr was appointed attorney general by president trump and therefore does that interfere potentially with what information comes out? i think for the moment, they are going t

look the dems are still holding on the comments made by attorney general deputy attorney general rob rosenstein february that the b.o.j. shouldn't release him for. people not charged with crimes because right represent adam schiff the chairman of the house intelligence committee is one of my favorite people i'm concerned that the d.o.j. is signaling they're going to fight the congress when it comes to mueller's underlying evidence ah. oh the nobody's that by the way i think they're signaling right is this russia under your bed to their winking his twitching i don't know whatever i think what's going to happen next is the g.o.p. is going to move to have a shift taken off the until committee i mean this is the same shift who held up and read from the. congress in congressional record a subject without even verifying its truth are very are going to grassley and by the way we also found out today an interesting thing about lindsey graham so little exam admitted on monday that he told senator john mccain to give the f.b.i. the dossier the infamous dossier which i think is weird i find it really unse

they spent more than nine hours working with rob rosenstein and a small group of aides. so far they're the only ones who have seen what is in robert mueller's he report that was submitted yesterday. according to the justice department. now, what bill barr is trying to do is come up with a distillation of summary that he will send to congress. what that looks like, we don't know. concern told is that this won't an word for word. it will be a way for the toeg to distill what he found from the mueller findings. the question is how much will be satisfactory for members of choong are demanding that they want to see everything. the more the better for them. we do know that in the weeks since bill barr took office, one of the things he's been wrestling with is how much detail he can provide. one of the things the justice department rules say is that if charges are not brought against anyone, then you can't really go out and describe what their conduct was. what evidence you found of any wrongdoing that did not reach to the level of bringing charges. so that's one of the things

rob rosenstein and i have concluded the evidence is not sufficient to establish a committed and obstruction of justice offense. bob mueller wasn't nearly as sure in his finding. while this report does not conclude the president committed a crime, it also doesn't exonerate him. lots of american surprised to learn special counsel molar deferred a decision about president trump's criminality to attorney general bar, essentially passing the buck. sources at the justice department say this is pretty typical of how d.o.j. unfolds. they present evidence to the department and often determine that it doesn't meet the threshold for indictment. some legal scholars insist it was a copout. >> that's not the job of the prosecutor. the job is to decide yes or no. make a decision and then if you say yes you indict. if you say no, you shut up. you don't go on and say no were not going to indict. let me tell you all the evidence that might have led us to indict. >> the other major finding is that russia did indeed spread its tentacles deep into america's presidential elections in 2016 in an attempt to manipu

rob rosenstein, he appointed special counsel, his friend robert mueller to continue the fbi investigation into so-called collusion. remember jeff sessions recused himself. now mueller's mandate was as follows, investigate "any links and or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of president donald trump. and this part that everyone seems to forget. any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation. now we have seen robert mueller prosecute various trumpet associations for crimes. paul manafort for crimes they had nothing to do with his tie with tromp, russia collusion any work for the trump campaign. we watch mueller a troll farm filled with people who will never be extradited and tried in the united states to face justice. and russia intel people. they will never be tried. they will never be extradited. but oddly enough, we have not seen mueller prosecute matters that arose from or involving democrats or obama allies. and the mueller investigation into whether the clinton campaign used money and used and funneled that mo

. >> deputy attorney general rob rosenstein said new attorney general william barr would make "the right decision" when asked about the mother investigations report. the comments came during a conversation at the center for strategic and international studies on the importance of the will of law. this is just one hour. . >> [applause] thank you very much for those remarks it is wonderful you can be with us today. i am the senior advisor at ces i asked where i lead a project on the democratic institution and i have the great privilege to be introducing deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. after he makes his initial remarks, we will move to the chairs and have a conversation and we will take your questions. you all have notecards i encourage you to be thinking as remarks are given about questions you would like asked then lift them up the team will collect them and bring them up to me. the deputy attorney general today will speak about the importance of defending the rule of law. and what that means and in particular with authoritarian regimes such as those in china and russia. if you a

rob rosenstein and i have concluded the evidence is not sufficient to establish a committed and obstruction of justice offense. bob mueller wasn't nearly as sure in his finding. while this report does not conclude the president committed a crime, it also doesn't exonerate him. lots of american surprised to learn special counsel molar deferred a decision about president trump's criminality to attorney general bar, essentially passing the buck. sources at the justice department say this is pretty typical of how d.o.j. unfolds. they present evidence to the department and often determine that it doesn't meet the threshold for indictment. some legal scholars insist it was a copout. >> that's not the job of the prosecutor. the job is to decide yes or no. make a decision and then if you say yes you indict. if you say no, you shut up. you don't go on and say no were not going to indict. let me tell you all the evidence that might have led us to indict. >> the other major finding is that russia did indeed spread its tentacles deep into america's presidential elections in 2016 in an attempt to manipu

determine what information can be released to the public after speaking with deputy attorney general rob rosenstein and special counsel. cbs news, the white house. >> white house attorneys are with president trump in florida this weekend. >> that report needs to be made public. and yes, the american people have a right, and a need to know. >> senator kamala harris reacting last night during a campaign stop in texas. meanwhile, eric swallow all of -- had this to say on cnn. >> we will see the report because the president is outnumbered, subpoena power and the judiciary will uphold this. we will also have to hear from bob mueller himself. >> a link from the special attorney general letter, is at sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com. >>> there has been attack to an attempt to hack into the contra costa county election system. the attempted intrusion was detected recently and traced to a foreign interest. security systems isolated the threat immediately, and it appears that the attempted hack was unsuccessful. california secretary of state's office at homeland security. >>> raiders and nfl in oakland says that oa

it's also a tribute to rob rosenstein that they let him do what he had to do. on the other hand, i do think it's important to slow our role a little bit and say what are the facts that he found. if there is a narrative in there, let's see what he found. the idea that donald trump wasn't indicted and that's a vindication for him. he can't be indicted so that in itself isn't a huge victory. so the question of what was the relationship between the trump campaign and russian interests? unresolved. and that was the focus of the investigation. and whether that mounted to obstruction of justice. those are key questions and unresolved and at the heart of mueller's investigation. >> i suspect we're going to hear a lot through the weekend. we do need to know what all the underlying facts here are and we have to remember what we know so far and we have valuminous efforts about them obstructing justice so we could not find out what happened including around the president of the united states. so mueller, i am going to make one speculative notion here and that is, especiall

robert mueller's mandate, given to him by rob rosenstein last year in 2017 was very specific. it had a direct path, and it told robert mueller to stay in your lane. robert mueller, very wisely, may have turned over facts, evidence in his report, that will be unleashed by other prosecutors and other jurisdictions for things like the trump organization, the trump foundation, campaign finance violations, tax fraud, white house security clearance issues. the list goes on and on, and so i really wouldn't be breathing a sigh of relief. i think people are celebrating a little too early and some people are disappointed a little too early. i think that we really need to take a wait and see approach when if comes to this. >> let's take a listen to what adam schiff, the house intelligence committee chair, said about underlying evidence leading to a national security threat. >> the congress is going to lead e need the underlying evidence. some might go to the compromise of the president or people around him that poses a real threat to our national security. >> well, look. to go further on

is ultimately in charge of what if anything is released to the public, deputy attorney general rob rosensteinl the primary point of contact at the special counsel's office. in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> this is ktvu fox 2 news at 6 . >>> an announcethe california a general. no criminal charges for the two sacramento police officers who shot and killed 22-year-old stephon clark. >> our investigation can't change what has happened, but we can make every effort to deliver a fair, thorough, and impartial review. >> the sacramento county da announced no charges on saturday, today the state attorney general agreed. now the fbi is launching its own investigation into clark's death, i'm heather holmes, in for julie. >>> in announcing his decision today, xavier becerra said stephon clark ran from police and refused commands to spot and show his hands before officers opened fire. of course, we now know clark was unarmed. his death led to days of protests and after today's announcement, a small group with signs gathered outside of the police department headquarters in sacramento, and in

new attorney general is ultimately in charge of what, if anything, is released to the public, rob rosensteinll the primary point of contact with the special counsel's office. in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> as the crowded field of presidents appears to grow comic hillary clinton have confirmed she's not running for president in 2020. >>> i'm not running, but i will keep working and speaking and standing up for what i believe. i want to be not going anywhere what is at stake in our country? the kinds of things that are happening right now are deeply troubling to me. >> the interview is the first time ms. clinton has definitively reputed speculations she might take on president trump again. she says she has spoken to some of the declared 2020 democratic candidates and has told them, quote, don't take anything for granted. >>> former new york city mayor michael bloomberg said he's also not running for president. bloomberg was said to be toying with the idea of running. he predicted he would be president trump if he did run. the republican turned democrat is urging voters to nomin

it's also a tribute to rob rosenstein that they let him do what he had to do. there were no conflicts that rose to the level of that had to be reported. on the other hand, i do think it's important to slow our role a little bit and say what are the facts that he found. if there is a narrative in there, let's see what he found. the idea that donald trump wasn't indicted and that's a vindication for him. he can't be indicted so that in itself isn't a huge victory. so the question of what was the relationship between the trump campaign and russian interests? unresolved. presumably we'll learn that. that was the focus of the investigation. and that was the focus of the investigation. and what was the nature. and whether that mounted to obstruction of justice. those are key questions and unresolved and at the heart of mueller's investigation. let see what he found. >> that's probably why at this hour we have yet to hear from the president. we have yet to hear public statement from the white house. saying no collusion. because it seems like they don't exactly know wh

i did the reporting on the 25th amendment and the wire comments that rob rosenstein made, deputy attorney general, so we knew there was something out there we needed to get a handle on. there were notable facts in these memos. >> it's such a fascinating peek into your process and you're right, bold-faced liar told to maggie peterson and your publisher's face and for sure that's like waving a red flag in front of a bull. but i want to press a little on the cia's role because when i was vetted, the fbi does the background check, they bring any concerns that come up in the vet to white house officials, security office and then they get quickly bounced to the normal white house again to a white house counselor or chief of staff. none of those guardrails helped, and it was the cia raising concerns. what kinds of contexts and questions did the cia have about jared kushner? >> we don't have full visibility into that. that is something we continue to report on. but whatever concerns the cia had, they were deep and not to be dismissed. the office of security at the agency is not an agency -- is no

that passage that refers to the attorney general conferring with rob rosenstein and robert mueller onhat to release in the report or not release in the report indicates that the report is a certain level of complexity, meaning the regulations simply require that you literally provide just a list, you could just do it as a list, a list of people we decided to indict. list of people we decided not to indict. it really could just be as simple as that, a list, not even including sentences. what the attorney general's letter seems to suggest is that this is a report that is substantial enough that is fullsome enough, that there could be decisions that have to be made about what parts of it to release and what parts of it not to release. and the fact that he's saying that he wants to consult and making it public, that he wants to consult with robert mueller, that would strike me as one of the more encouraging notes of people who want full disclosure are finding in that letter. >> i agree. and there is precedent for this, of course, leon jaworski, the special prosecutor during water gate in

he may clear is going to work both with bob mueller and rob rosenstein staying on a little bit longerough this process. so i feel like we need to know that this process go forward, let people actually read this. and of polls indicate people are already going to have their opinions and it's not going to be changed but i think it's important that we do read this i do think it's important that we really look at it with fresh eyes and not the inherent bias is that everyone brings in from a partisan standpoint and we're very fortunate, i think, with bill barr being there right now. he has a national security background and white house staffer background, he worked at the white house also and when he was attorney general he appointed independent counsel's himself so i think is going to look at this with fresh eyes and i'm confident that it's going to be transparent and we are going to get to see it. >> chris: juan, you heard this from grossman collins, two democrats run the risk of a backlash if they continue to investigate, assuming that the report doesn't show a smoking gun with regard to

he had rob rosenstein helping him. >> right. i think it's highly problematic. this is an attorney general who auditioned for this job by writing a letter to the president that said, i don't think a president can commit obstruction. so right off you have to wonder about -- >> he turns over the report to a guy he knew didn't believe the president could be guilty. >> mueller -- we don't know what mueller -- there wasn't really a clear alternative for him. >> he could have made a decision. >> certainly, but i think what mimi said is most likely correct, that he, you know, is guided by this justice department policy. >> we don't know this. >> we don't. >> and he didn't say it. >> but the fact of the matter is the fact that we don't know it is why we need to see the report and why mueller and barr should have to go up to congress and testify. i have to say, i disagree. we don't know, again, that most of what mueller's collected is -- can't be turned over to congress because it's grand jury. i mean, congress actually has a right to see grand jury material when it's re

consulted but specifically reference that both the attorney general and the deputy attorney general, rob rosenstein and i concluded, reading from the letter. the evidence developed during the investigation is not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction of justice offense. also importantly said here our determination was made without regard to and is not based on the constitutional consideration surrounding the indictment and criminal indictment of a sitting president. that's important beaux it was not a declination because you can't indict a sitting president. a factual decision there was not evidence of obstruction. >> why did the president not sit back and allow this investigation to happen? why was he so involved? >> the investigation did happen. going an almost two years. bob mueller was not fired with all the attacks on that issue, and that were made. bob mueller was not fired. no fbi agent involved in the case was interfered with. the fact of the matter is, there was no collusion. there was no obstruction determination here. this is a vindication of the legal posit

remember being at a press conference where the deputy attorney general was asked about it, and rob rosensteinaid bill barr doesn't know the whole story. it turns out the two of them have decided between themselves that the president did not obstruct justice. and you see a little bit of the shades of that in this four-page memo from bill barr, where he talks about the fact that the -- the fact that the president did not also collude with the russians. that was the underlying crime. the fact that there was no evidence that established that the president was involved in that speaks then to the fact there wasn't obstruction of justice in that underlying crime. and he says that alone, while not determinetive does come down to corrupt intend. he thinks there isn't any here and as far as it goes with corrupt intent on obstruction of justice and the fact it has no nexus to any criminal or other ongoing proceedings. so it would be one thing if the president is just musing in the wind about different gripes, things that bother him, things that may look like obstruction. but if they don't bear on any cr

. >> rob rosenstein this week made headlines when he said transparency doesn't always work back whentions. do you support what he said, and do you think that he was alluding to the mueller report not being seen by the public or even congress? >> well, i think rod was referring to the longtime doj policy or practice of not sharing facts and circumstances of cases that are not charged. that certainly is the precedent and the tradition, but as we know, we also have a justice department that has many examples of departing from precedent, tradition in the recent past. i think that the incredibly extensive sharing of not just report conclusions but fbi underlying investigative materials in the hillary clinton case, sharing at an unprecedented rate with the hill, those are decisions made by the department of justice, and i think they will have a tough time reconciling that act with the deputy attorney general's statements. >> mr. mccabe, the country watched michael cohen testify to congress congressional oversight this week. witness? >> mr. cohen clearly has credibility problems. not often

rob rosenstein who the democrats have praised for over a year now agreed with attorney general barr it did not constitute any type of obstruction of justice. in my opinion we need to move forward. there are so many issues in america that the average working american cares about and the mueller report was never one of those issues. host: if you want to talk with republican congressman james comer of kentucky the line for democrats (202) 748-8000. republicans (202) 748-8001. independents (202) 748-8003. .-(202) 748-8002 orbitn the president's are concerned by comments made by democrats over the course of the investigation. this is a quote by kellyanne conway about adam schiff who is the head of the intelligence committee. " he should resign, he has been on tv promising this president would be impeached or indicted. someone should put him under oath and say, do you have evidence, where is it?" >> adam schiff is the biggest loser of them all with the final result of this mueller report. i think that will be up to speaker pelosi and how she handles this moving forward. he did say countless

with new members of congress discussing their first days on hill.l then, deputy attorney general rob rosensteinmother investigation into the 2016 election. and tonight, we go live to see back for remarks by president trump -- live to cpac for remarks by president trump. >> the 160th congress is the most educated group ever with 72% of lawmakers earning a graduate degree. c-span spoke with several of the new faces. daniel meuser is new to washington but not to politics. he served as the state secretary of revenue. it also helps to build a medical equipment company with his family. euerressman m commemorated you grow up? rep. meuser: i grew up in new york. my father was a police officer. my mom stayed home with us. when we went off to school, she went off to work. i had a brother and

mueller and rob rosenstein and myself in a bunch of people all back to a guy from the department of justiceity and duty to country. there are other people who could do the same job but i'm not sure anyone had the same stature as bob mueller. the director of the fbi for 12 years spanning presidents of both parties. never has had anything unfortunate in his background. either personal or professional. he really was the perfect choice. >> and is a lot to take on and it would be in history. his place his firm as someone in a very tumultuous time taking on this very difficult role. >> we appreciate your insight and we appreciate you joining us this morning. >> thank you. enjoy talking about bob mueller. >>> inc. you and rosemary. did you enjoy talking about this weather. >> you're not tired of the rain? >> never tired of the rain. >> good answer. >> we can enjoy the sunshine and then we will enjoy the rain. giving you a view across the bay into san francisco. we do have a little bit of fog out there this morning. low clouds and high-level clouds. the high-level clouds associated with the wet wea

the fact that mueller and rob rosenstein kept their jobs shows the vitality and strength of our institutionsnd democracy. >> that courtesy of the washington post and a quick summary of reaction the first 24 hours after the mueller report was officially filed. we are getting your reaction on the sunday morning. we could get more information during the course of the day and we will be standing by all day here as c-span. if we do get information, we will have it for you here on this network and on our website at c-span.org. ifs is from stan, who said russia influence our election why did hillary clinton get more votes? maybe they were playing the electoral college angle. this from another viewer sing with 37 indictments mueller's team has nothing to do with russia and collusion. it is guilt by association. if you were a friend of donald trump, you are fair game for mueller, who happens to be james comey's best friend and mentor. another tweet from steve says when the heat is on donald, his cultists show up on twitter and the washington journal trying to talk about hillary. distract and deflect

and around 4:30, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein called rob mueller and and thanked him for hiservice. at the same time barr's chief of staff called over to the white house. we one dred if they would give them a warning. they did. called over to emmit flood, the legal counsel over there, and sate the investigation had been conclude and he read him the letter that i would be transmitting to congress. this is the part that's the most magical. at 5:00, the congressional liaison at the justice department knew his job would be to go brief the committees, but he didn't want any jealousy on who would get it first, so they dispersed a team on both sides to make sure that the letter that i'm holding here now -- mine's a little weathered from being outside, that was put down in front of the four committees at the exact same time at 5:00. at that point we got the word of the justice department, ran to the camera, and now we all have this letter, and we're waiting for the next step, which is what are those principal conclusions. >> let's talk about the next step. what are the guidance here?

rosenstein first appointed him. look, this is not like a disagreement. rob mueller -- i mean, bob mueller is an american hero. period. full stopped. everybody knows it. and those who are posing otherwise are trying to do a political talking point that everyone knows is not legitimate. the tape you brought from watergate, that brought nixon down. that was from the very end of the story. here it's something that's actually boasted about, same with this notion of promiscuously taking the fifth. best i can tell, the whole thing is to try to keep this 41 to 46% on the reservation and keep the republicans torpid and thinking, you know, we can just parry everything and ignore it. everybody knows it's a legitimate probe. everybody knows mueller's the real deal and the rest is just politics and bogus claims. >> yamiche, you're the expert, you're the reporter here about reporting. it seems to me that what broke nixon wasn't politics, it wasn't tip o'neil, my old boss, it wasn't any of that, it was the evidence. when you heard of him basically a calling the shots on the watergate cover-up with bob halderman, saying he w

general -- and as you know, kate, you know that rolled rosenstein has been overseeing this investigation since the beginning. we know his deputy rob has been overseeing this investigation day to day. so there are a lot of people who are very well read in as to what mueller was finding. so three weeks ago was when mueller finally told them this was not a determination he was going to be able to make. >> and there's no reporting, though, that three weeks ago when that was said to justice officials that that was then told to the president, though, that the president was informed that was the conclusion that was coming. >> right. no, there is no indication that anybody was told about that. as a matter of fact, we've learned in the last few days that they had no idea, really, what was coming. >> yeah. and it's interesting, when you look in the memo, you see some indication, evan, of that, that there were conversations. i was just looking and it said over the course of the investigation, special counsel engaged in discussions with certain department officials regarding many of the matters at issue with the special counsel's obstruction

rosenstein was killed when her bike collided with the truck on howard street. >>> police in san francisco were investigating after two ucs the ucsf employees were robbed by a membershiphappened around don in the city's inner sunset neighborhood. police say the robbers asked the victims to unlock their phones and disable the tracking devices. police are stepping up patrols and urging people to be on the lookout for suspicious activity. for today teachers with the san ramon education association reached a contract agreement. video could avert a teacher strike that had been planned for april. the new tentative contract still needs to be ratified by the teachers. >>> police in alameda crackdown this week on minor offenses, things that people find more annoying than criminal. we're talking smoking and double parking. specs so annoying. officers wrote more than 150 citations in 10 hours. >> the city of alameda is going to a growth spurt which is a cause of traffic becoming more busy. the attic congestion is causing headaches for people walking and driving. >> it's very narrow. we have outdoor dining and sandwich boards. it's getting pretty tight. >> traffic is getting unru