theresa sackler, the chair of the sackler trust and widow of late purdue pharma co-owner mortimer sackler, responded tuesday to the settlement with oklahoma, saying -- "i am deeply saddened by the addiction crisis in america and support the actions purdue pharma is taking to help tackle the situation, whilst still rejecting the false allegations made against the company and several members of the sackler family." the settlement comes as the sacklers face increasing outrage for the role in the opioid crisis. the sacklers are known worldwide for their patronage of the arts; and the sackler name appears in museums including the metropolitan museum in new york. but in the past week, following immense public pressure, the tate museums in london and the solomon r. guggenheim in new york have announced they will no longer accept money from the sacklers. the national portrait gallery in london announced it was cancelling a $1.3 million donation from the sackler trust. the sackler trust declined a request from democracy now! to appear on the show. well, for more we're joined by barry meyer, the fi

amy: purdue pharma andnd the sackler family are facing multiple lawsuits. a group of over 50500 cities, counties, and native american tribes fileded a lawsuit against the sacklers last week, accusing them of lying about the dangers of oxycontin and deceitful marketing of the drug. the new york suit names five

against purdue pharma to include the sackler family, which has controlling interest in the company. new york's attorney general called the sacklers the masterminds behind the crisis claiming the family knew they were selling products that werely addictive and could have prevented deaths. both purdue and the sacklers say they're being unfairly blamed. >>> pickup truck owners are notoriously loyal to their brands, but a new survey shows that might be changing. many owners now say pickups are overpriced and short on quality. nearly 70% now say they would switch truck brands if their favorite company raised prices, and 17% say they probably would not buy another pickup truck. >>> disney is cracking down on oversized strollers. walt disney world and disneyland will no longer allow strollers that are longer than 52 inches and wider than 31 inches. disney, our parent company, says it's to reduce congestion. most strollers do not exceed the new regulations including double jogging strollers. but the new policy is still

it names 8 individual members of the sackler family.it says and what it alleges is that purdue pharma paid money, sometimes into offshore accounts, in a way to protect the assets of the family. they squirreled this money awayl all these lawsuits were playing out in order to protecte their . they are saying that is fraudulent. the attorney general of new york said that as the sackler family grew richer, new yorkers' health grew poorer. laura: what has beenhe -- jane: what has been the response from the sackler family not only to this case but all the others you menoned? nick: there has been an aggressive response. the state of oklahoma, $270 million paid by the company itself in an outf-court settlement. the sackler family itself contributed $75 million for a drug treatment center in oklahoma. they said they made the payment, it was not an admission lp ility. but they issued a strong statement in response to thisti legal taken by the new york state attorney general andt they have sas, "expanding this baseless lawsuit to include former di

how would this impact the fortunes of purdue and the sackler family?impact the fortunes of purdue and the sackler family7m purdue actually goes bankrupt, this isa purdue actually goes bankrupt, this is a big moneymakerfor the sackler family, so it could have a big impact there. it really remains to be seen, just in terms of how all these other lawsuits play out, and how much information from these lawsuits actually comes to light in terms of the role that the executives have and the role that the sackler family had. europe's top leaders have pressed china for a fairtrading leaders have pressed china for a fair trading relationship. angela merkel, macron and juncker said they wa nt to merkel, macron and juncker said they want to engage with the belton road project in paris. the european union has become increasingly frustrated about how low the mainland —— slow the mainland has been to open up its markets despite granting china almost unfettered access to eu markets for trade and investment. i am joined by monica miller. and a lot of new territory here.

opiate problem isn't getting better but it has made one family quite wealthy various members of the sackler family own controlling interests and purdue pharmaceuticals they're the creators and distributors of oxycontin and that one little drug accounts for close to eighty percent of the company's total sales oxycontin is currently killing an average of one hundred people a day in the u.s. and costing our economy about seventy billion annually according to the c.d.c. but no justice may finally be coming for a purge do farm and the sackler family has class action lawsuits pile up and bankruptcy is on the table for the multi-billionaire brood so let's stop making excuses for a big pharma and start watching the. world is. the first real that this would be a luxury to fall out of. the tree like you let down our guard. which we. would.

e sackler family itself contributed $75 million for a drug treatment center in lahoma.said they made the payment, it was not an admission of culpability. but they issued a strong statement in response to this legal action taken by the new york state aorney general and they have said this, "expanding this baseless lawsuit to include former directors of purdue pharma is a misguided attempt to place blame where it does not belong for a complexc health crisis." they have vowed to fight this action. jane: nick bryant in new york, thanks for joining us. let's have a quick look at some of the day's other ws. at least 19e peoe now known to have died following a fire at a high rise office block in the bangladeshi capital. 70more than thers have been injuredst and dozens are ill missing. hoit is not cleaw the blaze began, and the casualties are expected to increase. thousandse of passengers h been left stranded after the icelandic airline wowad airsoft g and canceled all of its flights. the carrier, which had been in funding talks with investors, operates out of multiple european

the sackler family also called the suit a misguided attempt tol place where it does not belong. the new york storage's case targets th sackler family also with regard to their behavior with regard to the manufacturing of the drug. what ae they air do youing in that regard? >> what we're seeing in all the lawsuits and the new york attorney general kind of went another step further is the claim that te sackler family was intimately involved in the operation of purdue, that they directed some of the ilegal marketing activities o purdue or knew about them and benefited from them. obviously, the family absolutely denies that. they said we didn't know anything wrong was going on, an we moved quickly to stop it, but, you know, the litigation, is you know, pulling up documents that are raising questions about that and, ultimately, we will find out, hopefully one way or another, just what they knew and when they knew it. >> with regards to the oklahoma settlement, $250 million, you seem to be arguing that oloklaha ed at this potential looming 's justtcy and said let try to get what we ca

the suit itself explicitly seeks to claw back money from members of the sackler family, alleging theyudulently transferred profits from purdue to themselves. >> this lawsuit contains detailed allegations about the sackler family and their attempts to hide the vast fortunes they collected at the expense of actual lives. in an attempt to shield these fortunes fromo families se loved ones have been killed by their products, we allege that the family has elicitly transferred fundsr fom purdue to personal trusts so that they are potentially outside to have the reach of law enforcement and our efforts to seek resontitur penalties. pa in a >> brangham: in a te development, earlier this week, purdue and the sacklers settled with the state of oklaho for $270 million, just months ahead of what would have been a televised trial where that stato took purduourt. barry meier has been following all this closely. he wrote a book about purdue pharma called "pain killer: an empire of deceit and the origin of america's opioid epidemic." separate development barry, welcome back to the "newshour". let's s

i think increasingly some kind of accountability, not just for the sacklers.t more people. >> a lot more people. but accountability for big pharma, sacklers in particular, the cohort they're a part of, for the ravages. remember what happened with those tobacco lawsuits. what happened was states went to court and said you cost us hundreds of millions of dollars. you have to pay us. that settlement, which i think is the largest settlement in american history, was a huge pas port of the turning point. >> it moved the needle. >> tremendously. >> chris, thank you for this and your longtime reporting on this very serious crisis. chris hayes. tomorrow congresswoman alexandria oscasio-cortez joins chris in the bronx for a special event where they will discuss, alexandria oscasio-cortez's green new deal proposal and how she plans on getting her fellow lawmakers on board with that plan. this is really worth understanding in great detail. tomorrow, 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> after the break, a new msnbc poll has a surprising answer on who americans think

amy: purdue pharma and t the sackler family are facing multiple lawsuits. a group of over 500 0 cities, counties, and native american tribes filed a a lawsuit against the sacklers last week, accusing them of lying about the dangers of oxycontin and deceitful marketing of the drug. the new york suit names five other opioid manufacturers, including johnson & johnson and the israeli company teva. the justice department said thursday that special counsel robert mueller's full report is over 300 pages long, as democrats continue to call for its full release as well as the underlying evidence. generals argue attorney william barr's four-page summary, released just two days after receiving mueller's report, cannot be trusted and question his conclusion that trump did not obstruct justice -- a charge mueller did not reach a definitive conclusion on. barr reportedly told house judiciary chair jerrold nadler he would not commit to sharing the full report. he is currently redacting the report, which he says could take weeks. the department of housing and urban develop

sackler family fifty thousand yeah let's go. yeah that's a good idea well we got to take a break think about that for a little bit don't go away don't even think about going away or i'll force the sackler family to come into your home. my seven years doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse he started going after the users in the prison population who are we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill i increasingly became convinced that the war on drugs was a mistake there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. certain sins for minor minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say by daddy as you're walking out of the business it's just it doesn't get easier. seems wrong. just don't call. me. yet to shape out just to educate and engagement because betrayal

. >>> the sacklers have given millions to institutions like this all over the world.ey will give $75 million to the state of oklahoma. but critics worry that any settlement sets a dangerous precedent for the cities and states suing the drug maker. >> this begins a new chapter for those struggling with addiction. >> the oklahoma attorney general declared the settlement a victory, despite telling us he would take it to a trial. >> for people affected by the epidemic, the settlement felt like a set back. it was expected to be the first lawsuit of its kind to go to trial and be televised. >> i almost lost my life because of their greed. >> now in recovery from addiction, he wants the company to face the accusers publically. >> they are being spared being transparent and open, and that is what needs to happen. >> more than 1500 additional cities and states have filed similar and active lawsuits against purr dpurdue, saying it aggressively marketed the drugs and did not name the risks. the family has made more than 4 billion in profits. >> $270 million that, is pennies to w

the lawsuit includes detailed information about members of the sackler family who own purdue pharma and their alleged attempt to collect money at the expense of lives. >> new york is at the midst of crisis, a crisis that has ravaged our communities and families, claiming lives, young and old, all across our state and our nation. >> new york's announcement comes two days after purdue pharma and the sacklers agreed to pay a settlement of $270 million to the state of oklahoma. >>> chicago police plan to send jussie smollett a bill for $130,000 to cover the cost of investigating what they say turned out to be a publicity stunt. earlier this week prosecutors dropped all charges against the actor who was accused of staging racist and homophobic attack against himself. chicago mayor rahm emanuel says it's the least smollett can do. >> given that he doesn't feel any sense of contrition and remorse, my recommendation is when he writes the check, in the memo section he can write, i'm accountable, nor the hoax. >> president trump asked the justice department to look into the smollett case calling

galleries have joined the national portrait gallery in refusing further donations from the wealthy sacklerfrom the prescription painkiller oxycontin. purdue faces claims it misled regulators over the dangers of oxycontin, held responsible for helping to fuel the us opioid crisis which has led to thousands of deaths, claims the sacklers vigorously deny. asian shares were up but they are now down. plenty more on the market is coming up later and also the news briefing coming up. do stay with us. police searching for libby squire have confirmed a body recovered from the humber estuary is that of the missing student. she was last seen in the early hours of the 1st february after a night out. during the initial investigation, a 2k year—old man was arrested on suspicion of abduction. he's been remanded in custody on unrelated charges, and remains under investigation. our correspondent john mcmanus has more. for seven weeks, humberside police searched for libby squire, hoping the 21—year—old student would eventually be found somebody would come forward with information about her disappearance but

but no justice may finally be coming for a purge do farm and the sackler family has class action lawsuits pile up and bankruptcy is on the table for the multi-billionaire brood so let's stop making excuses for a big pharma and start watching the. world in. the first real that this would be a liar for the part of. the day like you let down our guard. which we. would. welcome everybody to watch not out of the wallet you know health care costs are rising in every sector however the pharmaceutical giant that makes the insulin bread cumulus recently announced it will release a generic version at half the price but is that discount enough to save lives. correspondent ann kellan has the story. by the year twenty thirty nearly eighty million people around the world with type two diabetes won't have access to the medicine they need to survive unless there's a drastic change in access and cost it's a sobering statistic that underscores the difficulties more than thirty million diabetic americans face today as prices for the lifesaving medicines soar but following pressure from congress the pharmace

already said they will no longer accept sackler money. >> wow. tony, thank you. >>> the nfl is changing instant replay rules to address the most controversial moment of last season's playoffs. owners voted yesterday to allow coaches to challenge pass interference calls and missed calls during the 2019 season. replay officials can also order reviews of those calls in the last two minutes of each half. on field officials missed a pass interference penalty in the nfc championship game in january. new orleans saints say that mistake cost them a trip to the super bowl. nfl commissioner roger goodell says instant replay could be expanded more in the future. >>> our job be to get these right. and we should use every available means to get them right. >> cbs news cameras caught caught new england patriots owner robert kraft speaking with goodell outside the meeting. craft has pleaded not guilty to charges of paying for sex acts at a florida spa. court documents released yesterday show he waived his arraignment this week and requested a jury trial. goodel

purdue pharma, which denies any wrongdoing, is owned by the sackler family.known this settlement is not acceptance of responsibility for the opioid crisis in the united states. until today, the sackler family were best known as major benefactors of the arts, where once museums and galleries held out their arms for contributions. today, they're giving them the cold shoulder. many thanks, jon sopel with the latest for us in washington. for centuries, one of hinduism's holiest sites, the sabrimala temple in india's southern state of kerala has banned women between the ages of ten and 50, from entering its grounds. when the country's supreme court ruled that the custom was illegal, it sparked violent protests by conservative hindu groups across the region. nonetheless, two women did enter, but one of them, kanaka durga, suffered an immense personal cost. our correspondent sangita myska has been to her home town. symbolising the fight for equal rights in india. kanaka durga, who broke with nearly 1000 years of religious tradition, and who hindu extremists are now

opiate problem isn't getting better but it has made one family quite wealthy various members of the sackler family own controlling interests and purdue pharmaceuticals they're the creators and distributors of oxycontin and that one little drug accounts for close to eighty percent of the company's total sales oxycontin is currently killing an average of one hundred people a day in the u.s. and costing our economy about seventy billion annually according to the c.d.c. but now justice may finally be coming for a perk to pharma and the sackler family as class action lawsuits pile up and bankruptcy is on the table for the multi-billionaire brood so let's stop making excuses for a big pharma and start watching the. world in. the. real that this would be a liar for the part of. the day like you let down our guard. which we. would. welcome everybody to watch and not out of the wallet you know health care costs are rising in every sector however the pharmaceutical giant that makes the insulin bread cumulus recently announced it will release a generic version at half the price but is that discount en

but you mention the sackler family and they produce all the opioids that many people are dying from and the biggest blow has been from prescription painkillers which created a nation of addicts and a market for the synthetic drug fencer now which is up to one hundred times stronger than heroin and which has been laced into everything from street jugs to percocet in the last eight years more than two hundred thousand americans have died of drug overdoses driving down the life expectancy from seventy eight point eight years to seventy eight point six you saw the collapse of the soviet union and you saw the collapse of the institutions and society around the people you saw a similar decline in life expectancy you saw an increase in mortality and that was mostly caused to drinking and so that's the last time in the last hundred years outside of war that you've seen something like this is happening in america and you wonder like it feels like the population committing suicide whether directly or through opioid addiction it feels like you know they feel abandoned and they feel helpless in som

a member of the sackler family said expanding this lawsuit is a misguided attempt to place blame wherejames is with me on this, what's your response to that response in that is just nonsensical. >> in 1996 purdue launched a new opioid known at oxycontin. they add a nationwide deceptive campaign. they misled consumers as to the addictive quality of oxycontin if is used for short-term pain and end of life pain. they lead people to believe they were not addictive. they had sales representatives go to doctors and as a result of that and the six manufacturers that we are suing, the four distributers, and the sackler family, what we are seeking is addressing and funding treatment centers all over the state of new york. we see penalties, and we are seeking the licenses of these individuals, they have to understand their license was a privilege and night a right. they violated that right by allowing these opioids to be diverted. and in new york state, night people die as a result of open yo related overdoses. something has to be done in response to their quote, don't ask me, ask all of the fam

cheerleaders for the opioids and contributing to the opioid crisis in america but for years now the sackler family has also been a cheerleader and sponsor of the arts was until protests like these became more common. was in twenty seventeen british museums accepted a rest seven million pounds in donations from the sun clo trust london's royal academy of arts has a back clear wing and there's a sack close courtyard in the victoria and albert museum but the question of ethical funding is forcing an increasing number of arts institutions to reconsider where they get their money from it's now emerged that london's national portrait gallery has returned on day one million pound drawn from the sound clip trust on the tate gallery and the south london gallery have also said there will be taking any more time money and then best sign the trust itself said it won't be making any more donations that's being seen widely as a face saving measure to avoid any more rejections. a number of art institutions have come under scrutiny for corporate sponsorships recently last month's campaign is occupied the b

. >> this settlement today lets us know, lets the public know this is dangerous. >> reporter: the sackler family says accusations about their role in the crisis are inaccurate, yet london's tate museums and new york's guggenheim are no longer accepting their financial gifts. now facing more than 1600 lawsuits nationwide, purdue pharma is exploring bankruptcy. >> we've gone to great lengths to ensure that this is real money, that it's not at risk in the event purdue declares bankruptcy. >> reporter: oklahoma is preparing for a new battle in may, going to trial against a dozen other opioid makers. anne thompson, nbc news. >>> tonight there is an escalating fight under way over the future of obamacare. a new move from the trump administration aims to strike down the entire law, an outcome that could leave millions suddenly uninsured. here is peter alexander. >> reporter: tonight from president trump, a promise without a prescription. >> the republican party will soon be known as the party of health care. you watch. >> reporter: that vow following a surprising move by his justice department o

galleries have joined the national portrait gallery in refusing further donations from the wealthy sacklerose company purdue pharma has made billions of dollars from the prescription painkiller oxycontin. purdue faces claims it misled regulators over the dangers of oxycontin, held responsible for helping to fuel the us opioid crisis which has led to thousands of deaths, claims the sacklers vigorously deny. more trouble for boeing as indonesia's national carrier garuda says it will cancel an order for 49 737 max 8 jets after two fatal crashes involving the plane. this is thought to be the first formal order cancellation of the aircraft after civil aviation authorities around the world banned it from their airspace. monica miller in singapore has more on this. possibly not coming as a surprise to boeing, but what had their reaction been? the airline spokesperson had said that garuda passengers no longer had confidence in the aircraft. however garuda said they have not ruled out changing, they could change to another type of plane. but it could also be a boeing aircraft. garuda passengers are

two members of the sackler family, which founded the company, will not have to testify in court. in a statement, members of the sackler family said while the agreement announced today is not ainancial model for future settlement scussions, the establishment of a national center is a unique and important step that we w hopl save lives. but today's deal could be just the beginning for purdue. the company reportedly faces up to 1600 opioidawsuits from states, cities and counties over prescription painkillers. and oklahoma is reportedly one of 37 states to sue purdue since 2017. earlier this month, puue's ceo said the company is looking at a possible bankruptcy as a result of these claims. the company has dend wrongdoing, saying labels for its pain killer carriedtharnings abou risk of abuse and se mi from 1999 to 2017, nearly 218,000 people have died in the u.s. from overdoses related to prescription opioids, according to the centers forl isease contprevention. oxycontin came on the market in 1996. t some say pharmaceutical companies are not the only ones to b for the crisis. >> as a

but no justice may finally be coming for purdue pharma and the sackler family as a class action lawsuits pile up and bankruptcy is on the table for the multi billionaire brood so let's stop making excuses for a big pharma and start watching the hawks. for the. real deal this one.

drug buprenorphine which is used in treating opioid addiction the company and eight members of the sackler family are name is defendants in a current lawsuit over produced opioids filed by massachusetts attorney general maura healy. and now joining us from pensacola florida to discuss what could be a huge i.p.o. i.p.o. from levi strauss the famous maker of jeans is legal journalist and contributor for america's lawyer molly barrows molly welcome to the show. i'm always telling some more about this very storied american company they were sold some of the first riveted jeans dating back to california gold rush days a product sort of imbedded in american history right. absolutely i mean what could be more a conic than blue jeans and levi strauss is the one that kicked it all off he'd moved to san francisco daniel back in eight hundred fifty three as you said during the gold rush years to run the west coast branch of his family's new york based wholesale dry goods business and he eventually named that company levi strauss and company well according to the levi website it was twenty years later

drug buprenorphine which is used in treating opioid addiction the company and eight members of the sackler family are name is defendants in a current lawsuit over produced opioids filed by massachusetts attorney general maura healy. and now joining us from pensacola florida to discuss what could be a huge i.p.o. i.p.o. from levi strauss the famous maker of jeans is legal journalist and contributor for america's lawyer molly barrows molly welcome to the show. molly to learn some more about this very storied american company they were sold some of the first riveted jeans dating back to california gold rush days a product sort of imbedded in american history right. absolutely i mean what could be more a comic than bluejeans and levi strauss is the one that kicked it all off he'd move to san francisco daniel back in eight hundred fifty three as you said during the gold rush years to run the west coast branch of his family's new york based wholesale dry goods business and he eventually named that company levi strauss and company well according to the levi website it was twenty years later and e

ali as a drug lord right from mexico you've got the sackler family who you know essentially built purdue pharma and put out these opioids for discussing you know they're being protested at the guggenheim in new york you know for the fact that you know they've given money to all these wonderful non-profits and museums and yet there's a price to be paid hundreds of thousands of people have died so on one angle we're saying here is this a spanish man that obviously headed up a violent cartel and we're going to convict him for what he did but did he kill him to be killed hundreds of thousands of people did he did he make did is he being you know treated as if he's a hero and you know has his name on the side of you know substantial public buildings but i want no mainstream media in here in the united states a i get the impression that venezuela is an existential crisis for america and yet i'm thinking about the number of americans that the political elites in venezuela have killed last year and i think that number would be a big fat zero yes family as you point out they killed fifty five six

they are contractually bound to keep that name. >> and the sackler family trust saying today they arefts to anyone until this is resolved. >> robert, thanks very much. >>> wework is working hard in the sharing economy but despite rapid expansion and increase in revenues, it looks like they have to work harder to become profitable as an ipo that story is ahead. >>> but first, podcasts are on our radar as spotify continues to be aggressive in that scepa we'll tell you what the streaming giant is up to now, next erything. no not everything, i mean you're still blatantly sucking up to me gary. brilliantly observed, sir. always three steps ahead. six steps ahead. sixteen. so many steps. you done? a million steps ahead. servicenow. works for you. i'm not really a, i thought wall street guy.ns. what's the hesitation? eh, it just feels too complicated, you know? well sure, at first, but jj can help you with that. jj, will you break it down for this gentleman? hey, ian. you know, at td ameritrade, we can walk you through your options trades step by step until you're comfortable. i could be up

the wealthy sackler family is facing new charges it fraudulently transferred billions of dollars fromlers — to protect the funds from litigation. purdue is facing thousands of lawsuits over how it marketed 0xycontin. the family say it "strongly" denies the allegations and will "vigorously defend against them". and now — what's trending in the business news this morning. the wall streetjournal focuses on lyft and the latest move in its money—raising battle with uber. it says today's ipo comes despite its much—larger rival‘s attempts to starve it of capital. and i want to show you the us markets because lyft will be entering the nasdaq later on. i'm next we have the news briefing where we ta ke next we have the news briefing where we take you through the stories that make headlines in global news media. stay with us here on bbc news. the current system of checking newborn babies for hip problems in england is failing, resulting in too many late diagnoses and corrective surgery. a new study by surgeons from southampton children's hospital said the rate of late diagnoses had not improved

the smithsonian has a gallery, the met has a sackler wing.any of these institutions have tried to receiver ties with the ben factor. here is why people are so angry. the national institute on drug abuse says roughly 21% to 29% of patients describe opioids for chronic pain misuse them. i want to be clear. 21% to 29%. that means 70% don't. and if you're one of those who don't, this shouldn't affect you. but patients who use prescription drugs including oxycodone, fentanyl and codeine are at risk. since 1996, more than 200,000 people in the united states have died from a prescription opioid overdose. it's not just the sack ler family mind this. other drug companies like johnson and johns yons, allergan and endo health are all facing lawsuits. david armstrong, it's the old -- it feels like this crisis has now reached a new level where we are finally dealing with where this problem started with. this culture of eliminating pain, which exists nowhere else in the developed world like it does in america. >> yes, i think you're right. we've seen the d

the lawsuit, filed last week in the southern district of new york, names eight members of the sackler family -- which founded and own purdue pharma -- the maker of oxycontin -- differentiating the case from other lawsuits, which have targeted purdue and other drug companies. government data found that deadly opioid overdoses are responsible for nearly 50,000 deaths per year in the united states. and those are some of the headlilines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. no collusion. that is the key finding of special counsel robert mueller's long-awaited report into whether president trump and members of his campaign conspired with the russian governrnment to win the 2016 election. while the full report on mueller's 22-month investigation has not yet been made public, attorney general william barr sent a four-page letter to congressional leaders on sunday laying out his interpretation of mueller's findings. barr wrote that the report concluded russia meddled in the 2016 election, but that -- "the special counsel's investigation did not