join me now, scott wong and legal analyst, danny cevallos. ott, i'll start with you, we know bob mueller is believed to be back after retirement of his investigation has wrapped up. he's not done so quite yet. how might that potentially impact this testimony, as a government employee, compared to a private citizen? >> right. well, there seems to be some speculation on the part of democrats that the attorney general bill barr and the justice department are preventing bob mueller from returning to the private sector and releasing had imfrom employment. if he is a private citizen, democrats would have a much better shot at compelling robert mueller to come before the judiciary committee and testify about his 448-page report. and so, i talked to jackie spira, somebody who is very close to nancy pelosi. a member of the intelligence committee. she said, without much evidence, she suspects that, you know, bill barr is keeping him on the payroll. and, you know, perhaps could keep him on the payroll through the 2020 election. she suspects there's some

scott wong, good talking to you.president trump raised the stakes in his trade conflict with china yesterday as the u.s. increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods to 25%. cnbc joins us live from london. as tensions continue to rise how is this affecting markets this morning? >> reporter: i can't tell you quite how widespread the impact has been but it's been extraordinary in terms of the various asset classes that have been affected. if you look at the equity markets in the u.s., it's their worst week so far. we're looking to a lower open on the three major indices in the u.s. in term of the asian markets today, they've done quite well in terms of equity. major indices in china up more than 3%. in europe they are trading higher. oil, the price is falling slightly because they are worried about future demand. when you look at things like gold, typically a safe-haven asset, that's seeing its price rise. in terms of treasury yields, u.s. government debt people are seeing the yield on that falling, the pri

we have scott wong of the hill newspaper and the congressional reporter with e&e news. ott go ahead with the first , question. scott thank you for being here. before we turn to climate change, i want to address some of the big news of the week. attorney general bill barr testified before the senate judiciary committee. he was a no-show before the house judiciary committee. nancy pelosi has said that he essentially lied to congress, that he has committed a crime by misrepresenting concerns that robert mueller has had about bill barr's four-page memo. what do you think the house should do? we have heard numerous suggestions from your own colleagues about impeachment, or potentially holding bill barr in contempt of congress. what do you think the house should do? rep. castor: i know you have had me on to discuss the climate crisis, but we are also in the midst of a democracy crisis. truly, there is a constitutional impasse right now and i'm very troubled, and it was reflected in speaker pelosi's strong words this week. i'm very troubled that america's attorney general appea

we have scott wong of the hill newspaper

scott wong, go ahead with the first question. scott: thank you for being here. before we turn to climate change, i want to address some of the big news of the week. attorney general bill barr testified before the senate judiciary committee. he was a no-show before the house judiciary committee. now, nancy pelosi has said that