WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.874 and visit Myrbetriq.com to learn more. 00:07.875 --> 00:10.510 more. >>> FOR A SECOND DAY IN A ROW, 00:10.511 --> 00:11.211 >>> FOR A SECOND DAY IN A ROW, ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR 00:11.245 --> 00:12.979 ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET 00:13.014 --> 00:14.014 WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT OVER 00:14.015 --> 00:15.415 THE RECORD STRAIGHT OVER CONCERNS THAT HE CROSSED THE 00:15.450 --> 00:19.085 CONCERNS THAT HE CROSSED THE LINE WHEN HE DECIDED TO REACH A 00:19.120 --> 00:19.820 LINE WHEN HE DECIDED TO REACH A CONCLUSION ON OBSTRUCTION OF 00:19.821 --> 00:20.520 CONCLUSION ON OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE WHERE ROBERT MUELLER 00:20.555 --> 00:21.021 JUSTICE WHERE ROBERT MUELLER WOULD NOT. 00:21.022 --> 00:22.789 WOULD NOT. IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION AFTER 00:22.824 --> 00:24.624 IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION AFTER QUESTION, HE FAILED TO PUT THOSE 00:24.626 --> 00:25.325 QUESTION, HE FAILED TO PUT THOSE CONCERNS TO REST. 00:25.326 --> 00:27.894 CONCERNS TO REST. AND IN A FIRE EXCHANGE WITH 00:27.895 --> 00:31.798 AND IN A FIRE EXCHANGE WITH DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CHRIS VAN 00:31.799 --> 00:32.632 DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLAND 00:32.667 --> 00:33.433 HOLLAND HOLLAND, HE AGREE DODGED 00:33.434 --> 00:35.001 HOLLAND, HE AGREE DODGED REPEATED QUESTIONS OVER WHAT LED 00:35.036 --> 00:36.837 REPEATED QUESTIONS OVER WHAT LED HIM TO MAKE SUCH A CONTROVERSIAL 00:36.871 --> 00:38.538 HIM TO MAKE SUCH A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION ONE THAT TRUMP AND THE 00:38.540 --> 00:39.639 DECISION ONE THAT TRUMP AND THE WHITE HOUSE CLAIMED AS A 00:39.641 --> 00:40.007 WHITE HOUSE CLAIMED AS A VICTORY. 00:40.041 --> 00:41.341 VICTORY. >> YOU LOOKED AT THE REPORT, 00:41.376 --> 00:42.676 >> YOU LOOKED AT THE REPORT, RIGHT, AND YOU LOOKED AT THE 00:42.710 --> 00:44.110 RIGHT, AND YOU LOOKED AT THE EVIDENCE OF THE REPORT AND YOU 00:44.112 --> 00:45.445 EVIDENCE OF THE REPORT AND YOU MADE A DECISION AND YOU SAID 00:45.447 --> 00:50.550 MADE A DECISION AND YOU SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT’S NOT GUILTY 00:50.552 --> 00:51.618 THAT THE PRESIDENT’S NOT GUILTY OF CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION OF 00:51.620 --> 00:51.952 OF CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE? 00:51.953 --> 00:53.220 JUSTICE? >> I’M GOING TO GIVE MY ACTIONS 00:53.221 --> 00:54.254 >> I’M GOING TO GIVE MY ACTIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT THE REPORT 00:54.289 --> 00:56.990 AND COMMENTS ABOUT THE REPORT AFTER THE REPORT -- 00:57.025 --> 00:57.758 AFTER THE REPORT -- >> WELL, IT WOULD HAVE -- BUT 00:57.759 --> 00:59.359 >> WELL, IT WOULD HAVE -- BUT YOU PUT YOUR VIEW OF THE REPORT 00:59.361 --> 01:00.961 YOU PUT YOUR VIEW OF THE REPORT OUT THERE ON THIS ISSUE OF 01:00.962 --> 01:01.862 OUT THERE ON THIS ISSUE OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, RIGHT? 01:01.896 --> 01:03.430 OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, RIGHT? NOBODY ASKED YOU TO DO THAT? 01:03.465 --> 01:04.865 NOBODY ASKED YOU TO DO THAT? >> I DIDN’T PUT MY VIEW OF THE 01:04.900 --> 01:05.365 >> I DIDN’T PUT MY VIEW OF THE REPORT -- 01:05.367 --> 01:07.267 REPORT -- >> THE THING IS YOU PUT THIS OUT 01:07.268 --> 01:07.567 >> THE THING IS YOU PUT THIS OUT THERE. 01:07.569 --> 01:09.136 THERE. THE PRESIDENT WENT OUT AND 01:09.170 --> 01:11.738 THE PRESIDENT WENT OUT AND TWEETED THE NEXT DAY THAT HE WAS 01:11.740 --> 01:12.139 TWEETED THE NEXT DAY THAT HE WAS EXONERATED. 01:12.140 --> 01:13.374 EXONERATED. THAT WASN’T BASED ON ANYTHING IN 01:13.375 --> 01:14.675 THAT WASN’T BASED ON ANYTHING IN THE MUELLER REPORT WITH RESPECT 01:14.710 --> 01:15.309 THE MUELLER REPORT WITH RESPECT TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. 01:15.343 --> 01:17.177 TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. THAT WAS BASED ON YOUR 01:17.212 --> 01:17.744 THAT WAS BASED ON YOUR ASSESSMENT. 01:17.779 --> 01:20.848 ASSESSMENT. THAT WAS ON MARCH 24th AND NOW 01:20.849 --> 01:21.582 THAT WAS ON MARCH 24th AND NOW YOU WON’T ELABORATE AT ALL AS TO 01:21.616 --> 01:23.484 YOU WON’T ELABORATE AT ALL AS TO HOW YOU REACHED THAT CONCLUSION? 01:23.485 --> 01:24.485 HOW YOU REACHED THAT CONCLUSION? YOU SAID IN YOUR -- 01:24.486 --> 01:25.720 YOU SAID IN YOUR -- >> IT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF A 01:25.754 --> 01:27.688 >> IT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING ME, 01:27.723 --> 01:30.191 NUMBER OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING ME, AND I OBVIOUSLY AM THE ATTORNEY 01:30.192 --> 01:30.558 AND I OBVIOUSLY AM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. 01:30.592 --> 01:33.093 GENERAL. IT WAS ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF 01:33.095 --> 01:33.860 IT WAS ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, ROD 01:33.862 --> 01:34.261 THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, ROD ROSENSTEIN. 01:34.262 --> 01:35.295 ROSENSTEIN. >> I UNDERSTAND. 01:35.297 --> 01:36.397 >> I UNDERSTAND. I READ YOUR LETTER. 01:36.398 --> 01:37.498 I READ YOUR LETTER. >> AND I WILL DISCUSS THAT 01:37.499 --> 01:39.400 >> AND I WILL DISCUSS THAT DECISION AFTER THE REPORT IS -- 01:39.401 --> 01:41.168 DECISION AFTER THE REPORT IS -- >> DID BOB MUELLER SUPPORT YOUR 01:41.169 --> 01:41.568 >> DID BOB MUELLER SUPPORT YOUR CONCLUSION? 01:41.570 --> 01:42.403 CONCLUSION? >> I DON’T KNOW WHETHER BOB 01:42.404 --> 01:44.705 >> I DON’T KNOW WHETHER BOB MUELLER SUPPORTED MY CONCLUSION. 01:44.740 --> 01:47.508 MUELLER SUPPORTED MY CONCLUSION. >> JOYCE AND THE PANEL ARE STILL 01:47.509 --> 01:47.808 >> JOYCE AND THE PANEL ARE STILL HERE. 01:47.809 --> 01:49.576 HERE. JOYCE, WHAT SENATOR VAN HOLLAND 01:49.611 --> 01:51.979 JOYCE, WHAT SENATOR VAN HOLLAND IS GETTING AT SEEMS TO BE THE 01:51.980 --> 01:53.414 IS GETTING AT SEEMS TO BE THE CENTRAL LOOMING QUESTION OF HOW 01:53.448 --> 01:56.017 CENTRAL LOOMING QUESTION OF HOW THE 22-MONTH SPECIAL COUNSEL 01:56.018 --> 01:58.319 THE 22-MONTH SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATION ENDED. 01:58.320 --> 02:00.721 INVESTIGATION ENDED. SO UP UNTIL WHATEVER POINT, 02:00.722 --> 02:02.590 SO UP UNTIL WHATEVER POINT, ROBERT MUELLER WAS INVESTIGATING 02:02.624 --> 02:04.592 ROBERT MUELLER WAS INVESTIGATING WHETHER OR NOT A CRIMINAL 02:04.593 --> 02:05.826 WHETHER OR NOT A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY COULD BE PROVEN 02:05.828 --> 02:07.928 CONSPIRACY COULD BE PROVEN AROUND THE RUSSIAN MEDDLING AND 02:07.930 --> 02:09.030 AROUND THE RUSSIAN MEDDLING AND WHETHER OR NOT THE OBSTRUCTION 02:09.031 --> 02:10.898 WHETHER OR NOT THE OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, MANY OF THE 02:10.900 --> 02:12.099 OF JUSTICE, MANY OF THE INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED, 02:12.100 --> 02:14.935 INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED, MUCH OF WHICH OCCURRED IN PLAIN 02:14.937 --> 02:17.438 MUCH OF WHICH OCCURRED IN PLAIN SIGHT WAS DONE WITH CRIMINAL 02:17.440 --> 02:17.839 SIGHT WAS DONE WITH CRIMINAL INTENT. 02:17.873 --> 02:19.440 INTENT. THAT INVESTIGATION INTO 02:19.442 --> 02:21.409 THAT INVESTIGATION INTO OBSTRUCTION ENDED WITH ROBERT 02:21.443 --> 02:24.345 OBSTRUCTION ENDED WITH ROBERT MUELLER SAYING, WE DO NOT 02:24.379 --> 02:28.983 MUELLER SAYING, WE DO NOT EXONERATE THE PRESIDENT. 02:29.018 --> 02:31.452 EXONERATE THE PRESIDENT. DAYS LATER, BARR, EXONERATES THE 02:31.487 --> 02:31.819 DAYS LATER, BARR, EXONERATES THE PRESIDENT. 02:31.854 --> 02:34.122 PRESIDENT. WHAT VAN HOLLAND IS ASKING SEEMS 02:34.123 --> 02:35.857 WHAT VAN HOLLAND IS ASKING SEEMS LIKE A LEGITIMATE BUCKET OF 02:35.891 --> 02:36.591 LIKE A LEGITIMATE BUCKET OF QUESTIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY 02:36.625 --> 02:37.458 QUESTIONS FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, NOT ROBERT MUELLER. 02:37.459 --> 02:39.527 GENERAL, NOT ROBERT MUELLER. WHY DID HE REACH THAT CONCLUSION 02:39.528 --> 02:40.562 WHY DID HE REACH THAT CONCLUSION WHEN MUELLER DID NOT. 02:40.596 --> 02:42.864 WHEN MUELLER DID NOT. >> YOU KNOW, IT’S SUCH A 02:42.865 --> 02:45.400 >> YOU KNOW, IT’S SUCH A LEGITIMATE QUESTION, AND I THINK 02:45.434 --> 02:47.535 LEGITIMATE QUESTION, AND I THINK IT WAS ELISE JORDAN WHO MADE THE 02:47.536 --> 02:49.337 IT WAS ELISE JORDAN WHO MADE THE POINT IT WAS A POLITICAL MASTER 02:49.338 --> 02:51.172 POINT IT WAS A POLITICAL MASTER STROKE, IT LET TRUMP OWN THE 02:51.173 --> 02:52.974 STROKE, IT LET TRUMP OWN THE NEWS CYCLE AND NOW THE ATTORNEY 02:53.008 --> 02:54.476 NEWS CYCLE AND NOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY REFUSING TO ANSWER 02:54.477 --> 02:56.345 GENERAL BY REFUSING TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS LET’S THAT 02:56.378 --> 02:57.378 THESE QUESTIONS LET’S THAT IMPRESSION LINGER FOR APPARENTLY 02:57.412 --> 02:59.580 IMPRESSION LINGER FOR APPARENTLY A COUPLE WEEKS THAT THERE WAS NO 02:59.582 --> 02:59.981 A COUPLE WEEKS THAT THERE WAS NO OBSTRUCTION. 02:59.982 --> 03:01.549 OBSTRUCTION. AND MAYBE WHEN WE SEE HIS FINAL 03:01.584 --> 03:03.585 AND MAYBE WHEN WE SEE HIS FINAL VERSION OF THE REDACTED REPORT 03:03.586 --> 03:05.186 VERSION OF THE REDACTED REPORT WE’LL ALL SHAKE OUR HEADS IN 03:05.188 --> 03:07.588 WE’LL ALL SHAKE OUR HEADS IN AGREEMENT AND SAY, SURE, IT’S 03:07.590 --> 03:09.291 AGREEMENT AND SAY, SURE, IT’S CLEAR THAT THE PRESIDENT DIDN’T 03:09.292 --> 03:09.858 CLEAR THAT THE PRESIDENT DIDN’T OBSTRUCT JUSTICE. 03:09.859 --> 03:12.360 OBSTRUCT JUSTICE. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT’S VERY 03:12.362 --> 03:12.760 BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT’S VERY UNLIKELY. 03:12.762 --> 03:15.397 UNLIKELY. WE’VE SEEN A TIP OF THE HAND 03:15.431 --> 03:17.466 WE’VE SEEN A TIP OF THE HAND FROM BARR THAT EVEN HE THINKS 03:17.500 --> 03:19.301 FROM BARR THAT EVEN HE THINKS THERE WILL BE SOME DEROGATORY 03:19.302 --> 03:20.202 THERE WILL BE SOME DEROGATORY INFORMATION RELATED TO THE 03:20.236 --> 03:22.471 INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PRESIDENT IN THAT REPORT AND WE 03:22.505 --> 03:24.005 PRESIDENT IN THAT REPORT AND WE KNOW THAT THAT FIRST IMPRESSION 03:24.040 --> 03:26.474 KNOW THAT THAT FIRST IMPRESSION THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE LEFT WITH 03:26.509 --> 03:28.109 THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE LEFT WITH WILL CONTINUE FORWARD. 03:28.111 --> 03:29.811 WILL CONTINUE FORWARD. SO HIS WHOLE DECISION-MAKING 03:29.812 --> 03:31.479 SO HIS WHOLE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS HERE AND THE WAY HE’S 03:31.481 --> 03:34.015 PROCESS HERE AND THE WAY HE’S ACTED LOOKS, AT BEST, 03:34.017 --> 03:34.416 ACTED LOOKS, AT BEST, IRRESPONSIBLE. 03:34.450 --> 03:36.285 IRRESPONSIBLE. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT TINFOIL HATS 03:36.319 --> 03:37.886 >> YOU TALKED ABOUT TINFOIL HATS YOU DON’T HAVE TO WEAR ONE TO 03:37.887 --> 03:40.389 YOU DON’T HAVE TO WEAR ONE TO THINK THE 18-PAGE MEMO ON 03:40.390 --> 03:42.491 THINK THE 18-PAGE MEMO ON OBSTRUCTION WAS THE DOT THAT GOT 03:42.492 --> 03:44.026 OBSTRUCTION WAS THE DOT THAT GOT CONNECTED TO WHAT JOYCE SAID. 03:44.060 --> 03:47.596 CONNECTED TO WHAT JOYCE SAID. THE REPORT WAS LIKELY GOING TO 03:47.630 --> 03:48.030 THE REPORT WAS LIKELY GOING TO LOOK TERRIBLE. 03:48.064 --> 03:48.764 LOOK TERRIBLE. DONALD TRUMP’S CONDUCT WHETHER 03:48.798 --> 03:50.232 DONALD TRUMP’S CONDUCT WHETHER IT CROSSED THE LINE TO 03:50.233 --> 03:52.734 IT CROSSED THE LINE TO CRIMINALITY OR NOT IS CERTAINLY 03:52.736 --> 03:54.703 CRIMINALITY OR NOT IS CERTAINLY UNBECOMING OF A COMMANDER IN 03:54.704 --> 03:55.037 UNBECOMING OF A COMMANDER IN CHIEF. 03:55.038 --> 03:57.806 CHIEF. >> LET’S GIVE BILL BARR CREDIT, 03:57.807 --> 04:01.410 >> LET’S GIVE BILL BARR CREDIT, IF HE WROTE AN 18-PAGE JOB 04:01.411 --> 04:02.611 IF HE WROTE AN 18-PAGE JOB APPLICATION TO DONALD TRUMP IT’S 04:02.612 --> 04:04.847 APPLICATION TO DONALD TRUMP IT’S THE LONGEST ONE THAT DONALD 04:04.881 --> 04:06.615 THE LONGEST ONE THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS READ IN HIS LIFE. 04:06.649 --> 04:08.250 TRUMP HAS READ IN HIS LIFE. >> WE KNOW HE DIDN’T READ IT. 04:08.284 --> 04:10.886 >> WE KNOW HE DIDN’T READ IT. >> I KNOW. 04:10.920 --> 04:12.053 >> I KNOW. BUT IT WAS THE WORST KIND OF 04:12.055 --> 04:12.454 BUT IT WAS THE WORST KIND OF JUSTICE. 04:12.489 --> 04:19.828 JUSTICE. ALICE IN WONDER LAND. 04:19.863 --> 04:22.231 ALICE IN WONDER LAND. HE GOT THE JOB, WROTE THE 04:22.232 --> 04:24.166 HE GOT THE JOB, WROTE THE REPORT, AND NOW HE CAN’T DEFEND 04:24.167 --> 04:26.368 REPORT, AND NOW HE CAN’T DEFEND IT BECAUSE IT’S BASED ON A MEMO 04:26.369 --> 04:27.970 IT BECAUSE IT’S BASED ON A MEMO HE WROTE BEFORE HE GOT THE 04:27.971 --> 04:28.470 HE WROTE BEFORE HE GOT THE REPORT. 04:28.472 --> 04:30.472 REPORT. HE’S DONE A GREAT DISSERVICE TO 04:30.506 --> 04:32.074 HE’S DONE A GREAT DISSERVICE TO THE JUSTICE AND THE IDEA THERE 04:32.075 --> 04:35.177 THE JUSTICE AND THE IDEA THERE COULD BE SOME KIND OF SPECIAL 04:35.178 --> 04:35.878 COULD BE SOME KIND OF SPECIAL COUNSEL THAT WOULD HAVE SOME 04:35.879 --> 04:36.512 COUNSEL THAT WOULD HAVE SOME INDEPENDENCE INSIDE THE 04:36.546 --> 04:38.447 INDEPENDENCE INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT IF THE AG CAN COME IN 04:38.448 --> 04:40.983 DEPARTMENT IF THE AG CAN COME IN AND PREDECIDE IT AND PUT HIS 04:40.984 --> 04:43.586 AND PREDECIDE IT AND PUT HIS GLOSS IN SUCH A FORCEFUL WAY ON 04:43.587 --> 04:44.987 GLOSS IN SUCH A FORCEFUL WAY ON WHAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL WROTE. 04:45.022 --> 04:46.489 WHAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL WROTE. >> THE PIECE THAT DOESN’T MAKE 04:46.490 --> 04:51.260 >> THE PIECE THAT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE TO ME IS, WHY DID ROBERT 04:51.294 --> 04:53.595 SENSE TO ME IS, WHY DID ROBERT MUELLER LET HIS TEAM’S WORK LAND 04:53.597 --> 04:54.864 MUELLER LET HIS TEAM’S WORK LAND IN BARR’S LAP? 04:54.865 --> 04:57.199 IN BARR’S LAP? WHY DID HE HAND OVER THAT THING 04:57.234 --> 05:01.937 WHY DID HE HAND OVER THAT THING THAT WAS VIEWED AS PRECIOUS AND 05:01.972 --> 05:03.105 THAT WAS VIEWED AS PRECIOUS AND IMPEACHABLE, WHY DID HE GIVE IT 05:03.140 --> 05:04.340 IMPEACHABLE, WHY DID HE GIVE IT TO BARR? 05:04.374 --> 05:06.609 TO BARR? >> THAT’S WHAT THE REGULATIONS 05:06.643 --> 05:06.943 >> THAT’S WHAT THE REGULATIONS REQUIRE. 05:06.977 --> 05:09.512 REQUIRE. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGS SAY THE 05:09.546 --> 05:10.847 THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGS SAY THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IS SUPPOSED TO 05:10.881 --> 05:13.182 SPECIAL COUNSEL IS SUPPOSED TO DELIVER HIS REPORT IN A 05:13.183 --> 05:13.883 DELIVER HIS REPORT IN A CONFIDENTIAL FASHION TO THE 05:13.884 --> 05:14.617 CONFIDENTIAL FASHION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THEN THE 05:14.618 --> 05:15.785 ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS THE ONE THAT 05:15.786 --> 05:17.119 ATTORNEY GENERAL IS THE ONE THAT MAKES THE HAND OFF TO CONGRESS 05:17.154 --> 05:17.620 MAKES THE HAND OFF TO CONGRESS AND PUBLIC. 05:17.621 --> 05:19.655 AND PUBLIC. I THINK THE QUESTION IS HOW LONG 05:19.690 --> 05:21.924 I THINK THE QUESTION IS HOW LONG DOES MUELLER’S SILENCE HOLD UP? 05:21.959 --> 05:23.492 DOES MUELLER’S SILENCE HOLD UP? WE’VE SEEN SOME FRAYING WITH 05:23.527 --> 05:24.827 WE’VE SEEN SOME FRAYING WITH MEMBERS OF THE TEAM COMING 05:24.828 --> 05:26.429 MEMBERS OF THE TEAM COMING FORWARD TO SAY YOU KNOW WHAT 05:26.430 --> 05:28.598 FORWARD TO SAY YOU KNOW WHAT BARR IS SAYING IS NOT EXACTLY 05:28.599 --> 05:29.799 BARR IS SAYING IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT OUR REPORT CONCLUDED. 05:29.800 --> 05:31.734 WHAT OUR REPORT CONCLUDED. AND AT SOME POINT WE’LL HEAR 05:31.735 --> 05:32.735 AND AT SOME POINT WE’LL HEAR FROM MUELLER HIMSELF TESTIFYING 05:32.736 --> 05:34.904 FROM MUELLER HIMSELF TESTIFYING ON THE HILL AND WE’LL FIND OUT 05:34.905 --> 05:36.005 ON THE HILL AND WE’LL FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT HE AGREES WITH 05:36.006 --> 05:36.839 WHETHER OR NOT HE AGREES WITH WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS 05:36.874 --> 05:37.540 WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS DONE OR WHETHER HE HAS SOME 05:37.541 --> 05:40.309 DONE OR WHETHER HE HAS SOME DISAGREEMENT. 05:40.344 --> 05:42.545 DISAGREEMENT. >> SO I REMEMBER WHEN CHRIS 05:42.546 --> 05:44.948 >> SO I REMEMBER WHEN CHRIS CHRISTIE WAS ON TV TRYING TO 05:44.982 --> 05:47.850 CHRISTIE WAS ON TV TRYING TO DEFEND MATT WHITAKERS 05:47.852 --> 05:49.352 DEFEND MATT WHITAKERS UNCELEBRATED TENURE, WHICH AT 05:49.353 --> 05:51.988 UNCELEBRATED TENURE, WHICH AT THIS POINT DOESN’T LOOK AS BAD 05:52.022 --> 05:53.356 THIS POINT DOESN’T LOOK AS BAD AS IT DID AT THE TIME. 05:53.390 --> 05:55.825 AS IT DID AT THE TIME. HE SAID MAYBE HE’S THERE TO LAND 05:55.860 --> 06:00.663 HE SAID MAYBE HE’S THERE TO LAND THE PLANE, THE MUELLER REPORT. 06:00.665 --> 06:01.364 THE PLANE, THE MUELLER REPORT. >> WHO IF ANYONE OUTSIDE THE 06:01.365 --> 06:02.065 >> WHO IF ANYONE OUTSIDE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN 06:02.066 --> 06:03.266 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN PORTIONS OR ALL OF THE SPECIAL 06:03.301 --> 06:04.200 PORTIONS OR ALL OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S REPORT? 06:04.235 --> 06:05.435 COUNSEL’S REPORT? HAS ANYONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE 06:05.436 --> 06:06.469 HAS ANYONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE SEEN ANY OF THE REPORT? 06:06.470 --> 06:08.671 SEEN ANY OF THE REPORT? >> I’M NOT GOING TO -- AS I SAY, 06:08.673 --> 06:10.540 >> I’M NOT GOING TO -- AS I SAY, I’M LANDING THE PLANE RIGHT NOW 06:10.542 --> 06:12.942 I’M LANDING THE PLANE RIGHT NOW AND I’VE BEEN WILLING TO DISCUSS 06:12.943 --> 06:16.078 AND I’VE BEEN WILLING TO DISCUSS MY -- MY LETTERS AND THE PROCESS 06:16.080 --> 06:18.748 MY -- MY LETTERS AND THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD, BUT THE REPORT’S 06:18.749 --> 06:21.050 GOING FORWARD, BUT THE REPORT’S GOING TO BE OUT NEXT WEEK AND 06:21.052 --> 06:22.786 GOING TO BE OUT NEXT WEEK AND I’M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE 06:22.787 --> 06:24.588 I’M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE PROCESS UNTIL THE 06:24.622 --> 06:27.791 DETAILS OF THE PROCESS UNTIL THE PLANE’S ON THE GROUND. 06:27.792 --> 06:31.194 PLANE’S ON THE GROUND. >> HE’S LANDING THE PLANE 06:31.195 --> 06:32.529 >> HE’S LANDING THE PLANE ACCORDING TO THE BOOK HE GOT 06:32.563 --> 06:34.364 ACCORDING TO THE BOOK HE GOT BEFORE IT TOOK OFF, YOU KNOW. 06:34.365 --> 06:36.199 BEFORE IT TOOK OFF, YOU KNOW. >> YOU CAN’T MAKE IT UP. 06:36.234 --> 06:37.867 >> YOU CAN’T MAKE IT UP. WHAT? 06:37.902 --> 06:38.401 WHAT? WHAT? 06:38.403 --> 06:41.471 WHAT? >> THIS WAS A CLASSIC CASE OF 06:41.472 --> 06:44.007 >> THIS WAS A CLASSIC CASE OF TOTAL OBVIEW SKAGS, AND I’M 06:44.008 --> 06:46.710 TOTAL OBVIEW SKAGS, AND I’M GOING TO SIT HERE LIKE A POTTED 06:46.744 --> 06:48.946 GOING TO SIT HERE LIKE A POTTED PLANT THAT JUST -- SAY WHAT I 06:48.980 --> 06:51.281 PLANT THAT JUST -- SAY WHAT I BARELY NEED TO SAY. 06:51.282 --> 06:54.017 BARELY NEED TO SAY. >> I TALKED TO THREE FORMER 06:54.018 --> 06:55.519 >> I TALKED TO THREE FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISERS WHO 06:55.553 --> 06:57.254 NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISERS WHO SAID THIS IS A YES OR NO 06:57.288 --> 06:57.621 SAID THIS IS A YES OR NO QUESTION. 06:57.655 --> 06:59.389 QUESTION. DID YOU TALK TO THE WHITE HOUSE, 06:59.424 --> 07:00.824 DID YOU TALK TO THE WHITE HOUSE, YES, I TALKED TO THE WHITE 07:00.859 --> 07:01.191 YES, I TALKED TO THE WHITE HOUSE. 07:01.226 --> 07:02.526 HOUSE. I TOLD THEM EVERYTHING. 07:02.561 --> 07:03.293 I TOLD THEM EVERYTHING. NEXT QUESTION. 07:03.328 --> 07:04.728 NEXT QUESTION. WHY DON’T THEY OWN THEIR 07:04.763 --> 07:05.062 WHY DON’T THEY OWN THEIR CONDUCT? 07:05.096 --> 07:06.129 CONDUCT? >> BECAUSE THE NEXT ROUND OF 07:06.164 --> 07:08.732 >> BECAUSE THE NEXT ROUND OF THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE NOT 07:08.733 --> 07:09.800 THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE NOT OWNING THAT CONDUCT. 07:09.834 --> 07:11.535 OWNING THAT CONDUCT. HE SAID I’M NOT GOING TO SAY 07:11.536 --> 07:13.704 HE SAID I’M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING UNTIL THE REPORT IS 07:13.705 --> 07:13.937 ANYTHING UNTIL THE REPORT IS OUT. 07:13.972 --> 07:14.738 OUT. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE’S GOING TO 07:14.739 --> 07:18.242 WHAT DO YOU THINK HE’S GOING TO SAY WHEN HE’S HAULED BACK BEFORE 07:18.243 --> 07:20.044 SAY WHEN HE’S HAULED BACK BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO ANSWER THE 07:20.045 --> 07:21.913 THE COMMITTEE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS HE WON’T ANSWER TODAY? 07:21.946 --> 07:25.149 QUESTIONS HE WON’T ANSWER TODAY? IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER EXCUSE. 07:25.183 --> 07:28.019 IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER EXCUSE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT ADDRESSING THE 07:28.053 --> 07:28.752 THIS IS NOT ABOUT ADDRESSING THE MUELLER REPORT, IT’S ABOUT 07:28.787 --> 07:30.220 MUELLER REPORT, IT’S ABOUT MAKING SURE PEOPLE DON’T LATCH 07:30.255 --> 07:32.022 MAKING SURE PEOPLE DON’T LATCH ONTO IT AND RUN WITH IT IN A WAY 07:32.023 --> 07:33.724 ONTO IT AND RUN WITH IT IN A WAY THAT’S NOT IN THE PRESIDENT’S 07:33.725 --> 07:34.058 THAT’S NOT IN THE PRESIDENT’S INTEREST. 07:34.092 --> 07:35.759 INTEREST. SO LANDING THAT PLANE MEANS I’M 07:35.761 --> 07:37.694 SO LANDING THAT PLANE MEANS I’M NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO LAND ON 07:37.729 --> 07:40.865 NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO LAND ON YOUR RUNWAY, I’M GOING TO LAND 07:40.899 --> 07:42.633 YOUR RUNWAY, I’M GOING TO LAND ON TRUMP’S RUNWAY. 07:42.667 --> 07:43.867 ON TRUMP’S RUNWAY. THAT’S WHAT HE’S DOING. 07:43.869 --> 07:46.637 THAT’S WHAT HE’S DOING. >> WE HAVEN’T SEEN THE REPORT, 07:46.638 --> 07:48.372 >> WE HAVEN’T SEEN THE REPORT, MAYBE ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR WILL 07:48.373 --> 07:49.540 MAYBE ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR WILL INCLUDE ALL THE INFORMATION, 07:49.541 --> 07:51.242 INCLUDE ALL THE INFORMATION, MAYBE EXCEED OUR EXPECTATIONS. 07:51.243 --> 07:54.178 MAYBE EXCEED OUR EXPECTATIONS. BUT HE HAD A PERCEPTION PROBLEM 07:54.179 --> 07:55.579 BUT HE HAD A PERCEPTION PROBLEM GOING INTO HIS TWO DAYS OF 07:55.614 --> 07:56.613 GOING INTO HIS TWO DAYS OF TESTIMONY, AND I DIDN’T SEE 07:56.648 --> 07:58.382 TESTIMONY, AND I DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING HE DID TO FIX HIS 07:58.383 --> 07:59.350 ANYTHING HE DID TO FIX HIS PERCEPTION PROBLEM. 07:59.351 --> 08:00.284 PERCEPTION PROBLEM. DID YOU? 08:00.285 --> 08:01.085 DID YOU? >> NO. 08:01.086 --> 08:02.286 >> NO. HE REALLY DIDN’T DO IT. 08:02.287 --> 08:03.888 HE REALLY DIDN’T DO IT. YOU KEEP HOPING HE WILL, AND 08:03.922 --> 08:05.990 YOU KEEP HOPING HE WILL, AND THEN HE GETS THESE EASY 08:05.991 --> 08:06.357 THEN HE GETS THESE EASY QUESTIONS. 08:06.391 --> 08:09.159 QUESTIONS. DID YOU SHARE THIS WITH THE 08:09.161 --> 08:09.560 DID YOU SHARE THIS WITH THE WHITE HOUSE? 08:09.561 --> 08:11.562 WHITE HOUSE? AND HE CAN’T GIVE YOU A YES OR 08:11.563 --> 08:12.563 AND HE CAN’T GIVE YOU A YES OR NO SORT OF ANSWER. 08:12.564 --> 08:13.798 NO SORT OF ANSWER. IT CONTINUES TO DAMAGE HIM. 08:13.799 --> 08:16.200 IT CONTINUES TO DAMAGE HIM. I THINK WE’LL ALL HOLD OUT HOPE 08:16.201 --> 08:17.602 I THINK WE’LL ALL HOLD OUT HOPE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES FOR US 08:17.636 --> 08:19.671 FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES FOR US TO GET THE REPORT, THAT WHEN WE 08:19.705 --> 08:22.106 TO GET THE REPORT, THAT WHEN WE SEE IT, WE’LL READ IT AND GET A 08:22.141 --> 08:23.808 SEE IT, WE’LL READ IT AND GET A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT THE 08:23.809 --> 08:24.509 CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION PUT 08:24.510 --> 08:24.876 MUELLER INVESTIGATION PUT TOGETHER. 08:24.910 --> 08:30.415 TOGETHER. BUT IF THAT REPORT IS DEFISHCIEN 08:30.416 --> 08:33.718 BUT IF THAT REPORT IS DEFISHCIEN IF THEY HIDE BEHIND GRAND JURY, 08:33.719 --> 08:34.619 IF THEY HIDE BEHIND GRAND JURY, AND THIRD PARTY REPUTATION, THEN