william barr is about to make that announcement early next week and to receive a report on the special counsel's findings. sources are also saying the attorney general plans to submit a summary of the report to congress soon after the investigation ends. but exactly what information he'll send to capitol hill is unclear. in his confirmation hearings, bill barr testified he would be as transparent as possible with congress and the american public, but in his words, "consistent with the rules and the law." i want to get right to it now. shimon prokupecz is here. you said it's going to wrap up soon. what do we know about the timing and what we may or may not see? >> you make a good point that current attorney general william barr says he will stick to the regulations of the department of

bush, william barr served in that capacity. today we are watching history be made as he is up for the job for a second time. we will report the news when it becomes official. former acting fbi director andrew mccabe is telling "60 minutes" that he ordered an obstruction of justice investigation into the presiden president. mccabe said he did it to protect the russian investigation after the firing of james comey. he also told cbs news there were meetings of the justice department to discuss whether the vice president and cabinet could move the president under the 25th amendment. president trump reacting on twitter. "disgraced fbi acting director andrew mccabe pretends to be a poor little angel, when in fact he was a big part of the cricket hillary clinton scandal and the russian hoax. a puppet for leakin' james comey." catherine herridge with the details in washington. >> thank you, harris, and good afternoon. fox news first reported in october that former fbi council james baker told house investigators that mccabe said deputy

the question is what does william barr then do with it? how does the process work. you lay out seven possibilities. number one, mueller gives barr a simple letter saying who he's charging and who he's not. number three is a detailed narrative, a novel, as it were, of what happened here. how do you think mueller is choosing how to make this decision? >> well, most people when they hear the phrase mueller report think of what the 9/11 commission did or what ken starr did which is publish a heavily footnoted full novel. it's worth noting how much mueller has been filing in these court documents so far. the so-called speaking indictments where he's speaking not through the press, not through ancillary materials, but through the actual indictments and court filings and guilty pleas he's filing with the court along the way. i think we are most likely to see that mueller chooses a vehicle like that to make public what he needs to make public or what he feels he needs to make public. that's something he has total control over. anything that he hands over to william barr as

announcer: this week, the senate voted to confirm william barr to be the next attorney general. several members spoke foreign against his nomination. diane feinstein and chuck grassley shared their thoughts about mr. barr's nomination on the senate floor. the senator from california. >> i want to thank the leader for his comments and i would like to say the democrats on the judiciary committee agree with him and on their behalf would like to make the following comments. mr. president, last week the judiciary committee voted on the nomination of william barr to attorney general of the united states. democrats voted against the nomination and there are reasons. there is no question that mister qualified -- mr. barr is qualified. he previously served as the attorney general 1991 through 1983 and has had a long legal career. but the question is if he is the right choice to lead the justice department at this time with this president where there are currently several active investigations that implicate this president and his campaign and his advisers for his inner -- and were -- and

it is the president's expressed public statement that this is william barr's decision. he's a trump appointee, asked extensively about this during his confirmation hearing, about the plan of providing it to the -- considering a transparency, is maybe a better way to say it. and there would be limitations within that report, we expect, with grand jury information and other that i think so may be redacted. but we don't yet know how they are crafting the official response. important to note, katie, the president is expected to be out of the country next week for the vietnam summit, hosted by vietnam with north korea's kim jong-un. katy? >> and news does seem to always break when the president's out of town. there's that little piece of knowledge that we've learned over the years. >> we have lived that, yes. >> so what the -- one of the other big questions is, what is this report possibly going to contain? and we've gotten some clues, all of us, from the indictments, the speaking indictments, as they're referred to, colloquially, about what has been going on behind the scen

let's turn to william barr. >> sure. lou: we haved had what seems to me to be an outright confession on the part of andrew andrew mccabe of his crimes against the country. do you believe barr has the stomach and the principle to go after these people who so obviously conspired to overthrow a sitting president? >> you know, i think he does. all he has to do is contrast his prior stints at the justice department, particularly as the attorney general, one of highly ethical, very professional behavior. i mean, contrast that with eric holder who politicized the department to the extent never seen before. and i think he's going to be, william barr's going to be very concerned about possible prior abusive behavior by fbi officials. i just find it absolutely shocking that the number two person at the fbi would so not understand his role, that he would think that he has the ability to try to invoke the 25th amendment against the president? that is just crazy. lou: he didn't care about the law. he didn't understand the law or the

what happens if william barr authorizes little or nothing of this report? >> you'll see congress go crazy. they'll try to usurp his power. they will do anything possible to get their hands on that report. transparency is in everybody's interest. everybody should want this report to come out as fully as possible. does national security and classified information need to be redacted out? sure. but if we get into further game playing, taking out what i think are weak claims of executive privileged information, if we start taking out grand jury materials, and there are ways you can disclose that, we're going to have an incomplete report and nobody will be satisfied. no matter what side of the aisle you're on, no matter what your view is, everybody should want to see all the facts. the other thing that jumped out at me is i hope william barr does not get engaged in the circular reasoning as follows. it prohibits indicting a sitting president, and we also have this policy we don't put out derogatory information of people who are to be indicted. if that happens, y

k william barr says we don't release information on people who aren't charged with crimes. if he can't be charged way crime, how is anyone to know if there is anything perhaps that is untoward that the president? that's a real problem here, nia, and one that congress may need to get involved in. >> and they're already signaling at least the house democrats on the judiciary committee signaling they are interested in subpoenaing the report as well as possibly bob mueller. he'd be a private citizen. at some point they could issue a subpoena. whether he could comply is a whole different issue. but they feel like, this is jerry nadler who's the chairman of the house judiciary, he's essentially said the public has a right to know. wou you could tell after the bob barr hearing they didn't trust him. here he is this new attorney general that's going to be balancing not only these doj regulations but being in this new position with the president who values loyalty. bob barr is somebody who wants to exercise his independence but also has to keep in mind those two factors. so we'll se

what happens if william barr authorizes little or nothing of this report? >> you'll see congress go crazy. house democrats will take out subpoena power. everything they can. adam schiff will do everything possible to get their hand on the report. i think a couple things are important. transparency is in everybody's interest. everybody should want this report to come out as fully as possible. does national security and classified information need to be redacted? sure. if we get into further game playing. taking out weak claims of executive privilege information. and grand jury material. there's ways to disclose that. we'll have a incomplete report and nobody will be satisfied. no matter what your view is. everybody should want to see the facts. i hope that william bar doesn't get engaged in the reasoning. policy prohibits advises against indicting a sitting president. we have the policy that we don't put out the wrong information about people who are to be indicted. this report needs to be straight on factual. whether it's good information or bad information

tomorrow morning is going to be the final confirmation vote on william barr. william barr, who was chosen by trump for the job and who will overtly make no commitment that mueller's ultimate findings will be made available to congress let alone to the public. mueller thus far seems to be batting a thousand in all of the cases brought in association with this scandal, but in some of these cases and in the manafort case in particular as of tonight, that means these prosecutions are pushing this to the place where it ends for everybody involved, central matters a the heart of the investigation with the cases coming to the end, the defendants having lost in every way and in ways that put their free life in question. will the justice department, will the special counsel's office be allowed to see this all the way through to the end? will they be allowed to run through the tape? because in at least one of these central cases, we're there. the acting attorney general matt whitaker was just told by the house judiciary committee tonight that they believe he may have li

let me tell you what i would be doing if i were william barr. i would be trying to make sure that robert mueller is fully on board with what i do. if there is daylight between them, this is going to be a world of trouble for the administration, for the president, for the department of justice. so i think whatever he's going to do, that needs to be taken into account. the other thing i will say is i have -- i don't obviously have any basis to dispute the reporting. but i think in light of the recent developments, including for example the report that the roger stone indictment which raised as many questions as it answered, was directed by a senior official of the campaign to reach out to wikileaks about getting in touch and finding what else they were going to reveal. wikileaks of course was acting as an agent of russia in that undertaking. it's hard for me to believe that all of the questions will be answered next week. i'm not suggesting that they are not going to close down some of this or resolve some of the important questions. but it's hard

william barr is now in charge. he's now the one overseeing all of these investigations and not just robert mueller but also sdny. >> yeah, he's in charge and as ken says, the regulatory scheme as you look closely provides for the only bare bone reports of congress. that's what it requires. he has said that he's going to earn as much as possible on the side of transparency and i think we can believe that. i think there will be practical forces, almost overwhelming practical forces to push out whatever the mueller report is. with this major exception, the grand jury information and the classified information both of which are very big chunks of this investigation may in fact be shielded from viewers at least for the short term. the requirements of the scheme, you will see bar goes further and figure out a way to do it without violating the rags. that's my best guess. >> is the white house preparing for what they'll do when this report is given to william barr? >> they're taking a few steps here. barr obviously was ju

tomorrow morning is going to be the final confirmation vote on william barr. william barr, who was chosen by trump for the job and who will overtly make no commitment that mueller's ultimate findings will be made available to congress let alone to the public. mueller thus far seems to be batting .1000 in all of the cases brought in association with this scandal, but in some of these cases and in the manafort case in particular as of tonight, that means these prosecutions are pushing this to the place where it ends for everybody involved, central matters a the heart of the investigation with the cases coming to the end, the defendants having lost in every way and in ways that put their free life in question. will the justice department, will the special counsel's office be allowed to see this all the way through to the end? will they be allowed to run through the tape? because in at least one of these central cases, we're there. the acting attorney general matt whitaker was just told by the house judiciary committee tonight that they believe he may have lied un

barr, he says it will be totally up to william barr to determine whether or not that report is released to congress in full and then to the public. >> well, we deserve to see that report. there is been a great deal of time and effort dedicated to bob mueller and individuals who cut square corners. we can be certain this is an objective and what we need to know is what his findings were. we hope that bill barr will find a way to make sure we get to see as much as lawfully allowed and congress passes a bill to share the information. >> so in terms of the construction conversation, tom, we were having a moment ago and all of the potential evidence that has a shown way of which the president could obstruct justice. let's look in particular, there is new revelation from the "time." to put somebody in charge of those investigations that he saw as an ally. >> this is not criticizing the new york time report but criticizing the process they could have occurred. the idea of jeff berman unrecusing himself does not make sense. it is something that never happens. it is kind of laughable. he was rec

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william barr is a good person. he has distinguished credentials. he served this country ably in other positions, but i am deeply disappointed that he has refused to commit to transparency when it comes to the special counsel, and that's the reason why i think the special counsel transparency, though, is all the more important, and essential. i asked him in this room and i asked him in my office, whether he would commit to make public the findings and evidence of the special counsel, and he cited rules and regulations. those rules and regulations give him near complete discretion. we all know it. if there is no indictment and there is no public disclosure, there will be, in effect, a coverup of the special counsel's findings and evidence. the american people deserve to see that report. they paid for it. they deserve to see everything that's in it, and i am even more disappointed in the response that william barr gave me when i asked him whether he would permit robert mueller to testify before congress. he refused to answer that question, in effect.

so mueller gives it to -- it will be william barr as of later this week. we don't know if it will include political wrongdoing that may be illegal, but it is up to william barr what to do with it. he has to inform congress what he's seen but doesn't have to hand over the report. >> there is another model we saw during watergate which most people don't realize where the special prosecutor in watergate turned over to congress or was prepared to turn over to congress before nixon's resig nation something that was more of an annotated index of evidence, exhibits, grand jury testimony pointing to possible crimes and violations. >> shimon, i am perplexed by how michael cohen keeps skipping out on congressional testimony again and again. i'm not sure we are getting a good expra nation f pra nagpr p. he says illness, health. some wonder if it's because the mueller report might be coming out or handed over to william barr. do you have a sense if the timing of the conclusion of the investigation is weighing on cohen's actions? >> it could be. a good indication would

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attorney general william barr begins his first full day on the job this morning. he was officially sworn in thursday and now oversees the mueller investigation. it comes amid explosive new claims from the russia probe. the former acting director of the fbi is shedding a harsh light on president trump in days after the firing of james comey. >> the day after president trump fired fbi director james comey, the man that took over as acting fbi director, andrew mccabe opened an investigation into whether it amounted to obstruction of justice. that's according to his new book, the threat, coming out next week. he tells 60 minutes he wanted to be sure any investigations involving the president would keep going no matter what. >> i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case fashion that were i removed quickly or reassigned or fired that the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace. >> mccabe says the president deliberately lies to get what he wants and could never pass a lie detector test at the fbi training center. if he were on the

house staffer to proclaim william barr starting as ag says william will be gone. as william barr took the reigns for his first day today, this is what prosecutors in robert mueller's office told a federal judge tonight who is starting the sentencing process for president trump's campaign chairman paul j manafort. this is what they told the judge. the united states of america by and threw special counsel robert s. mueller files this submission to address the sentencing of paul j manafort junior. as an initial matter, the government agrees with the guidelines and presentence investigation report. and it's calculations of the total offense level as 38. with a corresponding range of imprisonment of 235 to 293 months. that's 19.5 years to 24.5 years in prison. a fine range of $50,000 to $24.4 million. restitution in the amount of $24.8 million. and forfeit. and tax fraud, bank fraud and failing to file a bank account report and manafort was a direct beneficiary of each offense and while some of these offenses are commonly prosecuted, there was nothing ordinary about th

a democrat there saying that he will vote to confirm william barr. so matthew whitaker is about to be out of that temporary acting ag job. i don't know if that then puts this in a different light. just her a quick thought and will move on. >> i'm glad you raised this issue, because one of the questions is whether the nominee for the attorney general, william barr, would be confirmed in time that it would negate or cancel, if you will come of the need to have matthew whitaker come on the hill on the house side and publicly testify. the timing has not worked out. we just, in the last few minutes -- i was in the committee hearing room on the senate side -- they had voted barr out of the committee. so we expect a confirmation vote as early as next week. but that doesn't make the whitaker appearance tomorrow moot. democrats would argue that even the more important to get him on the hill and in the seat and answering their questions. >> harris: albright, catherine herridge -- you were just outside the door there so we will let you go. please come back at t

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it goes to william barr and there is a dispute as to whether william barr has any obligation to do anything except inform the committees that there is a report and that it's been delivered. >> everything is pure speculation at this time in terms of when the report is going to be issued, what it's going to look like. people refer to that it's going to be a concise report. but it could be 50 pages or more, which would be a concise summary of a very complex two-year investigation. and also mr. barr is not bound by any law. these are department of justice policies and regulations that he can change. and so i do think that he's going to have some options. bob mueller has options as well. he could decide to do what we did at the end of the obama administration, with our intelligence community assessment on russia. we developed two versions, a top secret version and an unclassified version that could be released publicly, making sure that the conclusions were going to be the same. so i don't know whether or not the special counsel's team is going to try to make things a bit easier for mr. barr, ma

so william barr knows that's what he was hired to do. the old guy left because he wouldn't do this thing, then you were hired. clearly, you were hired to do this thing. if that's what's happening, if barr is shutting it down, because that's what he was brought on to do, now's the time when all that doomsday planning about preserving the evidence, preserving the intelligence, protecting the investigations, making sure the cases survive, now's the time when all that doomsday planning is going to prove its worth. it could be neither of those, though. it could also be that robert mueller and his team and the special counsel's office, they're wrapping this up on their own time. in some way that makes sense within the four corners of their investigation and they're remit and they're not being pressured, and it is just a coincidence this is happening less than a week after this new attorney general took over. could be. whichever it is, i got to say what does this tell us about all these ongoing criminal cases? i mean, so far of all the criminal

now, we do know that william barr got the job of attorney general after sending an unsolicited 19-page memo to the white house as describing the mueller investigation as fatally misconceived. at this moment, at this sort of pivotal moment, i think sort of -- i think it is helpful for framing here in that it is pits d presidents' day, right? focus. at this pivotal moment there's an element that is one thing to watch and it has just started happening. that story is next. stay with us. that story is next stay with us one serving... ...once a day... >>> t"the rachel maddow show" i sponsored by -- >>> t"the rachel sponsored by - okay, paint a picture for me. uh, well, this will be the kitchen. and we'd like to put a fire pit out there, and a dock with a boat, maybe. why haven't you started building? well, tyler's off to college... and mom's getting older... and eventually we would like to retire. yeah, it's a lot. but td ameritrade can help you build a plan for today and tomorrow. great. can you help us pour the foundation too? i think you want a house near the lake, not in it. come with a

william barr has been our ag before. some democrats, not a lot, but some voted for him for his confirmation. when all is said and done, if those things don't exist -- collusion and of those other things. collusion is not a crime. conspiracy. if those things don't exist, will democrats move on? with a let it go? >> katie: to that point, democrats need to be dumpling the possible results of the mueller investigation in case they don't get what they want, which is now they are now launching all their own and in discussions. >> morgan: i will just take him to keep this in mind -- and re-knows this because we both have worked in the government and intelligence community -- this is a counterintelligence investigation. the caveat to releasing the full report is there may be some things that will be disclosed because it will reveal sources. lip to keep keep that in mind. the audience that matters the most here is not the house, not the american people. it senate republicans. senate republicans are the ones who are ultimately goi

so william barr knows that's what he was hired to do. the old guy left because he wouldn't do this thing, then you were hired. clearly, you were hired to do this thing. if that's what's happening, if barr is shutting it down, because that's what he was brought on to do, now's the time when all that doomsday planning about preserving the evidence, preserving the intelligence, protecting the investigations, making sure the cases survive, now's the time when all that doomsday planning is going to prove its worth. it could be neither of those, though. it could also be that robert mueller and his team and the special counsel's office, they're wrapping this up on their own time. in some way that makes sense within the four corners of their investigation and they're remit and they're not being pressured, and it is just a coincidence this is happening less than a week after this new attorney general took over. could be. whichever it is, i got to say what does this tell us about all these ongoing criminal cases? i mean so far of all the criminal

we need william barr in place. we passed a lot of great, great bills here, a lot of great legislation on opioids and criminal justice reform. we can't really move forward and implement much of that if we don't have an attorney general in place. so all of us pulling together, we need to get these nominations done. we need to get people serving in this administration so we can get our work done. thank you. >> i know so many hoosiers look forward hearing from the president and specifically about all the accomplishments that this republican president has been able to put forward and enact into law, working with a republican-controlled congress. whether it was tax cuts that have led to the creation of 45,000 jobs in my state of indiana or regulatory reform or workforce development and so many important things we've done in order to catalyze this economy, increase consumer optimism and lift wages for hoosiers and other americans. senator young: i think it's really important the president underscores all these accomplishm

. >> i will now turn my attention to the vote that will happen shortly today or tomorrow on william barr to be attorney general. and obviously attorney general for the united states. mr. barr is highly accomplished attorney and an experienced public servant with an outstanding record. the justice department needs good effective leadership, and we should act quickly to fill this top spot. i believe that mr. barr will be a good leader for the justice department as he has demonstrated in the past. in my opinion, at this judiciary committee nomination hearing, mr. barr was very candid with senators. i believe he did his best in answering questions on his views, on a wide variety of topics, as well as addressing concerns including my own concerns. for example, at the beginning of this confirmation process, i had concerns regarding mr. barr's prior negative statements on a subject that i'd been working on for four years with senator durbin and senator lee, criminal justice reform. in particular, i was concerned about a 1992 justice department report released when he was attorney general entitl

and don't forget william barr, wrote a lengthy memo against prosecuting the president for obstruction of justice, which sure didn't hurt his chances of getting the job of attorney general. >> some have said on both sides of the aisle that it looked like a job application, so that's what i want you to refer to. >> that's ludicrous. if i wanted the job and was going after the job, there are many more direct ways of me bringing myself to the president's attention than writing an 18-page legal memorandum. >> it kind of worked, though. barr is now attorney general. just the way the president wanted it. so here is the question tonight. if you had nothing to hide, would you try to put an ally in charge of the investigation of your former fixer and keeper of secrets? if you had nothing to hide, would you stack the deck of the justice department and the supreme court with people who had argued against investigating you? would you do all of it if you had nothing to hide? now, the question is, what is the president hiding? what is he trying to hide? this exchange from anderson cooper's interview

and that was shortly after approving the nomination of william barr to be attorney general. kelly o'donnell of nbc reporting among the officials gathered in the rose garden this morning is the new attorney general, william barr. >> on c-span and c-span radio, waiting for the president shortly here in the rose garden, is expected to sign the measure passed by congress last night. the border security and government funding bill, which ould provide $1.4 billion in additional money for additional 55 miles of additional fencing and barriers on the texas-mexico border, and would also fund the rest of government through the remainder of the 2019 fiscal year. the president also expected to declare a national emergency on border security and as part of that, amber of the daily that covers saying angel moms are holding photos of their children. the president expected out any minute. the angels moms are the moms and the parents of people who have been killed by violence by illegal immigrants and the president has met with that group several times during the last couple years. so presid

he is probably going to be confirmed as early as tomorrow, william barr. he will have to make a major decision shortly after this mueller report is concluded, after mueller briefs the new attorney general on what he has, what he doesn't have. he has to decide what to make public what to tell congress, what to tell the american people. >> that's right. it's probably one of the most immediate and pressing decisions barr will face if he is confirmed later this week. i think the challenge for him is this. the justice department does not typically talk about people who are not charged. they don't liketoput our derogatory information. comey did. barr screw eered him for it. comb joy d barr made it clear, that's not me. that's not what i'm going do. i the problem is this isn't any ordinary investigation. congress is beating down the door for every detail. it may be the situation where barr will face a subpoena for this. he is in consultation with justice department officials that were told about what he should do on this, how he should handle it. he hasn't made

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everybody that i know who knows william barr says straight arrow. william barr is going to do his job. if you can do his job, sara, he has to go back to hillary. he has to go back to rigged investigation. he has to go back to the crime she committed. he has to go to the fisa and everybody was warned about, the dossier. what lies were told the fisa judge, correct? >> correct. and sean, there is nobody else to actually have an investigation conducted on any of this but william barr. remember, the final say is going to be the department of justice. congress can only do so much. but without the department of justice actually opening up an investigation without william barr, all of this goes nowhere. we absolutely have to have an investigation. >> sean: john, you are going to blow the story wide open tomorrow. >> yes, sir. >> sean: both of you and i will ask john first, do you believe things are closing in on those deep state people that tried to rig a presidential election and undo a duly-elected president using breaking the law and doing nefarious thin

sources saying that william barr who's expected to be confirmed soon as attorney general is already in discussions with justice department officials on how to handle the report that robert mueller will submit to the justice department about the russia investigation. and exactly what information barr will share with congress. a lot to discuss. i want to 'ing in now shimon prokupecz, susan glasser and michael moore. wow, every night it seems there's a lot to discuss. good evening to all of you. shimon, let's start with the news. the judge ruling tonight that paul manafort intentionally lied to the fbi, to the special counsel and to the grand jury even after his plea deal. but i want you to dig into it further. what did we learn from this about mueller's case? >> i think we learned here he lied -- what the judge ruled and agreed with the mueller team is he lied about facts material to investigation. and that's what the important part of this is. he agreed to cooperate, he came before fbi agent, he came before prosecutors and the special counsel's office. and when they started asking him q

william barr. i have respect for him. i met with him yesterday for the first time and had a lengthy conversation. my reasons are -- two reasons why i'm going to withhold my vote in his favor. the reasons are these. first, i believe the mueller inquiry, the investigation, should be made available to the public and transparent. we should know at the end of the day whether findings exonerate the president or reach a different conclusion. the american people are entitled to that. he's not made that commitment. secondly i'm worried about a memo he volunteered and sent to the trump legal staff, a 19-page memo seeming to say the president is above the law more often than not. i worry about that voluntary memo. >> the memo goes into great detail about why firing james comey would not be obstruction specifically. that's the memo you are talking about? >> it is. i discussed it with him specifically. it isn't a question of what was in the president's mind when he dismissed the head of the fbi which is his right to do. what's obvious

all of this unfolded on the same day of william barr. barr was sworn in late this afternoon which means he'll now be overseeing the mueller investigation. let's bring in our lead off panel on a cons sequential thursday night. clint watts and barbara mcquaid and massey miller, former chief spokesperson for the justice department. clint, i would like to begin with you given your fbi experience, do the extreme measures that is going going on, does that read true to form to you? >> yes. >> it is interesting how many ways they explored to deal with the situation. do we do a special counsel? yes or no? do we pursue the 25th amendment, yes or no. do we take a memo or wear a wire, there is something going on in those days after comey was fired, were they that concerned that they needed to do something quickly. something that you have not seen before. what i also find interesting is these two individuals, rosenstein and mccabe were put in unprecedented situations. we are going to evaluate this here tonight and we'll see a lot of news stories abou

plus, we are awaiting that senate confirmation vote this hour on attorney general william barr, the nominee. and democrats are already geared up to take him on over the muesli report. stay with us. >> when his report comes to you, will you share it with us as much as possible? >> consistent with regulations and the law, yes. ♪ i'd like to take a moment to address my fellow veterans, because i know there are so many of you who have served our country honorably. whether it's two years, four years or thirty-two years like myself. one of the benefits we as a country give our veterans is eligibility for a va loan for up to 100% of your home's value. so if you need money for your family, call newday usa. with automatic authority from the va, we can say yes when banks say no. go to newdayusa.com or call 1-855-newdayusa i have fantastic news for veteran homeowners who need cash. with home values rising all across the country, now's the time to use your valuable va home loan benefit. newday usa can help you refinance and get 54,000 dollars or more and lower your payments by 600 dollars a month. an

a silent coup and now it's time for william barr to investigate. the doj needs to clean house and so does the fbi. this is one of the most avijayous in modern history. >> sean: how many people committed crimes? i want to ask exit question for all of you. sarah, we will start with you. >> i would say right now at least a dozen. i think there will be about a dozen referrals and i think there will include glenn simpson, too and other people from fusion gps and people who lied. >> sean: all the names from the fbi that we keep hearing and bruce and nellie ohr. >> that's right. >> sean: gregg, how many. >> i wouldn't be surprised if officials in there too. >> more than a dozen. of the new attorney general should haul them all in front of the federal grand jury. >> sean: what about hillary? does she get held accountable? >> they should reopen the investigation. it was a fraud. >> sean: last question. real quick, how many, david? >> i don't know how many. but the sure sign that someone did is that they can't get their stories straight. mccabe and comey are

everybody that i know who knows william barr says straight arrow. william barr is going to do his job. if you can do his job, sarah, he has to go back to hillary. he has to go back to rigged investigation. yes to go back to the crime she committee. he has to go to the fisa that everybody was warned about, the dossier. what lies were told the pfizer judge, correct? >> sara: correct. and sean, there was nobody else to actually have an investigation conducted on any of this but william barr. remember, the final say is going to be the department of justice. congress can only do so much but without the department of justice, actually opening up an investigation without william barr, all of this goes nowhere. we absolutely have to have an investigation. >> sean: john, you are going to blow the story wide open tomorrow. >> john: yes, sir. >> sean: both of you and i watched on first, do you believe now things are closing in on those deep state people that tried to rigged a presidential election and undo a duly elected president using breaking the law and do

all of this unfolded on the same day of william barr. barr was sworn in late this afternoon which means he'll now be overseeing the mueller investigation. let's bring in our lead off panel on a consequen sequential thursday night. clint watts and barbara mcquaid and massey miller, former chief spokesperson for the justice department. clint, i would like to begin with you given your fbi experience, do the extreme measures that is going going on, does that read true to form to you? >> yes. >> it is interesting how many ways they explored to deal with the situation. do we do a special counsel? yes or no? do we pursue the 25th amendment, yes or no. do we take a memo or wear a wire, there is something going on in those days after comey was fired, were they that concerned that they needed to do something quickly. something that you have not seen before. what i also find interesting is these two individuals, rosenstein and mccabe were put in unprecedented situations. we are going to evaluate this here tonight and we'll see a lot of news stories

william barr has been sworn in as the new attorney general. we can only hope he dual his job, equal justice, equal application of our laws. big announcement, everybody, you see that vote, needs to s calm down. it's a horrific, garbage bill as i have been telling you, they are just voting. it's already passed in the house and senate. the house still voting on the spending package to avoid a government shutdown, has the votes. both houses. it's passed. it will head to the president's desk. a garbage compromise swamp border security bill will make its way to the president. the bill is awful. the president knows it's 'rawful. we're going to give you the whole behind the scenes as to what was going on as to what relates to this new seven month spending extension. and in moments i'm going to explain exactly why it happened this way and i will explain exactly how the president will get funding for the wall and what's in store for you. has the president kept all his other promises? there is a method to this. and at the end of the day, is it better tha

people familiar with the plans telling us that william barr, the new attorney general, is preparing to make that announcement as early as next week, which raises those questions. when will we see what the mueller team has uncovered, and how much of it will congress and the public have access to? because there's no law that says we have to see any of it, only justice department guidelines requiring mr. mueller to provide the attorney general with a confidential report explaining his decisions to prosecute or not. in turn, the attorney general is required only to provide top members of the house and senate judiciary committees with an explanation of each action taken by the special counsel. that's it. there's nothing that obligates the attorney general to submit mueller's report to lawmakers or even a summary of it. only that the attorney general may, and i'm quoting now, determine that public release of these reports would be in public interest in the extent release would apply with applicable legal restrictions. a lot is riding on attorney general barr, which president trump was quick

it is a lot up to william barr. they have obviously had this conversation and actually rosenstein will stay a little longer than we initially thought he would. so i think it's quite likely that he'll be there when the report is turned over. he may have some voice in advising mr. barr, the new attorney general on how to handle it, what to turn over to congress, what to make public, how to do so. but it does now appear that, yes, you know, this is just, again, our speculation putting all the pieces together because the special counsel's office is singularly not communicative about these things. that's the way we have been all along. but the scenario you sketched out a accurate, that he will be there when this turns over. >> this happens when rosenstein has been caught up in these allegations from andrew mccabe about efforts to investigate president trump. earlier this morning he was on the today show talking a bit more about that. let's take a listen. >> did you order a counter intelligence investigation into the pres

>>> william barr has oversight over the special council. could that sway him to release his final report? >>> talks on ousting trump. the former fbi acting director is confirming the top justice department officials discussed the possibility the 25th amendment to the constitution would be invoked. the administration is pushing back as andrew mccabe is speaking out. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news on the 11th hour drama as the house is preparing to vote on a bill to prevent another government shutdown. president trump waited until the last minute to confirm that he will sign the legislation that cleared the u.s. senate a short while ago. he is also planning to declare a controversial national emergency to secure border wall funding that was not in the bill. another breaking story, william barr was sworn in as the attorney general and overseer of the russia probe. this as former fbi a

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