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Cautious about launching an inquiry . And wind and water. Millions of americans are under a Severe Weather threat tonight as powerful tornadoes and historic flooding bring death and destruction to the heartland. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. In a dramatic public appearance, special Counsel Robert Mueller sets the record straight, stressing his report did not clear President Trump and declaring that if his team had been confident the president did not commit a crime, they would are said so. Mueller says charging the president with a crime wasnt an option, because the Justice Department policy is such mueller is resisting congressional testimony, saying his work speaks for itself. The House Judiciary Committee chairman, jerry nadler, says its now up to congress to respond to what he calls the crimes, lies, and other wrongdoing of President Trump. And as more democrats now call for impeachment, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says nothing is off the table. President trump is dismissing muellers statement, tweeting, and im quoting him now, the case is closed, while the white house says its always prepared for an impeachment inquiry. Ill speak with congressman andre carson of the Intelligence Committee. And our correspondents and analysts, they will have full coverage of the days top stories. Lets begin with the breaking news. Our Justice Department reporter, laura jarrett, is with us. Laura, truly a bombshell appearance by Robert Mueller. Take us through it. Wolf, he defended his team, he defended the investigation, he defended their findings. And after months of others characterizing his work for him, mueller appeared to want to have the last word today. The special counsel broke his silence today. Good morning, everyone. Reporter going before cameras after two years to highlight the central findings of his report, specifically saying he did not exonerate President Trump on the crime of obstructing justice. If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. Reporter but mueller did not say the president was innocent. In the more than 400page report or in front of the cameras today. We concluded that we would not reach a determination one way or the other about whether the president committed a crime. Reporter instead, saying it was out of his hands from the very beginning. Under Longstanding Department policy, a present president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. Charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. Reporter a sharp contrast to attorney general bill barr, who sought to downplay the significance of the policy on muellers work last month. He was not saying that, but for the olc opinion, he would have found a crime. Reporter instead, mueller reignited the impeachment debate tonight on capitol hill, suggesting its now up to congress. The opinion says that the constitution requires a process other than the criminal Justice System to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. Reporter while mueller himself dashed hopes of serving as their star witness. Now, i hope and expect this to be the only time that i will speak to you in this manner. The report is my testimony. Reporter the 74yearold Justice Department veteran pushed back on trumps false refrain that the report found no collusion. There was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy. There were multiple systemic efforts to interfere in our election. And that allegation deserves the attention of every american. Reporter and while mueller never addressed the president directly, he defended the importance of the investigation and his team. When a subject of an investigation obstructs that investigation or lies to investigators, it strikes at the core of the governments effort to find the truth and hold wrongdoers accountable. Reporter wolf, while mueller didnt reach an ultimate conclusion on the question of obstruction of justice, he explained today that the investigation was still worthwhile, because of the need to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents are still readily available. Wolf . Laura, i want you to stand by. I want to bring in our senior justice correspondent, evan perez. Evan, mueller said it was important to conduct the obstruction investigation and preserve evidence. Could the president potentially face charges after he leaves office . He could. And thats one reason why donald trump launched his Reelection Campaign on the day that he was inaugurated. No president , you know, in recent memory has done Something Like that. And i think you can see exactly why. He wants he needs to be elected in order to be protected from any prosecutor who might think that, hey, you know, we still have a few years left on the statute of limitations on, on these alleged crimes. Lets open this and take another look at this. Thats the possibility here that could still happen. Obviously, the president , the special counsel couldnt reach or would not reach a decision on the obstruction case, wolf, because of the olc memo. And also because of fairness. Obviously, the president cannot answer these allegations since he cannot be charged. But once he leaves office, if he is not reelected, thats still an open question for someone to decide. You know, laura, how significant is it that Robert Mueller, the special counsel broke with the attorney general bill barr on the Justice Departments policy that you cant indict, you cant charge a sitting president and how much that impacted the Mueller Investigation . Theres been a great deal of debate, and i think really, frankly, confusion about this issue, wolf, especially after attorney general bill barr went out and gave that press conference last month, as he was closing down the investigation, announcing that muellers report was out. And the bottom line is this. Theyre approaching the question, barr and mueller, from two different starting points. For barr, hes saying, i talked to mueller and i asked him, but for this longstanding policy, would you have indicted the president . And mueller said, no. But of course the question is no, because as mueller pointed out today, i didnt make a traditional prosecutorial decision. I didnt even reach that question. Instead, he thought his hands were tied by that longstanding policy. So thats where you see sort of this distinction coming into play here. And i think the real question was, why did barr feel the need to frame it that way, when clearly the longstanding policy did weigh heavily on muellers decision. It is very interesting, evan, because today mueller was very clear about russias interference in the u. S. President ial election in 2016. But on the issue of whether the Trump Campaign conspired, cooperated, worked with the russians, he was very precise. Mueller did not say there was no evidence of conspiracy, he said there was insufficient evidence. So thats a careful word. What does it say to you . Thats a very important word, wolf. Because, look, i think the attorney general looked at the Mueller Report and decided he was going to go out and do a press conference in which he was going to use the president s language, which is no collusion. Mueller clearly is using the exact language that you should use in this case, which is that theres and you can see it, right . If you read volume i, you see theres plenty of evidence of improper activities. It didnt reach the level to where you can charge a larger conspiracy, as he said today, but its clear that mueller believes that volume i is a very important part of the findings here. And you know, this is not only passing the baton on volume ii, obstruction, but it is also on volume i, for congress to consider. If you look, he started off by describing this as a concerted attack on our political system by the russian military. He ends it by talking about systemic efforts to interfere with our election. And its something that an allegation that deserves the attention of every american. Hes trying to remind us where this all began and where we should be back to, before this is all over. It explains why there was an investigation to begin with. Right. Because of the allegations of russian interference. Stand by, evan and laura. The president and his team are dismissing muellers statement. Lets go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. So give us a little bit more of the reaction from there, jim. Reporter thats right, wolf. The white house is back on its heels tonight after some pretty extraordinary comments from the special counsel, Robert Mueller, on the russia investigation. One Trump Legal Team source expressed frustration that mueller seemed to leave the door open that perhaps the president did commit crimes. This source said that that was a, quote, gratuitous remark coming from mueller. Aides to the president also say that they are prepared in case democrats want to proceed with impeachment inquiries. With special Counsel Robert Muellers stunning comments on the russia investigation sparking new calls for impeachment from democrats, the white house message of the day was bring it on. Im not going to get into internal processes. Im just saying, were always prepared and were going to move forward doing what we think is important and focus on things that actually help people. Reporter President Trump put his own spin on the special counsels remarks, tweeting, nothing changes from the Mueller Report. There was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our country, a person is innocent. The case is closed. Mr. Trumps use of the words insufficient evidence prompted questions about whether the president was doing some legal hairsplitting. He hasnt changed his position. Weve been saying the same thing for two years, before the Mueller Investigation even had to start. Reporter aides to the president are declaring that mr. Trump has been exonerated, but thats not what mueller said. Mueller pointed to Justice Department policy, laid out in an office of Legal Counsel memo, that bars the indictment of a sitting president. It does beg the question, if donald trump were not the president , could he be charged with a crime . What do you say to that . I think its real simple. I say what we have said is that they were looking at whether or not there was collusion. That would be the crime that would have been committed, collusion or obstruction. And all of those things have been determined to not have taken place. Collusion, conspiracy, obstruction. And again, we consider this very much to be case closed. Reporter democrats are crying foul. But for that memo, i believe a fair inference from what we heard from bob mueller is there would have been indictment es returned against this president. Reporter the president s legal team is also seizing on these comments, saying its clear that he wants to move on as well. I can imagine why he doesnt want to testify. The irregularities in this investigation from the outset are innumerous. Reporter Sarah Sanders is snapping back that President Trump hasnt done enough to speak out against russian interference in u. S. Elections. He isnt reluctant to said it, hes said it a number of times, that there is interference, and now were taking steps on how we stop it from happening again. You guys constantly want to attack this president. Reporter but the kremlin need only consider mr. Trumps performance at a summit with Vladimir Putin in helsinki. They said, they think its russia. I have president putin, he just said its not russia. I will say this, i dont see any reason why it would be. Now, senior republican and Party Officials said most in the party right now are satisfied with what mueller had to say earlier in the day, but noted the increased pressure on house Speaker Nancy Pelosi from inside her own party to begin an impeachment process. The white house seems to welcome all of that at this point. Now, one House Democrat, i should say, told me that pelosi is coming under increasing pressure tonight from her own caucus as this House Democrat put it to me just a short time ago, wolve, tf, the party is gr more restless. Jim acosta, thank you. Lets go to Phil Mattingly up on capitol hill. Phil, how have muellers remarks today moved the mark when it comes to starting impeachment procedures . Reporter the voices among House Democrats that are supporting at least opening an impeachment inquiry certainly growing louder and more fierce. But at least for the moment, house Speaker Nancy Pelosi who is the one who decides whether or not that moves forward, shes saying, stay the course, not quite yet. And while things might be on the table, at least not for the moment will they go down that road. Take a listen. I think its like 35 of them out of 238. Or maybe its 38 of them out of 238 have said that they want to be outspoken on impeachment and many of them are reflecting their views as well as those of their constituents. Many constituents want to impeachment the president. But we want to do what is right and what gets results. With respect to impeachment question at this point, all options are on the table. And nothing should be ruled out. Reporter wolf, theres two really key things to get from both of those statements, both from the speaker and House Judiciary Committee chairman, jerry nadler. One, that is not a shift from jerry nadler. He has been saying for weeks that nothing is being ruled out, but hell continue down the committees regular investigative functions. The second is what Speaker Pelosi was referring to, and that while it is a very vocal group of 35 to 40 democrats who are urging to move forward on impeachment, that does not make a majority. In fact, thats far short of a majority. And until they reach that threshold, pelosi has made clear shes comfortable in her position. Among the thing she considers right now is the fact that republicans lead the senate. They have a 5347 majority over there and republicans have made clear they believe in the words of Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell the case is closed. The other is the number of members in pelosis caucus that come from districts from President Trump won in 2016. A number of whom flipped those districts in 2018. Those individuals are not crying out for impeachment right now, and because of that, pelosi wants to stay the course, wolf. Phil mattingly up on capitol hill, thank you. Joining us now, andre carson of indiana. Hes a member of the Intelligence Committee. Congressman, it was Robert Muellers Public Statement today sufficient or do you still believe he needs to give public testimony before congress . Well, i certainly respect director mueller. I respect his work as a marine and as the head of the fbi and his work that has followed with the Justice Department. Hes a very smart man. He tends to be an institutionalist or a company man, and i respect sthat positin from him. I think it would do good to come before the congress so that the American People can see him. Now, with that comes the pageantry that exists when you deal with members of congress who are posturing for the cameras and who are being provocative. But i dont think that the line of questioning that will come from my colleagues will deter director mueller. I think he will remain firm on what is reported. But i still think its healthy, for the health of our democracy, wolf, for him to come before congress in a public setting to answer serious questions. Based on what you heard today, congressman, do you believe mueller wants congress to actually open an impeachment inquiry . You know, its difficult to say. I think in a very real sense, he has left this at the feet of congress to really deal. And i think that hes very wise in the way hes positioning himself and hes very measured in his tone, which is consistent with how hes been since the beginning of his career. And so congress does have a duty. I think chairman nadler, as well as chairman schiff, as well as chairman cumming and the other chairman and women, maxine waters, as well, weve been deliberate in making sure the committees of jurisdiction play their role in unearthing criminal matters and really dealing with the kind of specificity necessary that the Intelligence Committee is tasked with, in looking at the extent of russias interference into our electoral process. Its very clear, it has to be dealt with in a very meaningful way, before we hit 2020. Should the president be impeached . I dont think we should rule out an impeachment. I do think that there is a delicate balance. I think that some constituents want it. Others want us to move forward. I dont think we need to rule it out. I dont think we need to let trump off the hook as it relates to impeachment. We still have a constitutional duty that we have to be a check to the administrations excess. However, we cannot be distracted and create a dynamic where donald trump becomes an underdog. And he secures a reelection effort. So i think we have to be measured and really make the case before the American People that an impeachment is necessary. Well, do you think do you think, congressman, at a minimum, you should begin the process, the procedure, Start Holding hearings in the House Judiciary Committee . I dont think we should rule anything out. Far be it for me to tell chairman nadler what to do on his committee. I sit on the Intelligence Committee as well as the transportation committee. You know, chairman defazio has worked hard in trying to get an infrastructure proposal. President trump has left that off the table. You would think as a background as a developer, he would want to deal with our broken infrastructure. We have over 15,000 roads and bridges that have to be rebuilt, repaved, and were talking about job creation for the next 15 to to 20 years. Were talking about 2 trillion, he doesnt want to deal with that. Hes distracted, wolf. The special counsel also today spoke about the importance of what he called preserving evidence, even if the president is immune from a prosecution while hes in office. Do you believe mueller was suggesting that the president could face charges once he leaves office . Its difficult to say. You know, im listening to legal scholars speak about what he has said, but its very clear that director mueller has really thrown the football, if you will, to congress. And so i think congress should take the football, not leave impeachment off the table, but work very deliberately to look at russias interference into our electoral process, look at members of the trump apparatus and what theyve done and their being in cahoots, lying to congress, lying to investigators, lying to the special counsel, working with the russian government to achieve an end goal that has been disastrous. Congressman andre carson, thanks so much for joining us. Always an honor. Thank you. Up next, theres breaking news. The special counsel, Robert Mueller makes a dramatic Public Statement, stressing his report did not clear President Trump and declaring that if his team had been confident the president did not commit a crime, they would have said so. And theres other breaking news were following right now. Israel is in political turmoil tonight after President Trumps close ally, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, missing the deadline form a coalition government. Now what . 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Those were the principles under which we operated and from them, we concluded that we would, would not reach a determination one way or the other, about whether fthe president committed a crime. That is the offices final position. I notice that he said that they would not reach a determination as opposed to could not reach a determination. What does that say to you . Remember, all along we believe, because that fourpage memorandum written byba bill ba early on that bill barr and his team were confounded and were wringing their hands. Turns out their hands were tied. You are bound by that as special counsel. He goes out of his way to say, that i may be bound, but Congress Actually has free hands here. What are you going to do with it. You worked, phil mudd, with mueller, for about five years when you were assigned over at the fbi, why do you think he chose today to come out and make this first Public Statement after nearly two years of being quiet . For everybody who is discouraged about washington, watch those ten minutes. Duty. He did his duty in vietnam, then did his duty in the fbi. Then extended for two years under president obama. Somebody says after he steps out, come back and be special counsel. He did one final duty of the American People today. One, Pay Attention to russia and the election. Two, Pay Attention to my team. Theyre pros. Dont let anybody say otherwise. And the biggest lesson, i didnt say the president was off the hook. Over to you, congress, if you cant do it, not my inbox. That was duty and i think he deserves a lot of credit from the American People. Gloria, mueller clearly wants to tamp down all the calls for him to come before congress and testify publicly. Do you think his Statement Today is going to prevent him from actually having to go up to the hill . I dont think so. I think if it were up to bob mueller, he would do a mic drop, walk out of the room and that would be it. But i got an email from a top democratic strategist today who said to me, he should be subpoenaed the day he leaves the doj, which would be today, and made the case that theres a lot he needs to testify on, on unanswered questions. Not areas that he you know, he said, the report speaks for itself, but there may be questions that members of Congress Want to know about, why you didnt interview the president. What did you really think about these campaign law violations . What about the statute of limitations issues, et cetera, et cetera. And so theyre going to want to delve a little bit more deeply into the motivation behind what he put in the report. And there could be a standoff, but maybe one way to do it is to say, well take you in private and to avoid a subpoena. But i think there are some democrats who are going to say, we do need to subpoena you, and by the way, we also need to get don mcgahn up here and get hope hicks up here and get some other people to testify. Nia, what do you think . Do you think democrats will risk a big subpoena fight with mueller . You know, its interesting that you you know, the idea of risk, right . We saw jerry nadler today whos the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. He was asked this question and he very much sidestepped it. He basically said that they learned a lot from mueller today. Basically, mueller told us a lot. The question is, if they learned from mueller everything they needed to know. And gloria lays out some additional questions they might have. But mueller sounded very firm today when he essentially said, im not going beyond the 448 pages of this report. You already have the report. Th they, of course, want an unredacted report. They want to know also about the underlying evidence of it. But you saw from nadler today somebody who was speaking very carefully. He was speaking from notes, even with followup questions. He was referring to notes. I think you do see some discipline and some fear about what would be the sort of public blowback if they subpoenaed mueller . You know, mudd lays out, this is a guy who was a marine, hes very upright, very honorable. And if you see democrats sort of challenge him in that way, what would the risk be politically . You know, bianna, did anything the special counsel said today during those ten minutes change the political calculus for the democrats . Well, i can tell you what he didnt say, and that is that it was the medias fault that this was muddled or misinterpreted. If youll recall what bill barr said in his belief that this was all confused by the media and how the media had interpreted his initial report and also, those four pages. You did not hear bob mueller mention the media at all. You heard him say, once again, that if we had evidence that the president didnt commit a crime, we would have presented it. And in fact, they said, we cannot clear the president. I will say that i agree with gloria, in the sense that maybe congress, instead of going after the redacted portions, focus on those star witnesses. I mean, mueller says it explicitly, that the report speaks for itself. Hearing that once again from him as opposed to just reading it was very powerful. So going after don mcgahn, going after hope hicks, could be a strategy for the democrats to focus on. Right now, there doesnt seem to be a coherent strategy coming from the democrats. Obviously, there is one from the republicans and of course, that is nothing to see here, time to move on. Lets continue this. Theres a lot more on all of this very important breaking news. Well do that right after a quick break. Ed lobster featuring three new dishes that are plankedtoperfection. Feast on new cedarplank lobster shrimp. Or new colossal shrimp salmon with a citrusy drizzle. Tender, smoky, and together on one plank. But not for long so hurry in omar, check this out. 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Listen to this. First, the opinion explicitly permits the investigation of a sitting president , because it is important to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents available. Talk about preserving evidence. Could the president potentially face prosecution after he leaves office . Certainly. If there is within the limitations, period. Remember, its a sitting president thats important here, not a president for the rest of their actual lives. Also, whats important to think here is why would you want to preserve evidence, but for an eye towards litigation. And what he does very well and very nuanced here is the thoughts that this is a witch hunt targeting you, mr. President , is actually undermind, because we investigated the campaign and you happened to be the head of that campaign and anyone in your orbit. If we were to look at the olc opinion and say, we cant associate with trump whatsoever, we would have lost people who may have been potentially obstructing justice, as well. Whats your read on that statement from mueller . I think people are looking wait too much looking for the secret decoder ring from mueller. Its not that complicated. We found information about wrongdoing. We cant let him off the hook. We cant prosecute because hes a sitting president. The congress can. We decided to preserve evidence. Why would you preserve evidence if you cant prosecute now . Hes basically putting a ball on the tee for the congress and saying, guys, do your job, drop the mic, im out. Was the special counsel, gloria, effectively asking congress to start the impeachment process . Well, i think he was saying, its up to you, folks. Here you are. Ive done all that i can do. My hands were tied behind my back. I was not allowed to indict, because of the office of Legal Counsel opinion, which, by the way, and wolf, you know this, he told the president s attorneys very early on in this process that he had no intention of taking on the department of justice on this. So we knew that he wasnt going to indict. He did the investigation and when he talks about process, what else is he going to talk about . Maybe legal action after the president leaves office. Maybe whatever is going on in the Southern District of new york, who knows. But logically, what he is talking about, the process he is talking about is impeachment. And the question of whether Congress Wants to go down that road. I dont think bob mueller and phil mudd knows him better than anyone tell me if im wrong, phil, but i do not think that bob mueller would say to congress, i think you should impeach. Hell never do that. But hell say, there is a process and its available to you. You think so . She is deadon. Gloria is deadon. Look, let me make this real simple. The executive branch, department of justice says, we cant move. The action is with the congress. Thats the legislative branch. If you take my word from Robert Mueller, very lanes in the road guy, he cant tell the legislative branch what to do. Thats inappropriate. Hes got to sit there and say, half a step over, heres the ball, i preserved the evidence, and if you cant figure out what to do, its on you, not on me. Nia, i want to play a clip what the attorney general bill barr said on the day he released the redacted Mueller Report and what mueller himself said today. Listen to this disconnect. We specifically asked him about the olc opinion and whether or not he was taking the position that he would have found a crime, but for the existence of the olc opinion and he made it very clear several times that that was not his position. Under Longstanding Department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. Charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. Thats a clear disconnect. Yeah, its a disconnect. And you heard barr i dont know that he was completely inaccurate. He was certainly misleading. And you think about mueller coming out today. We hadnt heard from him in two years, over the last two months since his report had ben released. It was bill barrs version of events, right . First the four pages came out, his summation of it, and then that press conference where he talked about that. And of course the president himself saying, no obstruction and no collusion either. He had that sign in the white house last week, in the rose garden, where he made those two comments. And basically characterized this as a witch hunt. It seems to me that today mueller wanted to be very simple and clear in all the things that weve laid out here in terms of what happened. That he was, in fact, bound by this olc guiding principle, essentially. And he talked about it pretty extensively here. And he said that. You know, these were the principles under which we operated. So he couldnt have been more clear. And i think when you see barrs statements in comparison to what mueller said olc, the office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department. Bianna, how do you see it . Lets look at the bigger picture, because its really easy to overlook what has transpired from this investigation. Five associates of the Trump Campaign, five of his advisers were convicted. Other two dozen russian individuals were indicted. This is not bob mueller saying, thats it, done. Thats maybe him saying, im done with my portion of this. Everyone should read the report. However, congress now, its up to congress to decide how to proceed forward. Once again, you hear him saying, crystal clear, if we had confidence that the president did not commit a crime, we would have said so. Theres no way congress can just walk away from this now. 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The perfect retirement for me is doing the things that i want to do, not the things i have to do. Unlike seattle, less than half of americans participate in their Employer Retirement plans. So what keeps people more engaged in their retirement . I want to have the ability to easily transact online, great selection of funds, great advice, everything in one place. Helping people in their working years and beyond. Thats financial wellness. Talk to your employer or start a plan at prudential. Were going to have much more on Robert Muellers first Public Comments on his investigation in just a few moments. But theres another major story thats breaking right now that has huge implications for the United States and President Trump. Israel is in political turmoil tonight and will now hold another election just a month and a half after President Trumps close ally, Benjamin Netanyahu, was elected by a slim margin. Cnns Oren Liebermann is joining us live from jerusalem. Oren, explain why Prime Minister netanyahu has to run again. Reporter wolf, these results, what happened tonight here, absolutely stunning. Never before in israels history has a Prime Minister failed to put together a new government after an election. But thats exactly what happened to Benjamin Netanyahu as he came up against the deadlie to put together a government. He had to cobble together a coalition from his party and smaller parties, something hes done many times before, as the longtime leader of israel. This time, he was unable to do it, trapped between coalition partners. At that point, he had a couple of options. One, he could go back to israels president and say, i cant do this, risking that the president would give the task to somebody else and perhaps seat a different Prime Minister, or, two, legislate elections, make sure he stays in charge of his own likud party, and make sure he remains the Prime Minister and in all likely the frontrunner for those new elections scheduled for september 17th and thats exactly what he did. A bill to dissolve the knesset passed just about 45 ago here in israel and the country is once again headed to elections. Again, never before in the history of the country has it gone to new elections so soon after the last elections, just months will separate these two polls. This, as you pointed out, has enormous implications for the u. S. And for israel. First, jared curbner akushner a greenblatt are here working on the trump administrations peace plan, which theyre rolling out parts of it now. They have the bahrain conference in a month. This very much throws those plans into turmoil and pushes them closer and closer into what will be deep into the 2020 campaign, when perhaps they dont want to be dealing with the peace plan. Second, in the middle of all of this, netanyahu is still facing criminal investigations. It became clear throughout the course of these negotiations that he was doing over the last six weeks that hep intended to pass an immunity law to protect himself from criminal investigations and from those and from the possible criminal charges. Perhaps he doesnt have time to do that now, with new elections coming up on september 17th. Wolf, we will, of course, be following this election closely, as well. Lots at stake, as you point out. Oren liebermann, thank you very much. Orens in jerusalem. Well have more breaking news just ahead. Were following the reaction to Robert Muellers truly extraordinary Statement Today where he refused to clear President Trump of committing a crime. 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If not only flows through arkansas, it crosses into oklahoma and kansas after starting in colorado. At the sam time millions of americans face the risk of more severe storms and tornadoes. Were joined live from kansas. What are you seeing, scott . Reporter hey, wolf. Tornado touch down here in linwood, kansas. Its incredible no one was killed considering the level of destruction. This is one home along the road of many that was completely flattened. This had the roof torn off. Look at the tree. Theres a mattress blown into it. The tree can snapped in two as well. Preliminary estimates have this tornado at an ef4. This wind was 170 miles an hour. It was about a mile wide. It was on the ground for almost an hour. It was one of 100 tornadoes that have touched down in the u. S. Over the last month but also the strongest reported yet. Tonight nearly 40 Million People at risk of more Severe Weather from the plains to the east coast. This after parts of kansas and pennsylvania were hit hard tuesday night. We do have debris on the radar confirmed. Reporter a huge rain wrapped tornado touched down. I just feel my house coming apart. The skies open up. It was raining like crazy in my basement. Reporter tim says the tornado destroyed the brick wall. Across the street ron and fran took cover in their basement near minutes before storm turned their main floor into a pile of wooden debris. Where were you last night . Right down there is the washroom and we were underneath the stairs right there that could come up to the kitchen was the kitchen was right there. Theres the refrigerator. Just took like 30 seconds. Felt like hail or something. My husband looked up and said we dont have a roof anymore. Reporter no reports of deaths but more than a dozen were treated. Its a tornado right out in front of our house. Reporter it touched down in morgantown, pennsylvania. Ive lived here for 71 years and ive never seen it this bad, ever. Reporter a major concern right now, record breaking flooding for parts of the central u. S. With the Arkansas River cresting at about 40 feet. More than a dozen counties in arkansas could see historic flooding. Near tulsa, oklahoma, they are waiting and watching as the keystone dam continues to hold but the mayor is warning people, the flood risk is still very high and they need to be ready to move. There is no need to wait until the last minute when an evacuation might be necessary. Reporter there wiare millio of people bracing for tornadoes. Thank you. Coming up, breaking news. Robert mueller declares publicly that his investigation did not clear, did not clear President Trump. [music plays throughout lack of afro recipe for love] ive got so much love to give ive got so much more to give, baby to start your retirement plan, find an advisor at massmutual. 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