itself to curtail the investigation. the report recounts ten episodes involving the president. reporter: ten episodes looked at as possible obstruction. the report vividly describes the moment in the oval office when then-attorney general jeff sessions informed trump a special counsel had been appointed. the president slumped back in his chair and said, oh, my god. this is terrible. this is the end of my presidency. i m blanked. how could you let this happen, jeff? less than a month later, the report says the president repeatedly pressured then white house counsel don mcgahn to get mueller fired. the president called mcgahn at home and directed him to call the acting attorney general rod rosenstein and say that the special counsel had conflicts of interest and must be removed. call rod, tell rod that mueller has conflicts and can t be the special counsel. mcgahn recalled the president telling him, mueller has to go. call me back when you do it. mcgahn refused, deciding that h