Newshour shows that 75 of americans say the special counsels full report should be made public. Based on what people have already heard, however, only 36 say they think the president is now clear of wrongdoing. Thats about a third. A majority, however, 56 , say questions still exist. So most americans want to know a lot more about what happened in that report. In his letter to congress today, the attorney general also said the reports have mischaracterized the fourpage summary he released last sunday. He says my march 24th letter did not purport to be an exhaustive recount of the special counsels investigative report. It was a summary of its principal conclusions. Theres a serious snag in that argument because he left the matter of obstruction of justice over the judgment. Mueller did not decide on obstruction. Attorney general barr did. Im joined by Dave Cicilline who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, julia ainsley, justice reporter, and david corn, Washington Bureau chief. Barba
Pages long, not 300. And this is amid new signs that attorney generals fourpage summary was not enough for the American People, clearly. A new poll by the pbs nusz hour shows 75 of americans say the special counsels full report should be made public. Based on what people have already heard, only 36 say they think the president is now clear of wrong doing. Thats about 1 3. 56 say questions still exist. Most americans want to know a lot more about what happened in that report. The attorney general also said the reports have mischaracterized the fourpage summary he released last sunday. He says my march 24th letter did not purport to be an exhaustive recount ogof the special counsels investigative report. It was a summary of its principal conclusions. Thereaargument because he left matter of obstruction of justice open. Attorney general barr did. Im joined by Dave Cicilline who sits on the House Judiciary Committee and justice reporter, david corn, Washington Bureau chief. Barbara mcquaid
He wanted to show that bravado, and i took on mueller, and i win. If he had sat in that chair, don, you and i would have had a very different experience in processing the outcome of the Mueller Report because that president s ability to sit in a chair under questioning and not Say Something that was abusive of the truth is very small. Jay sekulow and the raskins convinced him not to do that. Hes a good lawyer. You mean we would have gotten the truth out of actually what was happening. Maybe. A lawyer protects you, not necessarily everybody elses interests. And this same thing on the taxes. Its an important discussion to have because transparency matters. On impeachment, its an important argument to have. Youve got to admit when somethings wrong, don. Whether its impeachable or not, its a separate query. Well, everything you said may be true. I just think when youre when youre the leader of the free world, the standards are higher. They should be. And if you are going to need people to
Our trey yingst live in the middle east. Reporter the iranian government is denying responsibility after saturdays massive attack on a Saudi Arabian Oil Production plant. It is believed drones and or missiles were used causing maas e fires. Massive fires. This event was much larger. The attack cut 5 of the global oil supply, sparking fears of an oil shortage and large price increase. A houthirun newspaper in yemen claimed ten drones were used to hit the oil field and that Houthi Rebels were behind the strikeses. The houthis have used drones to target saudi arabia many time over the past year, and United Nations representatives is say they do have the technology capable. Translator we exploited vulnerabilities in the Saudi Defense systems, and we built our drones. Therefore, the saudi and emirati air pace became open to us after their Defense Systems failed to even spot our drones. Reporter Iranian Foreign minister Mohamed Zarif implied in a tweet that u. S. Secretary of state mike pomp
And it is a very important story. But a lot of important stories get drowned out by just this craziness thats happening. This is unlike anything else that you and i have ever lived through before. Look. It crowds things out, true, sometimes its obsessive, but it matters. What we saw today theres a constipation in our democracy, a loss of direction about looking anywhere but at your own little pack. I mean, it was so obvious today. Yeah. And its really sad. I do not know the way forward. I dont. Listen, i know its frustrating for the democrats and people can say, okay, that they were being political. Its washington. Welcome to politics, right . But its just the the folks that i hear on the republican side who were usually for the rule of law, congressional oversight, subpoenas, they were mad at eric holder, right, remember eric holder got in trouble for defying a subpoena. And now theyre doing the same thing. You wonder, well, what gives . If it ever, ever, ever can be corrected, i dont