key witness to come before congress and they don t have the answers to that yet. they want to check that box before they decide to go forward. dana bash, thank you very much. and thanks so much to all of you for joining us for our breaking news coverage on this historic testimony day. our coverage continues here on cnn with anderson. and good evening from washington. robert mueller spoke today and millions listened. the question is what did they hear. the russian special counsel s testimony before the house judiciary committee and intelligence was in many ways a war shack test. different assumptions on each side going in and lines of questioning and different take aways from the two sides afterward. republicans large recalling it a failed offense of what in their view was an illegitimate investigation. democrats hanging on every instance mueller confirmed what was in his report and so doing conif i recafirmed the democrat that a felon sits in the white house. what neither side got
like you re seeing now. the protests were angry. these are celebrations now. demanding he step down over group messages that include home phobic language and jokes about hurricane maria. we ll continue you update on this story as warranted. the governor of puerto rico stepping down. effective friday august 2 at 5:00 p.m. i now go to my colleague anderson cooper. in progress. and good evening from washington. robert mueller spoke today and millions listened. the question is what did they hear. the russian special counsel s testimony before the house judiciary committee and intelligence was in many ways a war shack test. different assumptions on each side going in and lines of questioning and different take aways from the two sides afterward. republicans large recalling it a failed offense of what in their view was an illegitimate investigation. democrats hanging on every instance mueller confirmed what was in his report and so doing
instance mueller was probably denied the opportunity to get what he wanted at least for now in being able to face-to-face question the president of the united states. i can t imagine there will be much value in the written answers other than mueller being able to say, well, i gave him the opportunity to respond and here s what i received. it would have been better for the prosecutor to have trump, the president on record in oral responses. michael, caitlyn and laura, thank you very much for all of the expertise. meanwhile president trump apparently turning a blind eye and siding with saudi arabia over the murder of khashoggi. what will congress do now? ement. with my annuity, i know there is a guarantee. it s for my family, its for my self, its for my future. annuities can provide protected income for life. learn more at retire your risk dot org.