better for the president to let this investigation go on, let the facts land where her, support the investigation and move on to being president of the united states; jobs, health care, the other things he wants to fight for and let this go. kelly: all right, joe. so, eric, the president has been stepping up his attacks, as you know, on mueller. and mueller is esteemed. he s highly regarded as being fair, as being a man of integrity. is there enough here that he should be concerned about mueller? well, i think there is i think he should. i mean, let s set the table, you know? james comey s own testimony before congress, you know, he had talked about leaking to the new york times really to set up this special prosecution. but independent counsels are supposed to be just that, independent. two things have occurred since mid may. you mentioned it was reported well, it was leaked to the washington post that administration officials and cia
much fuss get behind donald trump i would assume assuming he runs for re-election. all the investigations going on on capitol hill by the special counsel, do you believe there s any there there? i don t know. if there s an allegation you have to have a competent independent investigation that will either find something wrong or remove it is very difficult to govern when there s a cloud around you. having said that, the president just has to get it out of his mind, stop tweeting and focus on running the government and let the investigation go on because without that, he ll always have this problem. and if he could get rid of it and he says there s nothing to it, so i take him at his word. he s got to prove there s nothing there. you can t just say there s nothing there. do you follow him on twitter? i don t know. i don t think so. i appreciate it. thank you. thank you for having me. we ll be right back with the latest results from georgia s house race. her compassion and
how useful is it, what the president is doing with his twitter account at the moment? i think the president can do good things with twitter, he has done good things with it. in terms of investigation, my advice is that it s better not to comment on it. let the professionals do their job. the more quickly they can do it and get it done, the better off you re going to be. is he right it s a witch hunt? do you agree with him? no, i don t. robert mueller has got a lifetime credibility. and let s let him do his job. so do i think there s been a lot of inappropriate activity, the leaking, for instance, which is criminal and that s coming out of, you know, law enforcement, the justice department. i m not sure where. whoever those people are, they re breaking the law. i can understand the president s frustration about that and that s fair to point out. the basic investigation needs to proceed. in the end it s going to clear him, i think, because i don t see any evidence of collusion. the
too, is sessions doing his job? is he trying to pro tech the independence of the jus ttice department at all? i d like to hear that today. i want you to respond, but listen to the speaker. he had this exchange with a reporter earlier today. i think the best thing to do is let robert mueller do his job. i think the best thing for the president is let this investigation go on independently and thoroughly. that to me is the smartest thing to do and the best thing to do and that s who i hopefully will happen. i know bob mueller and i have confidence in bob mueller. it seems like most republicans have confidence in bob mueller unless they have some kind of strong tie to president trump. we made a lot about newt gingrich coming out and saying good things about mueller and then coming back and saying critical things. let s not forget his wife is going to be the ambassador to the vatican for donald trump. to david s point, though, the idea of is he protecting the department of justice, j
said it, i think the best thing to do is to let robert mueller do his job. i think the best vindication for the president is to let the investigation go on independently and thoroughly. that to me is the smartest thing to do, the best thing to do, and that s what i think hopefully will happen. on the budget, you guys are running into issues like you did last year with disagreements over number and some members are talking about [ inaudible ] on health care. do you think you can get a real budget resolution that lays out your priorities and what other accomplishments yeah, so the question s about the budget. remember, with a new president in the first year, you always have an abbreviated budget season. that s just the way budgeting with a new administration works. so we always knew that we had a constricted budget in appropriations season. we re having debate right now about how much we can assist the pentagon and the military. so, it s not a question of more resources for t