hashtag long form. hashtag, good to see you. have a good show. okay. hashtag, thank you. always good talking, nicole. i m ari melber and we re reporting live from somewhere, as the saying goes, specifically washington. congress under new management after the bruising fight to elect speaker mccarthy and for all the talk, among gop hard liners about how that clash, remember, they said that would really change things. it would upend the d.c. games, that s what they said. well, tonight for top republicans, i can tell you, it s business as usual. the same playbook the republican party used during the last time that the republicans were in the white house and they had the congress. it s the brinksmanship that can rattle the economy and some conservatives argue actually hurts them too. it drags down the gop in the long run miami talking about another threat to exploit the financial rules and govern by ransom. this story involves some beltway jargon that you ve probably heard b
defense, how he issued his own purported legal conclusions that had very real consequences and really scooped the mueller report. i read he did give you that. no, he did not, okay? so when he came in by the way, there was no pressure for him to give it on any day. he could have taken his time and redacted it. he came in and they gave us on friday the report unredacted. it was illegal to put it out. i felt that i had to say something to give the bottom line of what he decided, number one, i said, he found there was no collusion. it s like going out and announcing a verdict. i didn t regale the whole trial, but i said, there was no dlurks well, you framed it as he was innocent and everything else was argued against that. he said, we can t come to the conclusion that he didn t obstruct justice and you said, he didn t obstruct justice. barr is being tricky there, and this is important for the record and for the world. barr knows any call about presidential lawbreaking in this t