But the decision was made not to charge the president with a crime, in part because of the office of Legal Counsel opinion that we have been talking about you cannot indict a sitting president. The only way to hold that isting president accountable outside the criminal justice system. Those are the issues the committee will look into. The big issue on everyone mine will be impeachment and whether the House Judiciary Committee will move through that after the hearing. That remains to be seen. But that will be top of mind. Host take us through the format of the hearing. Guest 2 it will be a regular order hearing, but it will be three hours. The hearing was supposed to be last weekend and be shorter than that, two hours. The committee was able to negotiate with special Counsel Robert Mueller for more times more time, which would allow all Committee Members to have questions. If it were two hours, the bottom runs of the committee would not be able to question Robert Mueller and public, whi
Available wherever books are cspan. O t thepresident. Joining us for a discussion his morning is the National Security reporter for the hill newspaper, Congress National politico it all gets under way at 8 30 a. M. Tomorrow in the house Judiciary Committee. Tomorrow and the housy committee explain what they will be covering. Guest they will focus on volume two of the report, exclusively on the idea the president was seeking to obstruct the mother investigation. A lot of democrats, even the chairman of the committee, jerry nadler, said the evidence is clear the president at least sought to obstruct the investigation. The decision was made not to charge the president with a crime in part because of the office of Legal Counsel opinion that we have been talking about that states you cannot indict a sitting president. The only way to hold a sitting president accountable would be outside of the criminal justice system. Those are the Judiciary Committee issues. The big issue that will be on e
Well. Jon meacham, always such a pleasure to have him as part of our broadcast, especially on a consequential friday night. That is our broadcast indeed for this friday and for this week. Thank you for being here with us. Have a good weekend. Good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. A couple of hours ago, maybe even less than that, i was standing knee deep in a trout stream in tennessee. But now its mueller time and so im in a studio in the great state of tennessee. The trout are basically just as safe as they were when i was flailing away at them ineffectually this afternoon. But now it is listen, its this is history. This is a reason to stop fishing and go to work. Our job tonight as a country sort of or at least what
everybody in the country is going to be doing tonight is trying to figure out what it means that the report of special Counsel Robert Mueller has finally been submitted. Weve heard it said so many times that it was imminent, that it was done, maybe it
Monday at 6 00 p. M. Eastern time. Weve got you covered. Fair, balanced, still unafraid. Harris faulkner sitting in for my friend Martha Maccallum in new york with continuing live coverage. Harris we begin with the fox news alert with the wait that is finally over. Tonight Special Counsel mueller maul submits his Robert Mueller submits the final report on russian interference, what many called collusion in the 2016 election. After nearly two years the Mueller Report is now in the hands of tern general william barr. A question at this hour . What will barr do with it . The Attorney General has been clear about his intentions to release the report findings. But some lawmakers doubt it. In primetime, im Harris Faulkner in tonight for Martha Maccallum. Who is on assignment. The story tonight is to conclusion of 675 days of speculation over whether
president donald trump or his campaign coordinated with the russian government. They confirmed to d. O. J. No further indictment will come from
Tonight as we come on the air in the west, did breaking news, the Mueller Report is in and so are the first major headlines. The special Counsel Robert Mueller sends his report to the Attorney General after nearly two years. 37 indictments, six trump associates. The Mueller Report now turned in. The white house getting the call first. Then congress alerted the report was done. Carried by a Security Officer to the Department Of Justice. Tonight what we know already. The letter now from the Attorney General william barr to congress, and early word coming in from the a. G. That his first summary could come as early as this weekend. Jon karl and Pierre Thomas with new reporting. Also tonight, President Trump now responding. Sources telling abc news the initial reaction, quote, glad
its over. Also tonight, no new indictments from Robert Mueller. Dan abrams standing by on what that means. And whats in the report itself . Are there any clues yet . Tonight reaction pouring in from capitol hill