since that bill came out of committee i think it s legitimate that the bill be brought up. i don t think it s going to do any good or any harm. and if it satisfies me if it became law because i voted for it. lisa graves, it sounds like chuck grassly would just as soon get the jeff flake problem solved by having a vote in the senate on this protect mueller bill. that s right. that s interesting given how much protection grassley gave to trump over the kavanaugh nomination. here you him singing a different tune and saying that bill should get a vote. i really hope jeff flake exercises his power to deny consent to those judges until there s a vote on this measure. i m glad to see that there are some republicans as well as democrats standing together to say this thing needs a vote and be enforced in order to protect the integrity of this
overseeing that kind of investigation. apparently matt whitaker, as far as we know, does not see the need to recuse. outgoing republican senator jeff flake whose senate seat in arizona was just won by kyrsten sinema, senator flake pushed a bipartisan bill to try to protect special counsel robert mueller from getting fired. republican senate leadership quickly blocked the bill. senator flake then announced that his fellow republicans can t count on his vote for any more judges or anything else until they pass the protect mueller bill. i would like to take this opportunity to say a few words about what special counsel mueller and his team have been investigating and why. as the point of this vital investigation seems to have been purposely confused and maligned by the white house in a rather alarming way. this bill was designed to do one thing, protect the integrity of the special counsel s investigation and spare it of any influence and interference from the executive branch,
he could make it his premier legacy. you re identifying topics there. let me ask you this. would you be willing, going back to this mueller bill that s the other issue on the table. would you be willing to vote to shut down the government if republicans don t come on board and vote for the bill to protect robert mueller? when i know i can stay here and work through my differences, why do we even talk about shutting it down? keep us here seven days, 24/7 until we fix it. okay. senator joe manchin of west virginia, love to have you back on the show. any time, hallie. good to be back. thank you. the final countdown in florida, four hours to go right now until the deadline for counties to finish machine recounts. will they mac it? what happens if they don t? news on the late court appeal from the republican senate candidate. we re talking to a lawyer for the florida gop after the break. the florida gop after the break.
justice department for anybody overseeing that kind of investigation. apparently matt whitaker, as far as we know, does not see the need to recuse. outgoing republican senator jeff flake whose senate seat in arizona was just won by kyrsten sinema, senator flake pushed a bipartisan bill to try to protect special counsel robert mueller from getting fired. republican senate leadership quickly blocked the bill. senator flake then announced that his fellow republicans can t count on his vote for any more judges or anything else until they pass the protect mueller bill. i would like to take this opportunity to say a few words about what special counsel mueller and his team have been investigating and why. as the point of this vital investigation seems to have been purposely confused and maligned by the white house in a rather alarming way. this bill was designed to do one
him for obstruction of justice. sean: let me go to david schoen, i agree, this is juvenile. the idea that maybe the president thought, okay, i have a lot of thoughts about some people. a lot of which are meaningless if they do not follow any actiod whatsoever. the questions are problematic on a number of levels, what they make clear is the following that we have said over and over and over again. if there is one agenda here. that is to get the president before mr. mueller to charge him with extortion of justice or perjury. they are considering the mueller bill must really rethink that. to this is the wrong time, and m besides the encroachment on article two, and it is certainly that, it never should be considered. mr. comey in his book tour made clear with these questions that he said, how would he prosecute mr. trump?