meanwhile, democrats trying to manage expectations on mueller s testimony. california democrat jerrod hoffman said this. i think it s unlikely to see little more than a book on tape, where he cites the report that he wrote and refuses to go beyond the four corners. that s because that what he told us. that he would take more questions on this and go and you are new with mueller. alex: what more is the specter going to tell us? the man laid it out and report that cost the american taxpayers millions of dollars. it took many months. it took incredible resources. the best legal talent in this country has to offer, to dress to get all of this, and it was put out that the russians had interfered in our elections but had not included with the trump campaign to do so. i think the american people are going to look at this and they are going to look up at their screen and see mueller testifying. david: again. alex: and they will ask themselves, what year is this?
last 24 to 48 hours about mueller s testimony? he at first said he had no problem with mueller testifying and now kind of using a double negative if mueller didn t want to testify, he would support that as well. he used the expression public spectacle. first, do you think it s still a slam dunk that we will hear public testimony on live television on this network and others in front of two congressional committees from mueller? second, adjust people s expectations for said event. sure. mueller said he s not going to go beyond his report. i work for the man. i would take him at his word. if he says he s not going beyond the report, he s not going to go beyond the report. i think it raises another question, how do you question bob mueller. right? what do you ask him to elicit the most helpful information? that s tricky for the democrats. isn t that true? you would say yes.
both sides will respect his findings? i sure hope so. both sides should respect the report mueller report and that harrow wits writes. he is a good man and runs a good office. it s an incredibly important one. the department of justice is made up of human beings. human beings are fallible. they get stuff wrong from time to time. it s the job of the inspector general to figure out what went wrong and make recommendations to fix it. i don t see it as a left or right issue. it s a good government issue. and we should look at the report in that way. now, chuck, into dicier territory. what do you make of what the attorney general has said in the last 24 to 48 hours about mueller s testimony? he at first said he had no problem with mueller testifying and now kind of using a double negative if mueller didn t want to testify, he would support that as well. he used the expression public spectacle.
territory. what do you make of what the attorney general has said in the last 24 to 48 hours about mueller s testimony? he at first said he had no problem with mueller testifying and now kind of using a double negative if mueller didn t want to testify, he would support that as well. he used the expression public spectacle. first, do you think it s still a slam dunk that we will hear public testimony on live television on this network and others in front of two congressional committees from mueller? second, adjust people s expectations for said event. sure. i think it s more likely than not that we ll hear from bob mueller next week. he said he didn t want to testify. it looks like it s going to happen. stranger things have happened in the last two and a half years as you know. right now as we sit here, i think we ll likely hear from him. in terms of telling you what to expect, mueller told us what to expect. mueller said he s not going to go beyond his report.
his wife alexis. andrew was born friday afternoon coming in at eight pounds seven ounces. we ve got a linebacker. mom, dad and big sister ariel are doing great. that s all we have for tonight. we ll be back tomorrow. the beat with ari melber starts right now. we have a big show tonight. new clashes with a week to going from bob mueller s public testimony. trump s border chief under fire for denying reported facts about conditions at trump administration migrant facilities. he will also testify next week. and democrats rallying around this new challenger to mitch mcconnell. wait till you hear how much money she just raised. we have all that in the show. but begin with new clashes over the mueller hearings. one week away as of tonight. for months, trump and his attorney general claimed they were fine with mueller testifying and if he does, it wouldn t be a big deal. that are bluster though is already giving away to some kind of palpable fear.