forward on sentencing gates, we re going to learn something about if he s getting closer. that s what i m looking at tomorrow in addition to looking forward to spending time with you on the barr hearings. we sure are going to do the latter. yes, robert? i was with bob woodward tonight and he made a point about how the luxury of time is the key to reporting. and that watergate took so long to unfold. it wasn t just the 72 break-in, it wasn t until august of 74 that goldwater and others in the republican party go to nixon and tell him he doesn t have the votes to survive an impeachment or a trial in the senate. so the only point i would say is there is an appetite to get the mueller report, but these things have to play out. the republican party may take its time coming to the facts of whatever mueller concludes. and it s just, it s still early in this process. well, we ve hit all the big names except for ben bradley, and of course, we around here also have to live with our frien
the cards. they know more. they can hold the line, and they know that our president, for example, in this example, won t back his own team up. so in effect, what the russians have done by isolating trump is they ve essentially made him play for the other side. play for the other team. robert costa, i keep wanting to ask you what republicans think they re preparing for. and do you notice more and more kind of peel-away defections? more and more you see republicans raising concerns privately, sometimes publicly, but they also feel boxed in. brian, they tell me that when it comes to the mueller report, they believe the president is breaking norm after norm. he s eroding these institutions, whether it s the intelligence community or the department of justice. but having dealt with him up close, they say the same thing i ve seen up close as a reporter covering him. this was someone, and it s no excuse, someone who s unprepared for the presidency and is known to tear up documents when he
tonight and he made a point about how the luxury of time is the key to reporting. and that watergate took so long to unfold. it wasn t just the 72 break-in, it wasn t until august of 74 that goldwater and others in the republican party go to nixon and tell him he doesn t have the votes to survive an impeachment or a trial in the senate. so the only point i would say is there is an appetite to get the mueller report, but these things have to play out. the republican party may take its time coming to the facts of whatever mueller concludes. and it s just, it s still early in this process. well, we ve hit all the big names except for ben bradley, and of course, we around here also have to live with our friends from the new york times, but with that, our thanks to jeremy bash, to synth yi alksne, to robert costa. greatly appreciate you starting off our conversation tonight. and coming up, how two days in hamburg, germany, in july 2017 could potentially unlock several questions cent
might have given away in a sensitive negotiation, then, in fact, the russian team holds all the cards. they know more. they can hold the line, and they know that our president, for example, in this example, won t back his own team up. so in effect, what the russians have done by isolating trump is they ve essentially made him play for the other side. play for the other team. robert costa, i keep wanting to ask you what republicans think they re preparing for. and do you notice more and more kind of peel-away defections? more and more you see republicans raising concerns privately, sometimes publicly, but they also feel boxed in. brian, they tell me that when it comes to the mueller report, they believe the president is breaking norm after norm. he s eroding these institutions, whether it s the intelligence community or the department of justice. but having dealt with him up close, they say the same thing i ve seen up close as a reporter covering him. this was someone, and it s no
protective of his own message? or is there a different intent? that s what lawmakers are telling reporters as much the same way american people are raising their own questions. jeremy bash, i want to play something for you from carl bernstein who used to write for the paper we now refer to as robert costa s newspaper. this is about trump and putin. we ll talk about it on the other side. he has done what appears to be putin s goals. he has helped putin destabilize the united states and interfere in the election no matter whether it was purposeful or not and that is part of what the draft of mueller s report, i m told, is to be about. i ve asked you before on this broadcast, given your experience at cia and pentagon, especially, diminishing nato, that starts the list. what a return on a minimal investment, if it s all true for putin? resisting sanctions. undermining nato and other