. welcome back to the 11th hour the latest time magazine cover features a man cast ago big shadow over washington these days bob shadow. bob mueller. jeremy bash rejoined our panel. still with me here in new york, rick and mike. what do you know about the status of bob mueller s investigation and his efforts to recruit some of the top legal minds in the country? he s assembled the dream team for someone who needs to prosecute the most sensitive criminal and counterintelligence case in american history. he s got on his team not only individuals who can go to the substantive legal defenses like money laundering, lying under oath, but also those appellate lawyers who argued tricky issues when they go on appeal to the appellate courts, as to whether or not a president in this situation engaged in obstruction
really. low approval ratings ones house bill. there is a lot of unhappy people in in country if these provisions take effect. so there are definitely outside consultants on senate races who felt like they dodged a bullet when the hoist bill looked like it was going to fail before coming back to life. so there is definitely a school of thought that it would be better for every republican involved if this does not become law. and we wonder what makes people cynical about washington. rick stingle. your old boss president obama put out a statement that sounded a little similar. he called it the fundamental meanness of this bill, which would undue the signature law he wrote i hope there are enough republicaning in will senator in congress that there is a reason we chose to serve notice first place and that hopefully it s to make lives brt not worse.
welcome back to the 11th hour the latest time magazine cover features a man cast ago big shadow over washington these days bob shadow. bob mueller. jeremy bash rejoined our panel. still with me here in new york, rick and mike. what do you know about the status of bob mueller s investigation and his efforts to recruit some of the top legal minds in the country? he s assembled the dream team for someone who needs to prosecute the most sensitive criminal and counterintelligence case in american history. he s got on his team not only individuals who can go to the substantive legal defenses like money laundering, lying under oath, but also those appellate lawyers who argued tricky issues when they go on appeal to the appellate courts, as to whether or not a president in this situation engaged in obstruction of justice. there s a reason for the president, his lawyers and staff to be worried.
stop you know just looking at the left wing and the party and start to reconnect on economic issues and that s where they lost last year in the presidential election and where i think they continue to lose races. eric aire i want to ask you about nancy pelosi she fended off coup attempts before do you think she survives this one. well as you say she is a real survivor, right. and she has lid house democrats about 15 years. she is 77 years old can t stick around forever. i don t know that there is a coup attempt brewing at this point. there are some disgruntled lawmakers who had a meeting. i don t know that anything will come of it in the immediate term. however, if the democrats do not perform well in the midterm elections next year there is going to be a real reckoning. rick stingle stunning to see her have risen to first female speaker in american history. there is niepg i think it s unfair perm her taking a fall for the exactic parties losses in the specials. she is a dec
well as you say she is a real survivor, right. and she has lid house democrats about 15 years. she is 77 years old can t stick around forever. i don t know that there is a coup attempt brewing at this point. there are some disgruntled lawmakers who had a meeting. i don t know that anything will come of it in the immediate term. however, if the democrats do not perform well in the midterm elections next year there is going to be a real reckoning. rick stingle stunning to see her have risen to first female speaker in american history. there is niepg i think it s unfair perm her taking a fall for the exactic parties losses in the specials. she is a decent honorable woman ac a great speaker a historic figure. but people are looking for change. there s a change election in 2008 still continuing people want new faces in washington they don t want the same old faces. if you look at congress s rating