substance. that s really everything. i mean, if anything, the president should be upset with barr for mischaracterizing mueller s report. yeah, i think that the president heard what barr said and took that to the bank and then it turns out that the check bounced, right, and so what mueller was trying to clarify and asking barr to clarify by releasing his own summaries was exactly the more nuanced version of what the mueller report found so i think that s why mueller and barr sort of are at a little bit of odds over exactly what those findings were. final word, elie, on this explanation. i think the president got turned out. maybe he was jet lagged but he was making the point that mueller called out barr for being inaccurate. interesting, thank you, thank you all. thanks, don. thank you both, i should say. democrats arguing behind closed doors about opening an impeachment inquiry into
that memo he wrote less than a year ago calling the obstruction investigation fatally misconceived. and they are demanding to see mueller s full report. but republicans say it s case time for democrats to move on. now it s time for them to get over the but they don t get over it. mary bruce on the hill tonight. mary, democrats and republicans are both calling on william barr to testify on capitol hill. they want the attorney general up there. reporter: david, they have reached tout barr asking him to testify here some time soon. barr was scheduled to be here on the hill early next month for a hearing on the budget. if we don t hear from him before then, that hearing is almost certain on the mueller report. thanks to all of you tonight. and the meantime, to the other breaking headline this monday night there is news about a long time antagonist of the president, michael avenatti. stormy daniels former lawyer, facing allegations tonight that he tried to extort more than $25 mi
a week since we spoke to you. we miss you, andy. bill barr, does he go through? if so, what then? yeah, he will sail through hopefully he will pick up a democrat vote or two. the judge who had the position of attorney general during the bush administration pointed out barr is the most qualified nominee since fdr made robert jackson attorney general. high praise but merited. he will get through and i think the way the committee rules work, bill, within about two weeks he will be able to get they will be able to put his name on the floor. so i would expect him to be in before the end of february. bill: you just heard our discussion about matthew whitaker. see how that hearing goes, the house and senate side there. two clips here i want to play for you. one was the state of the union for the other night but i want to play this clip from cory