it s been a busy day full of breaking news. we ll catch you up on all of it tonight. you know what there was breaking news that took away the spotlight off of a lot of things today and you may not have seen what happened on capitol hill this afternoon. it was a moment that really brought home the uncanny parallels between the investigations of this president and watergate. nobody knows that better than john dean, of course. he wasn t just a witness to history. he lived it as white house counsel to a president who resigned rather than face an impeachment trial. so just look at that side by side image that you see there on your screen. today the watergate star, the star witness in watergate was back before the committee he last faced 46 years ago. testifying for four hours about the mueller report. televised hearing intended to drive home to every american exactly what s in the 448 pages
nobody knows that better than john dean, of course. he wasn t just a witness to history. he lived it as white house counsel to a president who resigned rather than face an impeachment trial. so just look at that side by side image that you see there on your screen. today the watergate star, the star witness in watergate was back before the committee he last faced 46 years ago. testifying for four hours about the mueller report. televised hearing intended to drive home to every american exactly what s in the 448 pages of the mueller report. the last time i appeared before your committee was july 11, 1974 during the impeachment inquiry of richard nixon. clearly i m not here today as a fact witness. in many ways the mueller report is to president trump what the so-called watergate road map officially titled the grand jury
across america, but thank goodness the democrats are calling watergate star john dean to testify. we ve also heard from another gop congressman who says he s worried the hearings will turn into a mock impeachment inquiry and also guys this week we expect the full house to vote on a resolution to hold attorney general bill barr in contempt it s going to be a busy week ahead here in washington as it always is it seems like. guys? griff: thanks, mark good job. it feels like every week is going to be this crisis week that s different than any other but really it s not. jedediah: one thing i can t stand is political theatre for theatre sake. i know democrats don t want to go out and walk tab the issues i get it it s hard. the economy is booming, it s a tough job but this stuff is getting exhausting. now we ll have to watch this drama unfold like a bad television show. it s terrible. ed: it s interesting because john dean being the first witness this is somebody from water gate, okay and he