country and it s totally going to backfire on them. steve: pam, what you make about the fact that the 11th hour apparently they have asked that his top investigative aid chief of staff on the special counsel report aaron zebley sit at the witness table with him? he won t answer any questions in the first session, but in the afternoon he has already been sworn in and he can answer questions in the intel committee. this is the same attorney who represented one of clinton s people in the whole computer breach issue. isn t that interesting? now he s coming in as robert mueller s counsel i think mueller is doing that because he s concerned about the questions the republicans will ask him, when did you know that pfizer warrant was based on false information? that is critical and why did you continue on with your investigation when you knew that? when that investigator needs an attorney, he is
witness table but from their republican colleagues. there s more optimism that this is going to be a hearing that is beneficial to them politically than substantively. they know robert mueller is unlikely to go beyond what we call the four corners of that report. the justice department has encouraged mueller to do just that as well. so what they re going to do is use in away we don t see each of their two dozen members try to spin a narrative to bring as they say the mueller report to life. to focus on discreet themes they believe to be important to helping the public better understand what they believe to be an impeachable offense. on the part of republicans, they say this is not going to be the typical minority bomb throwing, in fact, unlike what democrats are saying. they intend to fully use their five minutes each in questions to ask as many questions of
first . mueller will not the decision to let his never trump are lawyer pull up a chair at the witness table. jenkins live outside the rayburn house office building, what we can expect at the highly anticipated hearing. look at the folks behind you. good grief. reporter: it is busy already. history just hours from being made. it is mueller time and it will be a long day for the former marine. special counsel will testify before two house committee starting in the judiciary committee room. let me show you how it will go at 8:30 when the doors open and you will have an opening statement, jerry nadler followed by 5 minutes, and then they will swear mueller in. he will deliver his opening
post. mim i roka, tim o brien, executive editor of bloomberg opinion. and as we mentioned, nbc news correspondent mike memali. you spent the day own night on the hill, mike. talk to us about preparation and strategy heading into this tomorrow. yeah. i spent part of my evening outside that hearing room in the office building where democrats held what was supposed to be a two-hour, ended up closer to three-hour mock hearing. one member called it a feisty session. i think an indication of some of the fireworks they expect to come not necessarily from the witness table but from their republican colleagues. there s more optimism that this is going to be a hearing that is beneficial to them politically than substantively. they know robert mueller is unlikely to go beyond what we call the four corners of that
ainsley: over the next hour. [laughter] brian: five opening theme invite gather, five-minute statement opening by collins and then in opening statements. different one in the morning and one in the afternoon. two different committees, a lot of unscripted situations and big-time agendas. ainsley: three hours judiciary committee and then they take a 30 minute break at 12:00 o clock another two, 2.5 hours in the intel committee. steve: it will take place inside one of those people committee hearing rooms in the rayburn office building and across the street from the capital. somehow griff jenkins has gotten inside the actual room in his right over by the witness table where mr. mueller will fit in about 90 minutes. reporter: that is right. good morning. they will clear the room here momentarily but they re letting us have a look. you broke it down while at 8:30 less than 90 minutes you have that first opening statement by chairman nadler and five-minute ranking member doug