Good afternoon from Washington, I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast.

After two years he finally speaks the sound of his voice Robert Mueller made a statement,

Wednesday morning in which he reiterated the court conclusions of the Special Counsel

Report and said it was up to Congress to take the next steps.

Later in this podcast, survival of the fittest, the DNC announces a higher bar for their

third debate, effectively winnowing the field in half by Labor Day of this year.

The unintended consequences of that decision and what that will mean for the purest and

jillabrans of the world.

Also Republican Congressman Justin Amash holds a town hall in his home district and takes

questions after yet another long tweet storm calling for the start of impeachment hearings.

And Republican Bob Mueller and Republican Justin Amash push Democrats to impeachment.

And then later you're not going to want to miss this.

It's a fantastic conversation I have with retired Admiral William McRaven.

He joined me for a special interview about his career as a Navy SEAL what it was like to

command the raid to kill Osama bin Laden.

But we talked a lot more than just that.

He has spent a lot of time in higher education at the University of Texas, let alone scene

government up close and we talk about all of the different ways we could solve some

serious problems.

That's a conversation with listening to.

But to begin, I'm joined today by a perfect pair of reporters to discuss today's block

bustery news, Paul Cane, senior congressional correspondent for the Washington Post and NBC

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