Miles Parks

He died at the age of 81.

And Keri, I think it's easy to focus just on Mueller's time as special counsel.

We'll get to that in just a bit.

But I want to start with his much longer career in law enforcement.

Tell us about that.

Right.

So getting into the more present time with Mueller, he became prominent during Trump's first term because he was appointed special counsel to investigate the allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Tam, you were covering the White House at that point.

Walk us through that moment in time, because it really was a crazy political couple months.

Which I feel like has a pretty stark contrast to what President Trump said about Mueller's death, right?

Why did President Trump have such an issue with Mueller and with the investigation?

I mean, we have been talking about this investigation for almost a decade.

And I guess I was struck by that when I saw the news that Mueller had died.

How do you think he will be remembered?

Or what do you think the legacy of his report will be going forward?

Well, we can leave it there for now.

Carrie, thank you so much for spending some time with us today.

All right.

Let's take a quick break.

And when we come back, a trip to Texas.