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Problem stemming in part by a lawsuit filed by the trump department of justice last year that alleged that conditions and violence in alabamas prisons violate the u.s. constitution. this week the new york congressman jerry nadler asked the u.s. treasury department to block alabama from using federal covid funds to build prisons. writing, quote, the american rescue plan is a historic effort to provide urgent assistance in a time of great suffering, it should not be used to worsen our national pro...

Violence in alabamas prisons violate the u.s. constitution. this week new york congressman jerry nadler asked the u.s. treasury department to block alabama from using federal funds for prisons, writing the rescue plan is a historic effort to provide assistance in a time of great suffering. it should not be used to worsen our national problem of incarceration. governor ivey shot back on twitter, accusing nadler of overstepping and insisting the funds can be used for, quote, lost revenue. >> nothi...

Democrats dont even agree amongst themselves that the president ought to be impeached, youre not going to convince a majority of voters he ought to be impeached. until democrats are united on this question, unless and until they are united, the house can move forward and get a lot of evidence, but people who are waiting for the president to be impeached, thats not going to happen unless the speaker and some of the others who are are holding out come around. so far, thats not the case.ha u >> if ...

Mean its a slam dunk argument for democrats in this context. in fact, when you follow all of this, whether youre rooting for someone or not, democrats dont fully agree. there are new reports about divides weve been covering that you probably observed about impeachment within the democratic leadership for some time. speaker pelosi reportedly accusing nadlers committee of basically going beyond their mandate, going too big with all the impeach. talk without laying the groundwork, by getting the am...

I think there are two questions you have to ask on impeachment. one is legal. one is political. they advanced the legal front in that past half hour when he was questioned by outside counsel barry burke. they showed, they were able to reiterate that the president did commit obstruction of justice in this act that corey lewandowski was involved in and then they made a case on this clip that you showed from chairman nadler, that the president is obstructing justice. the political side. its impossi...

Characterize mondays deal with the justice department as access to news special counsel record including interviews and notes. >> we are willing to work with the administration, but we are not willing to have spying and we are not willing to direct the constitution and undermine the rule of law. >> catherine: but republican said jerry nadler was unlikely to prevail in court against barbara mcgann and executive privilege issues. accusing nadler of looking for an exit. >> with the key evidences th...

They can to win the election in 2020. they are guilty of many crimes, many, many crimes. >> im done with him. i dont even want to talk about him. >> a recent npr marist poll laid out four options for voters asking about what counsel should do with special counsel findings. 39% favored no further action. just over half supported either impeachment, more investigations or a public reprimand. in advance of the house vote, democrats characterized mondays deal with the justice department as access to...

Then providing more than 1 million records. nadler brushed aside those claims as stonewalling. >> we will not allow the president to stop this investigation and nothing in these unjustified and justifiable legal attacks will stop us from pressing forward with our work on behalf of the american people. we will hold this president accountable one way or the other. >> reporter: theres no timetable but the next steps would be after the recess, so early july at the earliest, dana. >> dana: tell me ab...

The hearing was short and dramatic with an empty seat for don mcgahn. jerry nadler said there will be consequences for reviewing the next steps, including going to court and fighting the administration on the executive privilege claim. >> let me be clear, this committee will hear mr. mcgahns testimony even if we have to go to court to secure it. we will not allow the president to prevent the american people from hearing from this witness. >> the white house had already instructed don mcgahn not ...