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Because of the soybeans, huge crop for china is a problem now. corn huge crop to go to mexico. also a problem right now. you arent getting any benefits out of -- not many benefits. corn is up a little. shannon, sometimes on the farm when it rains, it pours. >> shannon: jeff flock out in the field for us today. house democrats are poised to vote on another contempt of congress citation for william barr. this time over documents tied to the trump administrations decision to add a citizenship quest...

In this way, for what is essentially foreign policy related issues like immigration. its not meant to be used that way. and certainly americas farmers have taken it on the chin. im not sure that we have seen details even about this supposed mexican purchase of large amounts of u.s. agricultural goods. we havent seen details of that. so yes -- arthel: in fact, no one is going on record on that. >> thats correct. arthel: -- doled out by the president. >> i think the president is trying to say to t...

Now with congress in its oversight function. eric: is that enough for a reason to call for impeachment, eric holder was held in contempt, you have obama administration and other administrations pushing back against congressional oversight. >> no, congressional oversight pushback is normal. i served in the state department and handled the work with the house for the secretary of state, but we didnt block on a repetitive basis every possible witness that democrats in this case are asking for, whic...

They will threaten to follow through on their own with the tariffs the presidents been talking about. but a lot of it is still up in the air. but for now the 5% tariff on american goods is suspended. >> mike, can you tell us about the beef one more time about flying the pride flag since its pride month? >> yes, its a controversy now that there were embassies around the world in israel and germany and latvia wanted to flalg the pride flag at the center of the ground, most visible place on the emb...

People voted for, in the electoral college, at least, for trump. >> heres the thing. people have seen democratic and republican administrations letting them down basically for as long as ive been alive. there is a sense our economy and our government are twisted, are tilted, are not working for us and it was incredibly upsetting. at a time when most americans, by the way, agree with democrats on most issues, to see us basically cast out as though we represented the system. if we dont demonstrate...

Hillary clinton. >> she should be in prison. >> she should be in jail for what she did with her emails. okay. she should be in jail. hillary clinton should have been prosecuted and gone to jail for what she did. she gets special treatment under the justice department. >> lock her up! >> lock her up is right. >> joining me now, peter emerson, who worked on three democratic administrations, republican political consultant sir michael singleton, and conservative strategist lauren zell. welcome to y...

Window of even when administrations are in office. that is why were seeing these extraordinary measures right now on the hill and this gamble that the congress is going, to with these votes, send a message to the court system that it has to take seriously this blanket defiance of basically article i of the constitution, which says that congress is to perform a check on the executive branch. and that what were seeing here amounts to a rejection of a constitutional principle here that congress doe...

Thrown around. >> thats the problem. thats why the house leadership is trying to bundle these votes. they appreciate they have so many different fires going on here. this is not just about russia at this point. were talking about defiance of lawfully issued subpoenas, request for documents when it has to do with census or immigration, or the saudi transfer of nuclear technology. all of these things are being blanket rejected by this white house. >> heidi, as the house moves closer to holding the...

About, we finally have an administration that is putting an end to the malign activities that theyve been given a pass on for a couple administrations. thats a good sign. >> neil: senator, good having you. >> thank you. >> neil: more coming up including this. forget impeaching the president. nancy pelosi prefers to locking him up. ♪ limu emu & doug

Concerned about this process. c. >> sean: when we stay on the issue of civil libertarians forr a minute. >> sean: when we stay on when the deputy fbi director got a call from general flynn, dave four of the trump presidency.en, do i need a lawyer and was told no, and then james comey n bragging that he took advantaged no, and then james of the chaos, something he wouly bragging that he never do in the obama or bush administrations, said his agents never d over and for a perjury trap, thh because...