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Opening staumt as to that not only about my communications regarding the special counsels office and i said other investigations in the southern district of new york would be included in other investigations. >> chuck, youre a lawyer and a very good one obviously. he says the white house hasnt provided any promises or commitments, which is pretty a specific language. >> and those are exact lathe words i have keyed in on, chris. and he arefers congress back to his opening statements that seems to...

Under oath to that committee about president trump interfering with the prosecution of michael cohen or other prosecutions. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> and here is chairman jerry nadler today describing what matthew whitaker now says about presidential interference. >> unlike in the hearing room, mr. whitaker did not deny that the president called him to di...

I can madge an benign version of that conversation and a nefarious version of the conversation and that second thing, the nefarious version would be deeply troubling. >> weve had reporting there have been conversations. and matthew whitaker apoored to sort of deny that under oath. i want to play hitds testimony because there does seem to be tngz between what he said under oath and what public reporting has indicated and what he reportedly said today. >> at no time has the white house asked for, ...

The president went and repeated it later at the white house. it didnt seem to matter that the judge hadnt ruled on collusion. and thus another news cycle comes and goes. well go back to manafort in just a moment. but we want to bring you the other moment from today. it involves matt whitaker. he was acting attorney general under donald trump until recently. but he was called back to capitol hill today for a follow-up to his public testimony as delivered to the house judiciary committee that was ...

Because you have a conflict or the appearance of a confluct. you dont just unrecuse. i can madge an benign version of that conversation and a nefarious version of the conversation and that second thing, the nefarious version would be deeply troubling. >> weve had reporting there have been conversations. and matthew whitaker apoored to sort of deny that under oath. i want to play hitds testimony because there does seem to be tngz between what he said under oath and what public reporting has indic...

Attorney general before congress under only. listen to this. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> i want to know whether you talked to president trump at all about the southern district of new yorks case involving michael cohen. >> congresswoman, as i mentioned several times today, i am not going to discuss my private conversations with the president of the united s...

Commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> ultimately, if trump asked whitaker to intervene in the cohen probe and stack it with his ally, then not only did whitaker lie under oath, then this would also be a lie. >> did you ask acting attorney general matthew whitaker to change the leadership of the investigation into your former personal attorney, michael cohen? >> no, not at all. i dont know who gave you that. thats more fake news. a lot of -- ther...

Its he on taxes, green new deal, et cetera. are they giving him an opening? >> sure. they have a real challenge. we saw this in the town ahold meeting just the other night on cnn. they have to play to the activist democratic base who will really determine who wins the primaries and caucuses. those folk want to here about a new green deal, they want to hear about withdrawing troops from all kinds of theaters, where the united states has long-standing diplomatic and military commitments. it wont b...

Who expressed concerns or outright only significance to essentially work in listening mode. they proposed a bill that theyve been working on as a bit of a compromise. saying if the president is willing to support this bill, which would curtail future powers for a president, requiring congress to approve any extension of the national emergencies act beyond 30 days, then perhaps the number of republicans opposed to this would drop and potentially drop significantly. im told the vice president made...

Effectively suck all of the oxygen off of capitol hill and make it impossible for you to walk and chew gum at the same time? >> i think we have to prove we can actually do both things. we need to deliver and we are delivering on the commitments we made to the american people on the issues that matter in their lives. at the same time, the american people also expect democrats to hold the administration accountable and do serious oversight. if that produces evidence which requires initiation of im...