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New reporting, the white house is stone walling. Plus a cnbc exclusive, interviewed moments ago just into the headquarters with the secretary of state mike pompeo on his way to russia, here what he had to say about his predecessor. The identity divide, mayor Pete Buttigieg criticizing politics, ruffling feathers inside the democratic party. And talk about a dramatic landing. What happened when a jet touched down with no front landing gear. We are going to begin this hour with the president on a ...

Why its not going to happen. Where it stands, what is likely to follow, well take you through it on our watch. Today of the first impeachment hearing did hauling in the president s excampaign manager help or harm the democrats potential be obstruction case . Cuomos court is about to convene. Its the perfect night for it. And if the president really loves hispanics, more than the country as he said last night, he sure has a warped way of showing it. We have a trump loyalist caught in the middle o...

Tonight, cnn learning former-vice president pences top aides refused to discuss their direct conversations with former-president trump during their recent interviews with the january 6th select committee. pences aides drawing that line, after being instructed by u trumps legal team those conversations they say are covered by executive privilege but sources say the aides did answer questions about their conversations with pence, which is obviously hugely significant. paula reid is out front. paul...

Recommendations to prevent future acts of domestic extremist violence, to strengthen the resilience of our nations democratic institutions to proposed laws that will keep our democratic system safer. now, with that background in mind, we are, as you are aware, seeking information to inform us to perform that role. before you were a.g., you were a judge. and i note that the -- in your judicial role in 2004 there was a case judicial watch versus the department of justice where the court ruled quot...

Or claiming the possibility of some privilege down the line. does it work the same way when youre talking to an investigation by the executive branch technically, the special counsels office, how would that work behind closed doors, susan? >> right, so technically executive privilege is only available for the executive branch to assert against the legislative branch, the judicial branches, in this kind of interview jeff sessions might be able to assert some sort of presidential communications pr...

With the russian ambassador. a holdover from the obama administration, she was later fired for refusing to defend the presidents travel ban. she was supposed to testify on capitol hill today as part of the russia investigation, but then, a twist. in a letter, the justice department warned that her conversations with the white house were "likely covered by presidential communications privilege," adding, "she needs to consult with the white house" about whether she could testify. yatess attorney t...

Are likely covered by the presidential communications privilege. the president owns those privileges, so you need to talk to the white house. so a letter was sent to the white house counsel at the white house, don mcgann, and a reply was requested by monday, march 27th. no reply came, so thats why sean spicer is saying the white house didnt do anything. no reply came. but then sally yates was canceled by devin nunes. so the next question is, why did devin nunes cancel sally yates? and did anybod...

Camille cosby to be deposed, but that essentially means she has to show up. does she have to answer questions? >> that is the $64,000 question. what will she do? the judge is correct, she does have to appear. the difference is because this is a civil case versus a criminal trial or even a trial in the civil case because this is the discovery phase of the civil case. and a deposition is lawful and its proper if its purpose is reasonably calculated to lead to admissible evidence. now, while it is ...

I now read for the record from page 25 of when congress comes calling which is from the constitutional project. and i apologize if this seems preliminary but this communication arrived only minutes before the beginning of this mark-up. executive privilege. the presidents communications privilege -- >> and so, darrell issa talking about the letter, the executive privilege letter he got literally just a little before the top of the hour and we brought that information to you immediately. its not g...

This. i now read for the record from page 25 of when congress comes calling, which is from the constitution project, and i apologize if this seems preliminary, but this communication arrived only within minutes of the start of this mark up. executive privilege. the presidents communications privilege, and i quote "the communications in question must relate to the quinnee sepbgs and nondelegatable presidential power that requires direct presidential decision making. the privilege is limited to th...