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Customs and border patrol custody. the horrible situation and horrible it happened. >> yeah, look, ive been saying for months when the first caravan came i said there will be more. i said there will be more children dying. it is very sad because what you just played with senator gillibrand making statements so reprehensible. when you say things like that when you run for president saying we dont detain anybody. that will further entice more families to put themselves in the hands of criminal org...

Correct his mistake, this committee will have no choice but to enforce the subpoena against him. mr. mcgahn did not appear today because the president prevented it. just as the president has said that he would, quote, fight all subpoenas, close quote, issued by congress as part of his broader efforts to cover up his misconduct. this stonewalling makes it all the more important to highlight some of the incidents that mr. mcgahn is said to have witnessed. let me recount some of them. we know that ...

America is just tired of this congress. >> sandra: the president not wanting mueller testify if that was the case wouldnt stop the committee from asking him to do so. why not bring him in? >> he is supposed to come in. barr with his interview with bill hemmer says he has no objection. i imagine well see him in the next week or two. the white house is clear they dont want anyone testifying. >> sandra: they havent subpoenaed him. >> they are figuring out the timing and circumstances. democrats sho...

Closed-door testimony from mcgahn tells me that the democrats and nadler may be less interested in the truth seeking function, in other words, actually getting the information that he says congress needs to exercise its oversight function, and more interested in putting on a show on getting mcgahn in before the cameras, peppering him with questions, forcing him to assert executive privilege under oath. i suspect thats the democrats endgame. theyre less interested in getting the information and m...