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So many republicans up on capitol hill are free traders and dont share the presidents view when it comes to punishing mexico to try to clamp down on whats happening at the border, wolf. >> jim acosta at the summit in britain, the state visit i should say in britain reporting on the latest developments. jim, thank you very much. theres more breaking news were following on the justice departments new offer to work with the house judiciary committee on its subpoena to see more of the mueller report...

House democrats did vote to impeach the president, they would not win a conviction in a republican-controlled senate. but i think what youre seeing now is a great deal of frustration on the complete stonewalling on the part of the white house, on all of these investigative efforts by democrats. some of them are starting to say, theres only so much were going to get from a contempt resolution. maybe the real way to respond to the administration is to begin impeachment proceedings and get some of ...

Perch, that can really bust through the noise. >> thanks for your time. you can sign up for the newsletter at signup.axios.com. >> that does it for us. im yasmin vossoughian alongside geoff bennett. "morning joe" starts right now. >> in those days the deputy job was a lot different but ill tell you now, the attorney general job was a lot different also. you like records. this must be a record of attorney general being proposed for contempt within a hundred days of taking office. >> attorney gene...

Recess but supporters say all options are on the table when congress returns in september. we are back with james freeman, kim - - and bill mcgurn. how seriously should we take this threat to impeach rod rosenstein? >> even though the word this week was impeachment, the word everyone was all that was contempt. mark meadows, the head of the freedom caucus after they filed those articles of impeachment and after paul ryan said he disagreed, he gave a little talk. he said he spent the day with lead...

Recess but supporters say all options are on the table when congress returns in september. we are back with james freeman, kim - - and bill mcgurn. how seriously should we take this threat to impeach rod rosenstein? >> even though the word this week was impeachment, the word everyone was all that was contempt. mark meadows, the head of the freedom caucus after they filed those articles of impeachment and after paul ryan said he disagreed, he gave a little talk. he said he spent the day with lead...

D.o.j. and appeal directly to the president to intervene. >> the president can decide whether they should or not turn over these documents. the president should make that decision. our position right now is the justice department has to turn over these documents. >> but if they dont, though, would you support a contempt resolution? >> were not going to go there. the president can order them to do it. im counting on the president to do the right thing. >> that was tuesday. today speaker of the ho...

To hold members of federal law enforcement in contempt for not producing documents. he wants various stages of the probe theyre trying to conduct into what sort of surveillance was done of individuals related to the trump campaign. this kind of goes back to the same stuff that was behind the dossier and before that it was document requests going back to last summer. this sort of forum is basically saying, okay, im done playing the game of chicken here, and the question is going to be whether peo...

Be behind closed doors. and youre starting to hear people lose their patience with this. and its really going to come down to when do republicans decide theyve had enough? and today you were seeing people like tom rooney saying we have to mean something with these subpoenas. if people think we dont, they dont show up, then nobodys going to interview with the house intel committee again. we cant let that happen. the next step is issuing a contempt resolution or citation and thats a big step that ...

Been postponed. we know theres been negotiations under way between the committee, the white house and with bannons attorneys about how to negotiate the scope of the questions he was going to be willing to answer. the other day, he was refusing to answer, saying the white house was directing hip n ining. questions about events that happened in the transition. even after his time in the white house. and why this is significant is because for the first time republicans were willing to subpoena a wi...

Is we dont have to exert executive privilege until you put us on the spot and the chairman is the only person that can put them on the spot by advancing a contempt resolution or some kind of motion to compel answers to specific questions. democrats can ask as many questions they want and send up letters, but theyll never push the ball in the presidents court and force him to exert executive privilege. >> shepard: did we learn anything today? >> i dont think we got any light shed on why comey was...