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Reporting. manu on capitol hill, youve been reporting for days. the democrats say theyre not going to stand for it this time. if what they view is obstruction, theyre not going to leave it to the court, theyre not going to leave it to the lawyers. do they take a median step here and actually issue subpoenas and see how the secretary responds then? >> reporter: were waiting for an official response from the committees. they have yet to respond to this request. youre absolutely right, john, democr...

>> the "wall street journal" reports that president trump pressed the president of ukraine eight times to work with rudy giuliani to investigate joe bidens son. what do you know about those conversations? >> so you just gave me a report about a -- whistle-blower complaint none of which ive seen. >> carl if there was nothing wrong with the call as president trump claims, thats not exactly the most honest answer to that question. >> i dont think mr. pompeo has been very honest throughout this epis...

Sustain them through this ordeal. >> i want to talk about, im sure, what i know, some of you what you and your wife endured through all of this. back to your december 96 congressional hearing your complaints met with contempt and hostility because "we were giving them a message they didnt want to hear." fastford to today and this whistle-blower and the president continues to attack him or her as this person prepares to testify behind closed doors, what might be doing through this or her mind now...

He stonewalls, if he can, then the real question is what are you going to do about it? what do you propose? >> well, this is the situation that weve confronted all along now with the trump administration. >> with little success. >> with little success because weve never seen an administration this lawless or this reckless before in u.s. history. >> be that what it may, the reality that youre working with is you have an attorney general who has been held in contempt of congress and that has gotte...

Different remedies potentially including contempt as well as other potential avenues but i have to say that rudy giuliani when he talks about attorney/client privilege doesnt mind breaking attorney/client privilege whenever he talks about his conversation with the president especially about ukraine. >> president trump would like to know the whistleblowers identity. democrats say its deeply disturbing and using language about spies and treason and what we used to do in the old days troubling. >> ...

In that timeline relates to how the committee proceeds. >> rudy giuliani is being subpoenaed on ukrainian records. >> im weighing the alternatives on -- i will kind of like go through it, get my evidence together. if they let me get some of the evidence that i gather -- >> dows house intelligence democrat responded that the committee is not a amused. >> we will have to pursue different remedies including contempt as well as other potential avenues. especially about the ukraine. >> capitol hill i...

Source familiar with the call confirms to fox news, secretary of state mike pompeo was on that july 25th call between president trump and the president of ukraine. this claim now ties the state department into the impeachment inquiry. capitol hill sources telling fox news tonight, this is already piquing the interest, shannon, the interest the congressional investigators. >> shannon: it investigations are never going to be over about all these various things. hearing the testimony may clear up s...

>> we have learned attorney general william barr is hard to push off course. he is been subpoenaed by democrats, held in contempt, for it was, will sanctions and none of that stopped them from assigning the us attorney in connecticut, john durham from investigating the origins of the trump russia probe. the attorney general is trying to help the room by leaning on donald trump. the doj released a statement that reads in part quoting and attorney general bars request the president has contacted o...

Congress that will show what kind of communications giuliani was having with the state department. and also, i tend to agree that you know yougiuliani is probab the last person that any of us want to see. but i think here is the ace that giuliani is holding, and i hate to say that, but he know thats bill barr will not enforce the subpoena in the event that giuliani thumbs his nose at congress. i hope they will employ and deploy the inherent contempt powers, it is laurmt -- >> what does that mean...

President, and the president said he loved it. >> yeah, and he has seen no repercussions. doesnt that embolden the giulianis of the world to behave similarly. and we know there are only three vehicles to hold someone like him accountable. bill barr, not happening, go to court to sue to have the subpoena civilly enforced. that can happen. or congress can send the sergeant at arms out to arrest someone that the congress has voted to hold in contempt. and they can cut anymore a jail cell and they c...