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What did you do about pompeo? do you bring them in to testify? >> do you want them in? wouldnt you rather they just -- just hold them in contempt? once they get in there the right wing crowd on the republican side will spend half the time on the hearings doing the crazy stuff they did with lewandowski. you want that? >> i cant imagine anybody would want to put giuliani on a witness table at a house hearing. >> i would like that. >> you would like it. who would be better off having these guys sho...

Youre watching the news, wire ticker, whatever it is, my god, is mnuchin all in on this too? is this the united states government? not just trump. >> the united states government ceases to exist. we have trump. we have a monarchy of sorts, using the apparatus of the federal government in a way that was never meant to be. every bit of the country is working for trump and pompeo, theyre working together. >> were going to find out. i think there are more tentacles here than we can even begin to gra...

Force congress to either activate their own sergeant at arms or go to court over the contempt. >> thanks very much for joining us. as she prepared to launch impeachment inquiry into president trump, were going to hear from the house speaker nancy pelosi describe the phone call she received from president trump hours earlier. we have details. thats coming up next. its been a long time since andrew dusted off his dancing shoes. luckily denture breath

Giuliani testify, and if he does -- >> but can you force him, maam? >> well, the problem is that right now, and two methods of forcing that testimony, and one is through the courts which takes a very long time, and the trump administration has given us no indication that they will accept any lower court ruling and they will tie it up in the court, and so that he is why he contesting it, because he knows that we would have to go to courts. and the other is inherent intent, and so we would have to...

Misdemeanors. >> as the president employs past rivals to gin up his base, we heard from house intelligence chair adam schiff this morning. his greatest current threat may be testifying this week before congress. >> that whistle-blower will be allowed to come in and come this without the justice department or the white house to tell the whistle-blower what they can and cannot say. well get the unfiltered testimony of that whistle-blower. >> as of this hour, at least 225 house members, a majority ...

It is also appropriate for people outside the intelligence community to say what is presidential privilege. in other words, should you be talking to the congress about a presidential conversation. what kinds of political corruption. this isnt an intelligence issue, it is an issue of political corruption. what kinds of political corruption should be referred to congress. so i think that the process here is interesting. it is unique. some of did you look back and say im not sure it was right. the ...

Congress. those of us who just joined the 106th congress came here to do good work. this is not what we wanted to do, its sad for america, but its good for the constitution and the rule of law. >> the committee has issued a subpoena to mike pompeo for various documents. if he refuses, what then? what is the plan? >> well, then hell be held in contempt. this is obstruction. this is one of the grave issues we are facing right now. congress is a co-equal branch of government. the documents were req...

Could the truth ever really be learned? >> i think when it comes to the people, there are people in the white house fully aware of what happened and whether or not the accusations are true. whether there are documents middle some place, this is really coming down to whether or not the people aware of this can be compelled to cooperate. and this is where the power of congress really comes into play here. you know you could subpoena people and if they dont show up, you can hold them in contempt. i...

>> sean: the russian dossier. the biden ukrainian problem. jeff, where does it go? >> really make an attempt to impeach him, but i think that really gets me, the president, god bless him, is taking all of this heat, because they are really after his supporters, average americans. th have nothing but contempt for regular people out there. how they are going to get elected, campaigning on, you know, you are a bunch of boobs and youve therefore got to vote for us, its beyond me. >> sean: much more ...

Shut it down. >> sean: how many of you say impeachment hurts them badly in 2020? >> you dont think it hurts them. >> im the only democrat here. i want the democrats to win the election if we have the right candidate. this is profoundly misguided. we could lose everything. trump is weakened. were stronger than trump on a lot of issues. and by making the election about impeachment is a bad mistake. >> sean: i dont think so. >> you dont think so. if you look at the polls, plenty of evidence to supp...