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Far beyond the pale, she thinks he should have been held in contempt right away. where did you hear that last night? on this show, from guests on this show. theres also the presidents fired national security adviser, john bolton, blasting his former boss while his incoming replacement is flattering the president. that as his fema nominee is out seven months after he was nominated. hes out. all of that to come here. and then theres this. a picture that youve got to see, and, quite frankly, one ...

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No to prop c. may not be ober for corey lewandowski. two days after president trumps former campaign member stonewalled the committee, lawmakers are working on the initial steps to possibly hold lewandowski in contempt. we should point out that process, though, could take some time. earlier today house speaker nancy pelosi was pressed about her reaction to the lewandowski hearing. >> we are legislating, investigating and litigating, and i trust the work of the committees as they forward to do ...

Good to have you both. mark, i want to start with this new development cnn reported tonight. a spokesperson for nancy pelosi, she said in a private meeting tonight that after his performance yesterday cory lewandowski could have been held in contempt she said right then and there. that did not happen. is she signaling if you are going to do it, you need to be tough. if you are going to do this and go through this whole investigation or inquiry, youve got to be tough? >> well, don, you know, in a...

The committees going to do something about lewandowskis behavior. >> isnt there a window, though? i mean, to your point. you say chairman nadler should have acted by now, you think, and we understand its sort of a drawn-out process, but there is a window here, too? >> there is. what would be, to me, the most effective thing is if the, if the speaker would say, i want to have a procedure on the floor of the house where we adopt inherent contempt procedures, where they could, for example, a chairm...

A performance. and he could have been -- he could have been found in contempt but should he have been is the question? probably not. all theyre doing is making him into a martyr, to spew out more lies and put on a performance for the trump base and it all works to his advantage. i, frankly, dont think that moved the ball whatsoever when it comes to holding trump or the people around him accountable. >> anna, you first. i want to switch gears. i want to talk about justin trudeau apologizing after...

Communications with a foreign leader. thats according to two former u.s. officials speaking to "the washington post." the paper is reporting that the presidents interaction with that foreign leader included whats being called a promise, a promise so troubling that it led the whistle-blower to file a formal complaint. that complaint was reportedly filed on august 12th during a period of weeks when the president had interactions with at least five foreign leaders, including vladimir putin and kim ...

Look, i think you see the extraordina exgeneral saying lets not go there. the cameras are on and thats classified. if hes a security risk is just one who stumbles into it through loose lips. but the implications are a lot more serious. and thats why there needs to be transparency. this isnt about schiff getting answers. its about the american people getting answers. >> one last thing on this. the president uses an unsecure cell phone. at least he did until -- the last reporting we had on this wa...

Judiciary committee is taking the first steps toward holding corey lewandowski in contempt for refusing to answer questions. note, they were castigated for their handling the hearing, as well. nobody looks good, but he was flagrantly disrespectful. is it a smart move for them to hold him in contempt or is it just going to make the whole thing worse? >> i think they have to send a signal to the white house and republicans in general that this cant be a game. they cant stop oversight the way theyr...

We need to make sure the integrity for whistle-blowers is there. by the way, anderson, we watched corey lewandowski yesterday simply refuse to answer the questions of the congress. so there needs to be accountability here, and it is time for the congress of the united states to start asserting its authority probably through mechanisms like inherent contempt where we start fining people and making people very, very uncomfortable when they thumb their nose at the elected representatives of the peo...