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Administration were held in tonight. only a minute or two we think before the president comes out. also for commerce secretary wilbur ross. >> i will do it quickly. barr is ostensibly being held in contempt for not turning over a document he has no legal obligation to turn over. it would be against the law to do so. the counterargument, as you guys held eric holder in contempt. we did, 400 days after we asked for the documents. heres the good thing that wilbur ross and eric holder and william ba...

To be vacant senate seat. she is a power in the house. this is what she said. >> have you had democratic leadership completely unwilling to condemn their own members particularly for really vile anti-semitic remarks. today you watched as nancy pelosi showed total utter contempt, disregard for what is really the heart of our constitutional republic. for the floor of the house of representatives. she violated the rules. she stormed off the floor. she refused to come back. you know, she is acting a...

Tomorrow, but it is seeming notwithstanding a lot of speculation, that no other people will be charged and maybe evidence, but they could not rely sufficiently on the candor of michael cohen and he would not make a good witness or maybe, you know, contempt issues with the respect of the people they were thinking of charging. but largely, i think that your thesis is correct. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. the breaking news will continue. we will have more on the house ...

I think whats going on here now, they are trying to drive the presidents poll numbers down because they cant beat him so they have to impeach him. it goes nowhere in the senate and makes trump look like the victim. if i were a democrat, do you know how i would handle it? i would wait for the mueller testimony is over. >> harris: the mueller testimony, really? >> jesse: yeah, yeah. >> harris: even though the report is out. >> jesse: im pretending im a democrat. im not going to make sense, harris....

In the media will talk about it. the laws in somalia are pretty horrible toward women, horrible on abortion for those that are pro-choice. horrible on gay rights, and so much more. the president said, when you fix somalia, then you can talk about the u.s. >> what weve watched happen today is really shameful. you had democratic leadership completely unwilling to condemn their own members for really vile anti-semitic remarks. you watched as nancy pelosi showed total utter contempt, disregard for w...

Justice asked to add the citizenship question. according to the contempt resolution, the committee has evidence that the trump administration began a campaign to add the citizenship question immediately after the presidents inauguration in january of 2017. the resolution goes on to say the administrations efforts followed efforts to promote a citizenship question by a now deceased republican gerrymandering expert. its rare for an attorney general to be held in contempt but its happened before du...

Order to prevent them from just going home for impeachment. but i have to say if youre a voter, and american voter and paying attention to whats happening in the house today. why are they actually aggressing so mike addressing kitchen table issues? spewing in it a white board for all that was happening on capitol hill today. as far as the votes. jonathan. >> on the criminal contempt question, the bulk production that the bill barr justice department is not going to prosecute bill barr. just a cr...

Justice department wont pursue this. why criminal contempt and not civil contempt that would have allowed you to try to get the a subpoena to enforce what youre looking for? >> well, you know, im not exactly sure the machinations on this. this is getting down to some fundamental values, the establishment of our own democracy saying that the congress has the power in article i of the constitution. and its the house of representatives, not even the senate. and so i think having that there in a cri...

Tone and remarked that you dont say america with this intensity. you say al qaeda, it makes you proud. al qaeda makes you proud! you dont speak that way about america. and at a press conference just this week, when asked whether she supported al qaeda, thats our enemy -- thats our enemy. they are a very serious problem that we take care of what they always seem to come along somewhere. she refused to answer. she didnt want to give an answer to that question. omar blamed the united states for the...

Regret that the committee continues to recommend the house wield its contempt authority even though we remain willing to work towards an appropriate accommodation. by taking this action, the house is both unnecessarily undermining interbranch comedy and degrading the constitutional separation of powers and its own institutional integrity. if there is no information to hide. if there is no institutional integrity to conserve, preserve. accordingly we propose the house postpone the contempt vote."...