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Here. >> great to be here, kate. >> with the president making this protective assertion of executive privilege overall of the documents that your committee has requested, does this vote thats going to happen then this afternoon to hold them in contempt, is it going to get you further rather than closer to getting your hands on any of these documents now? >> i think it gets us closer. i mean, what were doing is pressing forward. and now were going to pursue the opportunity to team up with the cou...

Defer to that attorney or she going to agree with members of the majority of the committee saying, you know, we dont believe thats a valid assertion. so it might end up being they still have toly gate each if its not a valid assertion. >> and a lawyer will be with her. at the same time the house oversight committee, david, has decided -- they voted to hold the attorney general and commerce secretary in contempt for failing to apply with the subpoena. how significant a step is this? >> i think it...

Census. this, as the house judiciary committee decides whether to hold attorney general and commerce secretary in contempt. meanwhile, donald trump jr. is back with the senate judiciary committee behind closed doors. congressman reed joins us this morning. thank you for being with us. >> great to be here as always. >> i want to talk to you about a letter. executive privilege over the remainder of the subpoenaed documents. should the american people be comfortable with the president making a broa...

Just text listen9 to 500500. the battle over adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census takes us to capitol hill. the house oversight committee is looking at the issue. to take a vote on whether to hold the commerce secretary and the attorney general in contempt for failing to comply with subpoenas to turn over documents. i want to talk more about this with congressman ro khanna, a democrat that is a member of the oversight committee. congressman, pleasure to have you. the oversight comm...

Sit down for questioning, you always ask him and set up the he said, he said. >> yeah. >> mark, to you, the other hearing happening on the hill today, an important one, is the second tiering led by house democrats to hold members of the administration in contempt. this one against the attorney general, again, bill barr and commerce secretary, wilbur ross. was there political motivation to put the citizenship question back in the 2020 census? my question to you is the supreme court is deciding th...

Investigations are enough for now? >> i do, and look, were being effective. people have criticized the speaker, but we just had a big win. the attorney general buckled. hes now going to give us the underlying evidence that we would need in any hearings. tomorrow, were going to vote to hold bill barr in contempt if he doesnt give us the census documents. so, were making progress, the committees are being aggressive and i think its building a case for the american people and for our own caucus. >>...

>> very well could. there are potential ways that the court can resolve this that sidesteps some of the challenging and thorny issues but nonetheless allows the trump administration to go forward with that question. and so i guess all i would just say is that if folks are concerned about the political implications, they shouldnt assume that the courts will bail them out. they have to work with their representatives to fight on those issues. >> people looking for bailouts left and right. ultimate...

That, of course, could be an open question. last week they directed hope hicks not to turn over documents that the committee wanted related to her time at the white house. it will be key and a huge question if the white house will seek executive privilege to prevent her from speaking about her time at the white house, but her time on the campaign will be fair game. >> the committee has agreed to hold two in contemp? thats right. they will hold the attorney jen ran and wilbur ross in contempt for...

Possible. i believe in the committees system and it will bubble up from there. >> do you think the committee investigations are enough for now? >> i do, and look, were being effective. people have criticized the speaker, but we just had a big win. the attorney general buckled. hes now going to give us the underlying evidence that we would need in any hearings. tomorrow, were going to vote to hold bill barr in contempt if he doesnt give us the census documents. so, were making progress, the commi...

Additional obstruction took place after the mueller report was put forward. >> nadler also announced yesterday that he had reached an agreement with the doj to review some of the underlying evidence behind robert muellers report in exchange for not holding barr in contempt. now a source is telling cnn that the white house may exert executive privilege over those documents. what do you think is going on here? >> the fact is, the white house is not going to comply unless its absolutely forced to. ...