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General, bill barr, in contempt for not providing those documents. so the president said that he is going to assert executive privilege. heres what he said about the question. >> i think its totally ridiculous that we would have a census without asking. but the supreme court is going to be ruling on it soon. i think when a census goes out, you should find out whether or not, and you have the right to ask whether somebody is a citizen. >> reporter: the president also disputed "new york times" sto...

♪ >> shannon: house democrats approving a couple of resolutions tonight both aimed at forcing the president the >> democrats approving a couple resolutions tonight both aimed at forcing the president, members of his administration and justice department to fork over yet another round of documents. as gop lawmakers say the democrats know it would be illegal for some of the things they are asking for to actually be released. katherine herridge has details. >> the house resolution that passed alo...

Contempt citation against attorney general william barr. >> the peoples house will continue to make the truth known to the american people and defend congresss role under article 1. >> in advance of the house vote democrats characterized mondays deal with the justice department as access to special counsel records including interviews and notes. >> we are willing to work with the administration but we are not willing to wreck the constitution and undermine the law. >> reporter: republicans said ...

Plan to smear, slander or besmirch president trump. this is about politics, 2020 instead of passing laws, serving the american people, making us safe and secure and more prosperous. democrats are now attempting to investigate the russia folks for a fifth time. today they moved forward with a plan. they want to go after the a.g. and former white house counsel, don mcgahn in contempt and hold them in contempt for refusing to participate in their sham hearings. congressman cummings is planning to h...

Certainly marquee value to the presidents son today. news about hope hicks i think potentially could have the most probative value going forward, chuck. >> kelly, does any -- do house democrats realize when they look at todays menu that you and i just went through why there are so many people around the country sort of tuning this out right now? they know theres investigations. you know, you talk about oversight, contempt, and its barr oh, this is about mueller, not about mueller. i empathize wi...

Would suppress representation especially in minority communities which affects everything from allocation of federal resources to, you know, where district lines and congressional lines get drawn. >> let me ask you this on this decision today on contempt. how much does that supreme court ruling that we all think is coming at the end of this calendar month, does that create a sense of urgency? this is why justice is upset you wouldnt negotiate longer. do you think theyre buying time to wait until...

News. hope to see you there. donald trump jr. back on capitol hill. a standoff between the presidents son and republican chair of that committee. plus a house panel will vote on whether to hold the attorney general and commerce secretary in contempt as the president invokes executive privilege again to shield documents. and were waiting on president trump to hold a press conference in the white house rose garden. will he respond again to new 2020 polling? that secret deal with mexico, its a ...

Something apparently unforgivable to todays republican leadership in congress. confronting donald trump. >> i think it is really important that we do our job as a congress. that we not allow misconduct to go undeterred. that we not just say, someone can violate the public trust and that there are no consequences to it. >> the applause you hear is in amashs district which again is reasonably conservative. then tonight, breaking with republicans, voting to hold two trump cabinet officials in conte...

Lack of answers. because of the secretary and because of the attorney generals refusal to cooperate with the co-equal branch of government. we have no choice. >> the house oversight committee voting to take on the trump full that theyre discussing there. wilbur ross held in contempt. this is about whether republicans changed the 2020 cents to us discriminate and help their own party, the gop. this is the first time democrats have ever held a contempt vote for ross who dodged questions about why ...

Chances in 2020. >> ive spoken to a number of folks in the presidents orbit, ashley, who reiterate that. that essentially, he could use all of this to paint himself as a president under siege. cynthia, let me turn to you on these developments today, but also what we saw yesterday. the house judiciary committee essentially holding the attorney general and former white house council don mcgahn in civil contempt. basically means they can sue them, right? this is not criminal contempt. where does al...