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Facing off with one potential democratic opponent in the coming election, any second now the house is going to vote on a civil contempt resolution that will allow committee chairmen to sue the administration and other witnesses who defy congressnal subpoenas without forced to consult with the justice department first. essentially reaffirms congress pow tore enforce subpoenas without holding any votes in the committees or the floor. its a speedier process thats whats in place now. this is going t...

Hes a strong-willed man with a forceful personality and well-informed deeply studied views. katie, i guess we have also learned he is capable of responding to a threat of contempt as the first traunches of evidence are arriving from doj to house democrats. >> absolutely. and when you look at that move today its a great negotiating tactic in many ways because he can now claim hes created goodwill, hes being cooperative. if the committee thinks this information is going to move the needle either w...

Muellers evidence in their hands. just as of this evening. as william barrs justice department begins to loosen its grip on some of the secret material. that mueller used to make his case. the attorney general was one day shy of perhaps being held in contempt. plus john dean returns to capitol hill bringing echoes and parallels of watergate to the era of trump. and new reporting tonight on what trump is telling friends and advisers about a matchup with joe biden. as the two men are both set to a...

To this primary. we cant wait for that. we head to capitol hill where the house is expected to vote on a civil contempt resolution against william barr and don mcga hahn. that is going to happen later today. kasie hunt is tracking all of it and kimberly atkins and jake sherman and msnbc political contributor. thanks to all of you for being here. kasie, i will ask you to put on your wonkiest hat and break down the difference for us between civil and criminal contempt. there is a difference and ...

Judiciary committee reached a deal with the justice department to obtain key evidence related to the obstruction part of muellers investigation. that agreement may stop a vote to hold the attorney general in criminal contempt, however the house is expected to vote tomorrow on a civil contempt resolution that says the committee will go to court to enforce committee subpoenas. the agreement is also not likely to end the tense debate among democrats on capitol hill about whether or not to begin an ...

Do it, hes got a different charge on his hands. >> exactly. you sit in contempt of court. you sit in jail with that contempt charge over your head. and theres honestly no limit to the amount of time they can stick you in jail for contempt. you can be weeks. >> wow. >> months. i think theres a case in pennsylvania where a guys been in for years. >> that is absolutely incredible. and a current issue. john, thanks very much, john schuppe is an nbc news reporter. all right. coming up the acting dh...

Voted today on this contempt move. these officials, especially lawyers, but really anyone responsible doesnt want to be held in contempt. it is a serious step youve taken. youve also stopped short of criminal contempt as youve said. there is a break-through and providing evidence to you. why did you stop short of criminal contempt for mr. mcgahn? >> we did not stop short of contempt for mr. mcgahn. >> criminal contempt. >> well, the resolution of powers contempt, civil or criminal. if he does no...

Misconduct. democrats say its a break through. because of that, they say they are getting something attorney general bill barr initially flatly refused to give. they say he is folding. they are holding off on that full contempt vote of the sitting attorney general. they are negotiating further saying there are other documents and testimony they want, including obviously testimony from the star witness, according to mueller, former white house counsel don mcgahn, mcgaughan is refusing. the judici...

Report, as a cautionary tale provided apparently. >> now we have john dean, 45 years ago would have pled guilty to obstruction of justice and now coming in to enlighten the committee on the obstruction of justice. >> this committee is hearing from the 70s and they want their star witness back. >> martha: there are a lot of stories that are related to all of this tonight. while attorney general bill barr data seed to some of the house requests, they have been hounding him for more of the backgrou...

On twitter. cnn congressional correspondent phil mattingly is on capitol hill. this will be something of a reprise of one of the most memorable moments from the watergate hearings when dean, then a white house counsel, testified against the president. what are democrats expecting to accomplish with this? >> i think its a dual-pronged approach. the idea of trying to elevate for the public the mueller report which a lot of democrats you talk to feel has receded into the background in the wake of i...