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And raging fires. evacuations and road closures in california and arizona as firefighters rock to beat back the flames. with 20 million people under heat warnings today as temperatures hit triple digits. and we start with an 11th hour agreement on key evidence in the mueller report. how judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler says hes reached a deal with the department of justice that pulls possible criminal contempt charges for attorney general william barr off the table for now. manu raju ...

Continuing that. well talk more about this in a minute. breaking news just into cnn. were carvana, and we want to give you the car buying experience you deserve. the chairman of the house judiciary committee striking a big deal with the justice department over the mueller report. lets get straight manu raju up on capitol hill. whats the deal? >> reporter: yeah. thats right. this after the house judiciary committee voted to hold bill barr, the attorney general, in contempt over failing to turn ov...

Even on nights and weekends. todays xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. documents. easing of tensions between the two sides despite the democrat id rather not. contention that they are getting blocked over every single q.at least they are getting some accommodation they say at this so at the moment this standoff averted for the moment. >> at least for a moment a circuit breaker, if you will, in these feuds between the democrats and the trump administration over documents and witnesses. we we...

Seeking. so interesting to see going forward how adamant they will be about not giving those over. but for now, its a subset of progress. >> what do you think, gloria? you think clearly the democrats are going to continue pushing for more? >> clearly. what theyre not getting is grand jury testimony. will they go to court to get that? i think they probably will. and of course theyre going to push. theyll continue to push for former white house counsel, don mcgahn, hope hicks. what they want to do...

Mueller report relating to obstruction. lets go to our senior congressional correspondent, manu raju. manu, how significant are the documents that the justice department will now turn over to the committee? >> well, democrats think they could be potentially significant, as part of the committees investigation to potential obstruction of justice. the house judiciary committee had voted to hold bill barr in contempt for fail ing ing to co with a subpoena to turn over the unredacted portions of the...

Mueller report. this deal with the department of justice now means that the attorney general bill barr will avoid a contempt charge at least for now. lets jump to analysis. elie honig is with me, a former u.s. assistant attorney of new york and cnn analyst, and also corrin. elie, starting on you with mueller getting this key evidence, you say that its a sensible deal for both sides. why? >> the department of justice avoids the important or at least postpones the possibility of bill barr, the att...

Committee over accessing the mueller report, agreeing to provide kooefd to tey evidence panel amid threats to hold the attorney general in contempt. >> as a result, i see no need to resort to the criminal contempt sch statute to enforce our april 19th subpoena as for now as long as they uphold their end of the bargain. >> jerry nadler warned hes still prepared to take other actions if he does not ultimately get compliance. and tomorrow the full house will vote to authorize the committee to go to...

And thats why the speaker is focused on getting that. >> that sounds to me a bit like a punt, right? you have virtually the entire mueller report as a matter of public record now. you say youre waiting for the underlying evidence. i get why that is relevant, but if you started impeachment proceedings, you would arguably have a stronger case to get that evidence. why not just make the call today to say this is something that needs greater investigation by congress? because clearly, the special co...

Made up their mind first and respiratory failure, enlargeed hearts and fluid on the lungs. then holding the hearings. the last three cases had that thats sort of backwards in common. wouldnt you say? im concerned about the they should call witnesses who possibility of a toxin, bill. not that there shouldnt be have first-hand knowledge of what happened and who have no underlying natural causes here but what precipitated the sudden death is the question. privilege to assert. not john dean from 45 ...

>> neil: thanks, catherine herridge. this could be just a preview to coming a tractions. for that, we go to chad pergram. what are we looking at? >> this is the first of several hearings. we have the john dean hearing. the house rules committee will prep the civil contempt solution to hold mcgahn and barr to try to compel compliance with their subpoenas that will be before the rules committee this afternoon. that will be on the house floor later tomorrow afternoon. then we have a hearing on wedn...