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White house counsel don began her off the hook. the house rules committee is meeting late today to prepare a bill for the house floor, would allow the house to sue mcgahn taking the fight to court, republicans suggest that is unfair. ">> the house resolution to give authority to not only the judiciary committee but also all committees to go forward with lawsuits is unprecedented. >> doug collins the top republican on the committee says that good faith shown by the justice department should be re...

To do impeachment but we dont want to go too far. we want contempt but it doesnt say contempt but we dont want contempt. theyre walking both sides of the street. politically thats how they have to do it and thats why theyre having the hearings. >> neil: can you tell my we john dean is your star witness? maybe during the watergate hearing, he talks about a cancer of the presidency. the tapes came out. that was then. this is now. hes had a lot of disparaging stuff to say of the president nightly. ...

Find a path forward, whether thats contempt or working out through the accommodation process. >> anne gearan, you were on this trip. your pool notes were legendary. thank you for all of us who were reading them from back here. but this really was, i mean, the president sitting on hollow ground, we showed the footage at the beginning, not just criticizing a rival, but laufrmg launching a deeply, deeply personal attack. he is worried about what pelosi is going to do next. >> he is. ive been waitin...

What do you expect in terms of the everyday given your committee there? >> my understanding is the entire judiciary committee gets to see it. as soon as its available, i will read the whole thing. i will say this is how these accommodations are supposed to work. you shouldnt have held them in contempt. im glad we are working towards how this is supposed to go. we will get access to more of the report. we will read everything thats available to us and continue to move forward. i do find it unfort...

This is a guy who understands the rule of law. hes committed to the rule of law. if he doesnt we should issue a subpoena. well hold everybody in contempt for dishonoring the subpoenas of congress. understand the supreme court has been very clear about this. the investigative fact finding power of congress is essential and integral to having a representative democracy. how can we legislate and decide what to do for the country if we cant get the facts we need. thats why we have the foresubpoena a...

If you read the statement from the judiciary committee, they are expecting much more than this. this is just in an opening shot and saying we are going to go ahead with the other civil contempt votes in order to strengthen our hand in enforcing subpoenas and getting more information. this has nothing to do with the decision by don mcgahn and others to defy their subpoenas so those proceedings will go forward against those witnesses, as well, like hope hicks and don mcgahn. >> those are critical ...

Would come where joyce would be hauled before congress. i dont think this is going to move the needle very much in the west wing. i mean, i anticipate it will get a couple angry tweets tomorrow from the president. maybe about mr. dean, perhaps joyce, but theyre going to try to paint this as a circus. certainly theyre not going to suddenly want to comply with any of this. the tactics here are clear. theyre going to stonewall and say no to everything. theyre willing to run the risk of being held i...

The committee has sent a notice to chairman nadler to say be careful about the rules and by that i mean there are specific rules about not accusing the president of a crime, about not calling him a liar, things like that, that are a part of house rules. not specific to this president but any president in term of decorum. usually members stick pretty close to those sorts of rules especially when they are on the floor. in a hearing setting where they are talking about these issues you may see more...

Testifying -- cant we find somebody who is not disgraced, disbarred and didnt go to jail for obstruction of justice? theyre picking their lawyers from tv now. remember, he tried to derail brett kavanaughs nomination. not a credible person. >> todays hearing marks the first day of whats sure to be a busy week for democrats who plan to take their most aggressive steps yet against president trump and the trump administration. tomorrow, the house will vote on a civil contempt resolution for the hous...

Judiciary committee are demanding more from bill bar turnover the full unredacted miller report but bar so far has refused after president trump executive privilege. there also going to hold on beginning at contempt as well. jon: thank you. the race to the first presidential contest, the iowa caucus is now less than eight months away. today nearly 20 presidential candidates are getting rapidfire campaign pitches to iowa democrats and the kickoff. this as recent polls show former vice president j...