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Where do you see it at this point? >> well, its an honor to be with you today. i also am proud to be working ie long side speaker nancy pelosi along be importance of our constitutional oversight responsibilities. next week there will be important action that will be taken. the judiciary committee will have a hearing with former prosecutors. on tuesday there will be a vote on the house floor holding the attorney general, mr. barr in contempt as well as mr. mcgahn. t there will be important langua...

Constitutional oversight responsibilities. >> lets go to what you mention about tuesday. the vote to hold barr and mcgahn in contempt, what is the basis of the contempt and do you think that the vote will carry? >> i absolutely believe that the vote will carry. im hoping that well have republicans join us although im not that optimistic right now. the importance of this vote is holding not just the attorney general and mr. mcgahn in contempt for one misleading and i would say lying to the congre...

Of jim jordan or matt gates or trump allies trying to filet him on capitol hill and push their trumpian narrative. democrats obviously have always wanted mueller to come and testify long before the mueller report was sent to doj and where were at at the moment. >> looking at tuesday as part of this mini test run here, jonathan, because will they because of the subpoena and don mcgahn, attorney general barr, will they be held in contempt here? >> i think they will. >> and then what happens? >> th...

Youre an officer of the court. thats an illegal act, in my view. >> so what happens next if these votes are successful? >> well, there are two tracks they could go on. probably the likeliest track is going to be to go to court and get them enforced. as you know, i favor reviving inherent contempt, which is a process whereby congress enforces its own subpoenas through the powers inherent in the legislative branch. weve used them before. i think its time to revive them again. >> okay. your colleag...

Representative jerry connolly. good to see you, congressman. >> good to be with you, alex. >> lets get to that contempt vote, sir. set for the full house this tuesday. it may not be the only one this week. i know your committee chair, elijah cummings, has threatened contempt votes against the attorney general as well as commerce secretary wilbur ross, this for missing a question regarding census. what will be your vote in all of this? >> i believe we will, absent some kind of last-minute agreeme...

And sanders in a clear second place and losing this early on it is a cause for concern. >> and then adjust to punch up or punch down all of these. always great to talk to you, shaq. shaq brewster there in cedar rapids, iowa. thank you so much. jonathan, you will stick around. tomorrow begins a wild week for the russia investigations if you watch the calendar. monday the house jewish yeah xhet tee they begin what some are calling an impeachment test run. its a hearing on the mueller report focu...

The rule of law. now many house republicans see mondays hearing as nothing more than a waste of time. congressman mark meadows tweeting out, quote we have a host of things that we could be doing to help americans across the country but thank goodness theyre called dean to testify. also this week we expect the house to vote on a resolution to hold attorney general bill barr in contempt for failing to comply with the subpoena. its going tab to be a busy wek ahead. >> thanks for kicking us often. "...

Across america, but thank goodness the democrats are calling watergate star john dean to testify. weve also heard from another gop congressman who says hes worried the hearings will turn into a mock impeachment inquiry and also guys this week we expect the full house to vote on a resolution to hold attorney general bill barr in contempt its going to be a busy week ahead here in washington as it always is it seems like. guys? griff: thanks, mark good job. it feels like every week is going to be t...

Discussion about this throughout the coming weeks. meantime, lets move on to impeachment, that topic is a hot topic of course. the washington post said you were among the house democrats toorn between leadership, con still the two went demanding it. you told the post that phone calls favor impeachment by a whopping 20/1 margin. what kind of pressure does that put on you? are there many others in the same position as you are? >> i think there are a lot of others and each district is different. th...

Youre one of those critics that tomorrow that they move forward with contempt because of not complying to the subpoenas and moving forth in a very forthright way. if that does happen, ill ask the same question here of jonathan, what happens if they hold them in contempt? how far can they go? >> well, you know, ordinarily when theres a contempt order, the order is to get the justice department involved. when the subject of the contempt order is attorney general, it seems unlikely thats going to h...