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Chairs broad powers to enforce future subpoenas along with a ability to sue the trump administration. is this a big deal? >> you know, i think it is an important deal, kendis, particularly once these matters move into the courts. which is where they are destined to end up and the only place it seems that they can be resolved and i say that because it doesnt seem like the congress is keen on using their own inherent contempt powers to try to force these people to come in and testify. but here is ...

Nance -- nancy pelosi and president trump throwing barbs and called her nasty. will this fight stall washington from getting anything done? plus subpoena fight. democrats are ready to take action against the attorney general. ill speak with a member of the house judiciary committee about next weeks big vote that could hold him in contempt. and well ask about the growing calls for impeachment. and an incredibly close call on the high seas. a russian destroyer coming within feet of crashing in...

Deal with a president that says nobody is going to come up and testify? well, thats just not okay. we never allowed that to happen in the past. >> true. you only have one move though. theres only one move that will allow you to overwhelm the presidents tactics right now and thats to be perceived as having maximum congressional authority which is an impeachment inquiry. >> i dont necessarily agree with you. we have won in the courts three times in the last week. >> yes, but theyll all be appealed...

Situations of whats in the mueller report. etc. and i think that youll start to -- the leadership is trying to figure out how to deal with the president who says nobody will come up and testify. thats not okay. its never allowed that to happen in the past. >> theres only one move that will allow you to overwhelm the presidents tactics. that is to be perceived having congressional authority which is impeachment inquiry. >> i dont necessarily agree. we have won in the court three times in the last...

Now with congress in its oversight function. eric: is that enough for a reason to call for impeachment, eric holder was held in contempt, you have obama administration and other administrations pushing back against congressional oversight. >> no, congressional oversight pushback is normal. i served in the state department and handled the work with the house for the secretary of state, but we didnt block on a repetitive basis every possible witness that democrats in this case are asking for, whic...

Get your rest this weekend. we got a big week coming up next week. on tuesday the full house will vote whether or not to hold attorney general william barr and don mcgahn in contempt over their refusal to cooperate with congressional subpoenas related to the mueller investigation. also next week were expecting an important court deadline for trumps national security adviser mike flynn. both the prosecution and defense will outline how flynns cooperation is going. well find out if theyll tell the...

Whether it is speaker pelosi or a republican or whether it is lock her up chants at trump campaign rallies or reports that the speaker saying she wants to see him in jail. all of that, you know, i think it illustrates the current political climate. >> where does the current political climate lead us, emily? you have 60 democrats pushing for impeachment. one republican as well. it is a bipartisan effort to some degree. what happens next? >> it means so much it is part of the conversation now so m...

Think there was a real hope on the part of the white house officials here this week that trump would back down a bit and i know acting chief of staff mick mulvaney on air force one as they were returning from the uk tonight or ireland, excuse me, was trying to, you know, talk to the president about a deal. and this is in part a response to republican lawmakers like majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> hey, elliot, if the democrats in the house find their legal voice, so far it seems theyve been l...

And, of course, the government will not pay that. the people held in contempt will have to pay it themselves. and those fines can mount up quite a lot, so im wondering how they feel -- remember the foreign company was paying $25,000 a day. doesnt take that long for that to amount to a lot of money. and so that could be serious. and the only reason its not criminal contempt is because the only way that could happen is if bill barr sued himself for criminal contempt. and, of course, the department...

Chrisco vac and has the white house interfered aggressively to try to prevent coback from answering questions. back with me, sirius xm radio host, danielle moodie-mills, republican strategist, noelle nikpour, and joining us, former federal prosecutor and msnbc analyst paul butler. paul, the facts that they are refusing to hand over further documents about this and that the house oversight committee is to vote on whether or not to hold the attorney general in contempt as well as secretary ross. t...