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And i 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 ...

The contempt charge? also john durham, the prosecutor hired by bill barr. start in congress. there is durham on the screen. start in congress. if they are going to hold contempt charges for mcgahn or for bill barr it could be a court battle and take a year the play out. whats their strategy? >> right, i think its political and not really legal. at the end of the day or not a legal strategy. at the end of the day the ultimate weapon they have is this threat of contempt and they are already playin...

Us the criminal witnetical witn involved in the citizenship question. they have lied to the committee many times about the koor coordination taking place. we want those people to testify. when it comes to the attorney general, he hasnt given any of the information regarding the mueller report, the underlying evidence. i think its high time that we hold the attorney general in contempt. its high time we hold this administration in contempt. >> lets talk about it in the bigger picture. we did hear...

Try to get this to happen. bringing contempt next week against bill barr. there is no basis for the accommodation process. >> theyre willing to have negotiations over access to this information but there is an argument over whether or not the house is going to vote to hold the attorney general in contempt. back to you, sandra. >> sandra: rich edson. thank you. >> bill: check out marine one now on the tarmac there in shannon, ireland. the president will emerge and head toward air force one and ma...

House democrats took steps to enforce previous subpoenas for key conditionses. william barr who continues to distort the findings and refuses to appear and don mcgahn who was at the center of the presidents most avert attempt for justice. they refuse to hold them in contempt for defying subpoenas and make it easier to get the subpoenas enforced. the full house is expected to vote next tuesday. for more on democratss impeachment, im joined by democrat from missouri, clair mccaskill and msnbc anal...

Minority turnout, the way minorities are counted. that would affect how house seats are drawn. they say this is part of an effort to enforce the voting rights act. they say the administration has not been truthful, which is why they issued subpoenas. those have not been complied with. the justice department saying this is premature. they want to negotiate furt, but elijah cummings said hes willing to move forward and hold wilbur ross and bill barr in contempt for not complying with those subpoen...

>> within 60 days of them opening the investigation prior to bob mueller coming on, the f.b.i. and d.o.j. knew that christopher steele was not credible. the dossier was not true. and george papadopoulos was innocent. so when you look at that foundation, it is all built on really a foundation of sand. >> bill: the republican from north carolina there house freedom caucus chair mark meadows taking aim at the origins of the russia investigation. house democrats appear to near a decision whether to ...

I think if we schedule a vote for contempt he may come to the table. this administration doesnt respond to anything but ha hardball. we need to up the ante. >> attorney general, the assistant attorney general from the justice department wrote a letter to your committee and to the chairman saying we believe that a vote on contempt would be entirely premature. a spokesperson for your committees ranking member says the department of justice and commerce have produced tens of thousands of pages of d...

Talented person. i tried to be nice to her because i would have liked to have gotten some deals done. she is incapable of doing deals. a nasty, vindictive, horrible person. >> sandra: griff reporting live from washington >> the president may want to ease up the attacks on speaker pelosi. she is the one who will bring it to the floor for a vote next week, early next week. the house officially introducing a resolution yesterday to hold attorney general william barr and former white house counsel d...

I think they are in big trouble. todd: she told other democrats that she wants to see the president go to prison. house democrats officially introduced a resolution to hold william barr in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas. ainsley: carley: democrat slamming the decision not to speak, it wasnt confirmed until this week. democrats including house majority leader steny hoyer accused the president of politicizing a national celebration and making it about himself. todd: radio captured ...