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Committee. you want to see the presidents tax returns for the past six years. you believe you have a strong case. how is that working out so far? >> hey, were in -- were following it through and one of the things that ive always said. and i said on this show, i just said it, this president as well as everybody associated, they have one strategy, its called dodge, delay and lie. and i want the american people to know it. because theyre going to keep doing it. but were going to follow every piece ...

Contempt, to try to get the courts and the process to compel some of these officials to do more. the stonewalling as democrats describe it from the white house is something they say must be dealt with. theyre trying to use the different levers of power they have. theyre trying to marshall all of their tools and one of the busiest people around here now will be the general counsel. >> kelly, thank you for that. lets turn now to harley ruda. hes a member of the house oversight committee. he unseat...

>> jerry is a tough guy and doesnt believe in using the justice system to persecute. even this president. he believes he will follow the law and again, follow the truth. let the truth come out and let it lead where it goes. >> he can continue doing indictments and contempt and hearings and showing that wing of the party we are doing something and exposing this. we are embarrassing the president. he continues to paint it without having to go the impeachment route. they will accomplish the things ...

History that congress has held the nations top law enforcement official in contempt. joining the conversation chuck rosenberg. we talk about we have to whip through t through the norms. we talk about the accommodations reached when devin nunes and his cohorts on the intel committee wanted to declassify the nations most sensitive secrets so the justice department could figure that out, but they cant figure out how to get the attorney general to appear before congress and meet their request, reall...

>> you talk about a trump white house where -- by the time you get to this passage of kellyanne conway and her husband actually sharing a feeling of hatred for donald trump, youve revealed all sorts of people working in the white house who have hatred for donald trump, including don mcgahn, most importantly possibly because he could be the most damaging witness against donald trump eventually. >> ive certainly never met anyone who has worked with donald trump or in -- come in contact with donald...

>> the special counsel robert mueller making very clear last week his opposition to appearing before congress to discuss his report but democrats on the hill are insisting they still want to hear from him. when pressed by reporters today, how judiciary committee jerry nadler said hes confident that special counsel mueller will testify. >> where do things stand with mueller and bringing him? >> lets just say that im confident hell come in soon. we want him to testify openly. i think the american ...

>> or john mccain. >> inside, no matter what he does, reaching various levels of achievement, the fact that a man has to throw out the fact i have the nuclear codes when speaking to pierce morgan, that lets us know hes keeping things on his mind. >> thats what that means. >> ashley parker, thank you for your reporting. i havent seen you since your tremendous reporting from japan, we ate it all up here, we loved it. thank you for spending time with us today. after the break well ask the former ...

Lives with him. >> you also report the incredibly peculiar detail that donald trump is reportedly jealous of his sons height because at 12 years old hes apparently growing up close to donald trumps height. >> jealous of everyones height. he never lets himself be in a photograph with someone taller than he is. height is his -- is one of his techniques. he uses his height -- and, remember, donald trump is a very large man. >> you talk about a trump white house where -- by the time you get to this ...

Need someone to beat him, i dont care who it is, it doesnt matter. but once they get there, i need them to do something once theyre in. shes like, once i get there, i have a plan for that as well. >> you can catch elizabeth warren on the town hall here at 8:00 p.m. with my friend and colleague chris hasyes. is congress set to hold the u.s. attorney general in contempt? it would be only the second time thats happened. would be only e thats happened. this time, its his turn.

The contempt. youre supposed to vote on the full house floor of that as early as next week, right? >> tuesday. >> so will it happen? >> i am almost definitely sure it will happen. it will happen unless they give us a very good faith offer, which i cant imagine they would do, because theyve been dishonest throughout the entire process. >> what would a very good faith offer mean? >> to let at least all the members of the judiciary and intelligence committees see the redacted portions of the report...