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So many republicans up on capitol hill are free traders and dont share the presidents view when it comes to punishing mexico to try to clamp down on whats happening at the border, wolf. >> jim acosta at the summit in britain, the state visit i should say in britain reporting on the latest developments. jim, thank you very much. theres more breaking news were following on the justice departments new offer to work with the house judiciary committee on its subpoena to see more of the mueller report...

Official said the prime minister and the president got along much better this time around, in part because aides over at downing street have grown accustomed to mr. trumps tactics on the world stage. that is something that prime minister mays successor will have to get accustomed to, all in due time. but wolf, getting back to the opposition inside the republican party, the presidents plan to impose tariffs on mexico, this one republican aide up on capitol hill told me this should not come as a s...

Contempt. its worth noting hope hicks according to the judiciary committee did say or is willing to hand over some of her pre-white house materials that have been requested from her time on the campaign. as of now, executive privilege still stands. the white house still saying no to whatever house democrats want. >> bill mjoining us now, the majority leader, steny hoyer. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> lets get right to this justice department saying it will offer the house judic...

Concerns that all americans should share. were going to win this fight. i think its normal to have a negotiation. i think its normal for there to be some give and take and there are always legitimate concerns about executive communications, but were not even in the ballpark here. the claims this administration has made are way out of bounds. and so im not opposed to a live give and take, but the reason theyre giving ground is because they dont have a leg to stand on and they know theyre going to...

Subpoenas for documents. if hicks and donaldson refuse to cooperate, whats going to happen? do you support holding them in contempt as well? >> look, wolf, we can ask about a lot of different people, but the fact of the matter is we have a constitutional responsibility to oversight. now were also passing substantive legislation. were going to pass the promise and dream act in just a few minutes. thats a very important piece of legislation, so were doing both, but were exercising our constitution...

A potential presidential veto. mr. trump continuing his state visit to the u.k. is warning republicans theyd be foolish to stand in his way. also breaking, the justice department is offering to work with the house judiciary committee to provide a limited set of subpoenaed documents related to the mueller report, but theres a condition. the department of justice wants democrats to back off of a full house vote to hold the attorney general william barr in contempt. this hour, ill talk with the n...

With house democrats in their request for the unredacted full mueller report and the underlying investigative investigation, investigative materials from the investigation but only on the condition that that vote be postponed or dropped altogether. at this point in time, theres no clear idea whether or not thats going to happen. its worth noting this was a strategy the justice department also tried to deploy before the house committee voted to hold the attorney general in contempt. it didnt work...

Committee chairman jerry nadler who is not going that far. he did note that hope hicks has agreed to turn over her campaign-related documents to the committee, not her time at the white house and campaign-related documents. thats not going to satisfy democrats here so the next step could be more members, more officials being held in contempt. john. >> manu raju live from the hill, appreciate the update. >> and lets bring in a little context, hope hicks closer to the president during the campaign...

249 out of 250 republicans in congress will not admit that donald trump has been guilty of any conduct that could be worth a of impeachment and that is ridiculous. that is absurd. in this article i lay it out. seven articles of impeachment. there are only three against richard nixon. but these seven are amply is justified and theres evidence in the public rebered to support all of them. beginning with obstruction of justice. and ending with violations of the amaluments clause. whos shown more co...

Subpoena last month. as the oversight committee is vetting to hold wilbur ross in contempt for refusing to supply information about how a question about citizenship ended uppen the census. thats not all. the click is ticking for a deadline for hope hicks and form donaldson. to turn over documents. theyre also under subpoena. so the president who has vowed to fight all the subpoenas had two big battles on his hands. joining me is -- hits on the democratic congressman. house oversight committee. t...