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The white house pointed to doj youre working with doj to get the documents for. see it through. doj wrote a letter saying we will hand over some documents, a limited number if you no longer -- if you dont hold this vote to hold the attorney general in contempt. jerry nadler said absolutely not, that he will talk with doj but that the contempt vote will still be held. so you see this back and forth play out. and this is just over documents, erin. we havent gotten to the testimony yet for the two ...

. following breaking news including a new offer from the justice department from the house judiciary chairman to turn over a limited set of the mueller report documents, a limited report, a limited set of the mueller report documents if democrats drop efforts to hold the attorney general william barr in contempt. will this be enough for the house democrats? >> you know, wolf, i dont think so because they probably are going to get to a point where they ask the attorney general if you can now gi...

>> it had russia in the subject. >> i would get about 250 emails a day. i saw show up at 4:00, i showed up at 4:00. we werent given anything salacious. >> hes still not surer if he would call the fbi. what? >> the fact is that they are uterly unrepentant and signaling we will continue to do this again unless you stop this because we dont care about the consequences. with prince jared right there ehe could have easily said we were pretty naive untwept 16. we didnt know the law. we were new to thi...

Where do we -- the formalities over the weekend. where do we stand? >> thats not part of the caucus. the house speaker nancy pelosi continues to rule that out. but we continue to have a bit of news. steny hoyer, the house majority leader said next tuesday there will be a vote on the house floor on contempt for william barr, the attorney general, and don mcgann. this is not inherent contempt when congress goes and enforces it themselves trying to arrest somebody or find them. theyll try to get su...

General in contempt next week. this never ends. they just wont go away. and i think it shows that they are scared about what theey attorney general is doing. that there would be a grand jury convened in connecticut. >> laura: judicial watch has got its hands on a number of e-mails between peter struck and lisa paige. jim baker describes this conversation with david kendall and instructs fbi agents to releasele investigative material to kendall, "exper dish oursly. before the election. is somethi...

Theyre talking about holding the attorney general in contempt next week. this never ends. the russia hoaxers wont go away. i think thats why it shows that theyre scared about what the attorney general is doing. theyre scared that the -- >> you bet. >> could be a grand jury convened in connecticut. >> congressman, i also want to raise this with you. judicial watch has got its hands on a number of e-mails between peter struck and lisa page. one is troubling. general counsel jim baker described the...

Talking about impeachment, formality now. >> they are 50 plus calling for impeachment but thats not even a quarter of the house democratic caucus, house speaker nancy pelosi continues to rule that out but we have a little bit of news, steny hoyer, house majority leader says next tuesday on the house floor, and the former white house counsel, we also learned this will not be inherent contempt where they tried to arrest somebody or find them, this is trying to enforce the subpoenas and they will g...

So elijah cummings giving them until thursday to hand over these documents and trying to paint this as a picture of overall stonewalling of the trump administration. cummings in statement tonight again, threatening to hold them in contempt, saying that their actions are part of a pattern in the trump administration and he will consider postponing a contempt vote if they hand over what theyve been requested by thursday. wolf? >> well see what happens, sunlen, thank you very much. sunlen serfaty u...

Representatives will vote on you know 11th to hold william barr in contempt of congress, as you know, and i think our viewers have heard. if this goes forward as expected with the democrats in control, he would be only the second attorney general in american history to be held in contempt. it comes on a day, as you know, that other committees are also bearing down on him and wilbur ross, its part of his new agenda. >> yeah. >> a, walk us through what this news means to you politically that the d...

Foreign contributions. to say that now, after what bob mueller did in the report and knowing that accepting is something of value from a foreign entity would be a campaign finance violation and then saying you wouldnt still go to the fbi if someone approached you is very, very problematic. >> you heard our correspondent, our congressional correspondent, sunlen serfaty report that your committee, the oversight committee is setting up votes, potentially to hold the attorney general william barr, t...