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Id rather not. news. the house democrats just set a vote for next week on holding the attorney general william barr potentially in contempt unless he hands over the full, unredacted mueller report to congress. that vote now scheduled for june 11th. lets dig deeper with our correspondents and ajists. it already passed the contempt motion in the house judiciary committee. now it will come up for a full vote potentially on the house floor. >> i still think house democrats made a mistake when they d...

Month, recommending that he will held in contempt after refusing to turn over the full unredacted mueller report. christina greer is back with me. for viewers who have heard the word contempt a lot, it kicks around. there is word of wilbur ross getting a committee contempt vote. this appears different because next week if the democrats hold together as expected, mr. barr will be the first attorney general in american history to be held in contempt this early in his term. >> as he should be. keep...

>> thats right. it underscores theres not just one investigation going on but multiple across multiple committees one is related to a citizenship question included in the 2020 census p the committee, led by elijah cummings, has been digging into this issue trying to understand the origin of how this question came to be and because of that subpoenaed the justice department and commerce department for specific documents related to how that question came to be. they have not gotten any response and...

The story about him not having a security clearance was front-page news for weeks and weeks and weeks in 2018. as we know, he only got a security clearance because the president intervened. the chance that they did not discuss that according to my resources who are right there is nil. >> its very striking, especially given your reporting. i want to thank mara and vicky and christina. i want you to stick around for some of the breaking news we have. still ahead, donald trumps attorney general bil...

In just a moment. while the press is overseas, we begin tonight with democrats laying the groundwork for impeachment here at home. this afternoon, house judiciary chairman jerry nadler announced a series of hearings on the nadler report with the first focusing on, quote, president trumps most o overt acts of obstruction and, quote, other crimes. house oversight committee chairman elijah cummings wrote a letter to the attorney general scheduling contempt votes while accusing the administration of...

Too long, do you undercut your arguments in court that you need expeditious resolution of these other subpoenas that are being defied. what does it mean to you as a student of interbranch relations that barrs sort of defiance, contempt, anger, whatever you call it, he has been pretty rough with the congress is being met this way tonight? >> because barr has already presented himself as one who works for the executive branch, and that is not what his job is. when the framers put together the equi...

Attention this week on nancy pelosi. the house gets back from a week-long recess tonight. and theyll, of course, convene for their weekly meeting tomorrow, where most definitely, this will be a topic of conversation. >> certainly will be. sunlen, youre also learning that the house oversight committee is now working to hold both william barr and the commerce secretary wilbur ross in contempt in relation to the 2020 u.s. census. whats behind this latest move? >> this is another example of house de...

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Commerce secretary will be held in contempt, is because the democrats had subpoenaed for 11 what theyre call high-priority documents, unredacted documents to be turned over to that committee. that has not been complied with. so wilbur ross could be held in contempt by the full house. bill barr could be held in contempt very soon by the house oversight committee. because a senior justice official, john gore, was scheduled to testify under subpoena. he was deposed to come before the committee, but...

Him they can not going to identify him until family can be notified. there will be another press conference tomorrow at 9:30. so they may possibly be naming the suspect then. >> give us some contempt i mean, virginia beach, from my visits over the years, seems like a lovely town. a tight knit military community. tell us about the shock after this incident. >> well, you know, outtask referred to as one of the safetiest cities in america and people move here because it has wonderful schools, you k...