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Every time we take what looks to be aggressive action. let me be clear. we must always defend our country. we must always ensure that we are keeping our country safe and defending our country. but that comes through diplomacy. that comes through engagement. that does not come through rhetoric and strategy void actions like weve seen recently. >> congresswoman, thank you for joining us and for your time in what i know is a busy morning and busy day for you. busy at the halls of the capitol, as we...

General in contempt in the judiciary committee thats yet to move to the floor. thats one possibility. perhaps its allowing some of these chairmen to issue fines for some of these white house officials who are ignoring the subpoenas, another idea floated out there. i think that the pressure is building such that she will have to do something if she doesnt want to start impeachment to sort of take the pressure down a little bit, but youre right. people really are loathe to go against please, and i...

Right now. so the question is are we tearing at the fabric of congressional oversight? it was really interesting to hear some of that last week. when you have a committee issued subpoenas that asks the attorney general to do something illegal. subpoenas when no accommodation process is put in place. contempt issues that have been a part with no process and no time going through. i just submit to you this, whatever your opinion on the mueller report, great, glad you have it. but you didnt get it ...

Team. but, you know, there could be potentially some conflict with other committees, et cetera. interesting to hear how many of them come out to these microphones and start to say more loudly and clearly that is what they want their leadership to do instead of this very careful, deliberative process that nancy pelosi and her leaders have laid out. so, still many twists and turns to come here, of course. but, i think were going to see that contempt. if we see that contempt vote not likely to be f...

So mcgahn, if he gets on the wrong side of trump, could have an impact on his firm. on the other hand, does mcgahn want to be held in contempt? does that mean anything to his legal practice in washington? could he have his law license taken away or something along those lines? probably not. but hes in a dicy position here, and hes fallen back and said, look, im going to do what the white house tells me to, and that was his message to congress. and thats why hes not going up tomorrow to testify. ...

So that it was required i be there and hopefully set a precedent that if you get a subpoena, youve got to honor it, even if the white house doesnt want you there. >> mcgahn is a loyal republican. hes loyal to the conservative cause if not to trump in particular so i doubt hes going to show up -- hes going to show up tomorrow, at least until this plays out a little more. but, you know, he is risking contempt and, you know, as a lawyer, as a serious person, he probably does not want to be held in ...

Something that is doable for the democrats because, again, he had promised some kind of unspecified action against the attorney general and hes held in contempt by one commit in the house and well see whether this is something that at least against the -- gets the ball moving on these negotiations between the two sides. >> well see if it will. evan, thank you so much. evan perez in washington. as the democrats oversight war with the white house escalates, a new battle is brewing within the par...

Mcgahn in contempt. well have to consider that and all other alternatives. >> trump has personally announced the white house will fight all congressional subpoenas, but hes distancing himself from the move to block mcgahns testimony. >> the attorneys says that they are not doing that for me. they are doing that for the office of the president, so were talking about the future. nadler is warning mcgahn the judiciary committee will use all enforcement mechanisms at its disposal to compel his testi...

Refugee families into our communities. we would be delighted to take refugee families into cities like buffalo and syracuse and rochester and albany.ak >> tucker: think for aba minute about what gillibrand is saying. she is arguing anybody from t anywhere in the world must be allowed into the united states, ordered a publicly financed lawyer, given a free place to live along with free health care and schools, all of which you pay for, and allowed to stay indefinitely unless they lose a court cas...

The president says hell appeal. thank you to kristen welker for that report. joining us once again senior writer at roll call. neil, what do you make of trumps stonewalling tactics for his current and former employees not to cooperate? will this come back to bite him? >> its really no surprise that they would be taking this attempt to run out the clock approach with all of the document requests and the former staff in regards to these congressional investigations. i dont know that it comes bac...