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Inherent contempt, people who defy subpoenas. what are the underlying dynamics here. democrats are having a meeting tomorrow morning to air all of this out. do you think theres a point at which she moves on this? >> it would -- to be honest with you, its hard to see how she doesnt. lets walk-through the options. she could begin finding people who dont come to testify. that seems like its not enough for a lot of democrats and its also seems a little bit farfetched. people are not going to cut $25...

Judiciary is sworn to uphold the law against an out of control administration. >> he seems to be, this president, operating like -- and i would do the same. if we were on death row, we would do everything to delay it. hes going to challenge every subpoena and every citation for contempt. every request for document. whatever. he is putting it off until the end of this summer and into the fall and all of a sudden its 2020 and the congress gets cold feet because they cant do it in an election year....

No show. will that committee hold him in contempt for defying a subpoena and whether all this is just political theater. weve been talking about it. whether speaker nancy pelosi can keep holding off democratic leadership on impeaching the president after a gop congressman doubled down on his call to start proceedings. all of that and much more atop of the hour. melissa? >> thank you. white house set to brief congress today on the tense state of affairs with iran. secretary of state mike pompeo, ...

Contempt. >> they got to go to court. they got to go to court but they have real arguments here. and the big point is hes now a private citizen so we dont have much doctrine either. on the other hand the president made the order and pulled the trigger and theres nothing left to do but go to court and unlike the other court opinion that came out today, this is a tough issue and will work its way all the way up to the supreme court. >> theres two things to remember about mcgahn. one is assertion o...

To. ainsley: is the democrats right or the president right? if the democrats are right. then all these committees could just continue to question these people. >> a judge is going to decide who is right. and its going to be on a case-by-case basis. yesterday a judge for better or worse decided the democrats were right when they subpoenaed the presidents financial documents in the years before he was president there might be a different outcome after that is appealed. ultimately a lot of this wil...

Never threaten an iranian. this comes after president trump warned iran if he wants to fight, if it wants to fight, it will be the end of their country. former cia station chief believes the trump administration is taking the right approach. >> we have made a very clear move, which is deternsz. we have said to the iranians that if you launch any strikes against us, our pugh people, our installations and region and beyond, we are going to respond. jillian: iran reportedly claimed quadrupled produ...

And nad already said the first thing hed have to do is hold mcgahn in contempt. >> i think its a very important precedent and the attorneys say that so were talking about the future. >> if that line from the president sounded familiar, its because what attorney general william bar told the wall stroot journg, that his long-held held belief and in a newly published interview barr --

Click, call or visit a store today. all right, big morning. top of the hour. im poppy harlow. >> im jim sciutto. for the second time this month, the house judiciary committee is staring at an empty chair as the white house defies yet another subpoena and as more house democrats begin to think enough is enough. former white house counsel don mcgahn is supposed to be testifying in public under oath any minute now, chiefly about the accounts he already gave to the special counsel of apparent obst...

Treasury sengitary, in jail, and fining a billionaire $25,000, $50,000 a day, is going to get him to against the presidents wishes, compel the irs commissioner to turn over the presidents tax returns from the last six years? you think he would actually do that if you throw him in jail? >> i think the irs commissioner should be subject to the same penalties. and i really think probably the fine approach would be the one that would have broader support. but going through civil contempt, and even i...

What actual recourse democrats have at this point. short of the sergeant in arms handcuffing these folks and holding them in contempt or throwing them in jail, what can they do? >> its a court fight. and i expect congressman nadler to go to court and to litigate, to get a court order requiring don mcgahn to appear. don mcgahn is a lawyer. hes an officer of the court. he will comply with a court order. when he goes into congress and testifies, however, i dont think hes going to be as explosive as...