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But we cant have a president and his administration go rogue by disregarding the obligations of congress and the subpoenas that were issuing. >> certainly an interesting trend. paul, what are you picking up in your reporting on the hill on this? >> pelosi talked about this, she talked about it thursday, about the step-by-step process. it sounds kind of boring to those of white house are just sort of want to see oh, my gosh, are we going to get to impeachment. >> yes or no. >> if you talk to lega...

Decades. congress may not compel the presidents senior advisers to testify about their senior duties. this immunity is rooted in the constitutional separation of powers and derives from the presidents independence from congress. theres other key sections in the document as well because the question then becomes, ed, will there be some kind of penalty if congress choosing to enforce the subpoena and dock mcgahn is not on the hill tomorrow? it states that congress cannot enforce what is called inh...

Full house vote to hold not only don mcgahn potentially but the attorney general bill barr in contempt? >> absolutely. that is a possibility, of course, democrats control the house and want to send a message, not just, you know, take this vote for the sake of taking the vote but accepted a message to the administration and any other witnesses who would try to obstruct their investigation that theyre taking this very seriously and they want to get to the bottom of it. >> you know, let me get your...

The house democrats are going to have to begin those impeachment proceedings. and i have to say they have to acknowledge that they are losing the messaging war. i am somewhat flabber gasted at their failure to follow up on the mueller report. youve seen the attorney general to threaten to investigators. but at this point this is the cover-up. they are completely stone walling strategy. and it is a fundamental act of contempt for congress democrats have to think about political terms and need to ...

When we beat each other up for a sleeping bag its a fight for survival and then theres this the district violence and contempt where people come and they dont treat you with dignity but like dirt they piss on your sleeping bag is something they might not be its. maybe someone will set me on fire beat me to death. you end up living just for the here and now and try to stay alive . yet dominics got his high school diploma and volunteered in a clothing to pay for refugees people even worse off than...

To hold him in contempt along with bill barr and others who have defied congressional subpoenas. brooke, this is the latest escalation between democrats and the trump administration over a range of requests to find congressional subpoenas. something the courts could ultimately resolve and then tomorrow next hearing expect it to go on, im told, presumably with an empty chair and democrats raising concerns and the republicans siding with the white house and the fireworks arent over yet, even if do...

>> my understanding this administration has six months to complete this review of these case files and then report back on the separated families. what happens if we hit six months? what are the consequences if that deadline ends up not hit? >> great question. the judge in the southern district of california is the one that ordered the reunifications of all of those children. he also ordered the trump administration to figure how many were separated before zero tolerance. the administration miss...

Attorney general of the united states, bill barr, this contempt? >> well, lets hold barr for a second. if mcgahn doesnt show up the answer would be yes. there is no reason other than the president doesnt want that information out in public for mcgahn to not testify and so, yes, he should be held in contempt if it comes to that. >> your republican colleague in the white house, justin attach says president trump has engaged in impeachable conduct. are you surprised to see that. >> no, not at all. ...

American people from hearing from don mcgahn who can give us i think based on the mueller report the closest firsthand view of obstruction of justice. the person who trump told to have mueller fired and later told mcgahn to lie about it. ultimately contempt has just become the symbolic thing, maybe congress will hold him in contempt. maybe not. this needs to end up in the courts and a judge needs to decide on the executive privilege claim. i dont think it will succeed in courts. >> again, listen...

Wee dont -- we dont know what the white house is going to do. theyve talked about executive privilege and immunity that are two of the legal options they would explore. they would use in order to do so. as you know, brooke, mcgahn was a key witness in the russia probe, and the mueller report and the obstruction investigation, and there were high stakes for his testimony, and this just sets up another flash point between the white house and the democrats, and this expectation that the white house...