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House committee jerry nadler says the house vote on threatening william barr will be civil lawsuit inherent contempt and inherent contempt perhaps remain on the table. >> i dont want to answer that question because im not sure we wont. >> stow would the house actually arrest barr an others and maybe hold them at the capital? >> let me just say that we do have a jail down in the basement of the capitol. [laughter] but if we were arresting all the people in the administration we would have an over...

Well see the dynamics continue to shift. there is no question that a lot of democrats on the hill view bill barr as a punching bag. i think they have a lot of frustration. not just over the 2016 election but with the width of the mueller report turned out. if they wanted the smoking gun, they didnt get it, than they have bill barr up there and they can take out their frustrations on hand. it doesnt surprise me that ultimately they decided to hold him in contempt. it seems like thats how the poli...

Golf clubs in america. are you not? >> i have a lot of golf and buildings. were building all over the world. we have jobs going up all over the world and theyre very exciting. >> pretty secan we go back to t away shot of lord black. what is that? it kind of looks like whatever the white house is calling him was shooting a show with a nanny cam. like security needed a wide shot. now obviously this is not the first time the president used his pardon power for what he calls unfair treatment and the...

When you see that tomorrow. >> sean: we will be watching, 9:00a.m., americas newsroom, thanks for sharing that with us as always, thank you. while the attorney general barr searchs for truth and justice, the democrats on capitol hill busy wasting your time, other peoples money, still advancing a hoax, still advancing lies and conspiracy theories. jerry nadler is demanding the attorney general reveal grand jury information in the mueller report. nadler actually wants the attorney general of the u...

>> we already looked for 2 years. now we are looking in the other direction. >> the white house talking point is this investigation is done. no obstruction and no collusion. nadler has said that. >> i have a point about that. first lets hear the attorney general about the idea of destroying the documents and contempt. >> its part of the usual political circus being played out. it doesnt surprise me. >> the house speaker nancy pelosi believes you lied under oath. what do you think of that charge?...

It will play into president trumps line of attack that they are up for a witch00. have democrats come up with a way to put some teeth behind their enforcement demands? >> this is the key test for house democrats. obviously they have made it extremely clear they believe that they are entitled to and want not only the unredacted mueller report but want that underlying documentation as well. the committees have not held back in their request via letters to the justice department and then subpoenas ...

But i havent made a decision. >> the congressman neal who asked for it three different times and isnt surprised by the actions and ready to take additional steps. >> after the election i indicated i thought this would end up in a long court case. ive not seen much in the last few weeks that would dissuade me of that position. >> do you view contempt as a potential option? >> i dont see what good it would do at this particular time. i think that if both sides have made up their minds, better to m...

Week before the house judiciary committee. the question is, will he appear under subpoena from that very committee next week. right now jerry nadler the house judiciary chairman told us this morning he would not comment on the latest where that stands but he plans to move forward with that hearing even if don mcgahn does not comply and no word yet whether bob mueller will come before the house judiciary committee. it is unlikely going to happen this month and theyre blaming the justice departmen...

Look, he is a person that has been very quiet. his work is complete, but i think he wants to be sure, or i hope he wants to be sure that its not misconstrued or misrepresented to the american people. its too important. the work was too serious. so i expect that a person of his integrity would want to be sure this information was communicated accurately and the conclusions he came to were explained carefully. >> yesterday the attorney general apparently greeted speaker pelosi, jokingly asked if s...

Work for the government. the inspector general, michael horowitz, is doing an internal investigation right now. he does not have that authority or power. that is the reason why this federal prosecutor is so critical. th that is where bill barr is headed. the trump tower meeting with james comey in january, president-elect donald trump in his office there, and also the fisa warrants -- rather, the fisa court. the stasi thats been considered questionable. that is the road map. >> harris: i want to...