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Hell be closer to the center as the decisions come down. >> but theres one eyebrow raised when looking at the court to see what else he does going forward. we will watch that very closely. joe lack heaockhart, matthew wh will appear before the judiciary committee today. there was a back and forth because the chairman jerry nadler had a subpoena ready for him during the hearing what he was going to use. whitaker is going to be asked about what he talked to the president about. hes going to say i ...

Justice you cover all this. the letter that went to -- from nadler to whitaker back onnian wear 22nd laying out all these questions and saying let us know 48 hours before this hearing start youre not going to answer these, and then the whole subpoena fight. we just heard nadler admit a subpoena wouldnt do anything here. as weve sort of been discussing, congress really has only a couple options, so we wondered how much would the democrats want to press the point when a man who will be replaced in...

Government hence that the enquirers work crossed into peck areas political connections. he says mr. pecker and his company have been investigated for various actions they have taken on behalf of the saudi government. bezos points to trumps contempt for him and the washington post. he says its unavoidable that certain powerful people will wrongly conclude i am their enemy. president trump is one of those people, obvious by his many tweets. thats what bezos says. then he says several days ago an a...

Literally he said they want to put you back in chains. that shows a contempt that vice president joe biden joe biden has had for the history of blac americans and our country. that is the problem with it. as i said earlier. and every single manifestation isin racism. they must limit. >> i want you to respond to that . lets look at the speaker, something that everybody can understand. a sneaker released by adidas.f they release the sneaker and honor of black history month. i guess a lot of the sn...

Party, they want to put you back in chains -- that shows a contempt that vice president joe biden, vice presidential candidate at the time, joe biden had for the history of black americans in our country. thats the problem with this. if every single thing this racism, if every silly manifestation is racism, that nothing is. >> laura: i want you to respond to that, lets focus on the sneaker, its something everyone can understand. its a sneaker released by adidas, a very progressive company, they ...

But in terms of substance, its going to be very, very sort of disappointing in the end. whether or not they hold him in contempt is more of a political act. if youre what looking for are serious substantive answers to important questions, there are probably better things to do with your time today than watch this hearing. >> oh, i dont want to say that. i definitely dont want to say that. i think actually its going -- and i mean this sincerely with all due respect. i think this is going to be fa...

In front of congress, without, you know, any kind of legal basis to do so, and thats obviously the crux of this, chuck, the house can vote to hold him in contempt. i dont know that were looking at anything like that, but it is going to be interesting to keep the focus on as we go on, do the members of this committee, the people -- the democrats on this committee believe that he is answering questions as he is obligated to do? >> it doesnt sound like they believe that. i think glenn is right, i d...

Basically putting the ball back into whitakers court, saying come tomorrow, answer our questions and theres no need for a subpoena. otherwise well deal with your concerns on a case-by-case basis. what does whitaker do if he does not appear tomorrow? the committee will almost certainly issue the subpoena that they authorized jerry nadler, chairman of the committee, to move forward with. that subpoena would come tomorrow if whitaker doesnt come and then well see the steps they decide to take, hold...

Is winding down. want to question him very hard about robert muellers work. remains to be seen whether he will answer any of those questions. im told he has been prepping significantly for this hearing. he has been doing mock hearings here with senior officials. again, what exactly he is willing to say and whether democrats are willing to hold them in contempt, all of that well have to wait and see tomorrow. >> and im getting in my ear they did just vote thats a preview of whats to come tomorrow...

On the house side. it began with democrats authorizing a subpoena before the testimony. why did they do that? >> they want to control the action, and thats what whitaker wants to do, too. if he says im here voluntarily, he sets parameters, he can remind them im here to be cooperative. im here as a volunteer, not under compulsion. they want him under compulsion so they can have more rules about what he has to answer. technically, legally speaking, under subpoena if he doesnt comply with it or he ...