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So there was a contempt for people they feel dont properly know how to use their freedom and their economic clout, and they do stupid stuff. they buy jet skis, they go snow mealing, and they -- -- snow mobiling, and you can just have proper resumés, they can all get around, and they can say, you know what? were doing it all for you. and, of course, throughout history weve seen these people, and they all have one thing in common. theyre all excused, or theyre not subject to the ramifications of ...

Somebody from cnn? anything that compels any of this? >> no, theres not. and jim acosta cant take his shoes off and walk around barefooted either because theres protocols and norms of behavior in every endeavor. i cant get on an airliner and be a stewardess and wear a pro-obamaba or pro-trump hat. they have the right to say, in this particular area, theres -- i was a professor for 35 years, and if i had hijacked a chat the way he hijacks a press conference and just sermonized or pontificated, i ...

Because ive seen enough of their selective leaking and distortion. lets have a hearing and invite everyone to see. he wants an open hearing. does he have a case to get his way? >> no. in strict legal sense the witness is subpoenaed and the house determines how they want to hear that witness testimony. now he can resist it and the house can then make the decision about whether to hold him in contempt, then go the u.s. attorneys office in district of columbia and get a contempt situation but by th...

That determination as to whether or not to hold james comey in contempt in congress. arthel: john, talk about for us the political gains and consequences for members to have house judiciary committee and the gop as a whole? >> well, as it relates to what republicans want to do, they want to bring this issue forward, they want to gain more information with that and keep in mind that james comey has said that hes more than willing to meet with the house judiciary committee, his only objection is t...

Days? thats the trick. >> all it takes? >> delay it by ten days, theyll be going home for their holiday break. so is that a possibility? >> i think comeys lawyer in part and i take him at his word about wanting sunlight also wants to run out the clock. if comey refuses to testify, this is just hypothetical. the house judiciary committee has to vote on contempt. goes to the house, to the u.s. attorney and the district of columbia would have to find it. a lot of technical steps and easily imagine ...

Faucet happening in d.c., so i wanted out in the open if i am to talk." >> steve: when everybody sees that, he will have the ability to say you saw it with your own two eyes. whereas the republicans, if they do like it -- just like democrats. everybody weeks in washington. i was talking some in the washing too about why this is coming so late. one of my sources say its because of paul ryan. he was against the investigation from the get-go. he didnt want this to happen. kevin mccarthy didnt want ...

To see this report as a kind of water shed. its a moment of reckoning. because clearly the president has such contempt for the rule of law, for the standards and norms that have guided other presidents that we need really enforceable rules against interference with the department of justice. i hope my republican colleagues will join us in seeking that memo and all of the other evidence thats relevant to formulating rules to protect the independence of the department of justice. and as i said bef...

Mcgahn thinks it might not be a good idea to carry through what the president wanted. does this white house need to get ahold of this memo, and this an item worthy of discussing about perhaps impeachment? >> that memo needs to be subpoenaed by the house, and my hope is the senate judiciary committee as well. in fact, i have a real hope. i think its realistic, that my republican colleagues are going to see this report as a kind of water shed. its a moment of reckoning. because clearly the preside...

That dangerous legal territory, any of those steps there? because it is happening in front of our eyes, it is not happening in secret. we know this to have taken place. >> i think, jim, it is extraordinarily dangerous and the reason it is is because it demonstrates a contempt for the rule of law in the united states. i mean, as the presidency has evolved, one of the things thats always been a check on the president has been the law, the supreme court, the justice department and other things. and...

With the justice department. why arent they going after hillary clinton with her e-mails and with the dossier? >> senator blumenthal, im curious, on capitol hill how do you think a report like this will land? how do you think a revelation like this will land? what will the ramifications be? democrats taking control of the house. theyll still be on the minority on the senate side. how will this report intersect with that? will it? >> this excellent reporting will be a bomb shell, it will be profo...