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So the judge could hold the administration in contempt. i personally would favor that at this point. you cant have 900 families that are not being reunited where the government is not able to find people or deporting parents without their children. this is just not the way that these process should work. i would be very strongly in favor of a federal judge completely within their authority saying the government cant do this. you are in contempt if you dont fix it. you cant keep separating famili...

Than the president. paul wright doesnt strike me as a kind of guy, on his way outcome along the by, paul ryan paul ryan. who would be keen on this. how do you get a vote on impeachment without getting paul ryans nod? >> we hope it doesnt have to come to that. obviously this is the first step tonight, but it doesnt require consent from the speaker. its a privilege motion, so what we put in today was not privileged. it goes in and gets referred to the judiciary committee. but starting tomorrow, we...

Washington, jonathan turley is professor at george washington law school. we want to know what he makes of this. what do you make of this? >> im not a big fan off it. its a serious problem when you go to dissatisfaction to devcon one and thats what impeachment is. its a perilous path to take, the last time we did this was in 1876 and that was a case of clear bribery. this is a type of disagreement that occurs between the branches. having said that, i think republicans have a legitimate gripe, i ...

Divide the g.o.p. before the midterm elections? the freedom caucus has kind of an interesting relationship with most of congress. its not necessarily a positive one at times. but a lot of the republicans are like oh, my god. every time they hear freedom caucus. >> we dont get that back home. >> laura: back home, they love what youre doing. >> doesnt divide the republican voters. >> laura: you dont care who you offend on capitol hill. >> we care about doing the right thing. it might have been 120...

>> laura: in just a moment im going to ask you what leadership, including outgoing house speaker paul ryan, is saying about all this. gregg jarrett, i want to go to you. gregg, this is what happened on capitol hill just recently when congressman jordan was trying to question rod rosenstein. lets watch. >> mr. rosenstein, why are you keeping information from congress? >> congressman, i am not keeping any information from congress. >> in a few minutes, i think the house of representatives is going...

Yeah, six years ago, when he was held in contempt by a republican congress, he was the attorney general, for refusing to surrender documents on fast and furious, he was held in contempt, nothing happened. you could hear a pin drop. they have to take the contempt across the street to a federal court and prosecute the contempt. if they dont do that then nothing happened. ainsley: its par for the course. this happens in washington. feel like they are above the law. some people get in trouble and he...

Paul ryan doesnt strike me as the kind of guy, on his way out, long good-bye, paul ryan. who would be keen on this. how do you get a vote on impeachment without getting paul ryans nod? >> we hope it doesnt have to come to that. obviously this is the first step tonight, but it doesnt require consent from the speaker. its a privilege motion, so what we put in today was not privileged. it goes in and gets referred to the judiciary committee. but starting tomorrow, we can bring it up as a privileged...

Of it. >> laura: going to ask you about what house leadership, including outgoing house speaker paul ryan is saying about all this. gregg jarrett, i want to go to you. gregg, this is what happened on capitol hill just recently when congressman jordan was trying to question rod rosenstein. lets watch. >> mr. rosenstein, why are you keeping information from congress? >> congressman, i am not giving any information from congress. >> i think the house of representatives is going to say something dif...

Misdemeanors. and that means a criminal offense committed by the person that they want to impeach that strikes the security of the republic. failing to recuse yourself on a law enforcement issue that you are supervising where you might be a witness. it is at best an ethical violation between the lawyer and the ethics monitors of the district of columbia bar or wherever he is licensed, it is not an impeachable offense. so they are really going way overboard. there is a back story here. the back s...

Lets let the american people see what was actually going on at the head of the fbi, the doj, regardless of whether it is good or bad for the trump administration. >> shes right, but ive got to tell you, we tried holding eric holder in contempt, and the department of justice, think about it like a boxer. they hold that guy in the corner. ten years later, we still dont have those documents. you dont want to take him to court because thats where the department of justice is. >> bill: is it worthles...