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To get him to say no so that they can cite him for contempt or something. but i do think that james comey bears some of the responsibility for why this is happening because after the clinton e-mail investigation, he gave huge amounts of information to congress. now, granted, the investigation was over, at least they thought it was at that point. but he gave them the fbi interviews, the so-called 302s that joyce and nina know all about, the raw interview -- >> what time frame was this? >> this wa...

Train. we have not seen it, you have. what more does this draft call for? >> well, i think the most important thing to point out from the start is that the president has absolute contempt for the world trade organization. he thinks its stacked against the u.s. he think it is unfair, an inconvenient global institution keeping him from what he wants to do which is negotiate with different countries one on one and have the power without congressional oversight to implement tariffs one on one. and s...

Republican or democrat in the white house, that you dont turn over to congress your investigative materials. you just dont do that. and these members know that. and i think theyre trying to get it for two reasons. one is to undercut the credibility of muellers investigation. but secondly, to try to sort of set-up rod rosenstein for failure. to get him to say no so that they can cite him for contempt or something. but i do think that james comey bears some of the responsibility for why this is ha...

Very quickly. if you draw this out, its unlikely the president is going to do a presentencing pardon. so thats one aspect of it. the second is there is a hint here flynn is not fully cooperated or done yet and they want to keep this hanging over his head so thats that -- my theory on that. with regard to the demands, unprecedented demands during a pending investigation for details on informants, sources, under cover agents, weve got to see this for what it is. it is nothing more than a blatant...

From the hearing. >> number one takeaway is that there is no love lost in between deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and house republicans right now, particularly this sort of small cadre of house conservatives representative jim juro jordan, mark meadows, who have really been going after the department of justice and rosenstein specifically looking for documents related to the fbis -- the opening of the counter intelligence investigation into president trumps campaign and its alleged ties t...

Speaker of the house paul ryan earlier in the week, he was telling reporters that doj was complying, or that they were beginning to comply, that they were making good progress. now, by the second half of the week, we had seen the judiciary committee move forward with a resolution, a nonbinding resolution that was basically insisting that the department of justice turnover these documents. and then we were also seeing this hearing in which you saw lawmakers including chairman bob goodlatt really ...

And my husband was an adult and he was a professional. he was not a bad person. >> maria speaking about her husband, rob. president trump spoke about the shooting setting aside his normal disdain and contempt for the media. instead he offered his con dole lenses and warm words. >> this attack shocked the conscience of our nation and filled our hearts with grief. journalists like all americans should be free from the fear of being violently attacked while doing their job. >> the first lady said...

. thats why were going to break i could say how frustrated were you, but we all were. when you got this rob rosenstein , i like you, was all teed up to get some answers. he smiled, his mark, he said youre not attacking me personally are you. i am attacking you personally. what is youre take on this? >> he was untruthful yesterday. he denied hes threatened staff members on the intel community. i talked to two of them and the use that word, we were threatened by him. he threatened to subpoena our ...

Decide on these fundamental questions and our belief is there should be congressional oversight. it is troubling may 1 rod rosenstein said there is no constitutional bases for congressional oversight. he believes he answers to know one, not even the voters, congress or president. thats troubling to me and thats why well stay on the case and keep demanding documents and well hold their feet to the fire. >> sandra: final question. at the end of that exchange we played leading into you, with rod ro...

>> sean: a real thank you to all of those in law enforcementn 60 seconds, you cant get a better response time. they saved a lot of lives. t we turn to our opening monologue. well start with todays huge showdown on capitol hill. the deputy attorney general rodd rosenstein, f director christopher wray appearing before the house judiciary committee where they were grilled by members of congress. was a beat down. we have so many highlights to bring you, including the worst moments from rod rosenstei...