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>> but knowing that the deck is stacked. that they know that republicans are heading this committee. does this undermine the committees authority or responsibility? >> i dont think it undermines the authority or the responsibility, i think youre going to get a certain amount of leeway from a republican majority that youre just not going to get from a democrat majority. thats no surprise. i mean, even the contempt issue. when president obama was in office, there were serious contempt issues raise...

It should. on this im very sympathetic to the trump white house, having been a white house official. presidents have got to have a right to communicate and to deliberate in private. but its a qualified privilege. its only the presidents to assert. it does not belong to corey lewandowski who has never worked a day in the white house, the former campaign manager for president trump. it doesnt belong to ms. hicks or to mr. bannon, who apparently tried to get out -- had successfully gotten out of te...

So, do you think that will happen? will the committee subpoena her or compel her to come back or no? >> i hope so. we certainly should. we should issue a subpoena. if she still doesnt answer, we ought to hold her in contempt. but the white house is betting that the makeup of this committee that that wont happen. >> what about her time during the truansition or on the campaign. did she answer questions about that? did you get information out of that? >> she did ultimately answer questions about h...

That they know that republicans are heading this committee. does this undermine the committees authority or responsibility? >> i dont think it undermines the authority or the responsibility, i think youre going to get a certain amount of leeway from a republican majority that youre just not going to get from a democrat majority. thats no surprise. i mean, even the contempt issue. when president obama was in office, there were serious contempt issues raised by the republicans when they had the ma...

Populations that are gun owning. those people have so much more voting power. >> disproportionate voting power. >> so much more representation than the rest of us. thats not true when it comes to consumers where suddenly large concentrations of educated people and the coasts are not figures of contempt. >> hertz has to sell them cars. thats right, the difference between the relatively levels of empowerment of constituencies has been clear in this last week. michelle goldberg, that for joining me...

In a same position. so i dont expect this to be anymore a show against steve bannon, political enemy of theirs. theres going to be another congressional investigation for god knows what. but if we need to be taken seriously in the future, we have to show that when witness refuse to testify, well hold them in contempt. otherwise future witnesses will figure that its not serious. >> can you give people a sense of where your investigation stands right now. i know you cant give us specifics of what ...

House, the president said there was no collusion, no finding of wrongdoing. >> with me now representative joaquin castro, a member of the house intelligence committee which held the interview today with hicks. is raj shah being truthful when he says theyre cooperating fully? >> thats not the truth at all. hope hicks came to the congress today to the intelligence committee and stonewalled. didnt want to answer any questions about her time in the white house. and thats the period of time where we ...

Witnesses besides steve ban been, not going to hold them in contempt or otherwise get them to answer the questions that that were asking. >> was she in there with an attorney today. >> she had a few attorneys with her. >> what is it like when she deems out of bounds? what happens? >> the answers, you know, that they would take it underadvisement or they werent going to answer the question which i thought was incredibly arrogant to say were just not going to answer. we asked why? were not going t...

People in this country who are politically very disempowered because of the structures of our institutions that you know, kind of vastly privileged rural white people who tend to be the populations that are gun owning. those people have so much more voting power. >> disproportionate voting power. >> so much more representation than the rest of us. thats not true when it comes to consumers where sudsly peon large concentrations of educated people and the coasts are not figures of contempt. >> her...

Dont know yet whether or not bannon will be held in contempt. mike conway who is the republican leading the russia investigation says he needs to speak to speaker paul ryan first before making a decision about whether or not to hold bannon in contempt as democrats in particular are pushing and questions, too, about corey lewandowski. democrats have demanded a subpoena for him to reappear before the committee and answer those questions. he refused to answer them before but he has refused to come ...