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So a little frustration among the committee members with respect to that. we have to have some discussion as to whether or not those are appropriate and would in effect shield him from having to answer our questions and thats an ongoing conversation well have among an awful lot of lawyers. >> do you feel like he should be held in contempt? >> i think he should answer our questions. >> so bannon has reportedly not limited the topics of discussion with the special counsel bob muellers office. so...

Welcome back, everyone. nbc news reports steve bannon was interviewed by robert mueller over multiple days this week. in fact, two sources familiar with the proceedings say that bannon spent a total of about 20 hours in conversations with the special counsels office. bannon returned to capitol hill yesterday to resume his stalled interview with the house intelligence committee. he left after four hours answering 25 questions at the white house. preapproved negotiations with the houses lead couns...

To answer questions about the transition and his time in the west wing and issued a subpoena on the spot. bannon did essentially the same thing when he returned to capitol hill today answering only 25 yes or no questions written by the white house and replying no to each one. now the big question is, will the committee hold him in contempt. joining me is someone who was there for the interview today. eric swalwell of california. so im a little confused how this went down today. bannon came in an...

Reporter and viv ka solama. nika based on what we know of bannons testimony before your old committee, house intel and what does contempt of congress mean? i understand there are several versions of that? >> thats right. its very unusual for someone like bannon to appear before the committee and refuse to answer questions except those that are prescripted. ive never seen that happen before where they were negotiating down to a specific set of questions that are negotiated by the white house and ...

Doing this, he said, on behalf of the white house and so you know, its quite disturbing and if our subpoenas are to ever mean anything, the next step we should take would be to hold him in content. >> i want to play the sort of acting chair of your committee because devin nunes has kind of recused himself although not really. the acting chair vis-a-vis this investigation had to say. take a lis. >> and contempt is a big deal. i dont have unilateral control over that conversation. we have conversa...

That he led adam schiff to threaten content proceedings against bannon. snif certainly, it will be our recommendation to our leadership that we initiate contempt proceedings. and i hope that we have a meeting on the minds. i spekt expect that we likely will, judging from the comments that my colleagues the majority have made publicly about the necessity of compelling answers to these questions. >> such a measure might face long odds. at least one top republican on the committee, mike conaway, di...

And you know, hayes done an admirable job considering the circumstances hes under where devin nunes comes and goes mostly as a disruptive force. he wasnt there today. we should have moved peeledly to hold him in contempt. theres other witnesses also asserting bogus privileges from attorney general sessions to donald trump jr. to roger stone. and we are telling them, were telegraphing we dont care that were not going to do anything about it. i think it could have just a destructive effect in the ...

That weve never heard of which include that even if he talked to somebody yesterday or in the past few days and acknowledged that he had, that he cant tell us about it. and so we are seeing further efforts to obstruct and hes doing this, he said, on behalf of the white house and so you know, its quite disturbing and if our subpoenas are to ever mean anything, the next step we should take would be to hold him in content. >> i want to play the sort of acting chair of your committee because devin n...

Robert mueller. nbc reporting the interviews took place over multiple days this week for a total of some 20 hours bannon has been less than forth coming with the house intelligence committee. his first encounter last did not go well. white house orders, he refused to answer questions about the transition and his time in the west wing and issued a subpoena on the spot. bannon did essentially the same thing when he returned to capitol hill today answering only 25 yes or no questions written by the...

Thanksgiving, they knew the son and offered him a home. they had a room. he really had no other options. they brought him in. >> did they say troubling signs? >> they saw some depression. obviously he lost his mom. but they helped him get a job at a dollar tree store. they got him going to adult education to get a ged. and he seemed to be doing better. >> because he was expelled from this high school. the high school that he went into and brought his, you know, ar-15 style weapon into. he was ex...