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Would be in some kind of drama again. >> don, may i add something, and kim is exactly right on the three ways that congress can assert its power here. but what congressman schiff is saying is, we went round one with bannon and he wouldnt cooperate, and so the full committee voted to bring him in by subpoena. and now hes dishonoring that subpoena. so schiff is saying, its time to hold him in contempt. and i think that is the right course of conduct. lewandowski is in another place in the timeline...

That their comments are going to be kept in a classified setting, on the record in a classified setting, i think you get much better cooperation. if you think about how theyre doing this investigation, i dont know who would want to go in for any particular reason without some thought that its going to end up on cnn or fox news or fill in the blank, within about 30 seconds. and i they is hindering their ability to do an oversight, a legitimate investigation inside. i will say that mike conaway, v...

Kinks, hopefully in a negotiation, rather than flat out stonewalling and then we would be in some kind of drama again. >> don, may i add something, and kim is exactly right on the three ways that congress can assert its power here. but what congressman schiff is saying is, we went round one with bannon and he wouldnt cooperate, and so the full committee voted to bring him in by subpoena. and now hes dishonoring that subpoena. so schiff is saying, its time to hold him in contempt. and i think tha...

Make claims of executive privilege and other privileges, they have held traditionally those people in contempt. and with good reason. because they have the power to bring in witnesses and, again, when you go to the partisan ropes, this is what results. and thats where we are now. >> carl bernstein, ann milgram, mike rogers, thank you. the president said he would shut down the government if the budget deal is missing one key thing. now, there is a new budget deal, and its missing one key thing....

In and they know their comments are going to be kept on the record in a classified setting i think you get much better cooperation. i dont know who would want to go in for any particular reason without some spot that it is going to end up on cnn or fox news or fill in the blank within 30 seconds and that is hindering their ability to do a legitimate investigation inside. mike connoway he is calm and rational. and trying to put together the elements of the investigation. and these folks are comin...

Investigation in this country, such as we had in watergate, to determine that the president of the united states is or is not above the rule of law, we need to have the precedent and the continuation of the precedent that the president is not above the rule of law, and what were seeing here is a desint grags of that precedent, by trying to smear these legitimate investigations and take us into these side shows. this is not about the fbi. this is about donald trump, his family, his organization, ...

Conspiracy or broken the law and if we cant have an investigation to determine that the president of the united states is or is not above the rule of law, we need to have the precedent and the continuation of the precedent that the president is not above the law. what we are seeing here is the deterioration of that by trying to smear the investigation and take us into the side show. this is not about the fbi. this is about donald trump, his family, the organization. >> and the committee has thre...

Fisa court to get that application so they could spy on carter page and all the trump people. >> yeah. one of two things. either the judge was duped with false information with the lies into signing a warrant or the judge is just so worthless it was part of all this. and didnt care if he didnt have the facts. but, as a former judge, i could tell you and i was talking to john carter, a former district judge. if somebody lied to us in court and especially a lawyer, we would be after their license ...

That they -- you know, they are the facts. you dont know about the political animus that may have been there where they were trying to pull the wool over that guys eyes. >> thats right. either the judge said wait, you guys have an asterisk down here. what does that mean? either he did that or just accepted it. but either way, the judge should be lived and the fact that these guys didnt go to jail for contempt and couple kinds of contempt. can you have a contempt where a judge has to have a heari...

Republicans that dont like the play. if they join the democrats, its dead in the water in the house. now, the other side of this is, speaker ryans office has said many times that daca will be addressed separately and soon. she insists that it be addressed as part of this because she knows the president wants and needs this budget. >> neil: while i have you, judge, the latest texts regarding peter strzok and lisa page show more contempt for then candidate trump. what do you make of this and what ...