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More breaking news on who will or wont be talking in a russian probe. former white house chief strategist steve bannon will not appear tomorrow. risk being held in contempt to failing to comply with a subpoena. we learned president trump is likely not to testify or wanting to testify. steve bannon not testifying. reporting is that he is his attorneys are still waiting for the clarification over whether or not executive privilege can be used for thins that happened during the campaign. does it ma...

>> if he fails to show up next week, will he be held in contempt? >> that, again, is something we would have to decide on as a committee. i think that may be part of the conversation, i dont know. again, well have to have a family conversation about that down amongst the intelligence committee for sure. >> i want to move on to the dueling memos from your intelligence committee, the republican majority memo that was released last week. now there is a democratic minority memorandum thats over at t...

Propaganda paid for by one candidate. then that paid propaganda is used for a fisa court. the top people at the fbi and doj dont inform the court about the underlying dossier being bought and paid for by thatnd other candidate for the very person they are trying to get a fisa memo on. >> its what happens in banana republics. its very scary. we found about this lasth. march. not all of it. wewe knew that the dossier was used in some degree. it took us too close to using to go to contempt. it took...

Notch. so you have russian lies, propaganda paid for by one candidate. then that paid propaganda is used for a fisa court. the top people at the fbi and doj dont inform the court about the underlying dossier being bought and paid for by that other candidate for the very person they are trying to get a speech 24 memo on. >> its what happens in banana republics. its very scary. we found about this last week in march. not all of it. we knew the dossier was used in sums i tell mike some -- having to...

I expect my colleagues if he doesnt show up to issue and start contempt proceedings. because he is the only witness where they moved quite expeditiously when he refused to answer questions, they gave him a subpoena within an hour. i dont know if hes made enemies, but every witness should be shown that type of investigative interest, but if he does not show up tomorrow or answer the questions, i think he needs to be held in contempt. >> as his testimony been deconflicted with the mueller investig...

When we need people to come forward and be sources, they will think twice and worry their cooperation could be outed because of the political wins. >> one last question for you, sir, i understand that steve bannon, the man that used to run the trump campaign is issued a subpoena to appear before your committee. tomorrow this would be the second or third time to get him in behind closed doors for questioning. do you expect him to be there tomorrow? >> i do, rachel. i expect my coal lelleagues if ...

Be held in contempt. >> has his testimony been deconflicted with the mueller investigation? i understand there is sensitivity not trying to interfere. is the bannon testimony the subject of investigation with muellers office in terms of him being cleared to testify? >> thats something ranking member schiff and mike conaway sort out. were told the white house does not want him to talk. they are not asserting executive privilege. what they are doing is something worse. they are standing on no priv...

Hes going to tell us how quick are they going to be. how much are they going to get in the way of this and how much are they going to offset the stimulus that comes from the fiscal side and the deregulation side. and thats what the market wants to know. theyre really probing that question by pushing prices pretty hard. >> well, one thing that the market learned was that you cannot forget volatility is always just around the corner. and shorting volatility on a leverage basis could certainly burn...

Administration, republican and democratidemocrat alike. and they have become bolder and bolder in asserting their power and showing total contempt for the american citizens they supposedly serve. our panelist is not laughing now. hes got an amazing book out. he says everything were doing to treat fretio depression is w. that is next. miralax is different.

Trial?" so you can see that those are the questions that theyre interested in. to susan, the questions made things crystal-clear. >> this has only to do with bill clinton. >> the judge ordered her to testify, saying, "heres an order of immunity. nothing you say can be used against you." and she said, "im not doing it." >> it was a matter of principle. i did not testify before the grand jury, because i did not trust the prosecutors. >> and she goes into contempt. >> which simply means, "you will ...