though he was asked about impeachment on sunday, he said it is too soon to go in that direction. listen to this. impeachment is a long way down the road. we don t have the facts yet, but we re going to initiate proper investigations. it s our job to protect the rule of law. that s our core function. and to do that we re going to initiate investigations into abuses of power, into corruption, and into and obstruction of justice. nadler saying that he wants to make a case to the american people about impeachment before going there. i asked the white house to respond to nadler s request. they ultimately declined to comment. it s clear, though, we will hear more from president trump about this. he tweeted on sunday talking about democrats going after him unfairly, but again this is personal and we know the president is not shy about sharing his feelings. boris sanchez, cnn at the white house. legal analyst peter matthews
the republicans spent two years shielding the president from any proper accountability. it is our job to protect the rule of law. that s our core function and to do that we are going to initiate investigations into abuses of power, into corruption, and into obstruction of justice. bill: it was an interesting interview on abc sunday. jerry nadler says he ll ask for documents as we looks into obstruction of justice charges. senator john kennedy is on the judiciary committee senate side. good morning to you. the michael cohen thing exposed a lot of their strategy. where do you think this goes, senator? i just listened to judiciary
the house judiciary is leading that charge for requests of 81 people and entities connected to trump s administration or his business. among those, trump s eldest son, don mcgahn and trump s organization cfo, alan weisselberg. jerry nadler says they ll lay out a case against the president focusing on obstruction and corruption and abuse of power. the republicans have spent two years shielding the president from any proper accountability. it is our job to protect the rule of law. that s our core function. to do that, we ll initiate an investigation into abusive of power into corruption of justice and into corruption and obstruction of justice. the house judiciary committee is not alone. as the hill puts it, a half dozen committees are
top executives within the trump organization, somebody who is believed to have intimate knowledge of the president s tax returns and his tax situation. also on that list, former chief of staff john kelly and former white house council don mcgahn. i reached out to the white house to ask them about this. they declined to comment. nadler was asked specifically what he was trying to accomplish, if impeachment was the ultimate goal. listen to this. impeachment is a long way down the road. we don t have the facts yet, but we re going to initiate a proper investigation. it s our job to protect the rule of law. that s our core function, and to do that we are going to initiate investigations into abuses of power, into corruption of justice into corruption and into obstruction of justice. ana, again, the white house declining to comment on this news from representative nadler. it is likely that we are going to hear more from president trump on this beyond those tweets that he sent out earl
out of this. jeff, republicans were at the white house. mitch mcconnell left there saying build the wall. what more did we learn from what the president told him. was he giving them an ultimatum. does he understand the numbers? reporter: it looks like we are headed toward a shutdown. even as the president negotiates and talks to republicans there s no public signs he s negotiating with senate democrats. what i find so interesting about this entire week, the entire way this week has played out is the conventional wisdom of a shutdown usually holds that a president will at some point back down. they want to give the impression that the government, his administration is capable and competent. they can meet the core function of keeping the government open as a way of meeting the safety and security needs of the american people. president trump picked a fight