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Administration, he cant reasonably claim immunity, but that doesnt mean he wont try. manu raju is on capitol hill. manu, what are you expecting? >> reporter: we expect a pretty feisty appearance by corwin lewandowski to push back against the allegations of the president obstructing justice. hes made that very clear in all his comments in the run-up to this hearing. in this hearing the democrats plan to question him extensively about what was detailed in the mueller report, and those are the conv...

And time in this mess somewhere. so here we go. mr. chairman, there is so much we could actually do together. there is so much. but as long as we dont have time, well continue with rerun season. popcorn still tastes good. i dont know why we do this except maybe we just have -- maybe a deficiency of flashbulbs. i dont know. because we just like the show. and the show is going to get even more as it goes today, because the new rules are in effect. oh, wait, theyre not new, theyre just old but were...

I understand. all of us in this room can relate to a time we made a promise and we couldnt keep it. a majority made a promise. well impeach him. well investigate him. for most of them, it happened on november 2016 because they couldnt believe donald trump won. and they still cant get over it today. so what do we do, we have public hearings, lots of flashbulbs, embarrassing the president, not doing an investigation, not doing oversight. this is certainly not being fair but we like to issue subpoe...

House aide. dearborn was also subpoenaed to testify at this hearing to ask because democrats could ask about that episode. the white house blocked that testimony from happening. the white house said they are immune from testifying despite being hit with a congressional subpoena. thats wrapped up in a larger fight that democrats have right now with the white house about whether former aides, including former counsel don mcgahn can reveal some details in the mueller report. either way, the white h...

The corey lewandowski hearing. >> unfortunately we learned last night that the white house is blocking the first two from even showing up and tightly limiting the third. the white house is no authority, legal or otherwise, to give these orders. we have wanted these three individuals to testify before the committee and the american people because theyre critical witnesses to the incidences of obstruction of justice laid out in the mueller report. at least five of those episodes, evidence laid out...

Would want to know from corwin lewandowski, and the big question is, is he going to answer any of them? if he follows to the letter the instructions that have been given to him by the white house counsel, hes not going to answer some of these most important questions about what the president told him to do. >> all right, everyone stand by. were going to continue this conversation. right now were looking at live pictures from capitol hill. you can see corwin lewandowski there in the judiciary com...

To the accused, for bbiforbidde doing anything regarding the mueller report. mr. lewandowski tried to meet with the former ag. when that failed he tried to pass the buck to mr. dearborn, all while telling the president he would follow through on the presidents orders. so that is what we want to try to learn more about today. as we learned with special counsel mueller, witness testimony is critical to any investigation. but the white house does not want us or the american people to hear the story...

Trump administration, right? so assuming, as the white house is asking that he not answer questions about during that time period of trump being in the white house, does he really have a leg to stand on with that legally? >> well, it is a very aggressive and unusual and novel interpretation of executive privilege to say two things as it relates to corwin lewandowski. one, it applies to communications with individuals who are not white house employees. he was not a white house aide. usually execu...

To go further but cant get it on the floor to do this. this is dragging it out. mr. lewandowski, answer the questions as fully as you volunteered to do, you came here without a subpoena and others as well as as we go forward well see how this actually moves forward. this is concerning to me, mr. chairmanened ene this for the moment. its okay to be frustrated but not overrule the house rules. its a five-minute rule and not up to the chairman whatever he feels like, wouldnt be if i was the chairma...

Theres widespread confusion among ranking democrats about whether an impeachment investigation is happening now, happening later or happening at all. it also follows that democrats have discussed in private how to draft areas of impeachment. im confused. are you? >> a lot of democrats are when you talk to them because some democrats say, look, theyre simply doing what theyre actually doing, which is what the speaker said. this is just a continuation of their ongoing investigation to potential ob...