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Immunity would also be a handy way to throw a wrench into muellers operation if republicans in congress decide thats the way they want to go. so thats one thing to watch here. do more people start asking for immunity? does robber mueller perhaps ask congress not to offer it so not to get in his way. do congressional republicans stick to their plan to offer it. all things are moving forward what what seems like increasing speed. just this evening we learned mike flynn has agreed to turn over some...

Columnist, and peter emerson, a contributor whos worked for three democratic administrations. elise, well start with you on this one. as many know, you have a national security background here. give us some context based on that about this document request, that is the other big headline in the last 24 hours. the senate intelligence committee asking for trump campaign documents. is this just part of process or is this unusual? >> well, this is just the russia investigation fully heating up. this...

Might be missing. joining me from los angeles, cnn senior political analyst ron bronstein. good to see you, ron. this is incredible right? i mean this is a story of a alleged computer crashes, backup tapes. where is it heading now, that we have a number like 24,000? >> 24,000 potential e-mails that the irs watchdog says had been erased. you can see why republicans on the committee investigating this are so frustrated. theres no question that the erasures according to the irs -- the person invest...

Kerry controls the state department. if they sent a message to the folks that are reviewing our document request give these folks what they need to complete their report, or give them a legal reason why youre not going to but quit playing this game about asking for priorities and what do you need first and are you you sure you really need it? give them what they ask for. this would be done much sooner than 2016. >> you have asked secretary kerry or president obama lets stop playing the games. th...

Administration and john kerry controls the state department. if they sent a message to the folks that are reviewing our document request give these folks what they need to complete their report, or give them a legal reason why youre not going to but quit playing this game about asking for priorities and what do you need first and are you you sure you really need it? give them what they ask for. this would be done much sooner than 2016. >> you have asked secretary kerry or president obama lets st...

But i dont think i need to remind members of this committee that this is life or death. >> reporter: the committees really frustrated because these documents were due on monday, and by the chairmans account, 30 va staffers had nine days to pore through this document request, they produced 201 not very revealing e-mails. >> but what theyre doing now, is they are selectively giving us the e-mails that they want us to have. >> reporter: added that last night the committee received a new tranche of ...

Now, they can ask for extensions in that particular case, but weve been now going over 220 days with the irs. theyve asked for multiple extensions. now, sometimes keep in mind, greta, they ask for extensions on this document request in some cases days after the deadline had already come and passed. so over 220 days have passed. were done playing footsy here with the irs. >> sure. and whats the government doing? trying to run out the clock. theyre stonewalling and not providing anything. thats th...

Things went wrong here, we have an illegal immigrant who is a child molester, who is volunteering in the office of a u.s. senator and first, the senators office says, well, we didnt know any of that because he was unpaid, so we never checked the social security number. there was no way for us to know is what they say. lets table that for now and talk about the fact that it appears no one other than the associated press, now judicial watch and i guess senator chuck grassley has taken interest tha...

They are talking about how they converted methane gas into green energy. megyn: they talk about in the lawsuit, earlier this year, a "new york times" report came out. talking about how the president and the epa was planning on tightening the regulations about what can be released into the ozone. the american people need to know what they are facing before the election. he submitted a document request

Concerns identified in the recent letters to me from you and house leadership. south carolina congressman trey gowdy, a republican, a member of the house judiciary committee has been quite vocal about this. he is with me live in his home state, spartanburg, south carolina. extraordinary accommodation, what do you think of that? >> im actually not interested in an extraordinary accommodation. i will settle for something much simpler which is compliance with a subpoena we sent you almost a year ag...