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What do you think might happen if you show up? >> first of all, i think -- i looked at all the document requests. i was, you know, been through about 80 of them, you know? and i was probably, if not the smallest, one of the smallest. only had a couple paragraphs. three paragraphs. some people went into four, five, six pages, like don junior and others, and from my perception, if they want me, who couldnt even give them the documents that they wanted, and a rather marginal person in their list of...

Cohen. the southern district of new york was very careful when it laid out the charges of saying we know hes a liar, so we went through the records, we have documentation. they publicly accused the president of the united states for the campaign violations. but what they say is we took what he said and ran it through the records. heres what we know to be true. the democrats with these document requests, thats going to be the burden on them. you cant hook anything just on his word. >> and every d...

>> first of all, i think -- i looked at all the document requests. i was, you know, been through about 80 of them, you know? and i was probably, if not the smallest, one of the smallest. only had a couple paragraphs. three paragraphs. some people went into four, five, six pages, like don junior and others, and from my perception, if they want me, who couldnt even give them the documents that they wanted, and a rather marginal person in their list of 81 people, they want me to interview, theyre g...

What theyre going to give up. the top white house lawyer already rejecting democrats requests for information about jared kushners security clearance, sending the chairman of the oversight committee this letter which slams democrats for, quote, overly intrusive document requests. that, of course, after the president, according to "the new york times," lied about not overruling the intelligence community to give kushner that request. and the president tonight is not hiding his anger and frustrati...

Trump org. >> now, the trump organization have received many documents and requests from multiple committees on the hill and they have not responded to those document requests. but michael cohen right there putting members of the trump organization in the spotlight. hes expected to be questioned further on the various individuals at the trump organization when hes testifying today in a much more intense environment following the release of the democrats request for documents and letters of those...

Things that are responsible and consistent with the constitution. >> congressman, will the committee now subpoena the documents? >> look, chairman cummings is very fair. hell give the white house another chance voluntarily to give the documents and if they dont we will subpoena it, but i want to be clear. the president always talks about hillary clintons e-mails. secretary clinton complied with the oversight committee and their request. every previous administration complied with congress reques...

They were worried? what was their hesitation on ivanka trump? >> i dont know that. i think one of the things we will certainly attempt to learn by both requesting documents and bringing witnesses before the judiciary committee is to find out what their concerns were because these are central to our ability to defend our country from threats and from terrorism and from all kind s of dangers s to protect the sharing of highly confidential information. >> of the initial list of 81 people and entiti...

Congresswoman maxine waters. she said today, she had actually an extensive tweet rant, one of which she said "for the faint of heart whove been waiting for every ""t" to be crossed and "i to be dotted, now is the time to -- support impeachment!" do you support it? >> look, chairwoman waters has been clear about her view on this for a very long time. think its particularly important for the members of the judiciary committee to make shire we are gathering all the facts before we proceed with an i...

Reported the fears of manipulation by, you know, four specific countries, among other issues. do you have any sense as to why they were worried? what was their hesitation on ivanka trump? >> i dont know that. i think one of the things we will certainly attempt to learn by both requesting documents and bringing witness es before the judiciary committee is find out what their concerns were because these are central to our ability to defend our country from threats and from terrorism and from all k...

To his defense. senator lindsey graham, who i guess its important to reference back in the day made the case to impeach president bill clinton is now telling cnn that the president believes they, hes referring to democrats, are out to take a wrecking ball to his life as graham defends him. the president and his teams refusal to cooperate, though, at most when you look at hypocrisy here, flies in the face of the presidents own words just yesterday. >> are you going to cooperate with mr. nadler? >...