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I can only say this. there was absolutely no collusion. it has been determined there is no collusion. when they have no collusion and nobody has found any collusion at any level. >> this was exactly one year ago today when he said on multiple occasions, no collusion. >> he said it many times since then, too. repeating it doesnt make it true. i think in fairness to the white house, the fact that they are hiring lawyers doesnt make donald trump look guilty. there are going to be democratic investi...

Have open borders. maria: congressman thank you very much it is good to see you this morning congressman mac thornberry the white house is bracing for a flurry of document requests house democrats oversight control is on tap were going to talk with alan dershowitz next up.

Disagreement about policies but we need to open the government, and were going to vote to open it and the senate will do the same, i expect and its up to the president. >> we should note, of course, that some of those people who are not working are subcontractors, people who do security, janitorial services, who probably wont be paid. theyre out of luck. >> well, i mean, i think we have to make sure that we do everything to insist that everyone gets paid. i mean, its outrageous that anybody woul...

Sending 51 letters to the white house requesting compliance with document requests. these are -- as far as i can understand, these are for a variety of areas. things on the trump organization, foreign governments, hurricane maria, family separation, border stuff. and theyre all already outstanding document requests that had existed. this is reiterating with the power of an incoming majority. what do you thinks going to happen on that front? >> well, i think its important to remember democrats ra...

The government will have been closed for several weeks by that point, two weeks. and the reality is there are more than 400,000 employees working and not getting paid. we need to reopen the government. were going to have lots of disagreement about policies but we need to open the government, and were going to vote to open it and the senate will do the same, i expect and its up to the president. >> we should note, of course, that some of those people who are not working are subcontractors, people...

Governments, hurricane maria, family separation, border stuff and theyre all already outstanding document requests that had existed, this is reiterating that with the power of an incoming majority. what will happen on that front? >> well, i think its important to remember democrats ran on an agenda articulating that were fighting for the people of this country, not for the special interests, not for the powerful lobbyists. and we committed to driving down health care costs, particularly the cost...

There you see nancy pelosi at the white house and then in february special counsel robert mueller is expected to release the report on his investigation handing it over to acting attorney general matt whitaker. all of this coming with new details that a mystery company working for an unknown foreign government wants to take a dispute with the special counsel all the way to the supreme court. the panel is back with me and kimberly, i have to start with you. what do you think president trump is mo...

Investigation we know from his pleadings. that may well be the case here as well. >> okay, michael, and all along, the president is under water with six out of ten americans, fully 630% disapprove of the job hes doing. you folks at politico are reporting a bare bones white house counsels office that doesnt seem to have a wartime concilary. this would be bad timing, michael. >> it is a house crash at the midterm elections and its going to crash again at the presidents white house early next year....

Of document requests and subpoenas, demands for testimony that the white house is going to get on a huge number of different potential issues. so not only do you have to deal with the actual requests, but you have to be ready for the potential ones. you have to be ready for the investigations you think are coming. our reporting is showing the white house counsels office is a little bit over 50% of capacity, where they would like it to be still not a fully installed white house counsel to replace...

Footing or a wartime consigliere. this would be bad timing for this west wing, michael. >> yeah, that blue wave crashed into the -- at least the house side of the midterm elections and is now going to crash again into president trumps white house early next year. democrats are going to have to take some time staffing up and getting their investigations running, but they are going to come down on this white house, to use another metaphor, like a ton of bricks, and it doesnt seem that the white ho...