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Sentenced before march. hes got to do an update on that. but we know that there are investigations even in the reporting over the last month, weve seen new indications that -- of contact between paul manafort and, of course, a former russian arms dealer. >> yeah. theres that. >> theres that. i mean, theres -- we know that hes saying manafort did not fully cooperate and were going to have filings about that. but it really is the fact that there are investigations that are criminal in nature and t...

To get, especially the financial information which he says is a red line? >> its a somewhat legalistic answer, they will be successful wherever their oversight jurisdiction depends on getting access to information that the executive branch holds. executive -- executive privilege arguments come down to a balancing of legitimate interests between the different branches of government. the congress has a right to oversee the operation of the government. the executive has a right to have confidential...

Effective there, but most importantly the democrats now have the gavels in the house. democrats will chair all of these critical committees. with that comes subpoena power. there will be subpoenas issued. however, i think its way premature to be talking about impeachment. lets see how the special counsel comes down on the issues hes investigating, but democrats will be investigating everything that has been controversial, make no mistake about it. >> how successful do you think theyll be with ei...

Just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and are sha are russia is a made up story, its an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election. >> wow. so the countdown is on. fbi director james comey slated to sit in congress one week from today in his first public testimony since his firing. our panel is back. joining the discussion, msnbcs chief legal correspondent, my tutor, ari melber. and from washington, rob zarati. thank you for joining us. a ive been ...