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Schiff had to say then regarding her testimony. >> initially, it was made clear to us that it the white house had given miss hicks the same instructions that were given to steve bannon, and that is, not to answer any questions pertaining to the transition or to her time in the administration and only to answer questions up until the end of the campaign. again, this is a breathtakingly broad claim of privilege that i dont think any court would sustain, and i think the white house knows that. this...

Dont think any court would sustain. i think the white house knows that. this is not executive privilege. this is executive stonewalling. >> back with me is abigail tracy and kevin cerilli. how big a fish is hope hicks? how damaging is her testimony? she was cited in the mueller report 73 times without apparent impact. what might say she differently about don junior and the testimony there? >> i high hope hicks is a big get tofor the committee. she is a big figure in the trump administration. she...

This is not executive privilege. this is executive stonewalling. >> reporter: the debate on guns is going on. the white house says the president still wants to do that. he still thinks it should be 21. but we clearly know that the nra is opposed to that idea. we are also learning this week president trump is supposed to be unveiling some new school security measures this week before he leaves for billy grahams funeral friday, alisyn. >> okay, abby, thank you for that update. it will be interesti...

>> fox news alert. new fallout after the house intelligence committee grilled hope hicks in the russia probe yesterday. reports say hicks answered most questions related to the 2016 campaign, but democrats going on the attack, saying she refused to discuss her time in the white house. >> it was made clear to us that the white house had given miss hicks the same instructions given to steve bannon. this is a breathtakingly broad claim of privilege. this is not executive privilege. this is executiv...

Hope hicks. adam schiff, the top democrat on the committee said this about the questions hope hicks refused to answer. >> this is a breathtakingly broad claim of privilege that i dont think any court would sustain. and i think the white house knows that. this is not executive privilege. this is executive stonewalling. we requested the majority to issue a subpoena on the spot, use essentially the same process that we used with steve bannon. the majority declined to do so. >> at the same time that...

Sustain. and i think the white house knows that. this is not executive privilege. this is executive stonewalling. we requested the majority to issue a subpoena on the spot, use essentially the same process that we used with steve bannon. the majority declined to do so. >> at the same time that hope hicks was being interviewed today, nsa director mike rogers was 7ing to the senate armed services committee where he said that president trump has not directed him to take any action to stop russian m...

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