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Transparency, give everybody equal opportunity, with regards to subpoenas and interviewing people and the ground rules, and i think think would be comfortable with that -- i think i would be comfortable with that, however it plays out. i love investigations but i like them to be done fairly where everybody is on equal ground here. so far they are not. eric: because the way its been structured by the speaker you feel this is not equal ground because the republicans dont have equal footing. >> def...

Giving an indication that maybe they are trying to weigh which way they can go, given that they have many of their senate seats up for re-election? >> well, theres not been a whole a lot of silence. i think you heard a lot of republican leadership call out this coup that is happening against the president right now. look, i think what were seeing is the problem with speaker pelosi not going about this impeachment in a traditional way, going through a full vote of the house because we dont have t...

Briefings. there is a lot of sensitive information that our state department has. congress is often firing before they aim. and thats got to be a concern. so it would not surprise me if he is sitting in that scif and he is outlining some of the reasons why their requests are out of line or that they cant follow them because of some of the sensitive data they have. steve: so essentially they are just establishing ground rules? >> correct. brian: that could be it. just looking at peoples agenda, b...

Presidents not talking about a one on one meeting but somebody serving him that has a chance to challenge the whistleblower. if the whistleblower has bias, that sounds like very exciting cross-examination grounds. if the phone call is not a crime, its a big who cares? you dont need to challenge that person if the call itself isnt criminal. lot of us dont think the call establishes any sort of crime. >> dana: is it conceivable that a whistleblowers identity, just hypothetically, could never be re...

>> she says ask brett. you all tried to speak with cavanaugh. he set terms for an interview and what happened with that? >> we just couldnt come to an agreement about the ground rules. we wanted to talk to him on the record for the book or at least in some could inform the book. it was important we say he declined to be interviewed and we couldnt do that if there was going to be a conversation at all about what was in the book. >> if a source wants to talk to you only in secret you cannot then s...

Book? >> so whats interesting about this one is that you have a witness to this situation. a very respected, good governance advocate in washington named max steier. he went to senators last year and the fbi to tell them about his recollection of this incident involving the woman you mentioned and allegedly justice kavanaugh. because of stiers respected stature we deem it to be credible information and it was not followed up on. in that sense we thought it was a credible incident worth reporting...

Things that really matter. and his foreign policy is amess and his personal conduct is disgraceful and he traffics in racism and white supremacy. those are the reasons he will lose and that he deserves to lose and he can say all he wants and he can spin plates and juggle flaming chainsaws anz try to distract the voters as best he can. but i think the ground is eroding under him and well win when we focus on what matters to people in their families and in their daily lives and im proud the democr...

Impeachment inquiry? any concerns? the house judiciary committee adopted a resolution, setting out the ground rules they will carry out an inquiry in the days and weeks ahead. that will be seen when corey lewandowski is scheduled to testify before that committee to talk about allegations the democrats want to explore of obstruction of justice. it was laid out in the mueller report, of the president trying to undermine the mueller investigation. what will lewandowski answer? and two former white ...

Under investigation poses a threat to our democracy. we have an obligation to respond to this threat, and we are doing so. >> now, republicans on the judiciary committee fought back today in the vote complaining about hillary clintons campaign calling robert muellers testimony a flop and falsely arguing democrats were violating house procedure with this vote. >> in the 206 years that this committee has sat it has never conducted an impeachment proceeding without first being authorized to do so b...

Boat disaster. could deaths have been prevented. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." tonight democrats are intensifying their efforts to oust president trump one way or another. the house judiciary committee just set new ground rules for its impeachment investigation. its a step forward and many rank and file democrats are pushing for impeachment. party leaders are creating some confusion about what happens n...