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There, but lets move on. when the open hearings begin, if republicans continue to hammer the process and drive the narrative that the president did nothing wrong, how will this come across to the american people if that is the only thing that the republicans will be doing in those open sessions instead of actually providing a defense for the president? >> well, the best defense is the transcript itself. the transcript should be speaking for itself, because it is the best evidence that we have. i...

Live in washington with what we know tonight. good evening, peter. >> ed, james comey says his big worry is that there might be selective leaks out of a closed door meeting. thats also a big worry of the inspector general as it turns out which launched a review into why comeys memos with classified materials into meetings with president trump wound up leaked to a media outlet. but comeys lawyer still says a closed hearing is a no-go, explaining that while the authority for congressional subpoena...

With political as opposed to legislative agendas. mr. comey embraces and welcomes a hearing open to the public, but the subpoena issued yesterday represents an abuse of process, house rules, and resumption transparency. he will resist in court this abuse of process. democrats in congress are taking his side. >> i think, on some level, jim comey is right. any question that is not about classified information, that is not about something we dont want out to the public. lets ask it. lets ask in an ...

Presidential election, confirming the subpoena, quote, i will resist a closed-door thing because i have seen enough of the selective leaking and distortion. lets have a hearing and invite everyone to see. and attorney for comey said this is a way to promote a, quote, false narrative calling in a political stunt adding mister comey embraces and welcomes a hearing open to the public but the subpoena issued yesterday represents an abuse of process, divergence from house rules and the presumption of...

Which is what this has been calling for. what is the reaction? >> what we are learning is the house judiciary committee has reportedly asked them to testify at a deposition. james comey tweeting this morning "happy thanksgiving. got a subpoena from house republicans. im still happy to sit in the light and answer all the questions, but i will resist a closed-door thing because i have seen enough of their distortion. lets have a hearing and invite everyone to see, "while a lawyer for comey saying ...

Something a little different, he reportedly wants clinton to appear for a private interview because then the committee would get a transcribed interview to best protect secretary clintons privacy. the security of the information and the publics interest in ensuring they have all the information needed to accomplish the task set before it. now clinton prefers to offer testimony in a public setting at a hearing open to the american public. so here we have a debate over a private or public discussi...

Today the congressman leading the house committee on benghazi asked hillary clinton to talk about it all again. now this time he wants to focus on the e-mails she sent from that personal account while she was secretary of state. something a little different, he reportedly wants clinton to appear for a private interview because then the committee would get a transcribed interview to best protect secretary clintons privacy. the security of the information and the publics interest in ensuring they ...

Today the congressman leading the house committee on benghazi asked hilary clinton to talk about it all again. now this time he wants to focus on the e-mails she sent from that personal account while she was secretary of state. something a little different, he reportedly wants clinton to appear for a private interview because then the committee would get a transcribed interview to best protect secretary clintons privacy. the security of the information and the publics interest in ensuring they h...

News a moment after this. oh, chris coons joins us now. good to have you with us tonight senator. tell me a little bit about your reaction to all of what is coming in here and what your line of questioning will be tomorrow. >> well, martha, my concern is that were going ahead with a hearing tomorrow without having had the fbi involved to try to get to the bottom of the rapidly growing number of alarming allegations against judge kavanaugh as judge pirro suggested. some of this is evidence that r...