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Witness. it begs the question what do they have to hide? what are they trying to hide from the american people that they wont allow voting members of congress to hear what is going on in that room? >> reporter: democrats were blasting the move as a stunt. >> they are doing this because this is what the guilty do. innocent people cooperate with investigations. innocent people follow the rules of the house. >> the next witness to appear wont be until saturday because of the elijah cummings funeral...

And there is a strong argument that they dont need to really keep pursuing this subpoena avenue or any of the additional information because -- >> why not? >> there is a solid argument that contained in the four corners of that transcript or memorandum or whatever you want to call it that we saw weeks ago, that the impeachable offense lies therein in the text. and since trump has adopted that statement, anything in there is attributable to him. so if the impeachment grounds, if the article of im...

>> so emily do all lawmakers agree with senator scott? >> well, i think that theres some debate there, you mentioned earlier in the show that there was jeff flake saying that if there could be secret vote in the senate, he thinks that there would be a lot of republicans that would vote to convict the president of impeachment grounds but, you know, impeachment really is at its core, political process, its not necessarily only based on -- on legal matters because of the nature of the presidency an...

>> when it becomes a private citizen, there will be those in congress probably lead by the house that will urge him to testify. i think hell have a responsibility to do so. >> bob mueller is a renowned and well respected individual. but no ones above responding to a subpoena. and there are countless questions left unanswered. why didnt don jr. testify? why doesnt the president testify? those parts of the report are redacted. is it because they plead the fifth? impeachment is a political process....

President alleged to have committed perjury to keep the public from learning something that would be politically damaging and threaten his survival of president. it was thought he would have to resign when this came out. the defense you heard, on impeachment grounds was he may have committed perjury but this is over a private matter. it doesnt rise to that level. in an impeachment context, would that defense work here in. >> as you know having written a book about the 90, the impeachment issue i...

Whether to act on impeachment grounds, to discreditnvestigatin say it is unfair. >> thank you very much, ken. intelligence and national security reporter. ned price, former senior cia director. >> i >> at the center of the memo is a man who goes by the name of carter page. he loves the fisherman hats a. foreign policy, quote, adviser to the trump campaign. up next, could this guy be a double agent? were going to break down exactly who this man is and why u.s. officials wanted to eavesdrop on him...

>> isnt that what these reports allege? >> they certainly have, everyone has to review them for themselves. i certainly have not had a chance to review those. but i think those are grounds to start impeachment proceedings. >> coming into this weekend, hes already past the red line? >> speaking for myself, we have not had a chance to review them, but if we get to that point, then, yes, i think thats grounds to start impeachment proceedings. >> congressman, i would like you to stay with me, if you...

You hear about in the news, but also folks who are much more low key, so were continuing to move forward, as you know, robert muellers investigation is a separate one and he is the only person that can bring charges and prosecute if there were crimes committed. so our job is going to be if we, number one, get to the bottom of who conspired with the russians during our 2016 elections and secondly make -- >> were anxious to review that, assuming the reports are true that they have been turned over...

Going to be planting it. it is a red line. >> richard, you know, records are one thing, even testimonies, but is it also imperative and important the behavior currently of any of the parties involved? i mean, an anonymous white house official told daily beast that the worry is what the president does now, whether he does something thats going to make everything else even more difficult, just keep him off the twitter and on the teleprompter. so what kind of pressure is there on the white house fo...

On the thoughts of donald trump, donald trump simply does not believe hes done anything wrong, he doesnt process the danger. hes going to have to listen to mr. flood, i think, if he has any prospect of success in resisting the mueller, the prosecution team. paul: kim, one of the things this suggests is that the white houses understanding that the big threat here is potential for impeachment if democrats take the house, not necessarily indictment but impeachment and flood is expert on impeachment...