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Central and southern california. No harm, no fowl. Thanks for joining us. Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. The Deadly School shooting. Inside the horror tonight. The children rushing out, tears streaming down their faces. And this evening, the two suspects in court. Both students, and tonight, the description, what happened in that classroom. Students who rushed the gunman, one, a marine recruit. The other student losing his life to save others, and what he had told his...

These are all the former presidents men who now face subpoenas. two of them are, quote, engaging with the panel. one, dan scavino, finally accepted his subpoena friday after the committee sent days looking for him. they finally sent a process server to dan scavino telling someone to accept it while he was in new york. now a trump spokesman said this week that, quote, executive privilege will be defended not just on behalf of president trump and his administration but also on behalf of the office...

>> its been an incredible vindication for me, for my father, for our entire family. >> reporter: trump jr. was involved in that trump tower meeting with a russian lawyer and was also briefed about plans to build a trump tower in moscow. he already testified in 2017, but now, they want to talk to him again. it all comes as the war between the white house and congressional democrats is reaching a boiling point. >> weve talked for a long time about approaching a constitutional crisis. we are now in...

President trump and his team plan the white houses response to the mueller report, democrats are also planning their strategy but they say that step one is actually reading the full mueller report. not just the barr report. house speaker nancy pelosi says she expected more than a briefing on its conclusions alone and if that briefing is classified, she says she will reject it because lawmakers should be able to discuss the report publicly. joining me now is congressman david cicilline, of rhode ...

Cant retroactively go and claim it in hopes of covering up what the investigation revealed. >> is it your understanding the president has waived executive privilege because robert mueller reports to rod rosenstein and reports to the attorney general who is a part of the executive branch and they cant assert executive privilege. are you claiming they have, as some are, that they have waived executive privilege if not, they get to see the report, do they not? >> i think its clear when the presiden...

Are available to us. i have full confidence the chair of our committee will use and committee members will support. >> let me get to one more opportunity here for executive privilege to be asserted by the white house. leader schumer and speaker pelosi have both said the white house should not get a sneak peek at the barr report. they call it a sneak peek. the white house would say its their opportunity to assert executive privilege. is that not the presidents right to see this, this document bef...

At our disposal to make sure the american people get to see the truth. >> lets talk about executive privilege which will be the big fight between the white house and congress. the democrats want all of the underlying documents that could include, as sources tell cnn, 80% through the grnel, that testimony, those documents as well and maybe secret intelligence sources. should that be released as well which typically isnt released publicly, especially if speaker pelosi is not willing to go to a cla...

Happen. a couple of things will likely happen. first of all, the big question is will the white house have an opportunity to weigh in on whatever the attorney general will give to congress before? our reporting is the white house expects to look at what he is going to hand to congress it assert executive privilege if need be. thats something the democrats are crying foul on, saying that they do not want the president to be able to shield information from the public in an investigation about limb...

The moments someone says im not prepared you dont give them anymore questions. because they go back and consult with attorneys. especially someone with the campaign and never lost touch with the campaign. and still in meetings with the campaign to say hes not prepared and doesnt know whats going on might be disingenuous. >> the dog ate my home work kind of defense. to answer questions you try to avoid and cant assert executive privilege you say im not prepared. it doesnt wash. and i think that c...

Jeff sessions and others said before he may want to assert the privilege. if you havent they talk. before the house and another problem was they asserted executive privilege when he wasnt the executive. during the campaign they said they would answer questions. after the election they wouldnt. he was not the kbektive during that transition period. and the conversation that are not held with the president none of those are protected. not only because he didnt assert it but because it doesnt apply...