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In case the justice department does not fulfill the agreement that was reached to turn over mueller-related documents to the committee. theyre going to use that and sen shat-- essentially to put t in their back pocket and force the hand if they are successful in court. and significantly, all other house committees to go to court and essentially directing avoiding the full house in case the subpoenas are not complied with and were seeing that happening time and again with a number of committees, ...

Other yet. and now some of these people that are being talked about, one is emmet flood. right now, he is the internal white house lawyer whos focusing on the special counsel investigation. he has a lot of experience. hes known to the president. he actually worked in president bill clintons administration, defending the president when there were impeachment proceedings. so selecting flood would, of course, signal that the president is taking that prospect seriously, if house democrats -- or if d...

>> first off, this story began with a raid on multiple homes and offices of michael cohens and it ended with us learning today, later on today, actually, that the search warrant seeks information and cites particular statutes that prosecutors are eyeing they believe michael cohen possibly is somebody they should be investigating for bank fraud, wire fraud, and violations of election law. wherever a prosecutor issues a search warrant and seeks one, they have to say, what is the crime you think yo...

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>> and were learning today, laura, that robert muellers team has interviewed witnesses and interviewing people involving donald trumps long-term personal attorney, michael cohen. what does this scrutiny tell you? >> it really goes back to the porn star, stormy daniels. i know her real name is stephanie clifford or something like that. but it goes back to that. because, remember, he admitted recently that he made a personal payment. he said it was unrelated to the trump campaign or the trump orga...

Of questions. nader was at the meeting. and muellers team has been asking him about it. thats what we understand. so it brings a focus on to this very kind of black hole in the investigation and in the narrative of what happened that some time between when michael flynn was on the phone talking to the russian ambassador and when trump actually entered the white house, there was this meeting in the seychelles, and thats a big part of what nader is being questioned about by muellers team. >> and w...

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Look, at the clinton foundation, allowing it to be revived in the last innings here. clearly out of a desire to play indicate donald trump. and for sessions to keep his job. so you have to look at it from trumps point of view. will discredit critics. change the subject. hold out the possibilities of pardons. get people fired. he has a lot of potential things in his arsenal here to try to protect himself. and i can tell you, he is looking at it minute by minute and he will be doing it all year. >...

Do. >> there are some changes that still need to be made in conference to work these things out. the big differences are the republican bill in the senate eliminates the mandate of obamacare. it takes obamacare from being a mandatory program to a voluntary program. and yes, i like the idea of making the -- taking away the death tax entirely. >> sandra: how republicans are starting to iron out the differences. well see how close and how far apart they may be. >> bill: can they get it done before ...

Because theres -- the alternative is not funny. [ laughter ] >> indeed, sad news not just for the entertainment industry but for the country. a legend i think many grew up with. learning today that jerry lewis died peacefully at his home. he was surrounded by family. he had seven children through his life, and, of course, a legend on the stage, on the screen, and in humanitarian causes as well. joining me now on the phone, comedian penn gillette tweeting out this picture when the news broke. him...