there are questions during the campaign season that are bound to come up. we have learned that she plans to be asked questions about what she knows about that hush money scheme that the president was allegedly involved with to silence those adpar affairs, extramarital affairs in the run up to the 20 san francis the elections and she ll be asked questions about that as well and those are questions that the white house presumably cannot seek to block, cannot invoke executive privilege or say she s immune from testifying so we ll see what new light she sheds on those topics as the democrats are pushing forward with the allegations of obstruction of justice that the white house is saying she will not have to answer. manu raju on capitol hill. and congressman dan kildee is joining us. thanks for joining us. let me get to the issue of the acting defense secretary, what does it tell you that patrick
government for the u.k. of intelligence services, one of our closest services, and the russian government which is an avowed hostile power, wants to damage the u.s. political system. they definitely had an interest in trying to make sure one person did did not become president because they were upset at what she had done previously with regard to vladimir putin. i want to bring in manu raju on capitol hill speaking to republicans trying to get reaction. manu, senator graham said the president s comments were a mistake. but then he turned to the dossier. what are other republicans saying? are you seeing similar spin from other republicans? reporter: absolutely. most republicans are either defending the president saying, well, of course he would go to the fbi if this was a damaging information discounting what we all heard the president say in this interview, or some saying they haven t seen his comments or some making the case that you are just talking about trying to say this is
manu raju on capitol hill. thank you so much. it s really interesting of listening to that having watched the president on the south lawn. he s criticizing her. nancy pelosi said she would rather see the president in prison than impeached. she s dealing with these competing pressures for sure within her kkd. when did you make of it, elliana, that she did not want to talk about it and president trump said i think she regrets. i bet she wishes she hadn t said that. it seems to me that pelosi, she s walking a difficult line trying to fend off the left wing of her connection and let him know that she sympathize with her feelings and i don t think it s an accident that that comment that pelosi made to her chairman leaked publicly but she also wanted to be able to say
committee over accessing the mueller report, agreeing to provide kooefd to tey evidence panel amid threats to hold the attorney general in contempt. as a result, i see no need to resort to the criminal contempt sch statute to enforce our april 19th subpoena as for now as long as they uphold their end of the bargain. jerry nadler warned he s still prepared to take other actions if he does not ultimately get compliance. and tomorrow the full house will vote to authorize the committee to go to court to enforce those subpoenas if the justice department doesn t ultimately comply. jake? all right, manu raju on capitol hill for us. thanks so much. president trump going off because he says he s not getting enough credit for his deal with mexico on illegal immigration. should he be? stay with us.
investigations happening in the house. he says these are all happening under his committee, particularly the investigations involving potential crimes involving this president. now, there s push back, not just from pelosi but also adam schiff, the house intelligence committee chairman who himself is looking into different aspects of the president s conduct while in office. nevertheless, the judiciary chairman is facing pressure from his own members of the house who want to move forward, growing frustrated at the defiance from the administration and the tension and division only bound to intensify in the weeks ahead, particularly if the administration does not comply with their demands. christine and dave. manu raju on capitol hill. here s president trump at a fox news interview. i think she s a disgrace. i actually don t think she s a talented person. i have tried to be nice to her because i would have liked to have gotten deals done.