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Her time in the would you say. asking where her desk was whether war broke out in the middle east during trumps presidency. she didnt answer cite going relates to the time in the white house. democrats wanted to make a point how sweeping the immunity claim is. the lawyers said she does get immunity. democrats are pushing back saying its ridiculous they need her cooperation in the obstruction probe. she talked about the time in the campaign, saying she didnt know about the hush money payment sche...

Shes a little shy, but thats okay, because she is really, really talented. hope, say a couple of words. >> hi. merry christmas, everyone. and thank you, donald trump! >> you cant argue with holiday greetings. that was one of the rare times that donald trumps long-time aide hope hicks spoke in public. tomorrow shell speak in a whole different way, and democrats have a lot of questions. she is the first trump staffer when you actually think about it to actually testify to the house judiciary commi...

Court to try to force witnesses to comply with subpoenas. earlier today, house judiciary reached an agreement with justice department after weeks of back and forth to give members access to some of the underlying evidence used in the special counsels obstruction probe. in the meantime, the committee is forging ahead with a series of hearings on the mueller report. now, most americans, as you heard, have not read the entire 448-page report and some of their representatives in congress havent read...

Jon stewart said in the show. always good to have your expertise here and your passion. ill remind everyone. paul has a new podcast, angry americans. you can fingd it wherever you get your podcasts. up ahead, an obstruction probe witness blaming mueller. you wont believe why. in 30 seconds, new fault lines on the battle between trump and truth. a special report when we come back. truth. a special report when we come back this is the ocean. just listen. (vo) theres so much we want to show her. we...

Towards democrats, but also former white house counsel john dean, calling him a loser for many years. as weve been talking about, wolf, dean has been testifying today on capitol hill about president trump and how findings in muellers obstruction probe has parallels with president nixon and watergate. >> the last time i appeared before your committee was july 11, 1974. >> tonight, former white house counsel to president nixon testifying before the house judiciary committee. saying trumps former w...

Limits? the constitution grants him extra powers and legal protections. but when do you confront him anyway? because no person is above the law. prosecutors who chose the path of confrontation did so in public, speaking, cajoling, criticizing, even leaking. >> the president repeatedly tried to forward the legal process. >> the president chose deception. >> the white house lawyers filed a motion to file kenneth starr in contempt of court. >> in an interview published in content magazine, starr co...

I hope to see tim here tonight but shes importantly sick and cannot join us. but emily stepped in. thank you so much. >> its an honor to be here and a pleasure to be here as always. i think your opening wasnt obvious and helped explain. [laughter] it helped explain so strongly that the investigation of the entire time. it started out as a collision probe and the became an obstruction probe and an impeachment probe as you explained. what will be fascinating is the next month coming up where the s...

I hope to see tim here tonight but shes importantly sick and cannot join us. but emily stepped in. thank you so much. >> its an honor to be here and a pleasure to be here as always. i think your opening wasnt obvious and helped explain. [laughter] it helped explain so strongly that the investigation of the entire time. it started out as a collision probe and the became an obstruction probe and an impeachment probe as you explained. what will be fascinating is the next month coming up where the s...

World. i am wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." were following multiple breaking stories, including a shooting incident in virginia beach, virginia. we expect a news conference at any moment. and breaking, cnn learned mr. trump has grown more annoyed and frustrated since robert mueller spoke out. a source says the president is anxious about the possibility of impeachment, not welcoming it, as some democrats claim. this as were getting a fresh look at evidence in muellers obstruction...

>> so, he made it clear, he could not say the president didnt commit a crime, but he then went on to speak at length about why he couldnt do anything about it. couldnt do anything because of the rules barring the indictment of a sitting president that hemmed in the obstruction probe. >> the special counsels office is part of the department of justice. and by regulation, it was bound by that department policy. charging the president with a crime was, therefore, not an option we could consider. >>...