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Not provided with is fodder for an argument that the white house shouldnt argue for this immunity or this executive privilege over some of these questions. >> yes. they had to go through that exercise yesterday, i think, to establish the record that the white house was indeed going to invoke this idea of executive immunity, its important to explain what that is. >> its a difference between privilege and immunity? >> it is. its a degree even greater than executive privilege. what theyre saying th...

If she doesnt, if she still stonewalls does that give nadler even more fire power in the court battle ahead? joining us now, former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor barbara mcquade. the house judiciary chairman jerry natd ldler is saying the transcript, its fodder for an argument that the white house shouldnt argue for this immunity or this executive privilege over some of these questions. >> yes. they had to go through that exercise. they established the record that the -- what theyre saying...

Hands off, congress, you cant ask this person anything. now hope hicks did answer questions that pre-dated her time in the white house, time on the campaign and the transition, but anything that occurred during the time in the white house, including as you said before, location of her desk. >> why would there be an objection to an answer like that? clearly thats something people would know. >> i think they were making the point, we are going to object to every single question. you have no right ...

Before the administration and afterwards. she did finally answer questions about that conversation but only in general terms saying they reminisced about campaign rallies. so it seems that it is incumbent upon the democrats in congress if they want to get answers, substantive answers to these questions, to push it, to go to court, to get a ruling that these questions need to be answered. >> do you buy, tim, that jerry nadler house judiciary chair is making the argument, hope hicks unwillingness ...

Want to bring in some experts. three people who know the inner workings of the trump white house, our insiders, white house correspondent for pbs newshour, ashley parker pulitzer prize winning white house reporter for "the washington post," both msnbc political analysts, and jeff mason white house correspondent for reuters. tell us what you can about what is going on inside the west wing yesterday. i mean this morning i havent even read through them yet but the president is certainly letting it ...

Former trump associate is set to testify today in front of congressional investigators looking into trumps ties with russia. while other trump allies have been very reluctant to answer any questions from congress, he could be the most cooperative witness yet. he tells "the washington post" he will answer every question without exception. joining the conversation former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst, and back with us tim obrien who knows the role sater plays within the trump orbit very we...

What is their calculus? who is recommending what to their senior leadership? and so if im the president im pushing my senior national security team to give me some answers not just about the next 48 or 72 hours but how do we manage our way out of this in a way that gets us what we want through some combination of diplomacy and coercive force if necessary? >> how do others look at the presidents actions -- as thoughtful or weak? >> thats hard to answer. there are certainly some across the broader...

President obama and staying true to his own principles of generally being anti-intervention. but with some, again, very notable exceptions. it is a real debate and deliberation not just in the advisers around the president but even within the presidents own gut and impulses. >> all right. thank you all so much. were going to dig deeper on iran with someone who knows how president trump thinks maybe better than anyone. and a man who has seen the most highly classified intelligence on iran for yea...

Libya in 1981. he did that again in 1988 when there was a one day naval battle in which we sank about half of the iranian operational fleet. what trump has done and i wrote this in my klum last saturday was demonstrate to the iranians he is a twitter tiger. this is a guy who likes to speak loudly, is full of bluster, but the fact is he is not only a very cautious president but hes an extraordinarily disorganized president. tim is exactly right. you just have to ask yourself the kind of extraordi...

Executive all of his aides stand in his shoes and similarly cannot be called to answer questions about anything during the period of time she worked as an aide in the white house. there is one court opinion that im aware of that studied this question and rejected it. it is that there is qualified executive privilege which means on a question by question basis you may be able to invoke privilege to refuse to answer a question if it might reveal sensitive deliberations so as not to chill future co...