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Congress to go to court. would be civil court to hold barr and mcgahn accountable for not showing up. and to try to compel them to show up. so, this is the next step in democrats legal battle against the administration. you should look at it as a significant escalation. this is something that jerry nadler, the judiciary chairman has been pushing house speaker pelosi to do. it looks like it will unfold this afternoon on the house floor. kristen. >> i think you have hit all the key points there, k...

Situation where they give everything and then only later. if theres a step-by-step process, president trump is actually right, it is possible and it is obtained. >> jon: he seems to agree with you that chairman kim is looking for a bit of attention right no now. >> theres no question that he was delivering a message that he can ratchet up his tests of icbms and he knows that if he were to test a long-range weapon or a nuclear weapon but that have great consequences for negotiations but i think t...

Investigate, but then second the person thats pushing hardest for impeachment right now is donald trump. hes really trying to goad congress into impeaching him. how is he doing that? number one, hes taking the position that hes above the law supported by his attorney general and that is all the actions he took to undercut that investigation. secondly, his stonewalling of providing any information for which he can be held accountable. so those -- i think thats whats now raising the question among...

Impeachment. thats why having these hearings and oversight, not just judiciary and in the intelligence community -- in the intelligence committee are so important. so step by step lay it out. thats what i think is the process by which we have to proceed. >> youre saying in effect that pelosis strategy is the correct one here, keep having the hearings, keep making the demands, take the president or the white house to court if necessary and thats enough? >> it may not be enough, but we will see wh...

But we cant have a president and his administration go rogue by disregarding the obligations of congress and the subpoenas that were issuing. >> certainly an interesting trend. paul, what are you picking up in your reporting on the hill on this? >> pelosi talked about this, she talked about it thursday, about the step-by-step process. it sounds kind of boring to those of white house are just sort of want to see oh, my gosh, are we going to get to impeachment. >> yes or no. >> if you talk to lega...

Its interesting to watch going forward what they do next. one democrat told me this was the low-hanging fruit. expanding background checks and extending the waiting period. this could get bipartisan support on. no question outside of congress theres been a wave of advocacy over the course of the last couple of years in the wake of these mass shootings and lucy mcbath, a freshman who lost her son to gun violence, who ran specifically on that issue and has become a leading voice to this. when you ...

Administration, from the president and his secretary of state, that the arsenal has only gotten bigger. help us understand how easy it would be to account for the kinds of weapons, the apt amount -- the amount of weapons that north korea has. >> as the president said, we have a good understanding of north korea. he said that we know every inch of the country. a little exaggeration, but we have been watching for a long time. that is why the inventory is not crucial at this stage. at some point, w...

Take partial moves toward denuclearization and start lifting some sanctions. there are critics saying that is a real bad idea. where you come down on that? >> the negotiations were only just beginning in singapore. we know a lot more today than we did back in june 2018, and i think the president at his team are informed by what has transpired in the past few months and they realize, based on statements from secretary pompeo, that this is going to be somewhat of a step-by-step process where we ma...

Step. it is expensive, three square miles, has 400 buildings, arms control experts, kim jong un has made it clear he has visions of step-by-step process, it is significant enough, he will expect sanctions relief. that is the key goal. to become a member of the nonproliferation treaty from which they exited in 2003, that would mandate inspectors. heather: i ask about that specifically. as he ran for president, he was adamant and vocal about the iran nuclear deal. to determine if they were followi...

Process just as important, gordon? dont you have to put one foot in front of the other to get across the street? we have to at least start to go down this path, correct? >> well no, not correct. the reason is weve tried this before. for instance the six-party talks that started in august of 2003. dragged on for more than half a decade. the step-by-step process. it really doesnt work. you think it should work but it doesnt. what we really have to do is just vigorously apply those sanctions so tha...