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What mueller is finding. there are very relevant questions for the judiciary committee to ask of this acting attorney general, and the fact that hes saying i wont show up if you threaten me with the subpoena, i mean, its kind of a heads i win, tails you lose scenario. basically hes saying, i may not show up and if you force me to show up, then im definitely not showing up. i agree the subpoena threat only gets you so far because you can really subpoena a person and you can subpoena documents, yo...

Executive privilege to. they would push him -- and this presumably is what he was practicing doing, pushing him a little farther down the line before he asserted. one more thing about executive privilege, its a general balancing test and might be a harder battle for congress to win than for the special counsel. the nixon case suggests if mueller is iep the mueller is interested in talking to whitaker and asserts executive privilege, mueller should win. >> don mcgahn, whose name is invoked this h...

>> are you saying now you expect to declare -- >> i dont want to say. youll here the state of union and see what happens right after the state of the union. okay. >> joining me is democratic congressman ted lu who serves on the foreign relations and judiciary committees of the united states house. good morning. >> good morning. >> lets talk about this negotiation thats happening. the sense i have and you can correct me if im wrong, is that house and senate leadership in the two parties are prett...

From california, ted lu. good to have you. are you, therefore, going to fly home soon? what are you hearing about how the shutdown will affect constituents in your home state? >> reporter: let me remind you what donald trump said last week. he said i will take the mantle. i dont think it is right for the republican controlled senate and republican controlled house to adjourn until december 27th. i think they should make us be here so we can work out a deal to fund government again. >> so what ar...

Base. so he condescends to them assuming theyre as ig mornoran he is. youre telling me mr. erdogan its a complicated situation that weve been support it, well, screw it, im out of there. thats the way trump the presidency, trump the man, works. >> thank you both for your perspectives. good to have them. up next, well talk to california congressman ted lu, who is holding the president accountable for the partial shutdown of the government. tabl shutdown of the government - [narrator] the typical ...

Thats all for tonight. well be back tomorrow with more t.p. daily. if we survive halloween. were going see if we can find those different color candy corn. some people tried to make green and white. the beat with ari melber. ari is not a candy corn guy. >> i have to tell you something, we have a candy corn debate scheduled later in the show with ted lieu. that is true. i will review my view on candy corn then. >> tell me whats the top. john reese en and i got into a fight. what is the top of the...

Democrats are hoping the kavanaugh fight will energize their vote. the vote is likely going to herointh on issues far beyond that partisan fight. joining me now, emily fish-sussman and lauren zelch. great to have you both with us. lets start with this research group. they put out a list of the five topics voters that they polled are concerned about. among them, health care, economy, guns, taxes. and immigration. its also something we heard from representative ted lu earlier in the program. so em...

In my opinion is totally political. >> harris: some democrats are calling for judge kavanaugh to withdraw his nomination, including ted lu and senator kirsten gillibrand. peter doocy has more. this is a story that keeps moving faster and faster. peter? >> right. thats because democrats are accusing republicans of being in too big of a rush and not taking seriously these allegations from a yale classmate of brett kavanaugh, debora ramirez who says that kavanaugh at a party exposed himself. >> the...

Institutions instead of building them up. thats whats made our country function in the way that it is. >> reporter: but again thats a rare criticism from a republican. today i talked to a bunch who generally said its within the presidents right to do this. even as democrats reacted with significant alarm, worried that this may have significant ramifications for even the mueller investigation if the president were to take steps to get rid of the security clearances of people investigating him and...

So too many variables in there. >> whitey, let me play you this sound bite from ted lu on the house floor. of take a listen to this. >> the gentleman will suspend. >> for what reason, madam speaker? >> the gentleman is in breach of qu quar yum. >> cite the rule, madam speaker. >> rule 17 of the house. >> there is no rule that says i cant play sounds. >> rule 17 -- the gentleman will suspend. >> why are you trying to prevent the american people from listening to the facilities. these are babies i...