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I think frankly hope hicks gives us a really good test case because their stonewalling has been so dramatic and so unsupported by law. so, you know, we have to take this first step to see if we can get answers under subpoena, and if we cant, then we go forward and we prosecute the case in court. so i think its necessary, and yes, its i think frustrating, and it is also dangerous in terms of a system of checks of balances that the administration would take us down this path. but congress is reall...

Absolute immunity in court but havent indicted yet if theyll make hicks the test case. saying, hope hicks answered questions and testified for about seven hours yesterday. a transcript of the sessions is expected to be released sometime soon. joining us now is msnbc legal annist. did hope hicks have the legal right to refuse to answer questions? >> that would ultimately be for a court to determine. when a congress wants to subpoena executive branch comments, it goes to the courts to decide. real...

Questions about how policing is done in our country and hes going to have to answer that. it will be a test case for him. >> can i just say, so, just a couple things here, you know, mayor pete has always also been one of the few candidates to roll out a comprehensive agenda for black people. i have been surprisingly impressed by many of the things that hes done. i was like, okay, small town mayor, name i cant even pronounce, you know, like, i was so, like, whatever, and he has been consistently ...

Meet with the victim of the shooting and of course it is the right move to go to south bend, to cancel your campaign activities, to deal with your duty as the mayor. but hes got a lot of questions to answer, still, i think, and a lot of people in the african-american community will be looking at this particularly and people who are progressives who arent african-american, as well, to see how he handles it. theres already questions about his demotion of the police chief, boykin, i only know that ...

One, and then number two, my question is if you are loretta lynch n-- lori loughlin or felicity huffman what is going through your head? >> i think the first factor was certainly that he didnt benefit at all in terms of giving the money back into the program. number two, i think the judges do look at people who send letters. you had parents, students, other people, coaches, family members who spoke highly of him. in part of sentencing you evaluate the whole individual just not an isolated instan...

They leave the events fired up. pete buttigieg has caught on. beto orourke has lost some steam. theres not a great desire by people for joe biden. there are supporters of joe biden, hes definitely in the lead right now, but you have a lot of conversations in iowa that begin or end with -- i like joe biden but, and they list a couple reasons why they like somebody else or theyll make an excuse like, i think he can win but, and they make the case for these other candidates. >> which plays interest...

Amy, you had a chance to talk to some of these candidates. whats your sense of it? >> the iowa poll, for example, shows a test case of when a presidential candidate runs a campaign with the democratic partys strongest, most loyal voters, thats women of color in mind or not. from day one, joe biden has been running a campaign as of he doesnt need women of color, everything from the non-apology to anita hill and the mishandling with the lucy flores allegations and the hyde amendment where he recen...

Its stock into preventive measures, putting physical borders between people, be they troops or walls, rather than trying to go the other route which, of course, might be to try to address the causes of migration. so this will be a test case, i think, for this administration and its relationship with the mexican government at this time. >> always offering perspective and analysis today. live from london. james, we always appreciate your time today. thank you. >> thank you. around the world and ...

This evidence. so at the very least, they have to launch an investigation and ask the questions that weve asked them to present. and get back to us with that information. i should say ive also asked fincen, which is the unit at treasury department that oversees federal financial crimes to investigating this. we had a witness in front of the banking committee within the last couple weeks, and we insysed that they move forward. he declined to answer questions publicly about what theyre going to do...

To launch an investigation and ask the questions that weve asked them to present. and get back to us with that information. i should say ive also asked fincen, which is the unit at treasury department that oversees federal financial crimes to investigating this. we had a witness in front of the banking committee within the last couple weeks, and we insysed that they move forward. he declined to answer questions publicly about what theyre going to do, but we are going to continue to pursue this b...