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That there has been a subpoena. Theres something going on here that is i think hard to dismiss as a coincidence in terms of bannon being requested to speak to mueller, his lawyer saying hell be happy to cooperate, and him showing up at house intel, and this fake debate that we dont understand. He has no choice when it comes to mueller. We know mueller can force him to speak to their investigation, whether it be a grand jury or more cooperatively. The game played with the committee is interesting...

Good to know. And i just learned that steve bannon is once again delaying his cooperation, if we can call it cooperation. Im not sure what you call it at this point. Nbc news hasnt confirmed that hes not going to appear. We heard from the horses mouth, mike conway, whos sort of the acting chair on russia matters that there has been a subpoena. Theres something going on here that is i think hard to dismiss as a koicoincidence in terms of bannon being requested to speak to mueller, his lawyer sayi...

Warrant and misstated the facts of that. >> lets look at this tweet that the president did this morning attacking adam schiff, and i guess we dont have the presidents tweet, but we have adam schiffs response to it. the president attacked adam schiff to n a tweet to which he responded mr. president i see you have a busy morning of executive time instead of tweeting false smears, the american people would appreciate it if you turned off the tv and helped solve the funding crisis, protected the dre...

>> they tried to say they were taking this step of the house process in transparency. when asked if they wanted to be trance parent why are you not releasing the democratic response there was no answer. >> joining us now democratic jerry nadler from new york, also with us tim winer, award winning author. congressman nadler, your reaction to the committees vote tonight to release the democratic memo? >> im glad they did. i think they were forced to do it by public reaction and the fact that the r...

Figure out a way to let the american people know. >> tim, the memos will keep coming. >> if devin nunes is determined to go down in history as am a i mini-joe mccarthy theyll keep coming. but hell only be remembered as someone who not only damaged but destroyed a 40-year tradition how the committee operates. >> there was also something shocking, something he said about george papadopoulos. lets listen to that. we have that ready, too. >> if george papadopoulos was such a major figure why didnt y...

Were knowing the republicans didnt do what they said it would do. i hope the president will allow it to see the light of day. >> lets listen to devin nunes this morning on fox and friends talking about this memo. >> do you have five more memos? >> yes, let me get to that. phase one of our investigation was getting to -- getting at the fisa abuse. what were looking at now is the state department and irregularities there. phase two we will follow the facts where they lead. when we get enough facts...

Responded mr. president i see you have a busy morning of executive time instead of tweeting false smears, the american people would appreciate it if you turned off the tv and helped solve the funding crisis, protected the dreamers or really anything. >> the president was calling him little adam schiff in this tweet. tim winer, again, this is a kind of interaction that weve never seen in a situation like this. this is the head of the executive branch, who is supposed to have a concern with how in...

Impression that hes above it and that the fbi is there to do his bidding. bobby mueller is independent. hes a special counsel and under the law he can work his will without the presidents interference. the president goes after him, thats a second obstruction of justice. firing jim comey is one, messing with bobby mueller is two. >> the author of enemies, a history of the fbi. your title is getting better all the time. its getting better with age. tim, thank you very much for being here. i really...

Alone the trump campaign connections, let alone the obstruction of justice questions. joining us is tim winer, the author most recently of one man against the world, the tragedy of richard nixon. before that he wrote enemies. which makes him a good person to talk to tonight. good to have you here tonight. >> hi, rachel. >> i feel like im observing the fbi facing basically a campaign of discrediting at a bunch of different levels. the fbi director having been fired. do you see it that way? >> the...

Whats most important here. far beyond any partisanship, any party, any personality. the fbi is there to uphold the rule of law, to protect and defend the constitution, just as the president swore to do when he took the oath of office, and thats what matters most. to the fbi as an institution and to the tens of thousands of individuals who work there. it is the rule of law that is at stake here. this is not a popularity contest. this is not about politics. this is about whether we are a governmen...