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Are seeking testimony from former russia advisor fiona hill saying they want her at a deposition on october 14th. they want her to turnover documents dating back to january of 2017, dating back to virtually inaugurtion day and so shes a long-time policy expert. shes a critic of vladimir putin. shes someone who is known not to agree with president trump on russia. what do you think she might be able to add to the committees understanding? >> she could add a tremendous amount, lawrence. everybody ...

Dont think any court would sustain. i think the white house knows that. this is not executive privilege. this is executive stonewalling. >> back with me is abigail tracy and kevin cerilli. how big a fish is hope hicks? how damaging is her testimony? she was cited in the mueller report 73 times without apparent impact. what might say she differently about don junior and the testimony there? >> i high hope hicks is a big get tofor the committee. she is a big figure in the trump administration. she...

>> yeah, and if he can convince people that all those people that gathered there were clearing him on and for him, he will do that. he will use to his advantage. he feels like -- this is a guy who cares about nothing else but optics. >> amy and matt will stay with us. and were expecting to hear from nancy pelosi who may have a few things to say about the latest act of defiance by the trump white house. and the growing calls for impeachment from democrats. at the center of that defiance, the form...

The justice department. the only things we held back were materials that talked about how we were going to respond to congress. not with regard to substance. all of those were released by attorney general sessions and there was nothing in there of any significance that we were holding back. we were fighting for a principle. the question of making sure that deliberations could occur in the executive branch out of the sight of the legislative branch but the total way in which barr and other member...

>> i was held in contempt. we turned over 7,000 documents. >> fast and furious i testified 10 times before the senate and the house talking about fast and furious and we made available all the witnesses that congress wanted to hear from from within the justice department. the only things we held back were materials that talked about how we were going to respond to congress. not with regard to substance. all of those were released by attorney general sessions and there was nothing in there of any...

Turnover documents to house judiciary so the committee chair likens the president to a king and accuses the white house as if trump were a tyrant or dictator and our elements of our own government trying to get us elements of our own government trying to get us into a war with iran? they claim incoming threats from iran but members of congress have at least one british general dont seem to know what they are talking about and the alabama governor signs a bill effectively banning abortion and vio...

Even if robert mueller and his team are winding down, house democrats are just getting started. from the pre-election hush money payments to donald trumps tax returns to russian collusion, the house has a lengthy list of investigations into this trump administration. one of those notable is the house judiciarys probe into possible be abuses of power, corruption and obstruction of justice. of the 81 names and entities that the committee requested documents from, only a few of the presidents forme...

And, its pretty easy to find democrats that say virginia governor ralph northam has to re-sign but we have someone that has known him a long time since they were kids. she makes the argument that he should go nowhere and she wants to convince you of the same. its monday. what do you say? lets get after it. >> all right. it would seem the president has a lot more to worry about than just the russia probe. theres now 17 investigations swirling around his world. and those are just the ones we know ...

They were kids. she makes the argument that he should go nowhere and she wants to convince you of the same. its monday. what do you say? lets get after it. >> all right. it would seem the president has a lot more to worry about than just the russia probe. theres now 17 investigations swirling around his world. and those are just the ones we know about. would be one of them is looking into possible misuse of funds by his inaugural committee. tonight that committee is being ordered to turnover doc...

Democrats take control, is they are going to try to get all sorts of information and issue subpoenas. the question is the enforcement of those subpoenas. and i think, you know, i think we will see the administration resist subpoenas. so the white house resist subpoenas to the department of justice. may resist subpoenas for things like tax returns. and then the question becomes, what do they release and how? >> and also what do the courts do? these fights over what the executive branch has to dis...