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Lawmakers suggested over the weekend that there is already clear evidence the president broke the law. and may even have colluded with russia in 2016. >> i think there is direct evidence in the e-mails from the russians through their intermediary offering dirt on hillary clinton as part of what is described in writing as the russian government effort to help elect donald trump. >> its very clear that the president obstructed justice. >> i think there is enormous amounts of evidence. what you do ...

Obstruction of justice. >> reporter: nadler is seeking information from the presidents son, donnal trump junior and the cfo of the trump organization alan weisselberg who mr. trumps former lawyer michael cohen repeatedly referred to during his congressional testimony when discussing potentially criminal behavior, including alleged hush money statements to stormy daniels. >> alan weisselberg made the decision that it should be paid over the 12 months so that it would look like a retainer. >> repo...

Investigatory results, well see how much of it we get to see from his report. >> you saw jerry nadler and to a certain extent speaker pelosi trying to thread this needle which is to say we see evidence of crimes here. we see wrongdoing. there is evidence of obstruction. but not impeachment yet. how long can they do this dance for? >> well, they are just -- i think people like a nancy pelosi, obviously, have this institutional knowledge of remembering how these things can go. and so i think that ...

Closest friends who ran that crooked bank. yet he still calls it collusion. because of the witch hunt. if thats a witch hunt, what is this? >> harris: no one is arguing that. thats why use it as an example. >> melissa: you see these examples going back and forth, and everybody makes a point that in the end it didnt work out well for republicans. when im listening to the sound bites from the show, when he says there is tons of evidence of collusion and anyone who says there isnt hasnt been paying...

2020? >> it appears to me like theyre going full bore into all of trumps businesses and they are asking for documents, there is a new document request and then as that continues to roll out theyll comb through those hoping to find some evidence of some wrongdoing somewhere. >> sandra: adam schiff said they have direct evidence. >> bill: well, we havent seen it. he suggests the firing of james comey. >> how does that have anything to do with? -- the president can fire james comey. he had every ri...

To my client signed by alan weiselberg and donald trump, jr., that this check was the first check and its the check that the president, himself, said to my client when he visited him in the white house, said that that check would be forthcoming soon. and sure enough it was on valentines day, 2017. >> so your review, that helps further demolish the denial that trump was somehow post-defacto authorizing something he didnt authorize? >> thats exactly right. >> let me play one of the tantalizing par...

After. the judiciary chairman said they could for documents from more than 60 people in the presidents orbit as part of an obstruction of justice inquiry. it sounds like in the weeks to come house democrats will also also weisselberg, ivanka trump and don ald trump jr. for interviews. oh, and the mueller report could be submitted basically any day. but back to michael cohen and his return to congress. this time saying he would tell the truth about his own misdeeds and those of his former boss. >...

Check out of his personal account while he was serving as president of the united states of america to reimburse you for hush money payments? >> yes, mr. chairman. >> you had a conversation with the president of the united states about your impending testimony before the house intelligence committee. is that correct? >> thats correct. >> who were the family members you briefed on the trump tower moscow project? >> don trump jr. and ivanka trump. >> did the president ever provide inflated assets ...

The country. >> i really proud of this guy up there because he has the world against him. >> you know, why he is proud? because these cheese balls are close friends. they dont strike me as men who wear speedos to breakfast. [laughter] that is what a cheese ball does that since michael offered no collusion they had to do real evaluations. >> is a presidential lawyer say we inflated assets. >> holy crap. the rich guy inflated assets that sounds vaguely kardashian. [laughter] [applause] . >> thank ...

The country. >> i really proud of this guy up there because he has the world against him. >> you know, why he is proud? because these cheese balls are close friends. they dont strike me as men who wear speedos to breakfast. [laughter] that is what a cheese ball does that since michael offered no collusion they had to do real evaluations. >> is a presidential lawyer say we inflated assets. >> holy crap. the rich guy inflated assets that sounds vaguely kardashian. [laughter] [applause] . >> thank ...