House republicans argue barr bound by the law to not release the full Mueller Report and supporting evidence. And Justice Department late this afternoon called the contempt boat politically motivated and unnecessary. All of this comes hours after President Trump and voted invoked executive unredacted version of the Mueller Report and extra supporting documents front from congress and the public. Chief white house john roberts at the white house with the latest from the president s team but we began with chief intelligence Catherine Herridge at the capital went up for our battle is heating up to take good evening, catherine. Catherine good evening the executive privilege over the record of the Justice Department said 11th hour negotiations broke down in the House Democrats forced their hand. Late today the Justice Department issued a statement highly critical of the democratic chairman jerry nadler that reads in part it is deeply disappointing elected representatives of the American People have chosen to engage in such an appropriate, political theatrics. All this as the committee reflect a deep partisan divide. Catherine after four hours of debate House Judiciary Committee a first step to hold attorney general william barr in contempt. Hes refusing to do anything other than provide political cover for the president. The president seeks to take a wrecking ball to the constitution of the United States of america. Catherine jerry nadler said attorney general barr refused to comply with congressional subpoena to supply the full Council Report and underlying records. No person out the the attorney general, not the president can be permitted to be above the law. That is what is at stake today. Catherine but republicans shot back barr was found by the law and could not have grand jury material which nadler had not pursued. The attorney general is following the regulation. Its about rolf partisan politics. The democratic colleagues have weaponized critical oversight responsibilities. Catherine writing to the democratic chairman for senior official Department Said nadler on 11th hour talks with broader access to the records, unfortunately rather than allowing negotiations to continue youve scheduled unnecessary contempt vote. And to advise you the president has executive privilege over the entire tea of the subpoena material. Democrats of the white house over legitimate oversight. It is unprecedented for a president to say that he will provide no cooperation with authorized subpoenas from congress. Republicans say democrats real goal is to damage the attorney general as he investigates the fbi probe. The rule of democrat Opposition Research the socalled hd trump dossier with a trunk can Trump Campaign aid. Democrats are nervous he will get to the bottom of everything. After chairman nadler told the reporters he expects Steven Mnuchin to go to the house and it will be a civil contempt, civil lawsuit if you will separately. Bret, we are working to confirm reporting that the republican led Senate Intelligence committee has issued a subpoena for donald trump jr. Bret Catherine Herridge life on capitol hill. Catherine, thank you the battle between House Democrats and the white house started early today beginning with President Trumps decision to exercise executive privilege, to hold the release of unredacted Mueller Report. Senior house correspondent john roberts, good evening, john. John high hi, bret. The negotiations broke down and the president jumped in. The battle between white house and congress over access to the full Mueller Report and Background Materials turned into allout war today when President Trump assertive executive privilege denying Congress Every thing. Chairman nadler is asking the attorney general of the United States to break the law and commit a crime by releasing information he knows he has no Legal Authority to have. Speak to the white house said it was the attorney general who has to white house to invoke executive privilege. Bill barr faced with increasing pressure from jarrard Jerry NadlersJudiciary Committee to hand over unredacted Mueller Report and all of its background information. The attorney general is protecting information, grand jury information, confidential information that he cannot release. The fact that the chairman knows that and continues to ignore it is absolutely absurd. Speed to democrats point out the white house did not claim executive privilege over the release of the Mueller Report. To try to exert executive privilege after the fact is laughable, it is frivolous, and it has no basis and reality. John the white house also continues to deny congressional demands for the president s tax returns. Today the New York Times reported on information the president s tax returns for the years 19851994. The times said the president s core businesses lost a whopping 1. 17 billion in that time and because of the losses, President Trump paid no taxes for eight of those ten years. On twitter, the president the right at the report is fake news. But did acknowledge that back then, Real Estate Developers were entitled to massive writeoffs and depreciation. You always wanted to feel losses for tax purposes and also renegotiate with things. The president adding it was for it. Nancy pelosi said the report was intriguing when asked if it rebuilds anything new about the president , she said it does tell us though that it would be useful to see his tax returns as the law says. John at the new York State Senate through democrats a pass of a bill to allow congress to request state tax returns. And that bill goes to the assembly for passage, bret. Bret hey, john in the midst of trade talks with china, secretary mike pompeo overseas and a warning about china in a speech in london today, take a look at this. Chinese government can rightly demand access to data flowing through the systems. Why would anyone grab such power to regime that is already crushing violating . John President Trump tweeted china was coming to town to make a deal on trade. So what is the deal with this . Tomorrow here for trade talks, china does want to make a deal but over the weekend training china indicated reversing on Core Principles including Binding Legal language. The president suggesting maybe they are trying to delay the talks in hopes negotiating with joe biden in 2021. So the president is giving china a little bit of a hurry up ball for anyone who plays golf threatening to impose sanctions on china friday morning. And tomorrows talks do not bear fruit, bret. Bret wright, john, thank you. Stocks were missed today the dow jones gained two s p 500 lost 500 five. Leaders of rinsing the country will partially pull out of the obama era with a nuclear deal. This comes one year to the day President Trump announced he was pulling the u. S. Out of that agreement. The Development Also coming tensions are very high. U. S. Intelligence officials continued to warn about irani and threats to assets in the middle east. The u. S. Military has moved forces to the region to respond if those threats are realized. State Department Correspondent rich edson has the latest. On state television rants president gave World Leaders 60 days to fix the Iranian Nuclear agreement or its country will resume building its nuclear program. The nuclear deal need surgery and pain. Rich the president promised iran would stop uranium and heavy water. The announcement a blatant attempt to hold the world hostage. They have made a number of of statements about actions to get the world to jump. We will see what they actually do. Rich cold war era bombers heading to the region. And skip Carrier Strike group to the persian gulf unspecified iranian threat. One year ago the United States withdrew from the iran Nuclear Agreement and restored sanctions on a rands thanking and oil sectors. Iran wants the countrys remaining and that deal britain, france, germany, china and russia to circumvent and realize the benefits of 2015 deal. After meeting with secretary pompeo in london, the british secretary warned against violating its height of the commitment. If they break that deal, then there will be consequences in terms of how european house reacts. And so we urge the iranians to think very long and hard before they break that deal. Rich state Department Officials say american sanctions means less money for a rant to find its military activity. This afternoon, more sanctions at this time on its middle sector. The white house says the u. S. Is sanctioned iran top three exports of oil, chemicals and metals. Iranian foreign minister is in russia. Both countries say the United States forced this decision on iran after the Trump Administration withdrew from the Nuclear Agreement and restored sanctions. Bret. Bret rich edson at the state department, thank you. The pentagon says it has suspended efforts to arrange negotiations on recovering additional remains of u. S. Service members killed during the korean war. Officials say they have not communicated with north korean authorities since februarys, and hanoi between President Trump a north Korean Leader kim jong un. But last summer, they turned over 500 boxes of remains of u. S. Service members killed during the war. So far, three American Service members have been identified. From those remains. We have new developments in yesterday Afternoon School shooting and suburban denver. Two suspects armed with handguns open fire at the Highlands Ranch stem schools killing one student and wounding eight others. Senior correspondent lisa continued with the latest on the shooting and the heroics of a pair of students. Within 2 minutes of emergency call, Douglas County with Highlands Ranch where Authorities Say two arm students open fire on classmates. We know pistols were used in this assault. The number of weapons that were at the school and have a guardian, there were two handguns at this point. Nine student shot in the 18yearold Kendrick Castillo who is killed is tempting to just stop the shooting. It shows you the difference between good and evil at that point. Brent and bailey was injured trying to tackle a shooter. U. S. Marines calling the young recruits actions inspiring. Today the suspects were in court. 18yearold Devin Erickson and an accused accomplice who was a minor the sheriff declining to comment on a motive. The stem school Highlands Ranch is a suburb of denver. And in close proximity to columbine and aurora theater where previous shootings have made headlines. District attorney george, prosecuted the aurora case and leaves this one. These are aberrant acts. The problem is when you get three, four, or five within a 2k theyre less aberrant. But im here to tell you this is not who we are. I think the students armed private Security Guard was the first to apprehend one of the shooters. He worked for a Company Started by the first s. W. A. T. Team members to enter Columbine High School after that shooting. Bret. Bret lisa outside of the school, thank you. General motors is negotiating the sale of lordstown, ohio, that builds electric trucks. The automaker confirms, cincinnati based work for school. To sell that facility. Gm plans to invest 700,000,000. 03 ohio factories to create 450 jobs all first announced by President Trump on twitter. Here in milwaukee, wisconsin, we are minutes away from town hall democratic president ial candidate Amy Klobuchar. As Christian Fisher explains the minnesota senator toeing the line between being moderate and progressive. In a president ial primary or moderate sounds like a dirty word. Senator Amy Klobuchar staking out the middle lane while saying shes in the left. Im considering progressive and that means i get things done. The far left said shes not progressive enough but it is that kind of criticism that can help her in a state like wisconsin which President Trump won by seven tenths of a percent. Klobuchar to reach the voters that made the difference in 2016 at tonights town hall. One of the problems right now in our politics is that people are in opposite corners of the boxing ring. You want to have a leader in the white house that is willing to reach out and bring people in. The klobuchar middle lane got a lot more crowded with the addition of joe biden. Leading the polls has only grown since entering the race. The clear politics average the former Vice President 39 . Senator Bernie Sanders at 15. 5 while klobuchar barely registers at just over 1 . All female candidates in the single digits. Do you think the candidates in the rates are getting enough attention . Never, never enough attention. Never. Klobuchar made waves the crown jewel, medicare for all and Free College Tuition our aspiration and not realistic. Instead, she is proposing expanding medicare and making college more affordable, but not for. We have 1. 5 trillion in Student Loan Debt in this country and bringing that Interest Rate down so they can refi out refinance and afford it more easily. Now, tonight senator klobuchar second stop in wisconsin. That is already two more trips than Hillary Clinton made in the entire 2016 race. These are the voters that critics say clinton forgot about. Democrats are determined to not make the same mistake in 2020, bret. Bret Kristin Fisher right downstairs, kristen things. Of next executive privilege, contempt, trump taxes in the 2020 election. We will cover it all in the panel next but first beyond the borders. A christian woman with glass from a Pakistan Supreme Court last year granted asylum in canada. She was convicted of blasphemy 2009 after a quarrel with farmworkers. The workers claimed she excel insulted islam a crime punishment of death. She spent eight years on death row in pakistan. And she flew to join her daughters. Emmanuel macron relit the flame of the tomb of the unknown soldier, the ceremony marking the 74th anniversary of the world war ii victory over nazi germany. Under heavy rain, laid a wreath at the tomb surrounded by military officials and guests. 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