Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, march 5th. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside Ayman Mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. We begin with a powerful House Judiciary Committee sweeping investigation into possible abuse of power by the president. The committee is now demanding documents from more than 80 people, entities and agencies in and around the trump orbit. Key people include the president s two adult sons, his soninlaw and Allen Weisselberg, the chief Financial Officer of the Trump Organization who along with don jr. Signed off on the check reimbursing Michael Cohen for paying off stormy daniels. Requests were sent to the Trump Organization, foundation, Trump Campaign, transition, inaugural committee and the white house as well as to the fbi, Justice Department and General Services committee which holds the lease for the building that houses the trump hotel in washington, d. C. The nra also received a document request as well as the National Enquirer wikileaks and Jared Kushners family business. No claim of executive Privilege Committee chair jersaid requestr documents hat that have been submitted to other committees. The chair explained what sets his investigation apart. Our job is very different from other Law Enforcement agencies. The special prosecutor has a specific mandate to investigate only the russian interference with election and possible collusion by the Trump Organization or anybody else with interference in the election and to only look at crimes. The Southern District of new york also only look at crimes. We have to look at a much broader question. Our job is to protect the rule of law in this country. That means we have to look at the three major threats the rule of law weve seen and thats corruption, personal enrichment in violation of the emolument clause, attacks on Law Enforcement agencies and obstruction of justice. Are you going to cooperate with mr. Nadler . I cooperate all the time with everybody. And you know the beautiful thing no collusion, its all a hoax. Youll learn about that as you grow older. Its a political hoax. So the chairman of three other key house committees are also requesting information on the president S Communications with russian president Vladimir Putin, heads of the house intel committee, Foreign Affairs and oversight sent letters to white house chief of staff and mike pompeo requesting a trove of documents and asking the translators present that were present for the meeting and calls be made available for interviews with their committees. The letter cites media reports that the president took steps to conceal details of hiS Communications with the russian president , reportedly seizing the notes from at least one meeting and directing one interpreter to keep quiet what two men discussed. Chairman adam schiff and Elijah Cummings write quote on february 21st we wrote a joint letter to you requesting basic information about whether the president in fact destroyed records relating to his conversations with president putin in violation of the president ial records act or if he did not, where those records are currently located. The white house failed to provide any response to our inquiry. Both the white house and the Trump Campaign released statements in response to the House Judiciary Committees allegation. Last night Sarah Huckabee sanders released a statement saying this. Chairman nadler and his fellow democrats have embarked on this fishing expedition because they are terrified that their two year false narrative of russia collusion is crumbling. The democrats are more inned in pathetic political games and indicatoring to a radical, leftist base. Trumps 2020 campaign released a similar statement. A white house official tells nbc news the White House Counsels Office acknowledges that the Judiciary Committee needs reasonable accommodation to perform legitimate oversight committees. The White House Office counsel plans to review the requests on a case by case basis but some of the request may present clashes over executive privilege. Joining us now elena. Great to have you on this busy morning. Lets talk about the democrats and all of these sweeping large scale investigations that they are looking into, everything in the trump world, possible obstruction of justice even financial wrong doings. What specifically are they looking for in these documents that they requested from 80 people and organizations related to the president and his family . 80 its over 80. A ton of different documents that they are seeking from people in all corners of the white house including the president s family, people who have ties to the Trump Organization and to his 2016 campaign. So its a sweeping request. I think the key here is that democrats on all of these investigative committees arent relying on Robert Muellers special report any more to shed light on potential criminal activity by the president anticipate people in his orbit. They are taking it upon themselves to investigate all these different areas and especially if they think, i think it could be a potential backstop as reports that the Mueller Report is coming out soon and may not be fully made public this is their way to bring all of these facts and shed light on them in the public sphere. We know how the white house feels all about this and how Sarah Huckabee sanders feels about this. How are republicans feeling about this request for documents . Republicans are actually being great trump surrogates. The president would be impressed with their performance. We saw congressman Kevin Mccarthy come out on sunday during the sunday shows and repeat what the president and the white house has been saying since he took office that this is a witch00 against this administration. And the Ranking Member on judiciary, doug collins said similar things last night and said the chairman of that committee, congressman nadler is going on a fishing expedition to try to get any sort of information they can for impeachment without having the facts yet. Well talk to you again in just a little bit. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is predicting the senate will pass a resolution to overturn president Trumps National declaration to build a southern border wall. I think what is clear in the senate is that there will be enough votes to pass the resolution of disapproval which will then be vetoed by the president and in all likelihood the veto will be upheld in the house. Are you worried that this is a congressional run around . I am. Thats one reason i argued obviously without success to the president that he not take this route. According to the Washington Post the Trump Administration is working to limit defections on the measure rebuking trumps emergency declaration. During a meeting with Republican Senate communications aides yesterday, the White House Deputy director of government communications, said if gop senators didnt have anything good to say should quote keep their powder dry. The senate is expected to vote on the resolution to block trumps declaration by march 15th before the senates next recess. So far at least four republican senators say they will vote in favor of the resolution. According to senator rand paul there could be more. I will vote for the motion to disapprove of this. And i will continue to speak out. I do believe that there is at least ten republican no votes. Well see. Possibly more. President trump tweeted yesterday about his decision to cancel all large scale joint military exercises with south korea which military officials and experts say are vital to maintaining readiness. Writing quote the military drills or war games as i call them were never even discussed in my meeting with kim jongun of north korea. Fake news. I made that decision long ago because it costs the u. S. Far too much money to have those quote games especially since were not reimbursed for the tremendous cost. However, the president failed to mention the new agreement reached with south korea to keep u. S. Troops in the country. Trump wanted to kel those joint exercises after last s summers singapore summit. Secretary of defense jim mattis walked back the directive to be a temporary suspension. Meanwhile yesterday in iowa secretary of state mike pompeo revealed what appears to be part of the Trump Administrations proposed deal for north korea a possible trade agreement. I wondered if you could touch on north korea situation and maybe opening up a trade agreement with them, if something . I live and hope. In spite of lots of hard work done by the state department team, dod team, all the folks of energy, working with the north koreans to try and outline what a real big deal would look like, we didnt get there. A big component of what we have presented is the president refers to as a Brighter Future for the people of north korea. Its a pretty fertile place. Its a place with 25 Million People. An economy that has enormous potential for growth and there would almost certainly be an enormous opportunity for American Business to serve that 25 million person market. Yesterday Vladimir Putin officially suspended russias participation in the 1987 Intermediaterange Nuclear forces treaty. The expected move comes after the Trump Administration suspended u. S. Involvement last month. U. S. And nato accused russia of violating the treaty for years. Moscow refuts. 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