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And it's not a good thing for our international allies watching us every day. >> let me ask you quickly, we are just about out of time. in terms of emboldening the president, there have been moves at oversight that have been blocked by the president. in him becoming more emboldened is congress losing some of its power in the checks and balances? is that a concern for you? >> you raise a very good question. it is a concern for me. as you know, the article i, article ii, article iii branches, which is the legislature which is article i, that may have said something about founding fathers, the ex...

The executive branch. and so we're going to the courts. and we think we have a good case. we won the first two cases which were unequivocal about there's no question that congress has oversight responsibilities and should have access to the information. article iii of the articles of impeachment for richard next on were that he refused to obey the subpoenas of the house of representatives. but it's very hard to understand how the republicans in congress have no support for the institution in which they serve to support and defend the constitution and the rights of the house of representatives,...

Here. >> great to be here, kate. >> with the president making this protective assertion of executive privilege overall of the documents that your committee has requested, does this vote that's going to happen then this afternoon to hold them in contempt, is it going to get you further rather than closer to getting your hands on any of these documents now? >> i think it gets us closer. i mean, what we're doing is pressing forward. and now we're going to pursue the opportunity to team up with the courts in order to do that. i mean, you can look at this as article i, congress teaming up with arti...

We need an insurance policy against this president. that in my view when you have people in the highest echelons of the law enforcement of this nation saying things like that that sounds like a coup and could well be treason. >> president trump shared cheney's remarks, claiming that statements by agents investigating trump quote could well be treason. but according to nbc's pete williams, that's not what the term means. article iii, section 3 of the constitution says this. treason against united states shall consist only in leviing war against them or adhearing to their enemies giving them aid...

Word, we heard pelosi lay out a case for impeachment. >> the fact is, in plain sight, in the public domain, this president is obstructing justice and he's engaged in a cover-up. and that could be an impeachable offense. ignoring the subpoenas of congress, article iii of the nixon impeachment. >> as the president keeps upping the stakes with democrats, hoping to drive a wedge in the party and with at least 30 house democrats and one republican calling for an impeachment inquiry, wondering if democratic leadership is starting to agree with them. here's what house majority jim clyburn said compar...