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President trump intensifies. in just the last 24 hours, three house committees issued subpoenas to the white house and a request for documents from vice president mike pence. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo missing the deadline for delivering related documents. and "the new york times" reporting there may be another whistle-blower. i'm joined now by cass sunstein, a professor of law at harvard university. also the author of the book "impeachment, a citizen's guide." cass, good to see you, or professor, i should say. on sunday you wrote this in "the new york times" in an op-ed. in the comin...

He's also the author of "impeachment: a citizen's guide, "so picking up on that, the average person sitting out there, if you think you're undecided but have open minds, what should they be looking for and watching as things are happening over the next 48 hours? >> i think the major thing to focus on is the constitutional standard, high crimes and misdemeanors. that means there has to be egregious use of presidential authority. if you think president trump is terrible and a danger to the public, that's not a legitimate basis for impeaching him. if you think he's wonderful, that's not a basis f...

Michael flynn, and former homeland security secretary and white house chief of staff john kelly. now to be clear, no actual subpoenas were issued today. the chair of the committee, jerry nadler, was just given the authority to subpoena if he so chooses. keep in mind they've already issued a bunch of subpoenas. in fact, just yesterday mike flynn along with trump's former deputy campaign chairman rick gates missed their subpoena deadlines to turn over documents and testify before the house intelligence committee. it's pretty clear the trump white house and his allies are intending to run out the...

Really, and that's impeachment. joining me now from the office of information of regulatory affairs under president obama and author of "impeachment: a citizen's guide." if facts point in that direction, congress must. cass, you are not -- i think your reputation is not as a kind of like fire-breathing radical. i think your temperament is fairly moderate in temperament and judicious. but you seem to come down on the impeachment side here. why? >> well, impeachment side with respect to congress' obligations not necessarily with respect to any particular president. so it's probably good to go st...