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With the russian ambassador. a holdover from the obama administration, she was later fired for refusing to defend the president's travel ban. she was supposed to testify on capitol hill today as part of the russia investigation, but then, a twist. in a letter, the justice department warned that her conversations with the white house were "likely covered by presidential communications privilege," adding, "she needs to consult with the white house" about whether she could testify. yates's attorney then wrote to the white house council, saying she should be allowed to speak because top administra...

Are likely covered by the presidential communications privilege. the president owns those privileges, so you need to talk to the white house. so a letter was sent to the white house counsel at the white house, don mcgann, and a reply was requested by monday, march 27th. no reply came, so that's why sean spicer is saying the white house didn't do anything. no reply came. but then sally yates was canceled by devin nunes. so the next question is, why did devin nunes cancel sally yates? and did anybody tell him to do it. >> the suspicion is that this hearing, like last monday's hearing, was going ...

Camille cosby to be deposed, but that essentially means she has to show up. does she have to answer questions? >> that is the $64,000 question. what will she do? the judge is correct, she does have to appear. the difference is because this is a civil case versus a criminal trial or even a trial in the civil case because this is the discovery phase of the civil case. and a deposition is lawful and it's proper if its purpose is reasonably calculated to lead to admissible evidence. now, while it is true that any communications made between she and her spouse might not be admissible at a trial und...

I now read for the record from page 25 of when congress comes calling which is from the constitutional project. and i apologize if this seems preliminary but this communication arrived only minutes before the beginning of this mark-up. executive privilege. the president's communications privilege -- >> and so, darrell issa talking about the letter, the executive privilege letter he got literally just a little before the top of the hour and we brought that information to you immediately. it's not going to change the vote today. it looks like they'll go ahead with the vote and then move to a ful...

This. i now read for the record from page 25 of when congress comes calling, which is from the constitution project, and i apologize if this seems preliminary, but this communication arrived only within minutes of the start of this mark up. executive privilege. the president's communications privilege, and i quote "the communications in question must relate to the quinnee sepbgs and nondelegatable presidential power that requires direct presidential decision making. the privilege is limited to the core constitutional powers of the president, such as the power to appoint and remove. the command...