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Government misdeeds and corruption. i find it really interesting that he has directed that the prosecutors start to make things public. i will tell you as much as i embrace that, judges don't have discovery rights and it's unusual for a judge to say, you know, i know you have presented certain information to me in furtherance of what you think is an appropriate sentence for mike flynn, but i want you to start making things public. that's really unusual. again, i applaud it. i think everybody is sick and tired of playing the waiting game. congress cannot -- mueller passed congress the ball and ...

The political log jam? >> he deeply believes in us and recognizes if we cannot bridge the divides in our country, we're not going to get anything accomplished in this century. joe nerss as someone who has served the public across several administrations but most importantly vice president that if congress cannot work together, we cannot fight the things that need to be resolved, reducing prescription drug prices, rebuilding our character e. strengthening the world stage. he believes it is possible for us to come together not just as politicians but as families and a country. >> there are what,...

Justice and that congress cannot investigate him effectively places the president above the law. quote, that claim, like your demand that the committee discontinue its inquiry, is inconsistent with the most basic principles underlying our constitutional system of government. chairman nadler is invoking the idea of a constitutional crisis. is he right? joining me now is michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian. michael, it is great to have you with us tonight at this important moment in history in which we have to understand because chairman nadler says is the white house position tha...

Summed up why the behavior of re the trump white house is so dangerous.it >> the white house is making the outragious claim that a president cannot be held accountable in any way through the american people. a the justice department can't hold him accountable since a me sitting president cannot be indicted and now they're saying congress cannot hold a presidens accountable. this would make the president above the law.th we of course totally reject it. >> a member of two committees trying to conduct investigations into trump, congressman jamie raskin of maryland who sits on the judiciary and ov...

Guests. michael eric dys dyson, ying mo. do you believe the white house should be complying with what the oversight committee is asking for? >> the white house has every right to negotiate how it wishes to cooperate with the committee. as the white house counsel said in his letter, congress cannot simply demand anything and everything. there has to be some sort of relationship to how the information it seeks is going to actually help its legislative task. and according to the white house, congress has actually not made that clear to this white house. and so the white house has every right to p...