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Impeachment. and then continue to wait on these court processes which, as elliott was saying, can be lengthy. but they don't really have any other choice. in the system, there's only one way to enforce the law, and that's to proceed through the process of law enforcement and the judiciary and that can take time. does it eventually come to a head? is there eventually a final verdict whether it's the supreme court or anything else? you also have some democratic members of congress talking about the inherent contempt power which has almost never been used but saying is there some other way to hol...

Secretary pompeo. he's missed three deadlines already and yet we hear from him today saying when he's in greece that the department will, quote, obviously do all the things we are required to do by law. aren't they required to hand over these documents? >> yes, they are. i mean the subpoena is valid and congress has a right to demand this information. he clearly can be held in contempt if he doesn't -- if the information is not forthcoming. now, congress has something called an inherent contempt power, which, by the way, if that involves the house of representatives, in order to execute on tha...

Democrats that it's no longer about if this is good politics and what does it mean for 2020, but some view this as this is sort of a moral stance they need to take to prevent a presidency from running amuck in their view. >> nancy pelosi will make a statement at 5:00 p.m. her staff confirming. if they officially open an impeachment inquiry or use the power of inherent contempt. how does that change their ability to get information, documentation or call witnesses before various committees? >> it doesn't change it that much. in the sense that you know, congress can issue subpoenas now. it can c...

Defying subpoena after subpoena. but there is some recourse which is the contempt power. >> basically to go to court. >> to go to court to force the disclosure of the documents and to force the director of national intelligence to produce whatever this report is and who the whistleblower is and what his or her complaints are. >> gloria, listen to adam schiff when he told anderson cooper about the whistleblower. >> the dni acknowledged that this involves someone apparently outside of the authority of the dni. someone above the dni. there aren't that many in that category. and they also suggeste...

By held in contempt of congress? you are charged with contempt of congress? or is there some contempt power to allow committee chairman to then go to court in order to enforce subpoenas or somewhere in between? you probably understand the legal more than i do. >> i'll give you a little reaction. what the chairman is trying to argue is the civil contempt process is contempt because it gets them out of congress where the letters are exchanged and into court. if the doj lose, there's a court order to hand it over. i think we'll play a little sound for and you toss it back to both of you. there ha...