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D.o.j. and appeal directly to the president to intervene. >> the president can decide whether they should or not turn over these documents. the president should make that decision. our position right now is the justice department has to turn over these documents. >> but if they don't, though, would you support a contempt resolution? >> we're not going to go there. the president can order them to do it. i'm counting on the president to do the right thing. >> that was tuesday. today speaker of the house paul ryan adding his pressure joining the ranks saying the d.o.j. must hand over the document...

To hold members of federal law enforcement in contempt for not producing documents. he wants various stages of the probe they're trying to conduct into what sort of surveillance was done of individuals related to the trump campaign. this kind of goes back to the same stuff that was behind the dossier and before that it was document requests going back to last summer. this sort of forum is basically saying, okay, i'm done playing the game of chicken here, and the question is going to be whether people go along with it. he can file a contempt resolution, but the committee will have to vote on th...

Be behind closed doors. and you're starting to hear people lose their patience with this. and it's really going to come down to when do republicans decide they've had enough? and today you were seeing people like tom rooney saying we have to mean something with these subpoenas. if people think we don't, they don't show up, then nobody's going to interview with the house intel committee again. we can't let that happen. the next step is issuing a contempt resolution or citation and that's a big step that they may or may not be willing to take yet. but that's the point at which we're playing chic...

Been postponed. we know there's been negotiations under way between the committee, the white house and with bannon's attorneys about how to negotiate the scope of the questions he was going to be willing to answer. the other day, he was refusing to answer, saying the white house was directing hip n ining. questions about events that happened in the transition. even after his time in the white house. and why this is significant is because for the first time republicans were willing to subpoena a witness to compel them to testify. the next step if the subpoena is not honored if these negotiation...

Is we don't have to exert executive privilege until you put us on the spot and the chairman is the only person that can put them on the spot by advancing a contempt resolution or some kind of motion to compel answers to specific questions. democrats can ask as many questions they want and send up letters, but they'll never push the ball in the president's court and force him to exert executive privilege. >> shepard: did we learn anything today? >> i don't think we got any light shed on why comey was fired. you have a number of republican senators, it was interesting, saying that they still thi...