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Rule of law, to protect the rule of law in this country. and that's our core function as a judiciary committee of the congress. and we have to find out what's been going on and we have to lay out a case to the american people and reveal it. because we have not seen an administration in a long time, prior to this, in which there were so many attacks on the rule of law, attacks on the justice department, attacks on the press, attacks on the judiciary, attacks on the norms we depend upon to protect democratic government. >> but when you say, we have to lay out a case, is that what you're trying t...

Counsel don mcgahn. nadler's scope is very broad. though he was asked about impeachment on sunday, he said it is too soon to go in that direction. listen to this. >> impeachment is a long way down the road. we don't have the facts yet. but we're going to initiate proper investigations. it's our job to protect the rule of law. that's our core function. and to do that we are going to initiate investigations into abuses of power, into corruption of -- into corruption and into obstruction of justice. >> nadler's saying that he wants to make a case to the american people about impeachment before go...

Trump organization. this comes as house democrats are clearly expanding their investigations of the president. joining us now, kirsten powers, cnn political analyst and "usa today" columnist. jeffrey toobin, chief legal analyst and rick santorum, senior political commentator and former republican senator from the commonwealth of pennsylvania. i want to play you what jerry nadler, who is chairman of house judiciary tells us he will do and won't do just yet. let's listen. >> impeachment is a long way down the road. we don't have the facts yet. but we're going to initiate proper investigations. i...

We don't have the facts yet, but we're going to initiate proper investigations. it's our job b to protect the re of law. that's our core function and to do that, we are going to initiate investigations into abuses of power, into corruption, and into obstruction of justice. >> manu is on capitol hill. what more do we know about what specifically the committee is seek something. >> they're asking information from 81 individuals tied to the president and entities over the next two week. they want the answers to a range of questions, from foreign contacts between the trump campaign and other and i...

Though he was asked about impeachment on sunday, he said it is too soon to go in that direction. listen to this. >> impeachment is a long way down the road. we don't have the facts yet, but we're going to initiate proper investigations. it's our job to protect the rule of law. that's our core function. and to do that we're going to initiate investigations into abuses of power, into corruption, and into and obstruction of justice. >> nadler saying that he wants to make a case to the american people about impeachment before going there. i asked the white house to respond to nadler's request. the...