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Process, then it's simply more of the same in just varying degrees of heat. craig? >> all right. kelly o'donnell there outside that hearing room for us in washington. kelly o., thank you pip tu. i turn now to our chief washington correspondent. is this the white house strategy? >> you're seeing it. it's say "yes" to "no." they're getting back up from the legal opinions that the department of justice is putting forward, speaking in one voice for this administration, saying in the case of don mcgahn, hey, he should get immunity! legally, we think this is right, we're going to point to these past...

Iran just announced it is quadrupling its supply of enriched uranium. president trump just threatened, quote, the official end of iran. and right now, behind closed doors, congress is getting a critical briefing on what to expect from all of it. the high-stakes showdown has taken a volatile turn. iranian president hassan rouhani says he is in favor of diplomacy, but, quote, today's situation is not suitable for talks and our choice is resistance only. i want to bring in nbc news tehran bureau chief, ali rusy. also with me now, nbc national security analyst, ned price, he's a former special ass...

Voices growing lowduder? >> well, i wasn't at the two meetings you referenced, but in discussion with members of congress, my colleagues, there are discussions of the strategy. but i think what some of the members, especially the newer members were not focusing on in my discussion is that opening an inquiry does not advance the cause of getting the testimony. we still have to go to court. you still have to get an order. so it really is a diversion at this point for us to be talking about that. we need to focus on getting the testimony and evidence that we have a right to get and then we'll see...

That. the president likes that these republican allies are backing him up in this. to them, there's nothing to lose. why put don mcgahn out in front of democrats if they're not going to have to? that said, the courts have ruled in the last 24 hours against the president in one instance. as you know, a judge ruled that house democrats are the ones who are coming out on top in this legal fight to get financial documents from an accounting firm linked to the president's business. so once it gets to the courts, it's that whole other can of worms, but at least politically, it's my sense that the wh...

Just preposterous. and consequently did not order a stay of his order that the information be provided. i think that the claim that the president is making of complete immunity for anybody who works for him, complete immunity, they cannot appear before congress. that's preposterous. that's ridiculous. there's no basis in law for that. now, we're going to go to court, we're going to try to expedite these proceedings and get court orders. and when people violate the subpoena and then violate the court order that enforces that subpoena, they're in big trouble. >> all of this focus on the presiden...