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There is a promising from i guess an historical precedent. while many people know the old nixon line about people have the right to know about crooks, and i'm not a crook. look, this will probably lead to greater information -- if in fact the whistle-blower in the intel community comes forward, it may lead to more information. we may see information about trump's tax returns -- >> you're shaking your head. >> i'm agreeing -- >> in agreement, not against? >> no, the whole whistle-blower sis testimony was a product of watergate. people witnessed abuse of power by president nixon and didn't

I think he thinks it shields him, that his sort of flagrant behavior suggests -- >> i'm not hiding it. >> it's the covering up. it's the covering up that indicates something would be wrong, something is improper, something might be criminal. the mere fact that he's doing it publicly everything is above board. that's clearly wrong but i think that's what he's going for. >> don't forget, the people who are giving him advice, to the extent he takes advice, are all old enough to remember watergate. they're not thinking about the clinton impeachment. they're not. they're thinking about what brought...

>> don't forget the people who are giving advice are all old enough to remember water gate. they're not thinking about the clinton impeachment. maybe democrats are. they're thinking about what brought down nixon. and one of the things was the sneakiness. the american people thought nixon was sneaky. he wasn't telling the truth. he couldn't be believed. i agree the president is basically saying i don't think i did anything wrong, prove that i did anything wrong. that changes the whole debate. it frames it differently. when democrats and republicans say it's wrong and under mines national securi...

As we were just discussing, the house is set to vote in a couple of hours on a civil contempt resolution. in other words, they're voting to go to court to force their congressional subpoenas. that vote still uneven after the judiciary committee struck a deal with the doj to hand over key underlying evidence about possible obstruction of justice by the president. as the committee launches an ambitious new round of hearings calling on the man who helped bring down nixon. former white house counsel john dean. >> the facts contained in that report would be sufficienta ant prove all the elements ne...

What incensed trump, perhaps comments like this. >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >> and tonight trump saying one big difference between him and nixon on impeachment is this. >> i guess president nixon never got there. he left. i don't leave. there's a big difference. i don't leave. >> john dean's testimony today was full of fireworks and manu ro raju is out front. >> reporter: with their party divided over impeachment proceedings democrats today began the challenge of filing what's in the mueller report without the ...