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Are folks that have the ability to say i'm not coming. there are various methods of enforcement when you go to court, there will be executive privilege as you mentioned the former president trump said he'll assert that. it doesn't fly, as you know, because the right to assert executive privilege is held by the office of the presidency and whoever the current occupant of that office is. in this case, it's joe biden, not former president trump as much as he wishes that were so. it's also true one of the four people was not an employee of the government and there couldn't have been any executive ...

>> correct, it is two steps, first they're saying i have as a presidential advisor immunity, i don't have to show up at all. that is being litigated in the courts and we'll have decisions imminently on that. if the court rules there is not immunity then they have to now up. if there is an executive privilege assertion, these witnesses will be allowed to assert privilege and that will be litigated again into it is not a simple process, but the first thing is the courts have to rule that these witnesses must appear and then we'll get the second faze of do they have any executive privilege and if...

So, lauren, how will these letters impact the hearing today? >> in a big way, jim. this is just the latest tug of war between democrats on capitol hill in the trump administration as they are trying to get infor investigation, specifically about this impeachment inquiry that the house judiciary committee is undergoing. so one thing that we are going to be watching for is specifically what corey lewandowski will be willing to talk about. just his time on the campaign trail? will he be willing to answer democratic questions about those allegations in the mueller report? that is a key question th...

Think he's going to do the right thing and release parts of the report. he's not going to release the whole report. he will release parts. but that's my prediction. >> charles: robert? >> well, it's hard to say. depends on what is in that report. you can imagine andy mccarthy, my former colleague from the certain district of new york has touched on the right issues. you may have national security information in the report, which would be problematic to be re-luised. >> charles: and that can be redacted. >> it's difficult to do that and not provide appropriate context. you have the possibility ...

9-0 decision in the united states versus nixon, they ruled that the grand jury's right to receive evidence overcomes the executive privilege assertion. there has been reporting that the white house lawyers are looking at this case, a d.c. circuit case involving espn why it said essentially in order to overcome executive privilege, you need a compelling reason. but for me, that is really of no moment because it seems to me if you're evaluating the intention of a person to determine whether they obstructed justice, there's no more compelling reason to sit down and interview with that person than...