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The political importance of this, because there were concerns that by putting the census question in, it will reduce folks who are immigrants, legal ones. mind you, their response and influences how congressional districts are drawn. legally, getting to this broad and even preemptive really declaration of executive privilege here from a large perspective. they're using this for everything now. is that legally sound? >> it's fine if they're doing it while they're determining which documents are executive privilege. i could see a lawyer saying look for right now the president is asserting execut...

They have to hide? here are his comments a short time ago. >> now the president is asserting executive privilege overall of these documents. this begs the question, what is being hidden? >> fair question from elijah cummings there? >> no question. the census shouldn't be a political endeavor. if there's really nothing to hide here, if all they're doing is to try to do the best job possible of counting everyone in the united states, why have a big fight over this? the mueller report, it's understandable there would be a fight over that. that involves wrongdoing by the president. this should be ...

Census. this, as the house judiciary committee decides whether to hold attorney general and commerce secretary in contempt. meanwhile, donald trump jr. is back with the senate judiciary committee behind closed doors. congressman reed joins us this morning. thank you for being with us. >> great to be here as always. >> i want to talk to you about a letter. executive privilege over the remainder of the subpoenaed documents. should the american people be comfortable with the president making a broad protection of executive privilege overall documents related to a question requested by a sitting c...

Executive privilege. the question is, does congress not have any power via the constitution to subpoena the executive branch? that's the question. >> of course congress does and congress has been exercising its oversight responsibilities, thousands of hours, thousands of legislative time has been devoted to this issue now. the problem is who loses in that situation, the problems that are impacting people on a day-to-day basis go unattended to. we need to address that voice in america. we need to solve those problems. rather than get into this tit-for-tat investigative environment of washington...

Senate intelligence committee, run by a republican, i should note. keyword there, senate intelligence committee. they subpoenaed the president's eldest son weeks after the mueller probe ended. top republicans, include iing t president, declared case closed. doesn't look like the case is cloesd. let's bring in cnn's lauren fox. what's about to happen in the house oversight committee, the hearings that are about to begin and what does it mean exactly? >> they are planning to vote to hold the attorney general, william barr, and secretary of commerce, wilbur ross, in contempt of congress, for not ...