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News. obviously, i told my viewers at the top how rare it is to even have a floor vote on impeachment. this was the first one since your party took office. that's a big story. it's not the only thing going on, as you know, in a very he formal way with teeth that could matter in litigation. you and your colleagues are moving forward on votes to hold other trump officials in contempt. walk us through what that means, why that's important, what it would achieve. >> why that's important is that the oversight function of our oversight committee has been thwarted by the president who is basically te...

His son was involved. the idea this wasn't fully developed in the course of the vetting seems bizarre. >> why they wouldn't get a ahead of this in some way, that confounds me also. it was bound to come out. >> remember rob porter, they didn't get ahead of rob porter. >> hope hicks, former aide will testify behind closed doors tomorrow in the house of representatives. the judiciary committee but the white house is saying she has immunity. she doesn't have to answer questions regarding the time she served in the white house. sf you said she's going to give testimony. i believe she will attend th...

And i know that you have been asking congress, the democratic-led house to approve $4.5 billion in additional funding for housing. they haven't moved on that. but when you read this report and saw what was happening in your facilities what was your reaction and what are you doing to stop it? >> first of all, so that report dated back to some of those issues back in 2018, but to answer your question first directly is i welcome that report. i appreciate the ig and what they're doing as an oversight function. we should encourage that, we want that, full transparency. and what i'm getting briefed ...

Adam schiff said you've already seen some of the mueller counter intelligence documents but you're seeking many more documents. can you tell us what you've seen so far? >> i'm not in a position to tell you be what has happened over the course of the last months to six weeks is a slow dance by the administration to proviede as little as possible for as long as possible. they're going to drag this out as long as they can because the clock will be with them if we go into the end of september, october without being able to move forward with interviews with any of these people. it's critical to our...

1 oversight function to comply with, the fact that those subpoenas have been essentially ignored is shameful, it's a violation of the norms. i know people get tired of hearing us talk about norms being violated, but these are so essential to the functioning of our government, hopefully the american people will begin to see that. >> but here's the issue. it's setting a table for those who are already at the table, who believe that there was obstruction of justice, who are going to be watching this, saying saying, hell, yes. but does it move the needle any way? even if they agree to hold barr an...