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Country, which is this russia probe and makes it even worse. >> and, of course the questions we all have is how did whitaker respond to the president as he is having these conversations. we know nadler is demanding whitaker testify before the house judiciary committee. could we get answers then, or is this something whitaker would be able to claim executive privilege on? >> what an unnecessary debacle. right? this is all so avoidable. whether congress can get something out of acting attorney general whitaker now, this is unfolding. yet to be seen. it is good house democrats will take seriously...

>> are people becoming numb to it? >> i think people are becoming numb to it. there are folks on the left, and i'm one of them who has issues with what james comey did at the end of the 2016 election this is spate. first of all, he was calls, instead of doing their oversight function with regard to the president, his administration, we now know there are 17 different investigations into some aspect of trump's life, instead of doing that, they continue, this is the second time house republicans have hauled this man before them. he asks for the hearings to be open. they refuse, they say they hav...

Republicans and is it good enough? >> it's not the best, but i'm not going to let perfect be the enemy of good. jim recognizes the oversight function of congress and has respect for the institution. what he wanted to do was not a disservice to the public and he didn't want to engage in a disservice to a lot of the witnesses, he wanted to be transparent. if you want to know about these investigations, great. let's talk about it publicly. that's what this fight was about. what we achieved, we're running into an uphill battle, and that became clear to us, particularly in the hearing on friday. so...

On the u.s. side is this is where congress steps in with its oversight function. you're going to see a lot of investigations on the house side, and they're going to try to subpoena the records of communications i predict between this white house and the saudi government to see if president trump is going to -- has been trying to protect m beshbs. >> kimberly dozier, thanks so much. still ahead, hundreds of people still missing after wildfires rip through california. the devastation is not stopping one small-town newspaper determined to tell the stories of loss and the determination to rebuild.

Intelligence committee will investigate the president's response to the khashoggi murder. what would you like to see them look at? >> well, pam, i'm really excited to see the house intel committee return to its actual mission, which is oversight of the intelligence community. its 17 members and military intelligence. that mission, frankly, has been thrown aside in the past few years as it's turned into a partisan arm under the chairmanship of devin nunes. when we look alt what the house intel committee could be doing starting in january, we have to look at the run-up to jamal khashoggi's murde...