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Paul ryan doesn't strike me as the kind of guy, on his way out, long good-bye, paul ryan. who would be keen on this. how do you get a vote on impeachment without getting paul ryan's nod? >> we hope it doesn't have to come to that. obviously this is the first step tonight, but it doesn't require consent from the speaker. it's a privilege motion, so what we put in today was not privileged. it goes in and gets referred to the judiciary committee. but starting tomorrow, we can bring it up as a privileged motion. >> laura: what does that mean, for people who don't understand? >> i'm glad you asked....

Cosponsors accuses rosenstein of trying to block congressional oversight of mueller's investigation. they claim the deputy a.g. has withheld documents from and made misleading statements to congress on the matter. a spokesperson for meadows tells nbc news the resolution is not considered a privilege motion. that means whether it he eventually comes up for a floor vote is in the hands of the republican leadership. last week house speaker paul ryan said that rosenstein should be allowed to finish his investigation, but last night meadows suggested lawmakers can be around the speaker to impeach r...

Voters in the country. and we see polling, which you've just shown, that shows just how many republicans believe trump and are frustrated with mueller here. the reality though is that there's such disagreement within the republican party itself on how to handle this special counsel investigation that the likelihood of them moving forward just isn't high. in terms of being able to go around paul ryan, the whole idea of a privilege motion ultimately will not get them to what it is that they ultimately want, and that is to see rosenstein impeached. >> so the next part of that, eugene, is regardle...

I got a story out tonight. he's thinking through maybe bringing up a privilege motion. trying to force a vote in the house on rosenstein on impeachment. think about the crisis. forget about the constitution. it would be perhaps a constitutional crisis because it disrupts the mueller probe. a gop crisis. speaker ryan, other republicans have to force to a deal with an impeachment move by trump allied members. >> wow, toadie time. thank you, robert, julia and paul. trump said it was a disgrace these questions where is leaked. trouble is it's been alleged his own that your released them to the pub...

Made d meadows, and his allies to undermine the russia investigation which is managed at doj by rod rosenstein. >> rod rosenstein has been under threat for quite some time. do you sense this is heating up again? >> it is heating up because house republicans have whispered to me and other reporters for months an impeachment move against rosenstein could be in the works. we have seen they have drafted articles of impeachment against rod rosenstein. the big question right now is will congressman meadows bring up impeachment legislation as a privilege motion in the house. that may force speaker ry...