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Of a court order. well, now he has it. so it looks to me like the ball is entirely in john bolton's court. >> only if an appellate court doesn't stay the issue. because this is the strangest logjam of legal power of congress to subpoena individuals, because this exact issue was decided conclusively in almost identical facts back in 2007, the court, the same court, held that the, that there is no absolute immunity, that instead, someone would have to appear and assert executive privilege on a question by question basis, but the idea that you can completely ignore a congressional subpoena if you...

White house the notion that it wouldn't be part of the initial planning is hard to understand. >> is it possible that the president only learned that 150 people would die with minutes to spare. the general told me last night, they got proposals about any con continue engi about places we don't even have aggressive relationships with. the idea of collateral damage, the death of people would have to be high up in that report. >> we don't know exactly what happened when they presented it to him. if he didn't ask the question or they didn't present it. as part of basic planning like this, especial...

Strike, he asked the generals the question, and they said, we are not sure. let us get back to you. if that happened, that would be a scandal unto itself. ryan goodman suggested it would likely be illegal to approve an operation without knowing the estimated casualties it would have caused. there are multiple sources contradicting the version of events. the times reporting planes were in the air. "washington post" reporting that in fact the president was informed of the number of estimated casualties earlier in the day when he approved the strike. the president being unreliable narrator makes ...

Immunity. it is a degree even greater than executive privilege. the witness doesn't have to answer any question at all. the mere fact that they were an aid to the president means hands off. home hicks did answer questions that predate her time in the white house. anything that occurred during her time in the white house including the location of her desk. >> why would there be an objection to a question like that? i think they were making a point we are going to object to every single question. the executive privilege is slightly different, which is on a question by question basis, you can evo...

Perhaps the place where they shot the surface to air missile from, perhaps the radar system that was used to lock in on the grown. something like that. the notion that it would involve that many casualties was surprising. >> there was some question about where this drone was shot. what iran claims is it was in iranian air space and america claims it was in international air space. we're now hearing some reporting that it was in iranian air space. what are you hearing about that? >> so the u.s. military denies they had any access. the military maintains they both stayed in international air spa...