he doesn't plan on ordering any other tests. >> not only that, the fact that in his own assessment. he says he's been around president trump. nothing has caused him -- he hasn't seen any warning signs or cause for alarm. >> he said he velcroed himself. he's around the president all the time. he would he doesn't see repetition of words or anything as a medical professional that causes him concern. that's what dr. jackson said. you have to take him at his word. >> we'll have you back in the program later with a few more findings. thanks so much for all of that. thanks to our international viewers for watching. cnn "newsroom" is next. for our u.s. viewers, "new day" continues right now. >> it's embarrassing we can't reach an agreement. >> no reason congress should hold hostage because of illegal immigration. >> scramble to go find the votes to pass a short-term bill.

>> if he wanted to prove you're not prejudiced, support the bipartisan compromise. >> the president used tough language in general. >> you don't remember. i find that unacceptable. >> he was not choose to go decline to answer the questions on his own accord but rather he was acting on instruction of the white house. >> bannon is trying to get back in the good graces of the white house. >> it certainly indicates that he will leave no stone unturned. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo on and alisyn camerota. >> tpwrorpbg, everyone. welcome to our new day. three days and counting until a potential government shutdown. house republicans hoping that another short-term spending bill will keep the government running another month. but hardline conservatives are balking at this. a shutdown could be inevitable because they do not appear to have the votes at the moment. >> we have a pretty significant new development in the russia

investigation. cnn learning that special counsel bob mule onner subpoenaed steve bannon to testify before a grand jury. the president's former chief strategist was refusing to answer certain questions during a long interview with house investigators. and they wound up issuing him a subpoena as well. two other trump associates are scheduled to appear today before that committee. will they also say that the white house won't let them testify about certain questions? let's begin with abby phillip live at the white house. abby? >> reporter: good morning, chris. a couple of big questions on immigration. the white house is insisting that it is the president, not his staff, who is running the show on that issue. with just about three days before a potential government shutdown, there is no efpdz they are any closer to having a plan. it is unclear what exactly the president will support. gop will unveil a stopgap

measure to avoid the shutdown. that will include goodies to hopefully get democratic support. house republican leadership now attempting to go it alone to avert a shutdown, rallying support behind another short-term spending bill to keep the government funded another month. the problem, the chairman of the conservative house freedom caucus says members are not yet on board, warning that currently, just based on the nos and undecideds, there's not enough support votes to pass this with just gop votes. >> this is the fourth since september, october. it is crisis management at its worst. >> reporter: republicans hoping to pressure democrats into backing the short-term fix by attaching the number of incentives to the continuing resolution, including nearly $3 billion to keep the popular children's health insurance program funded for six years. it would delay a number of key obamacare taxes.

meanwhile, democrat leadership continue to push for a deal to protect dreamers. in the senate, majority leader mitch mcconnell urging lawmakers not to rush a d.r.e.a.m.er deal, despite the fact that he needs at least nine democratic votes to stave off a shutdown. >> it is clear that congress has at least, at least until march at a minimum, and possibly even longer, to reach a compromise that resolves the daca question. there is no reason congress should hold government funding hostage over the issue of illegal immigration. >> reporter: cosponsors of the bipartisan bill rejected by president trump last week, expressing frustration at mr. trump's sudden change of heart. >> we call him two days later, senator graham and i, we have done it. we met your criteria. we have a bipartisan deal. we're ready to go. and then we're called into the president's office and explain it to him and find we have been sandbagged. >> someone on his staff gave him bad advice from 10:00 to 12:00

on thursday. >> reporter: both grilling kirjsten nielsen about her insist answer she does not recall the word shithole at last week's meeting. >> the president used tough language, as did others in the room. >> your silence is complicity. when dick durbin called me, i had tears of rage when i heard about this experience in that meeting. for you not to feel that pain and to dismiss some of the questions of my colleagues saying i have already answered that line of questions when tens of millions of americans are hurting right now because of what they're worried about what happened in the white house. that's unacceptable to me. >> reporter: despite all the fireworks on the hill yesterday, white house chief of staff john kelly will be on the hill talking to congressional members about this d.r.e.a.m.ers issue.

remember, john kelly was in the other oval office meeting last week. he will be meeting with bob dole. all the key players will be on hand and we'll be looking to see what the president does on that issue today, alisyn and chris. >> abby, thank you very much for that. let's bring in white house correspondent maggie haberman. great to have you here. >> thank you. >> what was happening on the oval office during the african nations are blank hole nations. nielsen doesn't remember that. there was other reporting, maybe yours, that he was almost taking a victory lap afterwards because he felt it would play well with the base. >> right. we have reported on that. lots of people have reported on that. the key in phone calls to allies and friends immediately

afterward that evening and all weekend at mar-a-lago where he was, he talked about the base loves it. he said it over the fight with nfl players kneeling. he has said it about monuments. he said it after weighing in on charlottesville. it is not a surprise that he is saying. but it is at odds what his staff swung into action trying to do several days later suggesting that's not what he said. look at what the senators have said. other people who were in that meeting said that wasn't what he said. those other people who were in that meeting declined to paint on the record a full account of what they say actually happened. so what we're left with is the usual rush amount of experience with people around trump of seven different people hear something seven different ways. at the end of the day, there is this semantics argument about words that i don't really feel

like saying on tv, it's hard for me to see what the distinction is here. >> nobody has denied the preference that he express said for what he wants in this country and why. >> senator tom cotton last night actually after a vote in the senate was talking to reporters. he did suggest that it was something else, how it shouldn't be one country's preference over another. >> right. >> the norway example is so specific. >> right. >> the president clearly did say norway at some point because i think kirjsten nielsen acknowledged that. he just had a leader in norway in the office. >> look, it is is what it is. he is who he is. what do you know about where they are in getting the budget deal? >> it will take some time. immediately what was happening in congress with the spending short-term c.r., the

congressional republicans have come up with a leadership plan they are hoping everybody can sign onto. they don't have enough conservative votes at the moment. they will have to get some democratic votes. that is going to give nancy pelosi and house democrats some leverage. they are not in a great deal making mood for a variety of reasons right now. we will see how it plays out. no side wants there to be a government shutdown. we will be back here in a month. >> does it go through with democratic votes or all republican? >> conservatives already said they're against a number of aspects as it is now. with changes, maybe they get closer. but i just don't see it. >> is the white house worried about a government shutdown or in the torpedo style do they say, yeah, sure, shut it down. >> there is a distinction between the white house and president trump. a number of people are concerned

of a shutdown. some say there are optimistic there won't be one. the president told people for weeks a government shutdown is a good thing for them because i will just blame democrats. we have heard him say this over and over. we heard him about repeal and replace not passing. i think there will be some for democrats. republicans are the party in power across the board. >> do they get democrats on on board without having is kabg qaa included? that seems to be the bright line. on the right it is military spending. we hear more about that. but on the left you have some like cory booker saying if the d.r.e.a.m.ers aren't helped, i'm not in on this. >> i think it is likelier than not you will see democratic support without daca. given the number of days we are talking about until a shutdown, yes, i do. but i think democrats are putting themselves in a very, very bad box on this. schumer and pelosi drew a line

on what they would accept. there's going to be a limit on that. >> let's talk about the president's health. he is in peak condition. he passed with flying colors. you, though, did point out a distinction on twitter. you saw something interesting. >> to my detriment. >> isn't everything on twitter. >> talk about bad for your health. >> you saw something curious that had happened. reminder that earlier physicals put trump height at 6'2". the 6'3" height makes a difference on his body mass index from overweight to obese. the president is growing. he has grown into the role of the white house. >> everyone said they wanted him to grow in office. >> lo and behold. >> 6'3" is what dr. bornstein, the doctor we have all become familiar with. >> his personal doctor.

>> i was not there yesterday so i did not get to ask this question. i am still not clear whether the president was weighed and measured anew or they took old measurements. there was some question at some point if i remember correctly whether they measure said his waistline. he said no, we don't do that. we do height and weight, which indicated its was a new measure. >> it would be unusual to go to any physical examination and not have them do your weight. >> he was the obama physician. he is admired by a lot of people in the white house. he has a very good reputation. it is important to take a lot of what he said at his word. it is is understandable given the white house's track record and this president's track record with honesty, especially when it comes to numbers, there is reason to doubt. >> and dr. jackson is said go out is and answer every single one of their questions. he took an hour. he seemed to be having fun.

>> and to his credit that he did that. >> transparency is what we're always asking for. the reason that the height matters, other than it's funny that he is growing at 70 years old on, he is right now one pound away from an obese category. >> right. >> if he were 6'2", he would be in the obese category. that is not healthy. we know a lot about his diet that could use some improvement. >> he does not eel wet. we have heard stories about the aunt in your family who smoked eight packs of cigarettes a day and lived to 110. you bring up an important point. those numbers, while painted rosie about his cardiac condition, are not that rosy. there can be concern in numbers without it being a glaring illness. he clearly has a weight issue.

i think jackson was clear about that. not only is he obsessed with appearances, but he has been known to make fun of other people's weight. i am seeing on twitter, oh, yes, this is a president. he has a long history of talking about other people's appearances. >> that is 100% true. it seemed like the headline, though, was that the president asked the doctor to do the montreal assessment test, a cognitive function test. do you think that the results from this doctor will put to rest the idea that the president is suffering from a mental fitness disease or deficiency issue? >> i don't. we have phone a lot about the michael wolff book. a lot have seized on that book. wolff lustily embraced their belief that there must be something diagnostically wrong here and therefore it means this term will come to an end sooner. that i think is a hope that ronny jackson pushed away for a

lot of people yesterday. we've talked about this too. we have all interviewed this president over many, many years. personally, i do not see a basic difference in this president. i just don't. this is the same person he's always been. people can say i have concerns about this person. but there is not a deterioration in the manner in which it was described by his critics. most have seized on dementia diagnostic based on nothing, armchair diagnosing. and i think an actual physician put that to rest yesterday. >> i think it also means that the inflammatory and knee-jerk and sometimes in coherency tweets are not the sign of some sort of cognitive impairment. that is deliberate. >> it is not deliberate. this is who he is. everybody is always looking for deeper meaning, deeper strategy. everybody tries to put some sort of normal structure so this.

i'm using normal very specifically. they want to put something they can understand and that makes sense to them from previous experience. he does not fit previous experience on almost any level. it is what it is. >> great to talk to you, as always. >> thank you. ten hours of questioning. and steve bannon said little or nothing to house investigators. a member of the house intel committee tells us what that meeting was like and what he still wants to know. that's next. theratears® unique electrolyte formula, corrects the salt imbalance that causes dry eye. so your eyes will thank you. more than eye drops, dry eye therapy. theratears®.

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steve bannon refused to answer questions from house investigators. bannon has now been subpoenaed by special counsel robert fueler to testify before a grand jury and another subpoena from the house intelligence committee. joining us is jim heinz of connecticut, a member of the house intel committee. good morning, congressman. >> good morning, alisyn. >> was he in front of your committee for ten hours? >> something like that. bear in mind, a lot of that time

was spent working out the hole process and understanding, this incredible claim of executive privilege which they asserted he couldn't talk about his time at the white house or during his time of the transition. so there was a great deal of back and forth on that issue. >> so did he tell you anything that was helpful? >> yeah. he was perfectly willing to answer questions during the campaign. which of course we had a lot of those questions. i wouldn't say he didn't answer anything. the remarkable thing about this apart from what lawyers will tell you about this idea that executive privilege can cover transiti transition, this is a white house that said there is absolutely nothing there. this is all a big hoax. there was absolutely no

collusion. but in front of the committee they said you can't talk about anything about your time in the white house or the transition. that makes us scratch our heads. >> were there lots of questions about the book for him? >> well, questions were certainly based on things he said in the book. that's another one of these ironies. somebody had a copy of the book in the enter is view room. the idea is, again, let's let them work on this one. a guy like steve bannon can talk to the author of the book, talk to the media, but when he gets in front of congress he exerts -- he doesn't exert but he says i'm not going to speak about this because the president told me not to? that doesn't make sense. >> can you tell us what you did learn that was new? >> we're trying to be careful about not revealing what happened after respect for our

witnesses so they feel they can speak openly. let's just leave leave it at the fact when it comes to whether there was in troept contact with the russians the transition period is pretty critical. we were told he would not answer questions about that period of time. >> do you think with a subpoena you will get more out of him? >> well, you know, there was a subpoena. one of the crazy ups and downs of yesterday we learned midway through the interview, "new york times" broke the story that mueller and fbi subpoenaed him. we issued our own subpoena but he still said subpoena or no subpoena, i'm going to a pwaoeutd by the white house's instruction not to answer questions about the white house. >> subpoena in real-time. that is interesting. do you think you will get any more today out of rick dearborn or corey lewandowsky, who will be appearing? >> as you might imagine we have other witnesses that are or were

at the white house that were in the transition is. if the claim of privilege is used with those witnesses too, i will tell you we will come to a grinding health. the thing that is puzzling, the president said there is absolutely no wrongdoing here and yet is instructing all of these people not to be forth coming or be forth coming with the investigative committee. this is really going to slow the whole process. >> let's move on to some of those things. do you think the government will shut down on friday? >> i feel like i'm seeing the same movie for the 20th time. the dance steps are so predictable. yesterday the republicans who run this place say they have a deal that will allow the government to remain open for some period of time, three

weeks. and the freedom caucus says, guess what, you don't have the votes. what it points to is something that i would embrace and a lot of people would embrace. for god's sake, let's stop that dance and let's figure out what you have a group of republicans who will never help you out. let's start using in a bipartisan way. again, here we are. it's groundhog day. we will see if they can pass it all on their own. >> will you vote on a funding bill that doesn't include daca? >> that's a huge problem for me. 800,000 young people who for all intents and purposes are americans who are afraid of getting kicked on it of school and losing their jobs. you cannot run the biggest entity on the planet in two and

three week inclements. it creates great uncertainty for all sorts of people and programs. again, i will give this one a lot of thought. you should not run in one, two, three weeks slugs of time. it's irresponsible. >> is it fair to say at this point you're a no. >> at this point it's fair to say i would vote no on this yet again another two or three week budget. >> even though paul ryan sweetened the