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congressman eric swalwell will join us later on that. and all of this is taking place as the mueller investigation reaches a new stage tonight. the president's legal team has confirmed to nbc news that trump has answered written questions submitted by mueller's office. one of the president's lawyers said the trump answered questions on, quote, russia related topics. it is unclear at this hour whether the president answered any questions on obstruction of justice, but you can bet he was probably asked about the news that we just learned tonight from "the new york times." joining us now, harry litman, former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general under president clinton. ken dilanian joins us first. he's an nbc news national security reporter for nbc knees. mimi rocca as well, federal prosecutor and an msnbc legal contributor. welcome to you both. ken, let's start with you. what's the news tonight, that the president has been asking for someone to allow him to instruct the department of justice to investigate his rivals and he

he will join us. ♪ ♪ ♪ connecting people... ...uniting the world. ♪♪ >>> today congressman eric swalwell of the house intelligence committee tweeted it's time the protect mueller, there's already bipartisan support in the senate. house should pass legislation immediately. trump may act like he above the facts but he's not above the law. congressman, congratulations on your re-election last night which was never in doubt, but i want to begin with congratulations about the new feeling you're having tonight, which is in being in the majority of the house of representatives. how does that change things? >> greatly it changes things, lawrence. i'm also thrilled that 25 candidates and counting are in their 40s and under, so their future will have bright energetic new candidates coming to congress ready to stand and defend our democracy. if we'd lost the house of representatives last night i'd be much more worried. but i'm honored to join a caucus that's going to defend our democracy now and let's see what the president intends to do with it. >> if you lost the house of representatives last nig

standing behind them as a confidence builder. >> joining us now, democratic condition congressman eric swalwell of the intelligence and judiciary committees. he's been very critical of the president, how he's handled the california wildfires and sending the troops to the southern border. congressman swalwell we just heard from james mattis that the troops' job at the southern border is confidence builder. they're not supposed to do any of the work. they're supposed to leave that to homeland security and just be there as a confidence builder. >> good evening, lawrence. i'm disappointed to see general mattis validate p politicization of our troops at the border. i've got a lot of respect for him and how he's conducted himself throughout this administration. but this is a stunt, and it's exploiting our troops to defend against an invisible invasion which is actually unarmed refugees hundreds of miles away. and there's a cost to this. it's not as if this is free to us. the cost is that as california is scorched by these fires, we're seeing up to $200 million spent at the southern border where resou

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democratic congressman from california, eric swalwell.ime for a company in the crosshairs, marriott. chain falling the most in two and half years. emma chandra has more. this is really about a data hack. emma: the company says it is investigating a hack at its starwood unit guest reservation database, and the hack could affect 500 million customers. of that, two thirds of them will have had data taken including passport numbers, mailing addresses, and credit card information could also be included. david: what is the company saying about the hack and how they are fixing it? lookingey say they are into it. investors are voting with their feet today with the stock down over 6%. take a look at this chart. you can see the way it is performing. the white line, versus what analysts think of the company, the blue line. we have had some news from analysts today. there have been two different opinions. the analyst at jefferies saying the news will pressure the shares in the short-term, but in the long term, there should not be any implications, ma

joining us now is democratic congressman eric swalwell of california.s a member of the house intelligence committee and the judiciary committee. thank you very much for joining us tonight on this breaking news, and what will be the democrats' reaction in the house of representatives if the president pardons paul manafort? >> well, again i think it would be to understand whether there was any agreement between the president and manafort that amounts to obstruction of justice. of course the pardon power is pretty unlimited, you know, but if you're using it to obstruct justice that doesn't inoculate you from being brought up on charges for that. i think there's two things at play here, lawrence. there's the fact that corsi and manafort are both going cold at about the same time frame, and also this is happening at about the same time that the president just turned in his answers to special counsel. and so i also wonder whether the president and his team have dangled a pardon fearful that paul manafort may contradict some of the answers that the president h

congressman eric swalwell. >>> devastating infernos. wildfires ravaging california, including what's now the most destructive on record. thousands of homes already destroyed. dozens dead and missing. we're live on the fire lines. >>> and missile deception. a very disturbing new report says north korea is secretly operating a dangerous network of hidden missile bases, despite kim jong-un's promises to president trump. has the dictator duped the american commander-in-chief? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room. . >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. a very closely watched recount under way right now in two hotly contested races in florida. election officials are racing to meet the state's thursday deadline, while courts consider multiple lawsuits and president trump claims voting fraud but offers absolutely no evidence. i'll talk about that much more with congressman eric swalwell of the intelligence committee, and our correspondents, analysts and specialists are also standing by. first, let's get th

i'm joined by congressman eric swalwell.ressman, always good to have you. >> thanks craig, of course. >> director comey has said he wants to testify in public. he tweeted yesterday as you're probably aware when filing let the american people watch. that tweet coming from mr. comey himself. will he get his wish? >> well, i hope that there is a way that the public sees this interview, and i don't know if that's, you know, by videotape or, you know, a live hearing, but i have been in these judiciary committee closed hearings where, you know, i've seen the way that they treat and badger and beat up witnesses and do it in a way that they wouldn't do it publicly, and then they selectively have leaked out information. but again, the bigger issue here, craig, is why in the world are we breaking the space/time continue continuum to go back in time and revisit the hillary clinton e-mails when we have the saudi arabia issue, the russia collusion issue and so many other issues about the rule of law? >> you serve in intelligence, perhaps

it's jerry nadler and eric swalwell. >> that's true about sessions, but i question whether whitaker wille attorney general two months from now. i think swalwell's statement is interesting because donald trump presents so many ripe targets for democrats, there is a temptation to go after everything. we saw in last week's press conference where donald trump went on for 90 minutes and overshadowed nancy pelosi's first press conference that it will be difficult to breakthrough. it's going to be difficult for democrats not only to prioritize, but to make sure the targets of the investigations breakthrough. trump presents a challenge. >> you better be right. you better be right, you better be right. then you have to sell it. democrats know what they are against. president trump. what are they for? this is a letter nancy pelosi just sent. the democrats don't take power until january. there is a lame duck session of congress that begins quickly. a lot of big questions about spending. can the president get his border wall? can you put an immigration deal like daca on the table? as we travel to wa

i'm joined now as promised by california congressman eric swalwell. thanks for joining me.e as people that are worthy of subpoenas? would you want to subpoena the translater for the trump-putin summit about which there remaps -- remains a big mystery. >> we want to do things that make a difference in our democracy and people's lives. certainly fill in the gaps. bring in michael cohen. understand the deal he was t trying to do with trump tower in moscow. know whether he told the president trump or not. finally understand what don junior told his dad to to do this so we protect against future interference and know what the president said to vladmir putin in that summit when he met one-on-one and only a u.s. interpreter was there and praised him on a world stage and defied the findings of our intelligence officials. >> you do plan to subpoena translater in. >> we tried to subpoena him at the very last house intelligence open hearing. that will still be on the table. the american people put democrats in majority because of health care. let's get that infrastructure plan done th

eric swalwell talked about bringing criminal charges against anyone who resisted.e not misquoting that, he wrote it and then op-ed. then one critic said it this would provoke armed resistance against the government because obviously it would. so while well responded this way "it would be a short war, my friend. the government has nukes." in other words, obey or we will kill you. mr. williams, thanks for coming on. so there's something admirable about the straightforwardness from our old friend, congressman swallow well. if you don't obey, we will just kill you. what do you think of that? >> we have to get to a place where we can have a conversation about what's happening in this country and have respect. as we want do you think threatening people with guidance is a good way to get to it? >> no, nor do i think having conversations about guns not being part of the problem is a good way to have the conversation. so we should start with guns are a part of the problem and figure out how to deal with it. >> tucker: so we know swallow well very well, i personally like him

eric swalwell and john delaney, from the senate, kamala harris and cory booker who plan to campaign for democratic candidate in mississippi's special election, plus senator kirsten gillibrand, elizabeth warren,za and their colleague who just won big in a red state, senator sherrod brow brown. among former officeholders is said to be thinking of challenging trump, joe biden, deval patrick, eric holder, then there is the soon to be congressman who just raised more money and a quarter than any democratic senate candidate ever ever, beto o'rourke. i >> if it sounds like you might be open to it, possibly quest >> i haven't made a decision. >> if bernie sanders is going to jump in, he is going to have to register as a democrat. he got more than 13 million primary votes but he's officially an independent and the dnc changed the rule so only people with a d next to their name can play in their primary. >> mike: one thing many democrats would like to change before the 2020 election is how americans pick their president. tells usded molly line about the latest efforts to get rid of the electoral

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congressman eric swalwell. good evening to you, sir. >> good evening to you, don. >>> are you concerned after this firing? >> yeah but i feel like we can do something now. we're not powerless. we won the majority and the american people should be assured wear going to protect there democracy. >> you're feeling some strength. before it was frustration every time you came on, you were frustrated about something. i can't believe this or that is happening. > we had to make the case to the public and tell them tell your congressman, your senator you're concerned. but then they went to the ballot boxes. they were hoping that we stand up and do what's right. first thing we can do is protect mueller and insist documents are preserved as the transition takes place with the acting attorney general and insist he step aside on the russia investigation because of his conflicts of interest. >> leader pelosi is asking he recuse himself. is that what you want? >> yes. he should ask for an opinion and get a public response from

eric swalwell is not a congressman from iowa. he is a congressman from california. but it is now a matter of not just rumors but actual headlines that this impressive young former prosecutor and a key member of the intelligence committee, congressman swalwell pretty clearly is going to make a run for president as well. we knew that the democratic field of presidential candidates would start to take shape pretty soon after the midterms. i can honestly give you another ten names off the top of my head of democrats who i'm pretty sure are pretty sure that they're going to run too, even if they haven't made it public yet. but just as we expected, that process is quite clearly in motion now, in the wake of the midterm elections. and every day from here on out, the democratic party's field of potential presidential contenders for the next elections in 2020, that is going to get bigger and more interesting with each passing day. so we knew that would start to happen. that is definitely now happening. another thing we thought might happen very quickly right after the electi

in a moment, i'll speak to congressman eric swalwell, as well as jason johnson. we begin right here onset. thanks to both of you for being here. jerome corsy does seem to be taking out a different position. what do you think he's doing? >> first, let's start with the fact that he entered into plea agreement discussions in the first place. so to sort of say today, wait, they wanted me to say that i have lied, is a little bit disingenuous, because they had to have been discussing that from the beginning of the plea deal, discussions why are you having a plea deal. >> and surgery would be one of the lighter items on that menu. >> absolutely. i think it's very interesting that he's taken this root. obviously without being an attorney that has had conversations with him or knows more about what the mueller team has. it's hard to assess it. but i did find it surprising, ghim given that he entered into those plea negotiations in the first place. the other possibility is, he didn't have enough to offer. mueller is not going to be the person publicly commenting on their d

eric swalwell tells fox news he is looking for a run for president in 2020.to talk to his family about it over the holidays. earlier political reporter and a course close to swalwell says he's definitely running. he is a ranking member on the house intelligence committee and one of trump's most outspoken un clinics. >>> they are asking witnesses of possible hate crimes to call 510-637-4283. messages left on the hotline will be reviewed daily. the city set up the hotline so residents have an easy and direct way to report hate crimes. >>> you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. we have bone dry air that could mess with your sinuses. good news, look at the winds. 15 to 25 miles per hour. they will continue to taper. that's why the red flag warning expires at 7:00. midnight saturday night, you could see the winds developing once again. increasing as we head towards sunday morning, 20 to 30 miles per hour. that's getting close to critical fire conditions. i wouldn't be surprised if another red flag warning is issued for saturday night i

congressman eric swalwell is here to talk about the house intel committee's investigation.h democrats in power, how are they going to move forward? ♪ can you feel it ♪ can you feel it ♪ can you feel it put a smile on everyone's face this holiday, with great gifts from amazon. with low prices and free shipping on millions of items, for everything you need this holiday, visit amazon. copd is a disease that affects millions of americans, and it is believed that there are millions more who don't know that they have it. talking to the doctor is the first step to getting diagnosed. don't wait to say something if you're experiencing shortness of breath. >>> so, robert mueller's investigation isn't the only one looking into potential ties between the trump campaign and russia. both the senate and the house intelligence committees are also investigating. the blue wave now puts democrats in charge of the house intel committee. under the chairmanship of devin nunes, followed by congressman mike conowe way, republicans on the committee focused on leaks and debunked claims the obama adm

congressman eric swalwell is a democrat from california. he sits on the house intelligence committee to which michael cohen admits he lied. congressman, what's your reaction to this? >> good evening, judy. this is just one of i think what will be many lis that will be prosecuted by bob mueller, and i say that because, buried beneath the capal at the house intelligence committee are pages of lies from witnesses who testified, andeir transcripts sit there right now, and notab bein to go to bob mueller despite democratic efforts to try to release them to bob mueller does a nunez andd republicans voainst themselves. these are going to right to the special counsel and i expt more indictments. >> woodruff: are you saying you have some sense of who else may have lied to your committee >> yes, ifhat michael cohen has told the special counsel now and has resulted in hislea, there's a lot of other witnesses who are in a similar position where they weren't straight with committee, and it looks like bob mueller, who has the subpoena power we're not abl

whether someone like beto o'rourke really catches fire among the democratic base. >> meanwhile, eric swalwell good on tv. he is already talking about how you can win i will. take a listen to this. >> show up up and listen. i'm a son of two republicans. my brothers are cops, i worked as a prosecutor in law enforcement. so i understand what a lot of them care about. by accident, donald trump stumbled onto a lot of these issues, people who felt they were disconnected, were to scene, were interred, but he's not delivering for them. i don't think you have to install those people, you just have to tell them how you will deliver for them. >> mike: michael, your thoughts? a very crowded field. do you see a lot of these folks trying to get out early to test these waters. >> it's wide open. this poll shows ad. bernie sanders came in second, very close second in 2016. he's only at 13%. i think that shows you, joe biden, again, the previous democratic vice president, i don't think he's going to run. i think he would have a very tough time winning these days. it seems to me that it's wide open. i would no

i'm joined by eric swalwell, member of the house you judiciary committee. congressman, did they tell you the truth? >> i don't think they did, chris, and we had this concern for a long time. and i think that mueller actually could have reached this plea today much earlier had chairman nunes and the republicans allowed us to send over to the mueller team our transcripts. we have in the basement of the capital pages of lies of trump campaign witnesses and their transcripts. they came to us. and those witnesses and their transcripts sit in the capital, protected by chairman nunes. i think that is delaying the mueller investigation. >> wait a second. i knew -- i was operating under the knowledge that the senate transcripts made public and yours did not. i just figured they'd been shared with mueller even if they hadn't been made public. you're saying mueller hasn't seen them? >> he has not seen any of our transcripts with the exception of carter page's and also eric prince's because they asked for them to be released. roger stone who did not testify to the sena

congressman eric swalwell.re going to have more on the late breaking news from special counsel robert mueller later in the program. coming up, the trump administration closed off the busiest port of entry along the u.s./mexico border yesterday for hours. and fired teargas at central american men, women and children who tried to cross the border. today trump threatened to close the border permanently. what's that mean? >>> plus just when you thought the midterms were over, one final senate battle is now still being raged down in mississippi. cindy hyde-smith is hoping one last visit from the president will get her over the line. and after all of trump's promises that manufacturing jobs were coming back to the good old usa, gm announced today it will be cutting nearly 15,000 jobs, including 1600 in ohio. senator sharon brown will join us and talk about what's good for gm is good for america. >>> finally let me finish with the most effective social democratic leader of her time. this is "hardball" where the action

political reports a source close to democratic representative eric swalwell says, quote, he's definitely running. the report comes a few weeks after rumors swirled around senator kamala layers joining the potentially crowded ticket in 2020. the 37-year-old east bay congressman currently serves as a ranking member on the house intelligence committee. he has emerged as a leading voice in the investigation of russian interference in the 2016 presidential race, and is one of president trump's most outspoken critics. but earlier today, swalwell retweet a fox news anchor saying i'm absolutely looking at a 2020 presidential run. >>> when we come back, abc 7 meteorologist sandhya patel will be here with the what does help for heart fait looks like this. entresto is a heart failure pill that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney prob

eric swalwell/-d- calif ornia> "the economy is not the stock market.it's not the unemployment rate and it's not the gdp. it's whether people are doing better, saving more, and dreaming bigger for their kids."figures from the federal reserve bank show rising wages have fallen far behind another figure ... corporate profits, are now at an all=time historical high.tax cuts have enabled companies to boost profitability, but instead of sharing their profits with workers, companies are putting the money into stock buybacks and dividends.as a rest, the fed says, "never have corporate profits outgrown employee compensation so clearly and for so long. " (grant) the average wage is expected to go up again in november ... as amazon, one of the country's biggest emplpoyers ... bowed to political pressure are raised its minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour. (grant) president obama, also out on the campaign trail today ... campaigning for andrew gillum, florida's democratic candidate for governor. his message ... the republicans are trying to scare you with lies.

eric swalwell is a member of the intelligence and judiciaries committee.nk you for coming on the program. >> thanks for having me back. >> sandra: pelosi says come on in, the water is warm. she is all but daring her rivals to challenge here. >> she is out there making her case, not taking it for granted. but i think, sandra, that in these late innings of the trump first term that she is the most skillful leader that we have. these candidates all ran on healthcare. she was the architect of the affordable care act. if we have a chance protecting what has been lost we need her on the mound. >> sandra: why do these 17 democrats and possibly growing number of democrats oppose her? >> well, they claim that she has been a drag on our efforts to win the house. that was the case that was also made in 2016 when she won. if that's the case they are are making. the most seats we've picked up since watergate. it's time for us to unite and do the work people sent us here to do. >> sandra: some of the democrats seeking to block her argue it is time to give younger democr

on the house side which in january will have subpoena power, eric swalwell said this was an assassin. we don't know if that's true. we will see what happens as it plays out. democrats don't have as much power, but they have the same questions. >> certainly no significant action under whitaker's authority should be taken at the department. we are going to push very hard through a variety of different approaches this is a bottom line question about whether donald trump is above the law. >> they don't think the appointment is legal. there is going to be a dispute. the lawyers handle that after the elections. the lawyers get involved in that. there is the question of is he being brought in to reign in or quash mueller. >> how far will they go to demand and protect the mueller legislation that passes in the judiciary committee and make it harder on the counsel. there is talk to add that to a spending bill to avoid a government shut down. it needs to be accomplished by early december. other democrats would not go that far. risking the threat of a possible shut down. there is talk of what th

. >> this week we learned that california congressman eric swalwell is seriously considering.nd seriously considering along with 87 other people approximately. >> i've ruled myself out. >> i'm not running. >> so what's the strategy this time? because the last one didn't work. >> listen, i think the strategy, we'll learn from this, which is we're going to go into iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, and have this message about how the middle class is being left out and, you know, that the health insurance pool is being undermined by trump and that trump, you know, overall has during his time everyone has fallen further behind. >> okay. >> if you look at it this way, trump has 3.7 unemployment in this country. an economy is growing strong. democrats are still busting on it. two years from now if the business cycle goes the way people expect, it will be tougher economically. i think that bodes well for democrats. >> some will be wise to take your advice. joe, thanks for joining me tonight. >>> that's it for us, but on monday you can catch me on jimmy kimmel at 11:35 p.m. eastern

eric swalwell/-d- calif ornia> "the economy is not the stock market. it's not the unemployment rate and it's not the gdp. it's whether people are doing better, saving more, and dreaming bigger for their kids."figures from the federal reserve bank show rising wages have fallen far behind another figure ... corporate profits, are now at an all=time historical high.tax cuts have enabled companies to boost profitability, but instead of sharing their profits with workers, companies are putting the money into stock buybacks and dividends.as a result, the fed says, "never have corporate profits outgrown employee compensation so clearly and for so long. " (grant) the secotrs with the biggest job growth ... health care and education. together they've added a half million jobs in the last year. (grant) this weekend we'll set our clocks back an hour to end daylight saving time for the year... a measure on tuesday's ballot could lead the way for lawmakers to end that practice of falling back and springing forwd for good. supporters of proposition seven say the sea

. >> greg: i knew that you were talking about eric swalwell. >> jesse: you didn't just assume i was racisti want to say we are starting with the assumption that politicians are smart. politicians aren't smart. these are not smart people, special people. schumer, people kiss his butt because he's powerful and he couldn't make their life miserable. they read off notes. they can't memorize anything. they don't even know what's in the bills they pass. most of these people are failed lawyers who couldn't hack it in the real world. think about how lazy, on intellectual they are. everything goes wrong. the borders are open and then people get mad at politicians and they say no, it was you. it was you. the only thing they are good at is the reasoning people's money and then spending other people's money. it's amazing chuck schumer still has this job. >> kennedy: you have just made a very libertarian argument. thank you for that. the failure of government. >> geraldo: this by alexandria ocasio-cortez is going to take over the house. my favorite congresswoman elect. she comes from a district, i know

california democrat eric swalwell: >> the american people will see his tax returns, not because of some voyeuristic interest, because they should know if he's corrupt. >> glor: okay, so, ed, tax returns is one thing here. some democrats have called for impeachment. others have not. beto o'rourke endorsed it in his hmpaign against ted cruz, may or may not have hurt him there ta texas. talk about impeachment and what democrats are saying in .ashington. >> reporter: sure. hell, while many across the country may be clamoring for impeachment, top party leaders in washington are saying, "not yet, if ever." lhey're waiting to see what the results of the special counsel investigation. vee late 1990s, when republicans were investigating former president bill clinton, they lost seats in the 1998 election. g other words, go ahead an tevestigate if you want, but remember, there could be political repercussions. >> glor: mcconnell said that was a mistake. lindsey graham also said today that was a mistake in 1998. ep reporter: that's right. had we'll see if democrats pay attention to it. >> glor: ed,

democratic congressman eric swalwell of california is with me and sits on both house intel and judiciaryommittees. good morning. good to have you. >> good morning, poppy. glad to be back. >> you said about attorney general math chew whitaker who oversees the special counsel is an assassin hired by president trump to kill the mueller probe. didn't yesterday prove that's not true? at least not yet? >> i think it's the public light that was shined on this that has frozen whitaker, i hope. he said a couple weeks ago he would seek an ethics opinion ob we whether he should recuse himself. we should know the answer. tell us if he sought it and, two, if an opinion was dpl delivered. shown whitaker was placed in this role and prejudged the mueller investigation. i believe that's why he's been put there but am encouraged bob mueller continues to rack up indictments and hopefully we reach a natural conclusion. >> we don't have that vox yet and i want to let viewers know, it's just not cnn reporting. >> released a couple weeks ago. right. >> and let me read part of what the president wrote. "likely

let's bring in california congressman eric swalwell, he supports pelosi's bid for speaker, my goodness, doesn't everybody? even the people who said they wouldn't. what do you do if you ran on no, i am completely against nancy pelosi because i want to see millennials come in, i want to see some fresh ideas i know you have to backtrack. >> you have an opportunity today in the caucus vote to vote against her but if she is reported by the caucus, you go to the floor and vote for kevin mccarthy or what were nancy pelosi and i think you have a hard time explaining to your constituents why you voted to help the republicans. >> harris: nobody has put it that way that i watched today, that's interesting. no one officially running against her, you put her against a republican and call everybody's bluff in the room. what does that say to young people in your party, like yourself. >> harris, you may not believe that, i watch your show every day and i watched over the last few weeks, you've talked about why hasn't nancy pelosi groomed door men toward -- i see you say that and i'm yelling at the tv,

eric swalwell, the name does not really fall off your tongue. he is young, handsome, athletic.that going for him. he's extremely short. he's extremely short. i don't think it's going to play. he is also younger than i am! they be he's going to run to investigate -- >> kennedy: he's going to pull a peter brady, hang from the swingset and stretch. >> jedidiah: which had line of what you said. dear in the headlights, short. >> greg: the one who helped get rid of franken. >> jesse: when democrats run on moral decency, item that -- i don't think that platform is going to play. as a democrat. >> kennedy: democrats really have to decide who was riding the bus. is it someone who is going to do an impression of the president and get down and dirty and be insulting and continued this divisiveness that they claim to hate, or is it going to be someone with an economic message? >> juan: i don't think that's exactly it. what you're looking at his who can win in the midwest, who can flip those dates that were so critical to trump winning in 2016. if you look at the midterms, the blue states a

. >> laura: john solomon, to listen to congressman on the other side of the aisle today, eric swalwell, one of our favorites come i want you to listen to what he said about where this is all going. >> i believe they are obstructing the collision and again this is where donald trump will say they are trying to ring him up on lies. only guilty people lie in what they are trying to protect is that the president, his family, businesses and campaign sought dirt on hillary clinton from the russians and sought to do a big deal in moscow at the time of the campaign. when they were confronted about it, they lied. where i come from, that's collusion. >> laura: john. >> i don't know where he comes from but it isn't collusion. today the president's attorney admitted to lying about a business deal that would've been perfectly legal, may be stupid but perfectly legal if it went through. he doesn't implicate the president at all. and i think more broadly, people are missing the significance of why this happened today. bob mueller waited in wait to see with the president would say it is answers to see

we were skeptical but we invited congressman eric swalwell onto the set. >> tucker: what's the penalty treason? >> good evening, the penalty that we are all paying right now for the president's treason is we are losing our allies. we see a wrecking ball threatening our freedoms here at home and by the president's own definition of treason, let's use that -- >> tucker: what's your definition of treason? >> betrayal of the american people. >> tucker: treason is a capital offense. you're a member of congress. >> he's the president, he said democrats committed treason when we didn't stand up for him at the state of the union. >> tucker: treason is punishable by death, it's an actual crime. i think you're an attorney, you would know that. when you tell your constituents if the president of the united states has committed a death penalty offense, are you concerned that maybe, just possibly you are torquing up the rhetoric past the point of reasonable conversation? >> i'm saying the president by his ownn definition -- >> tucker: it's not your job, to use the presidents definition. don't blame

congressman eric swalwell and jill wine-banks. you are amazing. thank you for coming on. >>> coming up, as the president lobs attacks on special counsel robert mueller, senate republicans have blocked a vote on a bill to protect mueller. what will this mean for the russia probe? by the way, talk about a protection racket being run by mitch mcconnell. >>> plus, democrats in the house voted on the future of their party, and nancy pelosi won the first round. she's the nominee for speaker. we'll see if she gets the job on january 3rd. how much deal making went into that? we'll get to that with the progressives and what steps is trump willing to take for the russia probe. how many pardons can put his re-election bid in serious jeopardy. >>> let me finish with trump watch. this is "hardball" where the action is. we're voya! we stay with you to and through retirement. i get that voya is with me through retirement, i'm just surprised it means in my kitchen. so, that means no breakfast? voya. helping you to and through retirement. shaquem get in here. take

joining me now is eric swalwell of the house committee, heidi and glen kerser.t all three of yous to go at this thing. what do you make of the president basically lying saying he didn't know the guy he just picked. why did he pick this guy? >> same reason he picked kavanaugh. >> he did know him? >> yeah. he knew what he wanted to do, ha he said in private conversations. he hired a hitman to take out the mueller investigation. if this had happened on monday, we were powerless in the house. but this happened on wednesday. we're not powerless anymore. the voters sent a democratic majority to put a check on these abuses of power. >> just like in the god father he waited for mom to die. >> he'd take more losses. >> glen, this is pretty broad daylight. he's just taken over basically the supervisor of the investigation of himself. >> chris, none of us are surprised that we see the president contradicting himself, he is completely untethered to the true. i thought we were going to come in this evening and talk about how many conflicts whitaker has, whether it's represen

let's start with eric swalwell. >> we can stop, you know, the president's priorities. >> he's made thes and this weekend, he is headed to iowa. again. >> i have hope for iowa and i have hope for america. >> and he is spending the day in des moines. it is just days after politico reported that he wants to run for president. and he responded -- no news to report, yet. but the travel schedule obvious obvious obviously suggests otherwise. and on to steve bullock, sou sounding like a presidential candidate. >> i'll talk to folks. >> always starts with listening. and finally, kirsten gillibrand. >> i will give it a long hard thought of considering. >> that is a big departure from before elections. but if she noinsannounces, all headlines will fade away. or will sfle we'they? we'll be back with more are on the rates still uncalled. e are n the rates still uncalled in a divided nation... in the deep south, there's gonna be problems. get your hands off him. now! you never win with violence, tony. his music broke barriers. where did you learn how to play like that? my mother. as soon as i could

promising to pass gun-control legislation after retaking the house, and california congressman eric swalwellsing controversy for a response during a twitter battle with a conservative pundit. a second amendment supporter pointed out that swalwell once called for gun owners to surrender their assault weapons. tweeting "it would be a short war, my friend. the government has nukes, i'm sure if we talk we could find common ground to protect our families and communities." swalwell backtracked after getting slammed for his remarks claiming he was just being sarcastic. can we give him a pass on being sarcastic? >> greg: there is no sarcastic font on twitter. everybody gets burned on it. i know what he was saying. if you take it as the initial, it's like saying your guns are no match for our nukes but that wasn't really what he was saying. he was saying it's pretty unlikely and armed population would be able -- it's irrelevant in this day and age with nuclear power. in the 1800s, it was. i think that's flawed because no country like the united states would actually use nuclear weapons on a city. the

joining us is democratic congressman from california, eric swalwell. a member of the house intelligence committee. thanks for taking the time this morning. >> of course. good morning, jim. >> so when stone testified before your committee last year, he said, and i'm quoting, he had no advance knowledge of the source or actual content of the wikileaks disclosures. do you feel that stone lied to your committee? >> i do. and jim, democrats on the committee have tried to refer a number of transcripts to bob mueller's office. we have asked the out. i have seen reporting that bob mueller has those transcripts. i don't think that's accurate because they would have to be sent over from the house intelligence committee, and every time we have asked, devin nunes and the republicans have voted against that. it's for this reason, testimony like this that we're very concerned. >> if the democrats regain the house, will you bring stone back to testify before the committee? >> well, i think we'll fill in the gaps where they exist in the russia investigation, which fir

. >> harris: while eric swalwell gave an idea of what democrats could go after. >> when it comes to investigationsonger look the other way or give a free pass up especially when it comes to russia and assured, we protect mueller and see the president's tax returns and no longer allow him to cash in on access to the oval office as he has been doing for the first two years. >> harris: so that was most recently and in a second i want to show you something nancy pelosi said last month. but first, your thoughts. >> richard: if you look at how the democrat stayed over this election, suburban districts all across the country and those voters didn't vote for an investigation. they voted because it wants to protect pre-existing condition so i think what democrats have to do in the next two years, i like to call it a legislative wall. everything we promised the americans when we ran, we just passed it. >> harris: do you think they will do that though? >> richard: there is meaningful legislation already crafted. >> you don't think they will try to impeach? >> richard: i hope the first bill the democrats pass