shoemaker from mercy, and caroling from meta, and randy shaw from t.h.c. , and sam moss right there , and don fox, and pauline from mccormick in the back, and jack gardner from john stewart. we build housing, so this is what we do for a living. what i think is incredible is all the nonhouser his in this room, all the leaders who are not from housing organizations because they recognize that they serve people in this city, but in order for them to continue serving those people, we need to make the city more affordable, and that is what this bond is going to do. i'm going to make a very, very bold prediction, because i'm not a politician, i'm not running for anything, so i can say this, this group, we will get 11 votes at the board of supervisors, right norman? president yee, i'm sorry. [laughter] [laughter] >> we will get there. not only will we pass this bond, but we will pass it with 100% of the votes in the city. [cheers and applause] so this is going to be the biggest bond ever and it will be the best bond ever and we are going to have fun with each other as we get this thing past and moved th

released to congress but pursuing other testimony including former white house counsel don mcgahn but president trump tells fox he's not going to let that happen. >> i don't think i can let him and then tell everyone else you can't, but especially him because he was a counsel. i would say it's done. >> reporter: the president made predictions about who would be his democratic challenger. >> i'd be very happy if it were biden. sleepy joe. i'd be happy with bernie. i personally think it's those two. >> reporter: and said he does not think that russia will interfere with the 2020 election despite a recent warning from his own fbi director that russia is upping its game. >> i don't think i've spoken about the 2020 but i have told him you can't do what you're doing. >> reporter: we've learned that special counsel robert mueller's team has been in touch with the house judiciary committee about trying to set up a testimony for him. of course, those details are still being worked out and we'll be sure to report them as soon as we learn. kenneth, janai. >> still so much to watch and pay close attention to. lana, thank

so let me ask you about what the president just told fox news about the former white house counsel don mcghan. he says he doesn't think he'll let mcghan testify before congress even though he spent 30 hours testifying before the mueller investigators. can the president do that? >> the president can assert all sorts of things, and it might have to be fought out between his administration and the congress and potentially in the courts. but it's an odd position to take. not only because on one occasion they not only allowed but directed don mcghan to cooperate with the special counsel, robert mueller, and talk all about conversations that he had with the president, some of those are sensational and have been debate over the last number of days. and even in that circumstance, there's been reporting that they said they were reserving the right to protest further release based on executive privilege. that's all well and good. but then you had a later occasion, much more dramatically, with the entire mueller report being released, and there was again in sort of dramatic fashion the attorney g

>> harris: with the latest on that, thank you very much, read don microjet's and at the state department. i want to move on back to our foxry. the white house former counsel don mcgahn not to hand over documents related to the mueller investigation, which house democrats have now subpoenaed. administration officials are pointing to executive privilege in a letter to the house judiciary committee. all this, as the doj and house judiciary chair jerry nadler's team are meeting today ahead of his panels vote tomorrow on whether to hold attorney general barr in contempt of congress. for failing to turn over the full unredacted mueller report. at bill mcgurn is is a columnit and editorial board member for "the wall street journal." he was chief speechwriter for president george w. bush. he's also a fox news contributor. great to see you today. i want to tell everybody about this op-ed that you have written earlier today, and maybe just go real quickly to some of your own words. you and i can fill them in together. you wrote in "the wall street journal," "jerry nadler's content, the chairman issued his demands and set his arbitr

president trump on fox news renewing his threat to block former white house counsel don mcgahn from testifying to congress. >> i don't think i can let him and tell everybody else you can. especially him because he was counsel. so they have testified for many hours, all of them. >> so it's kind of done? >> i would say it's done. >> reporter: the president's threat follows a contentious day in which attorney general bill barr was a no-show at a hearing. >> he has failed the department of justice by pressing the need of the president over the needs of justice. >> he lied to congress. if anybody else did that, it would be considered a crime. nobody is above the law >> reporter: while some democrats are calling for barr to bei ismpeached, republicans dismissing it as political theater. >> knock yourself out. if you think people need to go to jail, try to put them in jail. >> reporter: a political battle that could soon spill over into the courts. >>> 4:35. new details governor newsom making a change to a water tunnel product. he is scrapping a plan to build twont tunns. it was used to deliver water

and the white house has told former, don mcgann not to comply with subpoenas for testimony. sources for fox, officials reached out to don mcgann to publicly say that he did know the believe the president obstructed justice. mcgahn at the time refused to do it. and his attorney seems to confirm the report, telling they did not view the ask as something sinister, but it was quote cordially made. they want to hear from mcgann and if he does not comply with the subpoena and testify before house democrats, that they will begin proceedings to hold him in c contempt. leland: the president is at his golf course this afternoon. we'll see if he tweets about it. thanks, ellison, molly. >> for information on this, let's bring in california congressman and house judiciary committee member, tom mcclinton. congressman, thank you for being here today. >> thanks for having me. >> we had a chance to listen to ellison's report and pointed out the effort to get the president's tax returns and richard neil, and the court famously refused to give them earlier. some say it's a-- >> and we're seeing the weaponizin

don mcgahn. in a recent interview with fox, the president said he was not willing to send them again the hill to testify about the special counsel investigation paid me time here in boston this morning, there was an event at the brookings institution. we heard from the counsel, james baker, about the initiating of the investigation and the fisa application for trump campaign aid. which relied on the.ca, and this former british spy, christopher steele. we heard this morning is that he felt it was important. his words, "it would have been malpractice not to pursue it." here's james baker. >> we have the federal bureau of investigation, and of the federal bureau of conclusions. so we start investigating, when you have a question, to figure out what the answer is. many times, most times, when you start out with something, an allegation of some sort and you follow it, it turns out not to be what you thought it was originally. >> one of the biggest headlines from last nights cnn town hall with with the former fbi director is that he indicated he felt the special counsel investigation was an effort to

fox business news. told the anchor he was not willing to let don mcghan testify. after last week where he vowed to fight all subpoenas. here's the president last night. >> i had him testifying already for 30 hours. >> is the answer no? >> i don't think i can tell him, and then tell everybody else they can't. they testified many hours -- >> as far as you're concerned it's really -- >> i can't say one can, the others can't. >> is it done? >> i would say it's done. >> there's the president, it's done. effectively saying i'm not going to help in way. if i'm not going to let don mcghan do it i'm not going to let anyone do it. the desire would be to stall this out, lengthen the process in a way, one, i would describe this person as an associate of the president described to me this week is the bottom line we think americans are going to eventually move on. >> it's not new that congress and the president are fighting, democrats and the president are fighting, the president and nancy pelosi don't see eye to eye. does this feel different? they describe this as war, somethi

justice department after road blocks and .ignals of more to co president trump on fox news renewing his threat to block don mcgahn, a key source for the mueller report, from testifying to> congress. >don't think i can let him and then tell everybody else you can't and especially him because he was a counsel so they've testified for many hours all of them. >> so as far as you're concerned it is done. >> i can't sayne cannd the other can'ts. >> so is it done? >> i would say it is done >> it is aon c conscience day in whichill barr was no a no-show at a judiciary committee. >> he's failed the men and women of the department of justice by placing the needs of the president over the fair administration of justice. >> reporter: and the speak of house accused barr of lying in earlier congressional testimony. >> he lid to congress. f anybody else did that, it would be considered a crime. nobody is above the law. >> reporter: while some democrats are calling for barr r hed he's be impe also facing the threat of being ld in contempt of congress if .e doesn't turn over the entire mueller report republicans dismissing

the president himself saying in an interview on fox news that he would not let don mcgahn testify. he would not let mcgahn respond to that subpoena for his testimony. now it is not up to the president whether or not some third party is allowed to testify in response to a congressional subpoena. but the trump white house is making clear that they're absolutely going to try to block mcgahn from testifying, subpoena or no. but you know, that testimony, that subpoena for his testimony is -- what's the date of it? may 21st, 10:00 a.m. in the morning. even before we get to that date, even before we get to the question of whether don mcgahn is going to testify, you should look at the other part of the subpoena too, because it's not just for his testimony. this is the other part of the subpoena to donald f. mcgahn ii, you are hereby commanded not just to testify but to, quote, to produce the things identified on the attached schedule touching matters of inquiry to said committee. produce the things identified on the attached schedule. what's on the attached schedule? what are these things?

don: fantastic show. and tonight for sean we start with a fox news alert. president trump just issued an executive order giving the attorney general of the united states bill barr the authority to declassify material related to his investigation into the origins of the russian probe. major t classifications should be coming forth in the deep state should be very worried tonight. this is major news. joining us now for more as her own john roberts. take it away. >> there to see you. we had known that this was coming from some time, tonight they did great. the president has instructed bill barr and the intelligence agencies to declassify information regarding every aspect of the mueller investigation. this would include a number of other things including the scope memo, what was robert mueller's instructions and terms of what he was to investigate. it would include documents related to the fisa memos regarding the surveillance of carter page. it would involve the surveillance of people like george papadopoulos, potentially others and it fits into what john dur

don: fantastic show. and tonight for sean we start with a fox news alert. an executive order giving the attorney general of the united states bill barr the authority to declassify material related to his investigation into the origins of the russian probe. major t classifications should be coming forth in the deep state should be very worried tonight. this is major news. joining us now for more as her own john roberts. take it away.

don mcgahn. hope hicks, one time communications chief at the white house, currently the head of communications of fox corp., our parent company. these subpoenas come just hours earlier today after it was quite the scene within that house judiciary committee. the white house said that don mcgahn, the former white house counsel could not testify. it would be unconstitutional was their argument. so mcgahn was not part of hearing. now democrats are sending subpoenas to his former chief of staff and to hope hicks as well. connell: latest twist in all of this. melissa: u.s. officials briefing lawmakers on the trump administration efforts in the middle east. mounting tensions with iran. we're live at the pentagon with break headlines. connell: speaker nancy pelosi calling a special meeting of house democrats for tomorrow, discussing possible paths to impeachment. james freeman from the "wall street journal" response to that, after the break. melissa: and a latte in less than 10 seconds. i like that. 120 cups of coffee in less than an hour. can your barista do that? ♪ touch shows how we really feel. but does

fox wa equally telling. when he was asked about don mcgahn being instructed to fire bob mueller, have mueller fired, bill barr's answer was no, no. he didn't say he should be fired. he said he should be removed as if that's a distinction that makes a difference. that is something we would expect from rudy giuliani. not from the attorney general of the united states. it shows just how much bill barr believes his job is to place the president above the law. that's not what our constitution contemplated. i think it makes bill barr a dangerous attorney general. the fact that bill barr thinks donald trump could have gotten rid of mueller any time if he felt the investigation was unfair means that any president who is being investigated can fire the prosecutor because they think it's unfair. it also puts at risk all of the investigations mueller referred to obliquely that have been farmed out to other prosecutors because if he can get rid of mueller, stands to reason you can get rid of anyone else doing any other investigation that the president considers unfair. >> please come back especially after you get all these

communications director who now works for the fox corporation and to amy donaldson who was his chief of staff, the former and current officials including don mcgann the white house is expected to tell them to stay away from capitol hill. >> we welcome everyone to today's hearing. >> another congressional hearing and another empty chair of the white house tells the democrat house your subpoenas are invalid. this time it was former white house counsel don mcgann who stiff armed the judiciary committee. >> let me be clear this committee will hear his testimony even if we have to go to court to secure it. we will not allow the president to prevent the american people from hearing from this witness. >> president trump insists that democrats want a do over after disappointing mueller report. >> it's all a game. they knew there was no collusion. they are smart people. everyone from jerry nadler to nancy pelosi, they knew. >> the doj's office of legal counsel recommended don mcgann escaped the hearing with an opinion that he clearly qualifies as a senior advisor entitled to testimonial immunity. the ranking member of the committee mock today's ant

in a new interview president trump is telling fox news that he's against letting former white house counsel doncgahn from testifying to congress and that he will not grant him permission. >> i've had him testifying already for 30 hours. >> so is the answer no? >> i don't think i can let him and then tell everybody else you can because he was counsel. they testified for many hours, all of them. >> so as far as you're concerned it's done. >> i would say it's done. we both knew this. nobody has ever done what i've done. i've given total transparency. >> again the president's claims about transparency and cooperation is not true starting with the simple fact that unlike president clinton trump never agreed to testify for the investigation. congressional democrats say trump has already waived executive privilege by letting mcgahn speak to the special counsel prompting bill barr to make this odd comment during his testimony wednesday when he rejected the notion and referred to himself and the president as "we." >> can you think of an objection why don mcgahn shouldn't come before this committee about

fox. the white house confirming they instructed former white house counsel don mcgahn to defy a subpoena andfront of congress today. that's as the department of justice issues their opinion on whether congress can force him to testify. let's get back to catherine herridge. she's reporting live in washington with the details. good to see you. >> thank. good afternoon. so these issues are connected. this is the 15-page opinion from the office of legal counsel. the olc is like the inhouse lawyer for the executive branch. in this case, what we know from the 15-page document is that the white house counsel specifically asked whether don mcgahn was legally required to testify and comply with a subpoena from the house judiciary committee. the key quote is here, if you can bring it up. what the olc memo states is there's an executive branch protects. someone like don mcgahn is like an extension of the president himself. he says that we provide the same answer that the department of justice has provided for five decades. congress may not compel the president's senior advisers to testify about their s

two weeks ago the president told fox in clear terms where he stood. >> i want to be clear on don mcgahn. under what circumstances would you allow him to testify to congress about the special counsel investigation? >> i've had him testifying already for 30 hours. i don't think i can let him and tell everybody else you can't, especially him, he was a counsel, they testified for many hours. >> as far as you are concerned, it is kind of done? >> i can't say one can and the others can't. >> is it done? >> i would say it is done. >> if mcgahn does not show tomorrow, house democrats face choice to hold him in contempt, issue subpoenas or wait and regroup after congressional memorial day resource. key testimony from mcgahn and mueller wouldn't happen until june at the earliest, harris. >> harris: thank you. federal officials issuing ultimatum seattle official, that city is trying to block ice agents from using local airport. county officials pressured companies which service and fuel planes to cease servicing ice detainee flights. feds say they are breaking the law in seattle. dan springer, now

considering whether to exert executive privilege over don mcgahn's potential testimony to congress and something the president talked about on foxth me is deputy white house press secretary stephen groves and world press freedom day. 53 days since an official white house briefing and thrilled to have you in studio today. >> thank you for having me on. >> absolutely. let me just pick up with the vice president. he said it's still under consideration. can you give us clarity? does president trump plan to invoke executive privilege? >> well, obviously, no final decision's been made. you don't invoke executive privilege until the final point, like you almost have to be threatened with contempt before you say, well, that's -- we have really joined the game here. it's time to invoke executive privilege. but it's more important -- can't just be executive privilege. he was also a senior advise to the president, an assistant to the president and precedent there of not having senior advisers regardless of executive privilege go to the hill for this. >> as you know, though, don mcgahn spent hours testifying. >> 30. >> to mueller. yes. and

today who reiterated essentially what i heard from president trump on fox news overnight, which is that they do not feel as though don mcgahn should testify before congress. they feel as though he already gave 30-plus hours to robert mueller and that's enough, and really defiant when asked about the issue of oversight which democrats now argue is their role now. they want to hear from don mcgahn and they want to see the full un redaredacted report on monday, and they want to hear from hrobert mueller himself, those talks going on behind the scenes. sarah sanders spoke to reporters and told them that the president did have an extensive conversation with russia's president vladimir putin in which the two discussed everything from nuclear disarmament to the crisis in venezuela, president trump stressing the need for a transition of power there and they did discuss this russia investigation, both agreeing that the investigation is now over and that there is no collusion. so this is front and center here at the white house today, andrea. >> it's remarkable, first of all, this conversation taking place right after kim jong

the president told fox news tonight that he will try to block former white house counsel don mcgahn's testimony to the house judiciary committee. the president said i don't think i can let him, especially him because he was a counsel. the president falsely claimed that he has given investigators total transparency and then he said "it's done." >> so is it done? >> i would say it's done. we've been through this. mobe has ever done what i've done. i've given total transparency. it's never happened before like this. >> congress should be. >> they shouldn't be looking anymore. this is all -- it's done. >> the attorney general refused to testify to the house judiciary committee today because of what he called "chairman nadler's insistence on having staff question the attorney general. the attorney general called that unprecedented. as i said later in this hour, we'll show you a video history of committee staff asking questions in hearings including president trump's favorite lawyer roy cohn who actually became a famous lawyer who donald trump wanted to hire because roy cohn was allowed to

don mcgahn from testifying. the president said we're going to discuss that next week, but again, saying overnight to fox news that it's done, he doesn't want anyone else to testify. as the president prepares to head out on the campaign trail, chuck, i think he sees this as something that fires up his base as a political strength. he gets to say he's in battle. >> donna, what's left for the democrats to do? a contempt citation. i'm sorry, nobody cared when republicans held over in contempt, right? you thought it was going to be a big moment. mueller was like, whatever. >> i'm still in the minority, but this is why i've actually argued from the beginning impeachment proceedings. because impeachment is a process. not the articles, but you develop the record so that at the end of it, then you have the ability to at least hold the president and his cronies accountable. and without that, the public is never going to be educated. >> if the public thought it was just an impeachment process for congress, right now they think it's a removal for office. >> it's the democrats' responsibility to educate them. >> kristen welke

. >> sandra: fox news alert more drama on capitol hill. donpear before the house judiciary committee. all indications he will be a no show. i'm sandra smith. >> jon: i'm jon scott in for bill hemmer. chairman nadler is threatening to hold mcgahn in contempt of congress if he does not testify. in the meantime president trump pushing back saying his attorneys are looking at the bigger picture. >> president trump: as i understand it they're doing that for the office of the presidency for future presidents. it's a very important precedent. the attorneys say that they are not doing that for me, they're doing it for the office of the president. so we're talking about the future. >> jon: doug mcelway live on capitol hill with the latest in this battle, doug. >> the house judiciary committee hearing is getting underway as we speak and there is an empty chair where former white house counsel don mcgahn is supposed to be. also no signs of any kentucky fried chicken boxes in the hearing room as we speak. it all came to a head late last night when don mcg

fox and friends first" wednesday morning. rob: thanks for starting your day with us. calls for impeachment intensifying after dondefied a congressional subpoena. jillian: democrats will meet behind closed doors to confront nancy pelosi and push her to act. rob: griff jenkins joins us as democrats insist they are not divided. >> reporter: calls for impeachment are growing louder as the white house is defined of democrats demand fueling the fire. >> we can do no less because the rule of law demands it and to override lawlessness you must do your job. >> reporter: an empty chair marked the spot where don mcgann was supposed to testify before the house judiciary committee but that it out at the president's request. chairman nadler was not pleased. >> mister mcgann has a legal obligation to be here for the scheduled appearance. if he does not correct his mistake this committee will have no choice but to enforce the subpoena against him. >> reporter: it didn't stop chairman nadler from issuing two more subpoenas, hope hicks and amy donaldson. hicks is executive vice president and chief indications officer for fox corp

and thank you for taking the time to watch something else besides fox or msnbc, and you are watching c-span. i thanked c-span for having don and myself on, where we are able to tell you that there isn't just divisiveness in washington, d.c. you are seeing an example of civility. it is more examples like this that need to get out there. we need more venues upon which people like you can see that there are members, republicans and democrats, who are here to not just make a point but make a difference. we start doing that by being civil to one another and working with one another. we do that with understanding one another. that is what these types of carcasses are for. that is why i am proud to be ash caucuses -- caucuses are for. that is why i am proud to be a cofounder of the for country caucus. host: louisiana, republican line. cornelius hello. caller: god bless you all. i am a 15 year military police from 79 to i served 94. i salute your service. my couple of questions for you. the president pardoning this fellow that killed a terrorist. i have been trying to get a presidential pardon. i hope he will have people on about

intel committee here it talk about that and much more fox's news contradict tore host of theen podcast, dan bongo all right so dems want to drag don jr. back he testified for 29 hour or something like that. and the word is that michael cohen planted a seed about the russia tower thing, but michael cohen has been convicted already of lying congress to. they bring him back as a chief witness, i mean, some prosecutors these lose rs are and then he lie to congress again.th and based on those lies they want to bring don jr. in what should don do and do they have that right? >> well don jr. should tell him to go, judge they miss memo did collusion story was a hoax? did they miss the 440 what page ofof memo from bob mueller himsf and like donald trump? would done anything to write that collusion that this was real this is what's fake and here's what's beginning on judge richard barr republican yeah republican chairman of the senate committee that recalled don r jr. is weak. he's always been weaning. weak he's not a conservative he's a fake republican that committee is really run by mark warner the democrat richard burr is like a dr. evil

go rudy -- rudy did not want that interview to endse "please don' me back to the home the nurses are mean to me! [ laughter ] also, only a foxr would express shock and disappointment at making another headline you justot the president's personal lawyer to say that he might invoke executive privilege if asked about a foreign trito dig up dirt on a political opponent to meddle in a presidential campaign meaning he's discussed that plan with the president mself. fox anchors react to news like when your five-year-old admits too much when you get to a birthday party "we're late. because we stopped at the store with bottles to buy some daddy juice. alright. that's -- that's enough. [ laughter ] that's not for them to know. but this is what it's like inside the bubble whether it's cheating at golf or cheating at politics when these guys are in their own little world, they operate by their own rules. that's why trump has so much affection for strongmen. he thinkhe's above the law or as fox news would put it, he's - >> a little bit controversial, but that's okay. >> seth: this has been "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ♪ we'll b

this morning, all those coming up tuesday morning joining me to break it down fox business network decaying decaying, founder don tariffs the market impact. >> yes. >> a lot to come on those subjects joining the conversation former trump comparison foreign policy adviser george papadopoulos here. >> bob here boldt here host of "varney & company" weighs in as well big show right now stay with us for a busy hour, we kick off with this china-u.s trade tensions, are continuing to impact markets investors wait for a deal, blake burman with the latest from the white house in morning, and blake it looks like wall street so far is saying okay, let's watch what happens next not giving throwing in towel in terms of off in deal expectations. >> and one of the questions going forward is what is timing like with all of this? the president said on twitter this morning when time is right we are going to make a deal with china just don't know when that time may or may not be the president though continues to lay out this thinking, saying that u.s. is in a much stronger position than china going forward. and he is also imploring

view las interview with fox last night, the president said his ormer white house counsel don tgahn has been testifying this.h. onei would say it's done. nobody has done what i've done. i've given total transparent su. >> democrats don't see it that on't last week they served mcgahn with a subpoena asking him to supply testimony, documents to ae committee, and answer aestions on may 21st. mcgahn was a central figure at specia the special counsel's report. called in june 2017 the president called mcgahn at least special cotold him to have the special counsel removed. months later, trump ordered mcgahn to deny he ever tried to fire the special counsel. have attorney general barr defended cs decision not to charge the president with obstruction of justice. >> the president essentially tries to change the lawyer's ccount in order to prevent further criticism of himself. >> that's not a crime. >> on thursday, tensions between barr and congress escalated after he refused to testify controlle democratic controlled tee.e judiciary committee. some members dubbed him a imicken. n. what could poss

house judiciary committee for don mcgahn which you know about, hope hicks, the former white house communications director which is the chief communications officer of fox a host of others. they're piling up like planes at la guardia. what do you think? >> jerry nadler, i sat across from him on the plane where he unveiled his impeachment efforts. these his right as the chairman. but he doesn't seem having a good go of it. he's having trouble getting people to testify because he's to aggressive and not working with people. >> neil: thank you very much. those of you watching yesterday, we had an unusual open to the show to deal with addiction that has claimed a very inspiring young man. now we talk to the u.s. drug czar on how we can avoid this in the future. s... s...u... s...u...v... these letters used to mean something. letters earned in backwoods, high hills, and steep dunes. but somewhere along the way, suvs became pretenders, not pioneers. but you never forgot the difference, and neither did we. there are many suvs, but there's only one legend. hurry in now to the jeep celebration event and get $500 additional bonus cash on select models. hurry in n

don mcgann. nadler issued subpoenas for his chief of staff. even former aid hope hicks, currently serves as ebp at this network, here at fox. we're going to make hope hicks spend another million dollars on lawyers to answer the same exact questions again? only this time it will be a perjury trap, god forbid anyone that goes before congress, they have one minor detail, one little discrepancy. that's wrong or different from the last time they testified. it's called a perjury trap. the attorney general, barr, defied a request to appear before nadler's circus. he's now speaking out telling the "wall street journal," quote, i felt the rules were being changed to hurt the president, president trump, and i thought it was damaging to the presidency over the long haul. if you destroy the presidency, and make it an errand boy for congress, we're going to be a much weaker, more divided nation. democrats don't seem to care. they're still fuming. and don't forget, clinton aid brian pagliano, hillary's aid, server, he totally ignored his 2016 congressional subpoena related to the hillary e-mail scandal investigation. at the time democrat

fox or msnbc or cnn. you're actually watching c-span, and that's why i thank c-span and pedro for having don and myself on in which we're actually able to tell you that there isn't just divisiveness here in washington, d.c. you're actually seeing an example of civility. it's more examples like this that need to get out there. and yes, we need more venues upon people like you can see there are members, republicans and democrats, who are here to actually, like i said, not just make a point but make a difference. we do that by being civil to one another. we do that by working with one another. we do that by understanding one another. that's what these types of caucuses are for, and that's why i'm proud to be the co-chair of the for country caucus. >> change starts with us. >> alexandra, louisiana, republican line. cornelius, hello. >> caller: hello, pedro, don, and jimmy. god bless, y'all. i'm a 15-year military police officer in the louisiana army national guard. i served from '79 to '94. i salute y'all's service and everything. my couple of questions for you, i saw where the president pardoned this fella t

fox nation. judge: you make it sound like i sat down with the special counsel 30 hours. brian: let's talks about doni'm not going to let him testify for the future presidents as well as him. >> the president actually makes an interesting argument. don mcgahn was not the president's lawyer. he was the lawyer for the presidency. for the institution of the human being that is the head of the united states government and at the same time the head of the executive branch. so, here's the issue. when president trump allowed don mcgahn, the lawyer for the white house, to be interviewed by bob mueller's fbi agents and prosecutors for 30 hours, he waived the executive privilege. what's a privilege? a privilege is the right to keep the truth from being exposed. the theory is it's better that i can communicate directly with my closest aides if i'm the president that they can run to the press or congress every time i say something. that privilege exist. once you waive that privilege, this is the democrats' argument, the privilege is waived forever. the president says it's it's pretty dr. clear throughout history

don mcgahn's testimony. the legal opinion is expected to come as soon as today. although this is something president trump hinted at in a fox news interview just a couple weeks ago. >> i've had him testifying already for 30 hours. >> is the answer no? >> i don't think i can let him and then tell everybody else you can't. they've testified for many hours. >> as far as you're concerned it's done? zblild say it's done. we've been through this. nobody has ever done what i've done. i've given total transparency. it's never happened like this before. >> let's go to mu knew -- manu raju on capitol hill. first on our reporting, what do you know about this latest refusal to cooperate? >> the white house is going to say that mcgahn should not be forced to testify before the house judiciary committee even though he's facing a subpoena. they're going to make the case they have a couple options they're considering. one to say he's immune from testifying before congressional committee because he was a former senior level adviser at the white house. also there's talk about invoking executive privilege. that's something the white house did

lawyers don mcgahn weeks before inauguration that he was under federal investigation for paid lobbying work he did secretly for turkey while he was working on the presidential campaign. >> during a fox news town hall last night, 2020 presidential candidate mayor pete buttigieg slammed two of the network's most prominent hosts for divisive comments they've made on air. watch this. >> especially when you see a goes on with opinion hosts, you have tucker carlson saying immigrants make america dirty and laura ingram comparing children in detention camps in cages comparing them to summer camps, there's a reason why people have to think twice and swallow hard before participating in this media ecosystem. >> president trump weighed in saying fox is losing more and more wrong side from covering the dems and they just want in. they forgot the people who got them there. brett hume defended the event saying say this for buttigieg, he's willing to be questioned by chris wallace, something you've barely done since being president and covering the candidates of both parties is part of the job of a news channel. >>> i think he could substantially improve his game when it comes to helping shape the

don mcgahn's testimony. the legal opinion is expected to come as soon as today. although this is something president trump hinted at in a foxtestifying already for 30 hours. >> is the answer no? >> i don't think i can let him and then tell

don mcgann himself. >> he did not show up today for that hearing but i want to go over these new subpoenas coming out from the executive vice president with fox corporate and amy donaldson, a key deputy councilmember in the white house. i want to give people an overview of what they are asking for. michael flynn, sean spicer, james comey, jeff sessions, paul manafort, michael cohen, seems like a pretty comprehensive list. what take to you think the president and the white house will have on these? >> i don't expect either of them will show up just as don mcgann didn't show up. i think bradley is right, congress has a right to conduct oversight hearings. what we didn't hear about was the president's right as far from the executive branch to claim executive privilege. this is not a partisan issue. this is something all presidents of raised going back as far as franklin roosevelt, the right of keeping their closest aides from being dragged before congress for two reasons, one is congress doesn't have the right to drag the president before it and asking questions so the closest aides don't have to either and second this is an issue the lower cour

fox corporation. no word whether donaldson or hicks would comply with a subpoena. if they don't, they will join the ranks of don mcgann and don't forget attorney general william barr. he ignored a house subpoena just a few weeks back. house democrats are still deciding on a punishment for him. he did speak tonight at a legal dinner in washington on a separate target but he did briefly mention the current gridlock in our nation's capita capital. >> as justice scalia used equip every banana republic has its bill of rights. in his point and mine is that the bulwark against tyranny in america has always been our structure of government. most notably the separation of powers. these days, clashes between congress and the executives steal the headlines as i know very well. >> in just a few hours ago "the washington post" published an article on an internal irs draft memo that indicated president trump would have to turn over his tax returns and less he asserted executive privilege. fox news has learned through sources at the irs memo in question was simply a draft background paper. if the irs telling fox news tonight

don, jr., donald trump, jr. is striking a deal to testify for a limited amount of time in front of the senate intelligence committee. let's bring in fox herridge with more. reporter: began the investigation weeks ago workingg with dan coats the director of national intelligence and cia director gina haspel. that they are focused on the months leading up to the election includes the use and mission of informants and properly predicate as well as irregularities in the october 2016 surveillance application for trump campaign aid carter page. with durham appointment a senate democrat leveled new criticism as senior republican put his investigation on hold. >> i will not use his committee to get in their way. we don't need a bunch of politicians being prosecutors. >> the investigation is a politically-motivated distraction. it's a waste of john durham's talent. reporter: former director of national intelligence whose actions are likely under review, works at cnn says the durham investigation is off track. >> we're losing sight of what was all this, the predicate for all this was the russians. that was a profound threat and still is. report