first word news jessica: the trump administration has moved to block former counsel don mccann from testifying to congress asserting broad immunity. a statement from the white house says president trump has directed mccann not to appear at a scheduled hearing on tuesday. -- mcgann not to appear at a scheduled hearing on tuesday. the immunity claim was also used by presidents bush and obama. backmise to scale restrictions under the nuclear deal the u.s. abandoned last year. enrichment of uranium has been increased and the nuclear watchdog has been informed but iran has not raised the level beyond agreed limits. american airlines is asking a court to end what it calls an illegal slowdown by unionized workers. it has disrupted travel for 125,000 people in the last three months. american says mechanics are taking too long to repair planes and are refusing overtime to gain leverage in contract talks. the two sides have failed to reach an agreement on pay, health, and retirement benefits. a warning for hong kong. it is falling well short of basic imf usable reserves by all measures. usableng's actua

eastern without don mccann who informed the committee through his lawyers monday he would not appear based on instructions from the white house. later in the day, the house ways and means subcommittee's looks at ways to protect patients from receiving unexpected medical bills. that gets underway at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >> sunday night on q&a. watch our interview with yale university historian joined freeman on her book, "the field of one: violence in congress and the world -- road to civil war." in and of itself it is dramatic. guys are throwing punches, it is a massive encounter. what was interesting to me was people at the time looked at it and what they saw was a group of northerners and a group of southerners running at each other in the house of representatives and several of them said this does not look like a normal congressional fight. this looks like north and south. this looks a good battle. and that is striking. indeed, it certainly did look like a battle and it is not that long before the civil war. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." oversight hearing o

. >>> the white house counsel don mccann refused to turn over documents under a subpoena from the housettee, the current weiss how white house counsel said he does not have the rights to the materials since the white house controls and. lawyers have not ruled out invoking executive privilege. the judiciary committee also wants him to testify later this month but the president might try to block his appearance.>> the fact that the executive branch wants to keep from the public the truth of what happened in those elections, we are about getting the truth to the american people but also making sure that this does not happen again. >> it has been two weeks since attorney general william barr made the report public. this investigation went on for two years. it is finally over.>> reporter: the same committee is set to vote tomorrow on whether to hold attorney general william barr and contempt for refusing to turn over the version of the report.>>> the republican governor banned abortions in georgia once a fetal heartbeat is detected which can be as early as six weeks before many women even kn

committee negotiates with the justice department over the report they are getting a firm no from don mccann saying he will not comply with the subpoena for documents related to the mueller investigation because the white house directed him not to. citing executive privilege.>> he does not have the legal right to disclose these documents and jerry nadler does not have the legal right to see them.>> reporter: the subpoena is also asking them to testify later this month, the president has said he does not want him to appear and his lawyer says they will wait for the white house and the judiciary committee to reach an agreement. >>> in oakland outline priorities proposing a 3.2 billion for the city council, a two-year budget proposal and increases spending to address some of the biggest challenges.>> the mayor is proposing spending $21 million on homeless programs, $30 million for affordable housing projects.>> and 110 million infrastructure spending. we are live outside city hall where the meeting is underway. there is also a plan in this budget proposal to improve roads. >> that's exactly rig

. >> martha: in term of mueller and don mccann.ly a continued push for this and this is going to be one of the themes. house democrats are going to continue on. this is what the white house said today when asked whether don mcgahn would testify. watch this. [inaudible] >> i don't know anything about what's going on. i can tell you there has never been anybody so transparent as the trump administration. >> martha: did the white house have any involvement, any back and forth whatsoever with the former counsel, don mcgahn about whether or not he is going to appear? >> not to my knowledge. i mean, but, listen, the fact is, we have been completely transparent here. you pointed to the 1.4 million documents that we handed over. and what do they want him to say? he has already testified 30-plus hours. they want more? i have often said if you gave every democrat, including the congressman on on before me the ability to live in the white house and stay with the first lady and the president, they would still say they didn't have enough access

white house council don mccann talked to mueller. there's no assertion of executive privilege. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders talked to mueller. no assertion of executive privilege. white house communications director, hope hicks, talked to mueller. there was no assertion of executive privilege. it's a phony argument. the house is a separate and co-equal branch of government. we're not a wholly owned subsidiary of the trump administration. we don't work for donald trump. we work for the american people. we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch. the attorney general is totally out of control. he will be held in contempt of congress. yield back. mr. nadler: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> strike the last word. mr. nadler: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you. mr. chairman, this subpoena puts the attorney general in a legal catch 22. to comply with the subpoena he must break the law. if he obeys the law, he must disobey the subpoena. every person o

white house council don mccann talked to mueller. there's no assertion of executive privilege. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders talked to mueller. no assertion of executive privilege. white house communications director, hope hicks, talked to mueller. there was no assertion of executive privilege. it's a phony argument. the house is a separate and co-equal branch of government. we're not a wholly owned subsidiary of the trump administration. we don't work for donald trump. we work for the american people. we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch. the attorney general is totally out of control. he will be held in contempt of congress. yield back. mr. nadler: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> strike the last word. mr. nadler: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you. mr. chairman, this subpoena puts the attorney general in a legal catch 22. to comply with the subpoena he must break the law. if he obeys the law, he must disobey the subpoena. every person o