once again, evidence was presented against a republican president today in the house judiciary committee but republicans on the committee showed no indication that they took the matter seriously. while house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler is still in negotiations with robert mueller to testify about the mueller report and while chairman nadler is still in negotiations to release more of the underlying material to the committee, chairman nadler began convening today what the committee expects to be a series of hearings about the mueller report beginning with witnesses who were not involved in the mueller report but offered their professional assessments of it. the first witness was former nixon white house counsel john dean who testified against president nixon during the congressional investigation of the president and ultimately pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in the investigation of president nixon. and john dean then fully cooperated with congress and the special counsel investigating president nixon. and john dean said that the mueller report is today's version of

he is a member of the house judiciary committee. he legislative committee and judiciary committee can pass a bill at the same time, legislaing it and passing it on the house floor. certainly a strong difference of opinion between you and jerry nadler and nancy pelosi on impeachment. congressman ne congressman, chairman nadler asked for impeachment and was told no a the house floor. is that your understanding of chairman nadler's position? >> we could say legislating in oversight was not mutually exclusive, and that certainly was the case yesterday when we passed the dream and promise act. with respect to that report, i haven't seen that report, so i don't know if i'm in a position to comment on it. you have reported on this, as have many others, there is obviously differences of opinion within the democratic caucus. as one would expect, we are a diverse party, a big tent caucus. we represent different areas of the country, geographically diverse and idealogically diverse as well. there will be differences of opinion both on policy an

an agreement was reached between the justice department and house judiciary committee to turnover some of the underlying evidence from the special counsel's report. the house plans to take up a resolution tomorrow that will allow the judiciary committee is to the attorney general and former white house general counsel donna get over access to unredacted materials. we will have live access at noon eastern on c-span. we return to another event leading up to tomorrow's action on the house floor. last month house judiciary committee vote to hold the attorney general in contempt for not providing the information it requested. here's a portion of the hearing. >> gentleman's time is

chairman jerry nadler of the house judiciary committee, chairman adam schiff of the house intelligence committee, made a joint announcement tonight saying special counsel robert s. mueller iii has agreed to testify pursuant to a subpoena before both the house judiciary committee and house intelligence committee in open session on wednesday, july 17th, 2019. the chairmen said americans have demanded to hear directly from the special counsel so they can understand what he and his team examined, uncovered and determined about russia's attack on our democracy, the trump campaign's acceptance and use of that help and president trump and his associates' obstruction of the investigation into that attack. we look forward to hearing his testimony, as do all americans. in a letter to robert mueller, accompanying the subpoena, the chairman -- the chairmen wrote, over the course of discussions about your appearance before congress, we have consistently communicated our committees' intention to issue these subpoenas if necessary and we now understand it is necessary to do so. we further understand

i am -- i am standing here with my colleagues today to say that era is over. >> that was house judiciary committeeman jerry nadler moments after the house approved a resolution to authorize the judiciary committee to go to court to enforce two subpoenas related to robert mueller's investigative findings. the resolution passed along party lines, 229-191. it grants the judiciary committee the power to petition a federal judge to force attorney general william barr and former white house counsel don mcgahn to comply with congressional subpoenas that they have defied. chairman nadler told ari melber tonight that the resolution empowers the judiciary committee to enforce subpoenas against other trump-connected witnesses. >> we will use it on mr. mcgahn. we'll use it on any other witness, for instance, hope hicks or andy donaldson if they don't comply with those subpoenas and testify and give us the information and the documents that we have requested. >> other house committees will also be able to move more quickly to court to enforce subpoenas now. the vote on the civil enforcement resolution comes on

house communications director. someone who multiple congressional committees have been eager to speak with in the aftermath of the mueller report. and now she has agreed to go behind closed doors and talk to the house judiciary committee next wednesday in the aftermath of the committee, issuing a subpoena demanding documents and testimony as part of its investigation into potential obstruction of justice at the white house. this is a rare deal that has been reached between either current or former white house aides, current or former administration officials and the democratic-led panel. we have seen resistance from a number of officials, including white house officials and efforts by the white house to prevent these people from coming before this committee. but in this regard, at least a deal has been cut for hicks to come behind closed doors and answer questions. now, i am told that this means that the committee will have this hearing and then the transcription of the interview will be released afterwards. and the democrats plan to ask questions about not just her time on the campaign trail, but her time in the transition, and her time in the white house. now, the question will be, ultimately, can she answ

joining us now from georgia, doug collins of top republican on the house judiciary committee were formal proceedings would begin. congressman, both attorney general barr and special counsel, former special counsel robert mueller, there were contradictions, here they are whether president obama committed obstruction of justi justice. >> their substantial evidence to show that the president was frustrated and angry by his sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency, propelled by his political opponents and field by illegal leaks. if we had confidence that the president really did not commit a crime we would have said so. you signed with attorney general and you say that the world mueller report shows there is no obstruction but when you listen to robert mueller that's what he

joining us now from georgia, congressman doug collins, the top republican on the house judiciary committee, or , th attorney general barr and special counsel -- former special counsel robert mueller spoke this week and there were some contradictions. here they are on whether president obama committed obstruction of justice. >> there is substantial evidence to show that the president was frustrated and angered by his sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency, propelled by his political opponents and fueled by illegal leaks. >> if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. >> chris: you side with the attorney general, and you say that the mueller report shows that there was no obstruction, but when you listen to robert mueller there, that's not what he.

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the house judiciary committee having a hearing on monday of next week with the former white house counsel john dean to discuss the findings in the mueller report, also the house intelligence committee having a hearing to discuss the counterintelligence implications of the mueller report and testimony from two former fbi officials. at the same time, republicans are issuing this warning, that democrats cannot impugn the integrity of the president of the united states in any of these proceedings because they're saying that would violate house rules. only when you're in an impeachment inquiry can you actually go as far as alleging the president would commit a crime, according to the republicans, top republican in the house judiciary committee, doug collins. interestingly, wolf, we are learning that is actually one argument that jerry nadler, the chairman, is making behind the scenes to nancy pelosi to urge her to open up an impeachment inquiry. he's saying if there is an inquiry formally launched, democrats would not be in violation of the rules if they refer to the president engaging in crim

this afternoon the house judiciary committee wanted to learn more about mueller's findings regarding obstruction. >> we have a responsibility to do this work. to follow the facts where they lead, to make recommendations to the whole house as circumstances warrant, and to craft legislation that makes certain no president, democrat or republican, can ever act in this way again. >> the white house has repeatedly blocked the committee's access to some key witnesses, including someone seen as absolutely critical and that's former white house counsel don mcgahn. he became one of the de facto mueller narrators in the end. so until such a time as they can hear mcgahn's testimony in person from his time as white house counsel, today they settled for richard nixon's former white house counsel. >> special counsel mueller has provided this committee with a road map. and i certainly hope don mcgahn is a key witness before this committee. mr. mcgahn represents not donald trump but the office of the president. his client is the office of the president, and i think he owes that office his testimony.

long-time con iffidant hope hic testifies before the house judiciary committee. the white house arguing, not surprisingly, she can't answer questions about her role as one of the president's most trusted advisers because of, you guessed it, executive privilege. >> your reaction to the white house saying hope hicks should not answer questions about her time in the white house. >> obstruction of justice. >> cnn's manu raju is on capitol hill. katelyn collins is in washington. manu, what are you hearing about this? >> well, the white house counsel in the room alongside hope hicks are saying she's immune from answering questions about her time at the white house. that includes questions such as where her office was in the west wing, as well as whether she told the truth to the special counsel. according to democratic lawmakers in the room, they're making very clear she's not answering anything about any topics about their time at the white house. democrats coming in did want to ask her about those allegations of obstruction of justice that were laid out in the mueller

congress is trying to focus debate on the contents of the special investigation with a house judiciary committeeommitt committee. one of the other people scheduled to testify is former white house counsel john dean, who was a star witness in the watergate hearings that eventually led to impeachment proceedings against president nixon. president trump has already taken note of the hearing tweeting yesterday "they are even bringing in cnn sleaze bag attorney john dean." unbelievable to see he admitted he didn't read the mueller report and making excuse ass to why he didn't read the mueller report. it's pretty important for every single american to read, if you can, the 480 pages of the mueller report. >> that's why democrats are having a hearing at 2:00. let's check the weather with bill karins. >> we are watching soggy weather continuing, especially in the southeast. that has been by far the worst weather. now we'll turn our attention to the west. we had some pretty good fires out there and leading to an evacuation in san francisco. the worst will be in the desert southwest. this was the sand fir

representative from california karen bass who sits on the house judiciary committee joins me now. congresswoman, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me on. >> what are you looking to have congress do? there are five or six avenues, roads that have been presented? you would like to begin what? >> well, i think that we need to continue with the process that we're doing. for example, we voted on contempt for barr in the committee but we haven't had the vote on the floor. we have several more subpoenas that are out, so i just think the process needs to be carried out a little longer. we also have investigations going on and oversight going on in multiple committees. to me when we're ready for an inquiry is when we have all of our ducks in a row. i also think it's very, very important for the public to understand that an inquiry is just that. it's not initiating impeachment. even if we did do impeachment and passed it, it is a two-step process. it still has to go before the senate. when i talked to constituents in

"today house judiciary committee chairman jerrold nadler and house intelligence committee chairman adamchiff announced special counsel robert mueller has agreed to testify pursuant to a subpoena before the house judiciary committee and house intelligence committee in open session on wednesday, july 17th. in announcing the testimony, nadler and schiff hereby release this joint statement. pursuant to subpoenas issued by the judiciary and intelligence committees tonight, the special counsel has agreed to testify before both committees in open session on july 17th." "americans have demanded to hear directly from the special counsel so they can understand what he and his team examined, uncovered and determined about russia's attack on our democracy, the trump campaign's acceptance and use of that help and president trump and his associates' obstruction of the investigation into that attack. we look forward to hearing his testimony, as do all american." they've attached a letter to robert mueller which accompanies the actual subpoena, which we also have now. the subpoena commands robert muell

that is why the judiciary committee, in particular the house judiciary committee is proceeding with all and deliberate speed to fully investigate the report that mr. mueller gave. we should be very clear, what mr. mueller indicated in volume one is that he could not find a criminal charge of conspiracy. the word collusion is not an accurate definition of what happened. there are any number of contacts with russian adversaries by the campaign of president trump. and many conversations that were inappropriate. and so the work of the judiciary committee and the intelligence committee, among others, is to pierce into that and determine whether or not the president was involved in misconduct. it is clear on the obstruction of justice, which the president does not respond to, the most telling words were that of director mueller and his team that if they could have exonerated the president, they would have. so our job is to continue. we'll have hope hicks this coming week. we expect to have mr. mcgahn. it is imperative that he comes before the judiciary committee. there is no executive privile

knowledge on breaking up big at tech firms and the launching of antitrust investigations by the house judiciary committee. >> when we see one company become or achieve what is called market power, you are the dominant player, and they engage in anticompetitive behavior as laid out in what is called the sherman act, that is stuff like self-dealing or tying, it does not really help anybody but is designed to prevent new entrants or competition, current antitrust law addresses that. >> the half -- the fact that the house judiciary committee this week announced that they are looking to hold hearings, briefings, and do investigating on their own, to understand the digital market, understand if antitrust needs to be changed and updated or if there are other policies to promote competition. i think that is the exact right role for congress to be playing here. understanding if there is a problem, identify the problem, and looking for the right best tool to address it. announcer: watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. the allies invaded nazi occupied france 75 years ago. on june 6, 19

. >>> also breaking, had house judiciary committee jerry nadler telling me just a while ago there may be a formal impeachment inquiry of president trump even though there didn't appear to be support for it now. >>> this hour, i'll speak to republican congressman adam convinci kinzinger. first, let's go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta, he's in normandy, france, now ahead of the ---ing-day commemoration. as president trump honored a turning point in world war ii he's facing serious battles here at home. >> reporter: >> that's right, wolf. president trump will be here in normandy tomorrow to mark the. 5th anniversary of the d-day invasions. the president has been sounding combative recently whether it's his calls to raise tariffs on mexico or his battles on twitter. land inning ireland, president trump is making waves, stepping up his warning he'll impose new tariffs on mexico to crack down on the border. >> things are going to have the step up and if they don't, tariffs are going to go on and people won't have to worry about the tax because the companies will move back

the title of that hearing from the house judiciary committee -- lessons learned from the mueller reportd witness the former white house counsel john dean. here is a bit of his opening statement yesterday. >> the last time i appear before the committee was july 11, 1974 during the impeachment inquiry nixon.ard clearly, i am not here today as a fact witness. i accepted the invitation to come here today because i hope i can give a little historical perspective on the mueller report. in many ways, the mueller report is to president trump what the so-called "watergate roadmap" officially titled -- the grand jury report and recommendation concerning transmission of evidence to the house of representatives, was to president richard nixon. stated a little differently special counsel robert mueller, has provided this committee with a roadmap. host: one of the op-eds in today's "washington post saying -- it is like 1974 all over again, talking about john dean's testimony there before the house judiciary committee yesterday. been a male link writing -- even a casual association with watergate serv

house committees. you're going to have the judiciary and intel committee.o be a lot of people and drama. people aren't reading the report. they won't have to because mueller will tell you what they found and why. now, the other big story, the house is voting at this moment on a crucial border aid bill despite a white house veto threat. we have former dnc chair howard dean joining me right now. i want to get your take on both of these. thank you for being here. mueller being in public, what will that mean? >> it's not going to be good for trump or the republicans who have basically covered trump's butt ever since this began. mueller has got enormous credibility. he's very careful. he's not flamboyant. you won't see the kind of language that some of republican witnesses have said, your time is up. you may see it from the committee members, but this is not a good thing for donald trump. >> what does it mean for democrats? if he is compelling, he doesn't get eaten up by his own who are coming after him because of what he might represent for the president, after

house-related testimony on the obstruction of justice. so at the moment this deal between the justice department and the judiciary committee has an easing of tensions, but the democrats saying it's not over yet but they want to see what it's ultimately produced here. >> in just about an hour, a former nixon white house counsel is going to be taking the stand on capitol hill appearing in front of the same house judiciary committee as lawmakers are open to what they say will be a series of hearings on the mueller report. what are we expecting here? >> reporter: yeah. democrats are trying to shine light about what exactly the mueller report revealed. they are concerned that not much of the american public is aware of all the things that mueller found so they are bringing in witnesses. of course, the challenges the fact witnesses, the people who have firsthand knowledge of everything that happened with the mueller report and people -- people in the special counsel and bob mueller, who they want to hear from and john dean made is clear that he's not a fact witness and he wants to buy some context of what he went through and compare that today.

in a party line vote, the house approves a resolution letting the judiciary committee go to court to enforce subpoenas for a former white house counsel and the attorney general. chairman jerry nadler says he wants to file lawsuits as soon as possible. >>> in his head. joe biden gets inside the president's head with a blistering attack, calling him an existential threat to the country. president trump takes the bait, launching a furious flurry of insults. is he only reinforcing biden's status as front-runner? not ruling it out. house speaker nancy pelosi may not favor impeachment, but she says it's not off the table. can she withstand pressure from key democrats to open an impeachment inquiry? >> and spice like us. was kim jong-un's half brother a cia asset? and was his public assassination retribution by north korea for working with the americans. president trump isn't confirming or denying that possibility. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". >> breaking news. house democrats flex their muscles with a resolution authorizing the judiciary committee to go to court to forc

> the last time i appeared before your committee was july 11, 1974. >> tonight, former white house counsel to president nixon testifying before the house judiciaryee. saying trump's former white house counsel, don mcgahn, should testify too. >> mr. mcgahn represents not donald trump, but the office of the president. his client is the office of the president. and i think he owes that office his testimony before this committee. >> reporter: john dean, a cnn contributor, whose testimony in the watergate investigation helped topple richard nixon's presidency, telling congress there are many similarities between trump and nixon. >> in many ways, the mueller report is to president trump what the so-called watergate road map was to president richard nixon. stated a little differently, special counsel mueller has provided this committee with a road map. >> reporter: ranking member republican doug collins calling today's hearing a, quote, mock impeachment inquiry. >> we don't appreciate the fact that here we are again with priorities in this committee turned upside down. >> reporter: but as the drum beat among democrats for an impeachment inquiry intensi

hope hicks, long time campaign aide will appear before the house judiciary committee. more from washington. >> reporter: good morning, dave and christine. this will be such a huge moment up here on capitol hill. hope hicks has been such a key member of president trump's inner circle for so long. one of his longest serving and closest aides, most recently as a white house communications director. the house judiciary committee announcing she has agreed to testify next wednesday up here on capitol hill. it will be a closed door testimony, but they intend to release a transcript afterwards, and of course she'll be facing questions about her time in the trump campaign, the transition and during her time in the white house. now significant thing to watch is the white house last week, they told hicks not to provide any documents to the committee related to her time in the white house. so the thing to watch here is whether they assert executive privilege to prevent her from talking to the committee about her time in the white house. but of course the campaign time will be fair

that would centralize everything before his committee, the house judiciary committee. that committee ro khanna says that doesn't make a lot of sense siding with pelosi. >> why not an impeachment inquiry to begin the investigation? >> well, i think we already have six committees that are doing incredible work. if you begin an inquiry, then you limit it to just the judiciary committee. i think the speaker believes we're going to be more effective having six different inquiries of this president, and we can get most of the information through the courts, and that's going to be the case whether you have an impeachment inquiry or not. you still have to go to court. >> reporter: that is the same argument that nancy pelosi has been making behind the scenes. she will return to washington today, and they will meet with their members tomorrow amid this debate internally, but it will be interesting to hear at this hearing today, kate, how the members on that committee, house judiciary committee that would oversee an impeachment inquiry, how they discuss this as they hear john dea

. >> chairman of the house judiciary committee jerry nadler rejected a new justice department request to hold new negotiations over releasing redacted portions of the mueller report. next tuesday the house will vote on holding attorney general william barr and former white house counsel don mcgahn in contempt of congress for not complying with congressional subpoenas. we were reminded again today that time eventually catches up with donald trump. as it surely will with the mueller report, which will no doubt be handed over in full, including underlying documents to the congress at the latest when the next president is sworn into office, probably about a year and a half from now. today "vanity fair's" gabriel sherman has new reporting on a document that donald trump has been hiding for decades. gabriel sherman has obtained a copy of donald trump's prenuptial agreement with his second wife, marla maples, who donald trump divorced four years after marrying her. it was a very harsh deal for the second mrs. trump who gave birth to donald trump's fourth child. in the document reported by ga

a top republican on the house judiciary committee joins us next.fox news sunday" reports from the university of dubuque in iowa. ♪ >> chris: coming up, robert mueller finally speaks and spurs talks of impeachment in washington. >> with respect to impeachment questions at this point, all options on the table. >> to me it's a dirty word, the word impeach. >> chris: we will ask the top ♪ i've slain your dreaded dragon. for saving the kingdom what doth thou desire? ♪ climbing up on solsbury hill ♪ grab your things, salutations. coffee that is a cup above is always worth the quest. nespresso. tis all i desire. did thou bring enough for the whole kingdom? george: nespresso, what else? ♪ >> chris: welcome back to dubuque, iowa, or we will be holding a town hall tonight with democratic presidential candidate kirsten gillibrand. many democrats interpreted robert mueller's remarks this week about president trump as an impeachment referral to congress. joining us now from georgia, congressman doug collins, the top republican on the house judiciary committee,

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visit ncicap.org] >> house democrat committee chairs held a briefing with reporters after the house debated and passed a resolution that would let the house judiciary committee sue attorney general william barr and former white house counsel don mcfwaun for information about the mueller report and other information. it shortens the process for house committees to sue trump administration officials. we'll show you that briefing starting with comments from jew tishary committee chair jerrold nadler. mr. nadler: good afternoon. as i said before, i'm congressman jerry nadler, chairman of the judiciary committee. as i said before we are facing a constitutional crisis. we have a president who believe he is is above the law which se he is not, and refuses to be held accountable, which he will be. for two years under republican control, president trump and his administration were able to evade accountability and transparency with the american people. i am standing here with my colleagues today to say that era is over. president trump has vowed to fight all the subpoenas from all of the house committees. he has claimed absolute immunity to prevent witnesses

it's defending our democracy and the rule of law. >> so next week, house judiciary committee is goinghearings on the mueller report. bob mueller not testifying, but they were going to begin hearings on this. when i see that, i started wondering, is the house in essence opening impeachment proceedings but just calling it by a different name? >> well, we are absolutely going to do our duty and continue the investigation that mr. mueller started. he passed us a ball. he made it absolutely clear that there are things that as a special counsel he could not do that only the united states congress has the constitutional power to do. and we're going to do it, whatever you call it, this is our duty and the people sent us here to do our duty. >> do you see it that way, though? that impeachment proceedings are basically beginning, but the terminology is sensitive because there's a real, you know, a sensitivity to it because obviously, the connotation of we're starting impeachment proceedings is a major declaration if you say it, but do you think it's the same thing? or convince me it's not. >> i

on wednesday, subcommittee of the house judiciary committee held a historic hearing on reparations for slavery, the first of its kind in over a decade. wednesday's hearing coincided with juneteenth, a day that commemorates june 19, 1865, when slaves in galveston, texas, finally learned that the emancipation proclamation had abolished slavery. this year marks the 400th anniversary of the trans-atlantic slave trade. lawmakers are considering the introduced by sheila jackson lee of houston this year after former congressmember john conyers at champion the bill for decades without success. the bill carries the designation hr 40, a reference to "40 acres and a mule," one of the nation's first broken promises to newly freed slaves. ahead of the hearing, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was asked by reporter eva mckend of spectrum news whether the government should issue a public apology for slavery. >> i don't think reparations for something that happened 150 years for whom none of us currently living are responsible is a good idea. we have tried to deal with our byginal sin of slavery

there were some answers that she actually did give to behind closed doors to the house judiciary committeeut opposition research provided by foreign pouwers and she said sh would report it. furl president trump's interview with abc news, he said he would take the inrmation and not necessarilycall the tfbi and he ed that back later. on page 74 of this transipt was that was released after the clos door testimony. e was says shes very surprised to learn that there between 100 contacts the trump campaignnd individuals associated with the .russian government we are learning more about what she said, although house democratic officials and republicans en agreeing they didn' learn a wholene lot w in this seven hours of closed es ttimony. a safehe bet t will will be more subpoenas for hope hicks to come back. >> craig boswell on capitol hill, thank you. >>> joe biden continues to play defense. he is speaking out defending comments he made about having a civil relationship with two senators back in the '70s and '80s who were against desegregation. other candidates who are making a play for the whit

. >>> john dean telling the house judiciary committee that he sees parallels between richard nixon andsident trump. i'm talking to congressman jamie raskin. thanks for joining us. you had had chance to question the former white house counsel under nixon, john dean. i want to play part of the exchange. >> i wonder if you would just tell us why you decided at this point in your career to come forward and talk about what has taken place in america and in the trump white house. >> what brought me forward was the invitation in this instance where i thought, yes, i could share with particularly a lot of people who are on this committee who were either not born or they were very young when watergate occurred. and it's quite striking and startling to me that history is repeating itself and with a vengeance. >> congressman, was today helpful in shedding some light on what's in the mueller report despite the partisanship and not having any of the key witnesses? >> well, we didn't bring any new facts forward, don. these were not fact witnesses. but i think it was tremendously illuminating in the

against his own wishes congress is asking him to talk again mother will testify before the house judiciary committee and the house intelligence committee on july 17th most importantly the hearings will be open sessions on live television viewership could be the biggest of any televised hearing since watergate while the report itself remains a new york times bestseller people who haven't read the 400 page book and they don't need to they could have a front row seat to what is being billed as the mall or movie live from congress here's house judiciary committee chairman jerry never on the importance of letting mr miller speak. i think just the fact just a tease says what was in the report and says it to the american people so they hear it that would be very very important because they've been subjected to months of deception as to what was in the report by the attorney general and by the president well the u.s. president has insisted that the mobile report presented no evidence of collusion or obstruction of justice so what was the president's reaction to hearing that miller is going to testify before

hope hicks came before the house judiciary committee. mocrats came away not satisfied because the white house counsels who were in the room made very clear that she would not be answering any question about her time in the white house. what they cited was absolute immunity saying she is not as a former high level white house official, she is not obligated to provide these answers to the committee. democrats are now threatening to take her to court. >> she answered some of our questions. we learned considerable informati information. the white house pleaded nonexistent absolute immunity and that will not stand. >> reporter: now she did answer questions about her time during the campaign season, including questions about what she knew about those hush money payments that came from -- that the president was involved with that came from michael cohen, his former fixer who is now in jail. when she was asked about her knowledge of that she denied knowing about the hush money scheme to silence those extramarital affairs. nevertheless, this fight

here now republican matt gaetz of florida a member of the house judiciary committee. ssman, good to see you this evening as well. first your reaction to this breaking news that jerry nadler, the chairman of the house judiciary committee says that robert mueller will testify before the end of the summer? >> house republicans have a lot of questions for robert mueller and if he comes before our committee, you can expect that we'll probe into how he assembled his team. why he included people as prosecutors who had previously represented the clinton foundation against freedom of information act requests. i think we'll also ask why he didn't probe deeper into the bias of peter strzok when robert mueller fired peter strzok from his team, he never asked him, you know, what it meant to talk about an insurance policy or okay we'll stop him regarding the president of the united states and so i think that there will be many members of the committee from the right and the left who have questions for mr. mueller. and i would only hope that if he is going to give testimony. let's do

including opening up an inquiry would centralize out investigations, before his committee, the house judiciary committee, which has the expertise to move forward, also he referenced rules on the house floor and the house committee that presents the disparagement of individuals and the president, if you open an impeachment probe, it is easier to make the case the president may have committed crimes and not violate house rules. we did get pushback. nancy pelosi is resisting opening impeachment probes. she says reportedly the president should go to prison than be impeached. i am told that adam schiff also resisted that effort if they were to centralize an impeachment inquiry, perhaps that could impact his committee. he did not want to move forward on that easy well. one member of the house judiciary committee made the case he has been very careful, jerry nadler in how she advocating for an impeachment inquiry. he has been careful but he doesn't want to throw pelosi under the bus. that's the view of one member of the democratic committee so nadler is facing these dualings tensions, even though it's the pers