they will go for three hours for the house judiciary committee and then mr. ller will get it -- mr. mueller will get a break and in the same room house intelligence committee members will sit down and get their turn. 22 members will ask questions. don mcgahn arnold with more on today's hearings. more -- withle more on today's hearings. >> this is the day members of the judiciary committee and intelligence committee are getting a lot of attention and is often the case on big committee hearing days, members not on the committee tried to get in on the action as well by ting questionsee they would ask. ro khanna saying that the judiciary committee needs to ask mueller whether he or anyone on his staff were concerned they would be fired and whether that was part of the reason they did not insist on interviewing the president and were concerned with the delay in the report, sources tell me mueller what answer. congressman alan lowenthal, democrat of california, saying the american people need to hear the conclusions of the investigation directly, the president tried

other items of grand jury evidence along with what is now known as the road map, and the house judiciary committee was considering impeached richard nixon, they wanted that grand jury material. sounds a little familiar and i can tell you a month later, march 18th, 1974, all the material went to the house, the grand jury stuff because this third branch of government, the judiciary was backing up another branch of government, the congress in its coequal authority of considering impeachment. specifically the judge ordering the materials to go to the house which means that order has the force of law. the judge ruling that based on the contents, there was really no question regarding their materiality to the house judiciary committee's investigation. the echoes are in the new filings we have been reporting on. congress invoking one of its strongest authorities in separation of power, a check on an executive to pry loose the yes, grand jury material from the mueller report. now, that doesn't mean it's easy. the so called road map that was stuffed inside that briefcase and presented to judge in 74. it to

original road map, it was the prosecutor that wanted to turn it over to the congress and to the house judiciary committeeouse judiciary committee said, sure, give it to us. it's relevant to our impeachment inquiry. here you have a slightly different situation where the prosecutor wanted to give them everything except the stuff they wanted to redact, and they have no particular -- the justice department has no particular interest in turning over the sealed grand jury material in here, and so i don't think you would have in this situation the justice department would really resist the production of that material, i think, in all likelihood that the committee is asking for. on the other hand, as you point out, there are some real similarities here and one of them got more similar today when the house judiciary committee and the house leadership said hey, i know we haven't called this an impeachment inquiry, but it kind of is an impeachment investigation and that actually has legal significance because the reason the dc circuit court of appeals allowed that transmission in 1974 was that there was an impeachm

the house judiciary committee just released the written testimony by a one-time chief of staff to the former white house counsel don mcgahn. the panel revealing how the white house blocked annie donaldson from answering questions, get this, 212 times. also breaking, attorney general william barr says the decision on how to add a controversial question on citizenship to the 2020 census will be made in the next day or two. we're told the strategy to comply with the president's demand remains up in the air. an executive order is among the options on the table right now. barr also is weighing in on next week's congressional testimony by robert mueller. he's accusing house democrats of force the former special counsel to appear to create, and i'm quoting him now, "some kind of public spectacle." this hour i'll talk with house judiciary committee member steve cohen and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first let's go to our senior white house correspondent pamela brown. pamela, there's a lot of hand wringing tonight over how to insert the president's citizenship question

tomorrow in the house judiciary committee. tomorrow and the housy committee -- explain what they will be covering. guest: they will focus on volume two of the report, exclusively on the idea the president was seeking to obstruct the mother investigation. a lot of democrats, even the chairman of the committee, jerry nadler, said the evidence is clear the president at least sought to obstruct the investigation. the decision was made not to charge the president with a crime in part because of the office of legal counsel opinion that we have been talking about that states you cannot indict a sitting president. the only way to hold a sitting president accountable would be outside of the criminal justice system. those are the judiciary committee issues. the big issue that will be on everyone's mind is impeachment and whether the house judiciary committee will move toward that immediately after the hearing. that remains to be he -- seen. host: take us through the formats of the hearing. guest: it will be three hours, which is a little

nadler is joined by other democratic members of the house judiciary committee. to have articles of impeachment for president trump. this is a half-hour. >> good afternoon. i'm doing today by many of my colleagues from the house judiciary committee. we want to say a few words about doctor marla but we learned from his testimony and next steps in our trump accountable for his conduct. robert mueller, is a man of honor and integrity. he has led a life to the service of his country. some have argued, that because doctor mueller was reluctant to testify and seemed older than some remember him, his work is somehow diminished. it is not. before he ever stepped foot into our hearing room, the director rendered our country a great and necessary public service. he showed through his report and indictments that the united states was attacked and remained under siege at a foreign adversary. he showed that the truck campaign, both welcomed and benefited from this attack on our country. and he showed that the president repeatedly lied to cover it up. and if that were not enoug

house democrats are making a big move toward impeachment. the judiciary committee todays has asked a federal court to order the release of secret grand jury material from the mueller report. chairman jerry nadler said the house is the only institution that could hold president trump accountable and needs the grand jury information to determine whether to go ahead with impeachment. some committee members are already calling this an impeachment investigation. with 100 house democrats now publicly supporting such an inquiry, speaker nancy pelosi said she's not trying to run out the clock on impeachment. but said the house will proceed when it has what it needs. not one day sooner. the house is shrugging off the impeachment hints. a top aide said the president is in very good spirits. >>> i'll speak with congressman jamie raskin of the judiciary committee and our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of the day's top story. >>> but first straight to capitol hill. our senior white house correspondent manu raju is standing by. huge developments there. take

in his testimony before the house judiciary committee and intelligence committees the special counsel gave voice to his report on russian interference in our 2016 presidential election and president trumps obstruction of the investigation into it. what the american people and i heard from special counsel my mueller was an explanation and confirmation of the deeply troubling findings and conclusions of his investigation and his report. he told us that the trump campaign welcomed the help of a hostile foreign power, russia, to influence our 2016 presidential election accepted the help, lied repeatedly about it, and benefited from it. he confirmed that there was voluminous evidence that president trump had obstructed justice through his efforts to interfere with and impede the special counsel's investigation. most importantly, contrary to the president's claims of special counsel confirmed that his investigation had not exonerated all the president of the crime of obstruction of justice. when asked, robert mueller made this crystal-clear testifying that "the president was not exculpated

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for the judiciary committee, people they haven't heard from mcgahn,iam barr and don the white house -- former white house attorney. explain why we haven't heard from them. barr, the judiciary committee wanted staff to question him. barr agreed to testify, as he did with the judiciary committee following the conclusion of mueller's investigation, but he did not that she objected to the fact that the committee wanted committee staff to question him, so he invaded the appearance. they haven't revisited that. with mcgann, they subpoenaed him in may and he did not show up on obstruction from trump, which, waving a legal counsel opinion, mcgahn was immune from testimony. they are preparing to go to court to enforce the subpoena, but we have not seen a lawsuit yet, probably because the houses overwhelmed with fighting other legal battles. host: for the intelligence committee since 2017, viewers will remember that former chairman, the republican chairman of the committee at the time, devin nunes, launched his russia investigation in 2017. a lot of testimony behind closed doors. george kushner

member of the hu house judiciary committee, house oversight committee and freedom caucus.elcome, do you agree with the president. >> he is 100% right, you don't change the rules 10 minutes before kickoff, even secretary clinton, she testified for hours and hours in front of the benghazi committee, cheryl mills was not sitting behid beside hes shows length that nadler will go to get after this president, all about stopping president trump, this is ridiculous. zebly a chief of staff, and represented person that hit up hillary clinton's server. lou: one thing very positive in this. >> this be no doubt that mueller circumstance what zebley is, and what president said, this is are you going to be able to ask zebley, and his client the proper questions. >> we are, my questions will be directed to robert mueller, not to aaron zebley . he was the sprv special counsel. this under scores insphie inspif fact you had 19 lawyers out to get president, they found no collusion, they found nothing, for 10 months prior they opened this investigation july 31 -- fbi. >> yes, they can 10 month

when he breaks his silence again tomorrow and testifies before the house judiciary committee and then the house intel committee what are you expecting from him? >> from what we've seen it sounds like it's going to be a lot of reiterating of what we have already written the report. one thing that's very interesting to me is there is so much ambiguity and legal hairsplitting in the language of the report he may inadvertently have to deviate from it a little bit just to put it in plain english and a way that people can understand particularly about the decisions about whether to prosecute and whether to charge. it's all very technical when you read it in text. a back-and-forth exchange he might have to put a finer point on things. i think we will see him avoiding strenuously having to do that and go beyond the four corners of the document. host: the gq profile that you wrote before the mueller report came out. have brought the report here on the desk with us. in the story you write that the quiet of robert mueller is part of the uniform. what do you mean by that? >> yes. i was kind of wr

the house judiciary committee just revealed how another former administration official was advised by the white house against answering the panel's questions over and over again. stand by for details. >>> census suspense. as the president weighs options for adding a question about citizenship, the attorney general promises a decision within 48 hours. tonight house speaker nancy pelosi is accusing president trump of trying to tinker with the census to "make america white again." >>> sex trafficking bust. a multimillionaire is charged with enticing, recruiting and sexually abusing a vast network of underage girls as young as 14. we'll have the latest on the stung allegations against jeffrey epstein, who has tied to president trump and former president bill clinton. >>> and apology accepted? some of joe biden's primary rivals don't seem entirely satisfied after he belatedly said he's sorry for touting his work with segregationist senators. this as the 2020 field has its first dropout tonight. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer.

counsel robert mueller testified before two house committees, let's bring in gop congressman mike johnson from louisiana, he is a member of the house judiciarymarize the gop conclusions from mueller's testimony on wednesday, also he's the chairman of the republican study committee and former constitutional attorney, congressman, thank you for joining us this afternoon. >> hay, arthel, great to be with you. arthel: thank you, okay, do you think congressman, that some of the democratic leaders are considering a path to impeachment is a reflection of pure politics or protection of the people to know if our president has been conducting his presidential duties completely above board? >> it's pure politics, and it's clear for anyone to see, look, let's remember what's occurred over the last couple of years, we had a 22-month investigation, mueller spent nearly $30 million, unlimited resources, team of investigators by the way that included 14 democrats and zero republicans, they came up with a very solid conclusion, he was tasked with investigating whether there was a conspiracy or collusion as people say with russia and clearly shown that there

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we have about half an hour to go before the three hours of testimony with the house judiciary committeeafter that they're scheduled to take a half hour break and then at 9:00 our time mueller will testify before the house intelligence committee for another two hours. we are about halfway through a pretty grueling day for former special counsel robert mueller, questioning throughout the afternoon. we will continue to monitor what goes on and have another live update in about 30 minutes. live in the newsroom with fox 2 news. >> our live coverage is happening right now on ktvu plus, ktvu.com enter ktvu facebook page. we will continue to bring you all the days news, weather, and traffic, including live team covered of the mueller testimony with lauren blanchard in washington and david levine joining us in the studio for analysis in just minutes. >>> police are investigating a reported case of road wage in san francisco. it started on interstate to 80 and ended on city streets. officers were called to ingleside heights yesterday afternoon. the driver reported the other driver had fired shots

house intelligence committee. these are live pictures. first the issue will be obstruction before the judiciary committee and then the house intelligence committee. they will focus on election interference. >> robert mueller has said he will not go beyond this book. the 448-page report. >> it's a big book. >> there's a lot to dive into here. of course lawmakers will try to find inroads. now, republicans plan to confront mueller about the legitimacy of the entire probe. joining us now, two key figures from the watergate era. we have john dean, former nixon white house counsel and cnn contributor and carl bernstein, journalist author and cnn political analyst. carl, let's start with your top line about this historic day. >> this is very much about the power of television. it's a moment we haven't seen the power to be exercised in a long time. i suppose donald trump in his nervousness understands this is about the power of television and a witness who conceivably could move the needle of the 10%, 15% of the american people who are undecided on these matters. and in addition to that, the difference

robert mueller continuing to testify before the house judiciary committee. the hearing started more than an hour ago. mueller will then testify before the house intelligence committee at 9:00 a.m. we have uninterrupted coverage on ktvu plus of robert mueller's testimony. >>> more than 200 people that applied for jobs at google will receive a settlement of $11 million. a chas action lawsuit claims google denied equal hiring employment and compensation opportunities to people over the age of 40. google denies they discriminated and says it works to held an inclusive workplace. >>> next year, u.p.s. will deliver packages 7 days a week. it's looking to match fedex which announced it would deliver on sundays. u.p.s. announced more package drop off locations. the company plans to hire additional drivers to drop off packages on the weekends. >>> the giants are going to try to sweep a series against the cubs this afternoon at oracle park. last night the two teams played. the giants were down early but an alex tickerson solo homer tied it up at 2 in the 4th inning. th

issue is on the long-running judiciary committee investigation into potential obstruction by president trump. now you'll remember, wolf, the beginning of this congress, the house judiciary committee requested documents from 81 individuals related to that investigation. they've sent out a handful of subpoenas and now they will authorize at least subpoenas on at least 12 more former trump administration officials or people in the trump orbit. that will include for the first time someone in the family orbit of president trump. jared kushner, his son-in-law as well as former chief of staff john kelly and former attorney general jeff sessions and others. what is also notable here, wolf, is they will also be targeting potential subpoenas for people who were not in the white house including american media inc. pecker and cory lewandowski and the former campaign manager. why that is important is this -- the white house is firm on not allowing anything that might run into executive privilege be allowed during testimony, be allowed to be turned over to the committee. those individuals never served in the white house. that may open the door to democrats actually getting

moments from now the house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler will brief reporters. nadler today is going to court to enforce subpoena against the trump white house. that action, part of the big, big debate over how, when or if democrats should move on impeachment. just last hour the house speaker, nancy pelosi, denied that she's trying to stall. >> no, i'm not trying to run out the clock. let's get sophisticated about this, okay. >> how long do you think these court fights will take? >> we will proceed when we have what we need to proceed, not one day sooner. their advocacy for impeachment only gives me leverage. i have no complaint with what they are doing. i'm willing to take whatever heat there is there to say the decision will be made in a timely fashion. this isn't endless. >> but the clock is ticking. the number of democrats who support opening an impeachment inquiry is now at 96. judiciary committee democrats, including the chairman, have debated opening an inquiry without speaker pelosi onboard. pelosi met this morning with congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cor

russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, he's going to appear before the house judiciary committee first then held the talk to lawmakers. >>on the house intelligence committee after that they want to talk to him about the mueller report even though he said that the report was really all he had to say yeah we've got karen caifa on capitol hill now with the very latest. >>just a few moments ago robert mueller arrives here on capitol hill ahead and of 2 sessions of testimony first before the house judiciary committee and later of the for the house intelligence committee, the democrats who worked so hard to get mueller to come here to capitol hill and testify. they're looking to shift how americans feel about what mueller detail in his report. rigorous preparations on both sides of the aisle. >>mock hearings rereading the hundreds of pages in mueller's report even reviewing previous congressional testimony by the former special counsel democrats on the house judiciary committee eager to 0 in on episodes related to obstruction involving the president. >>there are 10 specific instances o

we could not have a more important guest than we have tonight, the chairman of the house judiciary committee is coming here in a few minutes. tonight we're going to ask jerry nadler of new york to tell us what the democratic house will do now in light of the historic revelations highlighted yesterday by special counsel robert mueller of the trump administration's cooperation with a foreign power in the corruption of the american presidential election. will there be impeachment or not? that's coming up. you don't want to miss it. but first, and this is really important, robert mueller yesterday issued a dire warning to congress and the american people that the russians are already working to undermine the 2020 election. >> i have seen a number of challenges to our democracy. the russian government's effort to interfere in our election is among the most serious. >> it wasn't a single attempt. they're doing it as we sit here. and they expect to do it during the next campaign. >> even as we sit here. his testimony highlighted several areas of concern including russian hacking, russian propaganda

starting with the house judiciary committee. 41 minute -- members. 33 members on the committee hope law degrees. 18 democrats do, 15 republicans do. three members also sit on the intelligence committee. swalwell andric congressman john ratcliffe. the first two democrats are it john radcliffe is a republican. there are 11 freshmen on the judiciary committee. seven democrats and four republicans. the oldest member is jim sensenbrenner. is aoungest member democrat from colorado. 35 years old. he will turn each of the house intelligence committee to 22 members on that committee. their teen democrats, nine republicans, no freshmen members. is petert member welch, democrat from vermont who is 72. the youngest member is the republican from new york. 35 years old. are previewing those hearings in this hour of the washington journal. questions hear your and comments for our panel of reporters who have been covering the in's and else of the mueller investigation. democrats can call in at 202-748-8000. republicans 202-748-8001. independents 202-748-8002. as folks are calling in, andrew through thi

>> in petitioning a federal court for the grand jury information, the house judiciary committee was firste putting in writing the fact that they are potentially pursuing impeachment, now, this has always been something at their disposal, obviously house judiciary committee only panel in congress that can only initiate such an investigation, but by putting in writing, they are crossing threshold by doing the regular oversight functions as congressional committee to now officially considering whether impeachment is warranted. the problem with that dynamic right now is that speaker nancy pelosi is not fully on board with an impeachment inquiry, they haven't taken a formal house vote that would unlock more funding, hire more lawyers and other folks consider extreme measures, by telling the court that they are considering impeachment they are moving into a new phase here, so that's what's next for the committee. eric: this is the building block of a foundation of a legal case and procedural case for them to potentially start and/or present the case for impeachment? >> that's exactly right, the

speaking in the background is the chairman of the house judiciary committee. rry nadler of new york. brief introductions from the chairman and then the ranking member of this house committee and then robert muller be giving his introduction and taking questions and expected to take questions from all 41 members of this house judiciary committee. we will monitor what goes on in the hearing and bring you live updates throughout the morning. allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a norites poll suggest whose is in interested in watching the testimony. 44% of democrats say they are going to be watching. 18% of republicans plan to watch. 2% of independents want to hear from the former special council. he is expected to give his opening statements, we will take you back there live to listen in to that. you can watch uninterrupted coverage right now on ktvu plus, also online, we are streaming it on our website, ktvu.com. we will have live updates throughout our morning here on mornings on 2 as well. >>> here is a look at the other top stories this morning. britain's new p

this is something i have just gotten from the house judiciary committee before we came on the air. ouse judiciary committee democrats say robert mueller's counsel will be there as counsel to robert mueller tomorrow and will sit next to him during the hearing. so we anticipate seeing him. it's not unquestionable that we don't see someone whisper in the ear or advise their counsel or their witness or something on constitutional issues or law or how to answer a question. but whether or not that constitutes a witness is up in the air. according to the house democrats, that is not the case. now, we are about to have these robert mueller hearings devour capitol hill. they're working on the debt ceiling and spending caps package. but all of news oxygen is directed towards this hearing tomorrow. mitch mcconnell was just asked whether or not he would be watching the hearing and he said, no. then, julie, the question is, what do democrats do with this? do they keep this as a narrative going into the august recess, which starts at the end of this week? does this ramp up impeachment? remember,

this is a big move that democrats are making tonight with some democrats now on the house judiciary committee essentially no longer beating around the bush tonight. they are now opening saying that we are now in an impeachment investigation. tonight democrats on the house judiciary committee are going farther than ever. admitting the investigation they are already introducing could lead to articles of impeachment against him without ever voting for an inquiry. >> there's no difference between what you're doing now and an impeachment inquiry, correct? >> in effect. we are going to see what reme remedies we can recommend. >> reporter: the committee filing a lawsuit in federal court to get the underlying grand jury material from former special counsel robert mueller's report. arguing, quote, the committee is conducting an investigation whose purposing include determining whether to recommend articles of impeachment. committee chairman jerry nadler now opening threatening impeachment proceedings. >> the house must have access to all of the relevant facts and consider whether to exercise the full

>> well, they're rejecting that request, at least the house judiciary committee is and the house intelligence committee will allowed the aide to sit longside the special downhill, same with the house judiciary committee. he will sit there. and adam schiff the chairman of the house intelligence committee said he will be allowed to answer technical questions but not in schiff's view overshadow bob mueller. because after all it's bob mueller's day. but nevertheless republicans pushed back also on the request, underscoring the tensions ahead of tomorrow's very high stakes hearing. now moments ago we had a chance to talk to the house judiciary committee chairman about his expectations ahead of tomorrow. and he believes what mueller needs to do is lay out what's in the report and undercut what the attorney general and the president have been saying. >> i hope that tomorrow -- as i've said before -- mueller investigation revealed a lot of conduct by the president which the american people should be aware of. the president and the attorney general have systematically lied that what was in the report

democrats on the house judiciary committee are pushing ahead with investigating the president. chairman jerry nadler laying out that plan despite the largely anticlimactic mueller hearings. that story tonight. >> reporter: we are hearing at least one democrat sound the alarm bells on impeachment, not that it must happen or the president is a threat to the idea of america but impeachment is a threat to the democratic majority in the house, listen to congressman jeff andrew of new jersey, one of the freshman congressman who flipped a red district blue back in 2018. >> seats like yours are in danger if democrats move toward impeachment? >> absolutely. i don't -- i was -- i won by a good number more votes than many of the other ones did but folks have to realize it was middle of the road democrats that created the majority. >> reporter: and pr points out of 99 democrats in congress favoring impeachment, 92 of them come from solidly blue district and not a single one from a tossup district. since the mueller hearing a total of 6 democratic members of flipped towards favoring impeach

presidential election, you're looking at live pictures right now and he is a testifying before the house judiciary committeelk to lawmakers on the house intelligence committee. >>about the mueller report says been long anticipated even though he said he'll say nothing new. >>right and in this panel, the judiciary committee they're really focusing on whether any laws were broken that is the purview of their panel and then the house intelligence committee later on is really going to drill don to what mueller's findings were with regard to russian interference. in the 2016 presidential elections, a lot of ground covered a lot of hours of testimony today and we have team coverage its live streaming on kron 4 dot com right now we are also covering i3 live here on the morning news and. >>on capitol hill with karen caifa who's outside good morning. carol. >>our special counsel has been taking questions from members of the house judiciary committee for about 2 and a half hours now and not surprisingly the democrats and republicans have 2 very different strategies democrats seeking

>> former special counsel robert mueller is scheduled to testify before the house judiciary committee and the house intelligence committee. he talked about what he wants robert mueller to. for his committee. we want the american people to they refused to exonerate the president. we think it's important for the .merican people it was a lot of ehind-the-scenes >> on the judiciary committee, , the planwant mueller was for mueller to capture if he would have charged president trump with obstruction were there not a technical prohibition on it within the justice department, and if they saying anything that approximates that, in zarqa to try to underscore their long-term complaints that mueller's team is bias. they had an agenda that people on the team may have painted that, but with their bias, they are going to zoom in on that, dossier at the outset of the pressure investigation. the controversial >> what are you curious to>> wh >> bob mueller has not testified in front of congress and about six years. when he did, he was the fbi director and had a pretty friendly audience for the most pa

house intelligence committee. this one, the same drill as the house judiciary committee. inted questions in trying to get to, you know, a stream of events here that might be more specific. we're told that the democratic members of that committee have already mutually agreed what will be their areas of focus. so they are a little bit more organized, we're told than certainly the judiciary committee. i think it is safe to say, whether you like bob mueller, don't like bob mueller, whether you're republican or democrat, that didn't go as planned, certainly in the eyes of many who seemed to see it as opportunity for democrat to advance the impeachment ball here. that does not appear to be the case. still early, a lot can happen. stocks not exactly riveted one way or the other. what selloff we're seeing is really because of boeing. that is counting more than half of the decline. that because boeing not only came off one of the worst quarters, the worst quarter it has ever had but the 737 max jet, it might never fly again, it might never resume production. that is a separate issu

has asked that a longtime aide be sworn in as a witness during tomorrow's hearing with the house judiciary committee. what more can you tell us about that? >> the aides is aaron zebley, robert mueller's chief of staff. an accomplished counterterrorism investigator in his own right and robert mueller's chief of staff during the mueller investigation. and they are asking that he be sworn in to sit next to robert mueller during the judiciary committee part of the hearing. it's not clear that's going to be able to happen because of congressional rules. >> and to do what? and to say what? >> well, i mean, you know, robert mueller is 74 years old. he oversaw this sprawling investigation. it's conceivable he doesn't know the answer particularly with the details to every question and a guy like zebley could help him answer those questions and inform the public if only

before the house judiciary committee. and then he's going to talk to lawmakers on the house intelligence committee. >>about the mueller report says been long anticipated even though he said he'll say nothing new. >>right and in this panel, the judiciary committee they're really focusing on whether any laws were broken that is the purview of their panel and then the house intelligence committee later on is really going to drill down on to what mueller's findings were with regard to russian interference. in the 2016 presidential elections, a lot of ground covered a lot of hours of testimony today and we have team coverage its live streaming on kron 4 dot com right now we are also covering i3 live here on the morning news and. >>on capitol hill with karen caifa who's outside good morning. carol. >>our special counsel has been taking questions from members of the house judiciary committee for about 2 and a half hours now and not surprisingly the democrats and republicans have 2 very different strategies democrats seeking to hi

counsel had agreed to under subpoena was to come for two to two and a half hours for the house judiciary committeeount of time for the house intelligence committee. that would leave about half of the members on the house judiciary committee not enough time to question the special counsel and a number of members do want a chance to question, saying they should be able to press him as well. one member, hakeem jeffries, told us this is not about ego. it's not about trying to be in the spotlight. it's about getting to the truth. >> every single member of the house judiciary committee on a democratic and republican side should be able to participate in the hearing in some way, shape or form. >> what's the reason? why do members need to be asking questions? why do you need your time in the spotlight? >> i don't think anyone has suggested that they should have time in the spotlight. i think at the end of the day the american people would be better served if we spent as much time as possible communicating the importance of the stakes of this hearing as it relates to an incredible attack on our democracy.

democrats in the house judiciary committee plan to focus on a handful of episodes of obstruction of justice and try to drill home the idea that the president was engaged in criminal conduct in the white house, trying to focus on witness tampering, allegations, he tried to fire the special counsel, potentially that the president tried to limit the scope of the investigation to exclude him. republicans have a different objective. they want to raise questions about the credibility of mueller's team, the credibility why this investigation started in the first place. and also drill home the point that nobody on the trump team was charged with a criminal conspiracy with the russians. ultimately, though, the question is how much has this changed the perception in the minds of voters and the public. the democrats right now, some are raising expectations believing it can change the course of the house on impeachment proceedings of this president. others saying the american public is dead set in its views of the president trying to say there's not a whole lot that would change. but nevertheless every

. >> now, karen bass on the house judiciary committee says it does concern me that she doesn't believe there will be enough time. she believes they will to have come back. ask him to come back because they'll be frustrated by not getting their answers. the house committee chairman adam schiff said that democrats will be economical in the way they pursue their ants and they'll be very strategic in the way they pursue their answers. >> let's get more on this. >> the majority whip, the number two democrat in the u.s. let's begin with secretary acosta's news conference. >> did anything you've heard change your mind? >> of course not. i voted when he was for second of labor. more details did come forward since he was approved by the senate with other votes. i have to tell you. when i listen to him talk about the hard time that he gave mr. epstein, it sounded more like happy time. he could have a sleepover after 12 hours in his office. that didn't seem like the hard time this kind of serious time would merit the driver would drive him back. he spent 12 hours a day in that office away from th

we're waiting to hear from the chair of the house judiciary committee, jerry nadler. the house is out today, they're out through the august recess and back in early september. we expect to hear from chairman nadler about this week's judiciary hearing with former special counsel robert mueller. should get under way shortly. >> the time frame, tried to ask how long it takes, not be ndless, would not say there. but in a matter of moments we'll hear from chairman nadler. >> i think you guys are early. > you flying solo? [laughter] >> you going to miss us in august? >> miss you already.

nobody knew whether we had enough votes in the house judiciary committee much less the senate. so we started this saying -- >> as an inquiry. >> as an inquiry. what does impeachment mean? how does it apply to this president? what is the case against him? do we have the votes? we don't know. what is the public going to say? we don't know. what was our reaction? the only way to impeach him was to do the right way. so rodino, the chair did it in the right way. no one considered the risk. >> elizabeth hultzman, thanks for sharing your time. >>> two house judiciary committee members whether they successfully made a case for impeachment. that's ahead. with advil, you'll ask... what sore muscles? what pounding head? advil is... relief that's fast. strength that lasts. you'll ask... what pain? with advil. book two, separate qualifying stays at choicehotels.com... ...and earn a $50 gift card. because when your business is rewarding yourself... ...our business is you. book direct at choicehotels.com xfinity mobile is a designed to save you money. whether you use your phone to get fit or

the house judiciary committee is not going to swear him in but the house intelligence committee is which means he may be able to testify as well in addition to mueller and the exact details are still being hashed out. nancy pelosi think this last-minute request is acceptable but donald trump describes this as, quote, a last-minute change allowing a never trump her attorney to help robert mueller with his testimony before congress tomorrow. never heard of this before. very unfair, should not be allowed. a rigged witchhunt. somebody else would prefer to have mueller testify alone, congressman adam schiff, chairman of the second committee holding these hearings tomorrow, schiff also upset about that letter from the department of justice instructing mueller to stick strictly to what is in his report and not go beyond that, said to mueller the letter attempts unduly to circumscribe your testimony and represents yet another attempt by the trump administration to obstruct the authorized oversight activity but attorney general william barr told fox news today that it was mueller's team who reque

nobody knew whether we had enough votes in the house judiciary committee much less the senate. so we started this saying -- >> as an inquiry. >> as an inquiry. what does impeachment mean? how does it apply to this president? what is the case against him? do we have the votes? we don't know. what is the public going to say? we don't know. what was our reaction? the only way to impeach him was to do the right way. so rodino, the chair did it in the right way. no one considered the risk. >> elizabeth hultzman, thanks for sharing your time. >>> two house judiciary committee members whether they successfully made a case for impeachment. that's ahead. e in a hospital gown waiting to get my eyes checked?" ready? absolutely not. see, having the wrong coverage can mean you get the wrong care, or you're paying more than you have to. that's why i love healthmarkets, your insurance marketplace. they make sure you have the right coverage, health insurance, medicare, and yes, dental too. wow, think that's painful? wait 'til he gets the bill. a cavity can cost as much as $350 and a root canal

this testimony to the house judiciary committee, and later in the day, he will take questions from the house intelligence committee. both open sessions. on coverage will be live c-span3, at www.c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. earlier today, eric swalwell announced he will no longer be running for president. he held a news conference in california with reporters and supporters. this is 20 minutes. good afternoon. welcome to the union hall. this is a hall that i know quite well. when i was a teenager, i worked out of this hall on behalf of a candidate. over the past 20 years, i have worked to support the work of this union and the working campaigns of other candidates around here, so a very fitting and comfortable place for me and my family and my campaign team to work out of for our campaign. we started about three months presidential campaign, believing that we must bring the promise of america to all americans. that no matter who you are, who you love, where you're from, what your parents did, your hard work should mean you do better for yourself and dream bigger

representatives, jerry nadler has become the fourth chairman in the 206-year history of the house judiciary committee to be handed the house judiciary chairman's most solemn duty and heaviest burden: to consider whether the house of representatives should impeach the president of the united states. yesterday chairman nadler said this. >> we are investigating whether to report -- whether to improve approve articles of impeachment before the committee. we will make that determination. >> you would think if donald trump was going to spend the weekend attacking a member of the house of representatives, the chairman, it would be the chairman who has announced he is investigating the possible impeachment of the president. but that is not who donald trump chose to attack this weekend. he chose to attack one of the three chairmen of the three most important committees that are investigating donald trump in the trump white house. here they are at a press conference on wednesday after robert mueller testified to the house judiciary committee and then the house intelligence committee chaired by chairman adam sc