mueller: no questions. >> coming up shortly, house judiciary chair general nadler -- jerrold nadler holds a news conference on the mueller report. the statement, and what comes next for congress. representative nadler speak to reporters live starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. we have an economist and a senior fellow at the hoover institution. authorently helped an study with educational inequality across the past century. for some terms to get us on the same page.

chairman jerrold nadler says the committee will still meet this morning adding mr. mcgahn is expected to appear as legally require and if he did not testify quote the first thing we're going to do, we'll have to hold mcgahn in contempt. president trump was asked by reporter yesterday why he instructed mcgahn to defy the subpoena. here's what he had to say. >> president, why are you asking don mcgahn to defy a congressional subpoena. >> as i understand that they are doing it for the office of the presidency. it's an important precedent and the attorneys say that they are not doing that for me, they are doing that for the office of the president. we're talking about the future. >> several top democrats are urging house speaker nancy pelosi to move forward with an pea impeachment proceedings. >> let me clear if don mcgahn doesn't testify it's time to open an impeachment inquiry. the president has engaged in an on going to impede the truth. no one is above the law including the president of the united states and we expect mr. mcgahn to come before the committee and test

chairman jerrold nadler says that barr has a choice to stand up to president trump.point representative steve cohen place a plastic chicken at the witness he. representative doug collins, the ranking member, was not amused. rep. collins: you can disagree with him all you want but he sat for six hours in the senate voluntarily even after the second round was taken up by democrats wanted to ask questions. did he do good, did he do that -- we are not getting the opportunity because the circus continues here. mark: barr's decision not to show up came the day that the department mr. committee deadline to provide it with a full unredacted version

all we are waiting for is to see if jerrold nadler jerrold nadls the extreme step of subpoenaing the attorney general. but we do know from two other examples with the white house thinks of subpoenas. >> bret: john roberts live on the northland. the battle between the presidents and congressional democrats for testimony of his advisors, his financial records and other matters certainly intense at this time as we are talking about it. but that acrimony is nothing new. tonight, told correspondent david spock takes a look back. >> speak to the subpoena is ridiculous. so we are fighting all the subpoenas. >> that's a microcosm of the legislative branch, it goes back years, almost 200. >> congress and the president in many ways are supposed to fight. they are not your mom and dad. >> in 1984 congress censured andrew jackson who refused to supply requested documents from the cabinet meeting. this censure was later expunged. nearly 150 years later congress issued a subpoena for the watergate tapes. when president richard nixon refused the supreme court stepped in and forced them to produce t

following that, lawmakers plan to read the entire redacted mueller report led by chair jerrold nadler, and vice chair mary gay scanlon. live coverage starts at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span three. next, president trump speaks at the 38th annual national peace officers memorial service, which honors law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty. at one point, the president recognized the family of california police officer ronil singh who was fatally shot during a traffic stop in december. from outside the u.s. capitol wednesday, this is 35 minutes. [applause] pres. trump: thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. please, thank you. what a beautiful day. that i have to say this is the most beautiful weather. that brings us a little lock and it brings us a little happiness. you for want to thank the great job you have done. your devotion has been incredible. i have known you a long time. we worked together. congratulations on doing a fantastic job. thank you very much. thank you. thank you, chuck. [applause] i am trump: as president, deeply honored to join in this sacr

there could be a lengthy legal fight which jerrold nadler put in dire terms. >> we talked for a long time about approaching a constitutional crisis. we are now in it. we're now in a constitutional crisis. now is the time of testing whether we can keep a republic or whether this republic is destined to change into a different more tyrannical form of government as other republics have. >> the house intelligence committee issued its own subpoena to attorney general bill barr for documents and materials related to robert mueller's ruin investigation. it accused the justice department for failing to negotiate with the panel or comply with its bipartisan request for mueller's files, his unredacted russian report and underlying evidence. in a tweet the committee's chairman adam schiff wrote the doj has responded to our request with silence and defiance. congress needs the material. we won't be obstructed. the move comes after schiff and devon nunez sent a letter to the doj reiterating their month for mueller to brief the committee over its findings. >>> jerrold nadler says his committee is

jerrold nadler said the panel hoped the have special counsel appear on may 15th and that the committee was firming up that date. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi is accusing attorney general barr of committing a crime by lying to congress about robert mueller's report. here's what she told reporters yesterday. >> madam speaker, did the attorney general commit a crime? >> he lied to congress. if anybody else did that it's considered a crime. nobody is above the law, not the president of the united states and not the attorney general. being attorney general does not give you a bath to go say whatever you want. it's the fact because you are the attorney general. >> so a spokesperson for the department of justice responded to pelosi's comments saying this, speaker pelosi's baseless attack on the attorney general is reckless and false. >>> one of the more memorable moment from the hearing came from steve cohen. democratic congressman from tennessee used barr's absence from the hearing to mock him with a bucket of kentucky fried chicken and the ceramic version of the bird as well. at one point

announcer 1: three hours after robert mueller's statement to reporters, house judiciary committee jerrold nadler held a brief news conference. he talked about the report and what comes next. here is more now. >> good afternoon. first, i want to thank special counsel robert mueller for his service.

judiciary chair jerrold nadler says congress will ultimately prevail. >> president trump is escalating his trade war with china by targeting telecom giant huawei. yesterday trump declared a national emergency by executive order by citing threats. it gives commerce secretary wilbur ross the power to block companies that are deemed a national security from doing business in the u.s. no countries or companies are specifically mentioned shortly after the or was signed the commerce department announced it's putting huawei and its affiliates on a list which requires it to get government approval to buy parts and technologies from american companies. the move which has bipartisan support effectively bans huawei the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker from doing business in the u.s. multiple reports indicate that the trump administration is delaying the president's long threatened auto tariffs by up to six months. the white house faces a saturday deadline to decide whether to apply tariffs on imported cars and auto parts on national security grounds. bipartisan lawmakers and ame

instead of getting documents from don mcgahn, jerrold nadler, the chairman of the committee, got a letter from pat cipollone, the white house counsel. which said, in part, "the white house records remain legally protected from disclosure on long-standing constitutional privileges because they implicate significant executive branch confidentiality, interests, and executive privilege." the letter stopped short of claiming executive privilege, only pointed to it. he instructed nadler's committee to send any further request to the white house. in another letter, mcgahn's attorney bill burke writes, "we are coequal branches of government, making contradictory demands of mr. mcgahn concerning the same set of documents. the appropriate response for mr. mcgahn is to maintain the status quo. this letter only covers documents that mcgahn was supposed to produce this morning. again, at 10:00. it does not cover his scheduled testimony on may the 21st. it is still unclear how the white house is going to respond to that. indications that we've been getting are the white house will move to block it. in

the heart of this, of course, is the house judiciary committee led by new york democrat jerrold nadler wants access to congress for the complete report. so none of the redacted material in the public report that all of us were able to read, those sections blacked out, they want access to this. negotiations back and forth trying to reach an accommodation. part of that material is grand jury related. and under law that typically can never be passed to congress. so, they are looking for ways to negotiate around that and other areas that deal with some of the referred cases. things that came out of the mueller investigation, but were not in his purview. so, sent to other prosecutors to look at. and we don't know, really, what those are. the michael cohen material which reports he is serving a prison sentence. so, what happens today? it is possible that the white house will choose to exert executive privilege. there was a letter overnight saying that it is the hope of the department of justice that this committee will put the break brakes on things and allow the white house to make such a d

you are going to toss into jerrold nadler?uy who can't find his own rear end with both hands and a flashlight because he's been looking and looking and he can't find anything. so it's over, sean. it's just flat over. >> sean: listen, politically, this is suicide for them. they want to dig a hole deeper, keep going. joe, from the media perspective, this is what you do, that is what you analyze. i've yet to see an apology about false reporting, lying, anonymous sources, conspiracy theories. i guess i better not hold my breath. >> don't hold your breath. today, by the way, was recycled news because robert mueller didn't tell us anything that wasn't already in the report. the problem is, most members in the media, and most lawmakers, even on the democratic side, have not read this report. by the way, robert mueller, who is an unelected official with a limited power, a limited time, these two years, 2800 subpoenas, 500 search warrants, 500 witnesses interviewed, 40 fbi agents, and after all that time, two and half years, he does no

jerrold nadler called his conduct unacceptable and said, let me be clear.s committee will hear mr. mcgann's testimony even if we have to go to court to secure it. >> our subpoenas are not optional. mr. mcgann has the legal obligation to be here for this scheduled appearance. if he does not immediately correct his mistake, this committee will have no choice but to enforce the subpoena against him. ask: democrats want to mcgann if president trump tried to obstruct robert mueller's investigation. a federal judge who struck down mississippi's 15 week abortion bansast year's start abortions even earlier. abortionsohibits most once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. during a hearing today, federal judge asked estate attorneys whether the law would require a 10 or 11-year-old girl who was impregnated by rape to carry the pregnancy to term if she waits too long to tell anyone what happened. at two mosques. the charge comes with a maximum punishment of life in prison. the suspect is charged with multiple murders in the march 15 shootings. iraq says it wants to help

chairman jerrold nadler called the conduct unacceptable and said " this committee will hear mr.y even if we have to go to court to secure it." democrats want to find out if president trump tried to obstruct the robert mueller investigation. british prime minister theresa may offered lawmakers the chance to vote on whether to hold a new referendum on membership in the european union. only if it backs a rejected brexit agreement. the prime minister plans to ask the house of commons to vote in june on a withdrawal bill, what she calls a last chance to seal a brexit deal. >> right now it is slipping away from us. we risk losing a great opportunity. this deal is not the final

. >> coming up shortly, house judiciary chair general nadler -- jerrold nadler holds a news conference on the mueller report. the statement, and what comes next for congress. representative nadler speak to reporters live starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. we have an economist and a senior fellow at the hoover institution. authorently helped an study with educational inequality across the past century. for some terms to get us on the same page. what do we mean by the term opportunity gap and achievement gap? guest: achievement gap is what we studied, and that is how well our kids are doing from different kinds of families. and, what we are particularly worried about is whether kids from poverty families today are likely to be poverty families tomorrow. and, they are likely to be poverty families tomorrow if they do not get the skills in schools. we are looking at the achievement that we have. host: how do you measure that? guest: we have had a number of tests that allow us to judge how well we are doing. we have something called the national assessment of educational process that

if you're going to toss it to jerrold nadler? guy that can't find his own rear end with his own hands and a flashlight because he's been looking and looking at can't find anything. it's over. just flat over. >> sean: politically this is suicide for them. from the media perspective, this is what you do, this is what you analyze. i have yet to see an apology about false reporting, lying, anonymous sources and conspiracy theory. i guess i better not hold my breath. >> don't hold your breath. and today by the way was recycled news because robert mueller didn't tell us anything that wasn't already in the report. the problem is most members of the media and most lawmakers haven't read this report. by the way, robert mueller who is an unelected official with unlimited power and unlimited time, these two years. 2800 subpoenas, 500 witnesses interviewed, 40 fbi agents, and after all that time he doesn't take one question after what was called a press conference today, press conferences mean the press is there and it actually -- they get t

on friday house judiciary committee chairman jerrold nadler told reporters mueller won't appear before congress but mueller will come at some point if necessary we'll subpoena him. >> joining us here on set daniel littman. good morning to you. last weekend we heard possible may 15th date. we talked about this in the last hour, may 15th date of possible testimony from bob mueller. now we're hearing that date is no longer and we don't have a date when or if bob mueller will testify. where do we stand? >> i think as long as robert mueller is technically an employee of the justice department he won testify. that would make trump very mad that someone who works for the government is testifying. remember bill barr said it was completely fine for mueller to testify as a private citizen. so far even though trump has said he doesn't want mueller to testify, he doesn't indicate that he's actually making any moves to stop him legally, not going to court to block this. they are just trying to -- >> why does it matter if he's still employed by the doj. we had that one moment last weekend where the

investigative russian support for trump's twenty sixteen election campaign the head of the committee jerrold nadler said the us was now in a constitutional crisis as a result of the president's actions this was a. this was a very grave and momentous step that we were forced to take today to move a contempt citation against the attorney general of the united states we did not relish doing this but we have no choice attorney general barr having proved himself to be the person with turney to president trump rather the attorney general of the united states by misleading. the public as to the contents of the mother reports twice by not being truthful with congress. has shown himself to be the personal attorney the united states rather than the attorney general and now we've talked for a long time about approaching a constitutional crisis we are now in it's we are now in a constitutional crisis. as you might expect white house sees things differently it says democratic lawmakers are the ones breaking the law by demanding a report with secret information the justice department which william barr heads had

chairman jerrold nadler's insistence on having staff question an attorney general is inappropriate. the attorney general remains happy to engage directly with members on their questions regarding the report and looks forward to continue working with the committee on their oversight request. last night chairman nadler said barr is on the path to being held in contempt of congress. >> complaints with congressional subpoenas is not optional and if good faith negotiations don't result in the next day or two, next step is seeking a contempt citation against the attorney general. first thing is to get the unredacted report and we'll negotiate on that another day or two and if necessary, remember that was subpoenaed, if necessary go for a contempt citation shortly thereafter. we'll also start a process to get attorney general barr -- >> so the republican line appears to be that there is nothing more to discuss about the mueller probe. in late night tweets sent after 11:00 p.m., president trump declared the matter over in all caps and senateiers committee lindsey graham used the word over.

in a letter to chairman jerrold nadler, the current white house counsel writing that the white house records remain legally protected from disclosure under long-standing constitutional principles. because they implicate significant executive branch confidentiality interests and executive privilege. >> don mcgann does not have the legal right to disclose these documents and jerry nadler does not have the legal right to see them. >> the announcement only addressed document production, not that testimony to the committee tentatively scheduled for may 21st. if the white house tries to keep him from testifying, the matter could end up in court. as could yesterday's denial by the treasury secretary to release the president's tax returns. >> on the tax returns, the treasury secretary said that congress has no legitimate legislative purpose to return the tax returns, and it was made after -- the democrats accuse the department of justice becoming a bodyguard for the president. inviting republican senators here to the white house to talk about immigration policy, what can you tell us about th

subpoena.g a here is the hearing with jerrold nadler. this is a half-hour. >>> judiciary committee will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. we welcome everyone to today's mr. nadler: this committee will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. we welcome everyone to today's hearing and oversight of the report by special counsel robert mueller the third. former white house counsel donald mcgahn ii. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. more than a year ago white house counsel don mcgahn sat through the first of several interviews of special counsel robert mueller. over the course of those interviews, he described how the president directed him to have the special counsel fired. course of those interviewed he described how the president directed him to have the special counsel fired. he described how the president ordered him to lie about it. he described self-other obstructive incidents

the house judiciary committee chair jerrold nadler spoke after the vote. very great and momomentous step that we were forced to take today to move a contempt citation against the attorney general of the united states. we did not relish doing this, but we hadad no choice. attorney general barr, having proved himself to be the personal attorney president trump rather than of the united the publicmisleading as to the contents of the mueller report twice, by not being truthful with congress, theshown himself to be personal attorney of the united states rather than the attorney general. we talked for a long time about bridging constitutional crisis. we are now in it. we are now in a constitutional crisis. amy: the house committee vote to hold barr in contempt was 24 to 16 along party lines and will now go before the full house. the justice department accused democrats of engaging in inappropriate political theatrics. republican lawmakers including doug collins of georgia rejected nader's claim of a constitutional crisis. >> are the chairman's that we are in a c

with openingearing statements by ranking member doug collins and chairman jerrold nadler.his is a half hour. >>> judiciary committee will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. we welcome everyone to today's chairman nadler: i will recognize myself for an opening statement. more than a year ago, white mcgahnounsel don sat for the first of several interviews with special counsel robert mueller. he described how president trump directed him to have the special counsel fired. he described the president told him to lie about it. he described other obstructive incidents outlined in the special counsel report. the president, in contrast, refused to be interviewed by the special counsel, or even to answer written questions about his attempts to obstruct the investigation. , to address the allegations spelled out by mr. mcgahn and outlined in the report, president trump on his preferred mode of communication. he took to twitter to call mr. mcgahn a liar. his lawyers went on cable tv to do the same, to call mr. mcg

jerrold nadler trying to show the white house that this committee has to be reckoned with. democrats are in charge and they believe they're making a reasonable request to see all the information, including getting a judge's help to see the grand jury information. now, william barr has said there has been access to see this report and democrats have not gone to do so. that's a part of the back and forth here. but contempt of congress. mark your calendar for wednesday. it will be a very big, eventful day in the life of the trump administration and democrats on that committee. >> you're going to watch it go down right here on this hour of msnbc. quickly, i want to get to kimberly and shannon with president trump now flip-flopping about something else going down on the hill. robert mueller testifying in front of lawmakers publicly. some confusion over the date. maybe may 15th, maybe not. one of the members of the committee got a little ahead of himself on the sunday shows. the president just as recently as friday said, hey, it's up to the ag to say whether or not mueller is goi

for the jewish year a committee chairman jerrold nadler says the congressman is responsive. getting medical attention after he appeared to almost pass out during a news conference here in new york city. nadler had given remarks at an event about speed cameras in school zones where he slumped in his chair. a spokesman says the congressman of years you have been dehydr

house judiciary committee chairman jerrold nadler says he would subpoena mueller, if necessary. >>> meanwhile kamala harris is going to use the mueller investigation to her advantage. tonight several national polls show harris lagging in fourth place while other candidates like pete buttigieg are selling out fundraisers. harris is focusing on the president. today harris said trump's administration may be creating a constitutional crisis by refusing to cooperate with congressional democrats. >> this president seems to believe and it has a preference for conducting trade policy, economic policy, foreign policy by tweet. >> she's also contrasting her policies with the president, one including extending public benefits to undocumented people. >>> in the spirit of mother's day a pricey san francisco restaurant gave back to dozens of homeless mothers working to get back on their feet. french vietnamese restaurant le colonial hosted a luncheon giving homeless mothers and their children time to relax and enjoy a free meal, even snap some fun photos. some of the mothers are close to moving out of shel

here is jerrold nadler speaking in congress.ight is not just about the mueller report, although we must have access to the mueller report. our fight is about defending the rights of congress as an independent branch to hold the president, any president, accountable. the white house has a different view. chairman nadler is again trying to violate the law. the president and the attorney general are the ones that are actually upholding it and as long as congress and this committee continue to ask the attorney general to commit a crime, the president and the attorney general will continue to actually uphold the law. chris buckler. live from washington. how much of the mueller report is redacted? it's about 10% of what is in the full report itself but there are key bits and that is what democrats are concerned about. they want to see the underlying information. when you ta ke the underlying information. when you take a look at the subpoena, the issueis take a look at the subpoena, the issue is they wanted to see everything, they want

jerrold nadler who hates trump with every fiber of his being and doug collins presenting the southern trump supporter. it is fascinating television to watch. >> collins made some excellent points about how the democrats on the committee are more interested in public relations that fact finding. the very fact that they had this televised hearing. it wasn't really a hearing, a joint speech making suggests that. what the democrats want to do is provide the illusion of an impeachment process without actually opening up one because they know if they do open up one it could be a political backlash against them at the polls. >> sandra: what about bringing robert mueller into testify? what does that keep getting pushed back? >> i think it's pushback probably because the president doesn't want it to happen. i agree with matthew. it becomes nothing more than political theater. it is why you have so many people across the country who are sick and tired of what they see coming out of washington two speeches made by two people who can't find anything at all to agree on and it is a complete represe

a judiciary committee's chairman jerrold nadler has threatened to hold mcgahn in contempt of congress if he doesn't testify. a federal judge in washington has ruled against president trump in financial records dispute at with congress that ruling says the president cannot block the house subpoena of financial records. trump and his business associate association an organization had sued to block the subpoena issued in april the usa an accountant mazer is actually an essay and account for the president and trump organization. >>just go man is in hospital with life threatening injuries after getting hit by a car yesterday morning police say the crash happened about 1145 near jones and eddie streets in the tenderloin officers say that car was traveling south on jones when the man walked into the street between cars and was hit. no word yet on if police will file charges. he's pay parents of this west point cadet can use his frozen to produce a child. the supreme court justice gave permission for the parents of to have that option the 21 year-old from concord died in february in a ski acc

that was a suggestion from the congressional committee chairman, jerrold nadler, whom you just heardnted whom you just heard from, that he wanted william barr to be questioned by lawyers, essentially congressional staff, rather than, necessarily, although sitting on the committee. now, what mr barr and the department ofjustice said in response was that they do not feel it is appropriate for a senate confirms cabinet member to be questioned by members of staff rather than elected politicians. as a result, they say he is simply not going to appear. but as you would imagine, but has left the democrats absolutely furious. —— that has left. they say they will issue a subpoena to force mr barr, the attorney general, to testify. it must be said that was a subpoena to try to get the full, unredacted mueller report, and that deadline passed today and they still do not have that report. we do know that mr barr has been less than forthcoming with committees on capitol hill. we know that he, in answer to a question, do you know what mr mueller feels about what you did and how you represented his

now jerrold nadler says it's necessary he will take don mcgahn to court to compel his testimony. >> if not immediately correct his mistake this committee will have no choice but to enforce the subpoena against him.>> reporter: mcgahn did not go on order from the white house, to bolster the decision the doj released a legal opinion which states quote the immunity of the presidents immediate advisors from compelled rational testimony related to official responsibilities has long been recognized.>> the report is in. he testified and what i see going on in the house is more political revenge than anything else.>> reporter: the committee wants to question him about what nadler describes as substantial evidence that the president obstructed justice. >> some impeachment inquiry is absolutely viable.>> reporter: the speaker has called a special meeting for house democrats wednesday morning, it is expected they will discuss contempt and impeachment and where they will go from here. >>> a proposal to tax rideshare trips. see who is pushing for the tax and why voters might end up having a final s

following that, lawmakers plan to read the entire redacted mueller report led by chair jerrold nadler, and vice chair mary gay scanlon. live coverage starts at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span three. next, president trump speaks at the 38th annual national peace officers memorial service, which honors law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty. at one point, the president recognized the family of california police officer ronil singh who was fatally shot during a traffic stop in december. from outside the u.s. capitol wednesday, this is 35 minutes. [applause] pres. trump: thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. please, thank

jerrold nadler went so far as to accuse barr a blackmail, and he may issue a subpoena to force him to show up. the next step is seeking a contempt citation against the attorney general. expect the attorney general will think overnight and will be there. to the u.k., thanks signs from london that prime minister theresa may may be edging toward a brexit agreement with the opposition, after discussions that seem to go nowhere. the government and the labour party are talking about compromise and will meet again in the coming days. the prime minister has indicated she could move on her current redline including customs union. u.k. defense secretary has been fired for the leak of private discussions about huawei's role in britain. any leak, but the prime minister said he had not met the same standards as other cabinet members. othera may added no credible version to explain the leak has been identified. wikileaks founder julian assange has been sentenced in london to nearly a year in jail for skipping bail over a swedish investigation into an alleged rape. he stayed inbail, the ecuadorian e

. >> house chairman jerrold nadler announciha t william barr thclined to testify before committee.r nadle said barr objects to asking questions fromf staf counsel due to the possibility they might discuss sensitive topics in the mueller report. ow er awinth theattorney general o wednesday it is not hard to see why barr might want to stay away. >> and now democrats are saying he needs to step downpotts has capitol hill. t> you elect peoplet are supposed to be able to do their own talking. > the administration hase nerve to dictate our procedures. reporter: so barr is a no-show after five hours in the hot seat yesterday. >> the letter is snitty. >> reporter: talking about this letter from robert mueller, raising concerns that barr's summary to congress left out important context on why they did not carge president trump with obstruction of justice. >> you did not question or look at the underlying evidence that supports the conclusions in the report? >> no. > reporter: democrats want barr to resign and hedefended himself insisting mueller's issue is with media coverage, not his summary. >>

. >>> desperate dem judiciary chairman jerrold nadler baldly threatening contempt proceedings againsts he, by gosh, responds to nadler's final, he says, final ultimatum. i think there have been seven of them so far. attorney march mid dillon -- march immediate dillon talked about how, well, the tides may finally be turning. >> in the coming weeks we're going to see, i think, three different inspector general reports come out on different topics, and they're going to directly implicate not just the top tier of the fbi and, you know, the rotten apples -- not all of them, just the rotten apples there -- but also the democrats who colluded with them, have tried to frame them, their anger and their irrational explosions of vitriol over the last couple of days. lou: and that's it for us tonight. it's been quite a week, hasn't it? diamond and silk, former acting i.c.e. director tom >> they're cars you never heard of. >> he liked to buy unique cars -- kissels, grahams, overlands. he always used to say, "i don't want to meet myself on the road." >> it's a great hobby. keeps you out of the beer

nadler ined jerrold the letter written by jerrold nadler friday to william barr.art of that says -- chairman nadler writes that the department halved -- the department has never explained why it allowed members to review a less redacted version of the report. the department also remains unwilling to work with the committee to obtain a court order. the department has offered no reason for failing to produce the evidence except for a complaint that there is too much of it in a vague assertion of the sensitivity of law enforcement files. mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. independent line. john? mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. do not think they should have attorney general william barr do anymore more than they have already done. anybody who has watched the hearing in the senate and , they wereppened bickering between sides. the attorney general is going to investigate the investigators. that is what is going on over the next two years. william barr is going to be looking into how to this whole thing start. what you have got in front of you in those congressional committees i

mark: house judiciary committee chairman jerrold nadler says it falls to congress to respond.omments come hours after special counsel robert mueller delivered the first public comments about his pressure report that was issued last month. mueller says he was constitutionally barred with charging trump with a crime but said his report did not exonerate the president. >> although department of justice policy prevented special counsel from bringing criminal charges against the president, the special counsel has clearly demonstrated that president trump is lying. he is lying about the special findings, lying about the testimony of key witnesses lying in saying that the special counsel found no obstruction and no collusion. 'srk: after mr. mueller statement, the president tweeted, "the case is closed the trump administration is escalating its battle with europe over the iranian nuclear deal. financial body to shield trade with iran. the treasury department warns that anyone associated with the institution could be barred from the u.s. financial system. the european union's top dipl

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. >>> a day after william barr skipped the house judiciary committee, he received a her from jerrold nadler for contempt. elise wheel is counsel for democrats on the impeachment of president clinton, and a.b. stoddard is associate editor and columnist for real clear politics. could we see the attorney general held in contempt of congress on monday? how would that work? >> we might see it, but i think there should be a few steps before that. that is to actually subpoena him first, subpoena him, have him say no to the subpoena, and then subpoena a few other people. that would be rod rosenstein, and then mcgahn, you know, the white house counsel who said there would be a saturday night massacre when he was asked to fire robert mueller. >> i think they have subpoenaed those people. >> and then you go to that point, when those people then don't show up, that's on barr, because barr would be the one to be able to say show up or don't show up. when they don't show up, then you have a contempt proceeding against barr. if that doesn't work, then you go to the court. you a checkmate between the legis

. ♪ mark: house judiciary committee chairman jerrold nadler says president trump's assertion of executivelege over special counsel robert mueller's report is a clear escalation of his administration's "clear defiance of congress." made the comments during the committee vote today to hold inorney general william barr contempt of congress. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said the itsident had to assert because of a blatant abuse of power. to president trump's state tax returns gives democrats a possible enron around the administration's refusal to disclose federal returns. a manhattan democrat is one of the main sponsors. he says republicans were misinformed about the issue, pointing out that current federal law already allows congressional committees to request returns from the internal revenue service. >> no one is above the law. we have a situation in washington where a coequal branch of government has requested tax information from the white house and it is being stonewalled. mark: the vote fell along party lines with 39 democrats in the 63 seat new york state senate

. >> reporter: in the last half-hour the department of justice sent a letter to jerrold nadler where it threatens executive privilege. in the face of the committee of threatened contempt vote the attorney general will be compelled to request the president invoke executive privilege with respect to the material subject to the subpoena. it goes on to say this request not an assertion of executive privilege. of the committee decides to proceed in spite of this request the attorney general will advise the president to make a protective assertion of executive privilege. this stems from a frustrated house judiciary committee chairman who did not respond to reporters to whether to hold william barr in contempt of congress. democrats are intent, stonewalling the house's russia collusion investigation. >> a sweeping categorical defiance of the will of congress. >> the white house let pass nadler's deadline to produce internal white house with the russia investigation. lost all rights to executive privilege but freely spoke to mueller's investigators. in a letter to nadler the white house coun

house judiciary chairman jerrold nadler reeling after former white house counsel don mcgahn defied hiso testify. nadler has, well, he's come up with a plan. he's issued two the new subpoenas, one for form ther white house communications director hope hicks and another for annie donaldson, chief of staff. if you can't get the boss, get the chief of staff. quite a thinker, that nadler. joining us tonight, new york post columnist, fox business contributor, pulitzer prize-winning journalist michael goodwin. good to have you here. >> thank you, lou. lou: let's start, first, with michael pillsbury talking with, i think, an ominous tone of his read of the chinese right now, that a dangers prospect is -- a dangerous prospect is, in point of fact, may be at hand. >> yeah, i was also struck by something he said within that which is that the hawks in china have a lot of power. lou: right. >> xi, although he has the job, the title and supposedly supreme leader of all things, does have to worry that he would be deposed if he goes too far in any one direction. and so those who don't want a deal with

democratic leadership including steny hoyer and judiciary chair jerrold nadler condemned hamas and defended israel. congresswoman omar and rashida tlaib had different perspectives with omar writing how many more protesters must be shot, rockets must be fired and little kids must be killed until the endless cycle of violence ends? and rashida tlaib when will the world stop demonizing the palestinian people who just wanted to be free? wyoming gop congresswoman liz cheney responding with this, hamas-controlled gaza, hamas is firing rockets at civilians in israel, congresswoman omar is defending hamas. how many times will she rush to the defense of terrorists? today on the view texas gop congressman dan crenshaw, former navy seal, was asked why dems won't callout omar and rashida tlaib? >> we are playing a team sport these days, you are seeing the same issues play out on the democrat side with somebody on their own team, not sure how to handle even the behind closed doors it is a different setting. >> reporter: the cease-fire notwithstanding israeli prime minister netanyahu says the campaign wi

lou: and jim jordan on the house judiciary committee saying, straightforwardly to jerrold nadler, they reason you guys are going through this is because you know william barr is going to be investigating every aspect of the origins of this special counsel, this false narrative as some like to say. >> that's right. lou: let me just share with everyone a quote, a full scream of the quote that geralded nadler offered up in 2016 talking about donald trump. and there it is. we cannot wait four years to vote mr. trump out of office. we must keep our eyes on two important goals; depressing trump's public support and dividing the congressional gop from him and from each other. a straightforward blueprint for exactly what the radical dems have done, and the fool rinos have allowed him to accomplish. >> that's right. and nadler keeps saying, as pelosi does, that we're in a constitutional crisis, lou. the only real constitutional crisis is that the democrats have turned the house of representatives -- a governing institution -- into is house of resistance and actually stopped this government. yo

committee staff but over the full un-redacted report and underlying evidence, the judiciary chairman jerrold nadler has made very clear he plans to move ahead with plans to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress but, george, even that is not likely to get democrats the answers they are demanding any sooner. it is likely to spark a very lengthy court battle. >> no room for negotiation over president trump's taxes. the treasury secretary says absolutely he is not going to turn them over. that means this is definitely going to court. >> reporter: the treasury secretary says the democrats were lacking a legitimate purpose, and the chairman says he's consulting with counsel, but almost certainly this too is headed to court. >> the law giving him that right seems pretty clear. thanks very much. >>> now to new details on that deadly plane crash in moscow that killed 41 people including an american. officials have recovered the black boxes. abc's dan harris is in moscow with new reporting. good morning, dan. >> reporter: michael, good morning. according to a well-respected local newspaper here i

chairman jerrold nadler said they would vote to hold him in contempt and take the issue to court, addingl will hear from mcgahn one way or another. >> there are forces exerting other kinds of pressure on mr. mcgahn. in short, the president took it upon himself to intimidate a witness who has a legal obligation to be here today. this conduct is not remotely acceptable. mark: congressman doug collins, the ranking republican on judiciary, called today's session a circus and said chairman nadler preferred a public fight over fact-finding. this afternoon the committee subpoenaed former white house comedic asians director hope hicks, and annie donaldson, a former aide to don mcgahn. blockrnia will seek to the cancellation of one billion dollars of federal money for the high-speed rail project. kevin newsom says it is political payback -- governor gavin newsom says it is clinical payback. they plan to file a restraining order blocking the administration from awarding the money to another project. in a major concession, prime minister theresa may allowed u.k. lawmakers to vote on whether a new r

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