let me bring back in joan biskupic and elie honig. you now heard from jay sekulow, the president's attorney, saying he's pleased with what he heard. >> you're hearing from speaker pelosi saying this is not good news for president trump saying that this is reaffirming congress' authority to conduct oversight. both sides are getting something from this. that's why joan and jessica are saying that this is something of a mixed bag, but when it comes to the house democrats' case there's more to it than what speaker pelosi is saying, that this reaffirms the congress' authority to get the records right now. >> if people are hoping to see donald trump's tax returns tonight, tomorrow or before november that's not going to happen. big picture though. what happened here was the supreme court rejected donald trump's claim that he's above the law. now, when it comes to the congress issue -- >> if it rejects donald trump's claim that he's above the law or above oversight. >> sure. >> why then for anyone who is out there listening, why -- why then d

cnn supreme court analyst joan biskupic joins us now with more on her exclusive reporting.'s start with the big daca decision where the chief justice did side with the liberals to uphold protections for dreamers. you've got some behind the scenes information on what went on here. >> yes, good morning, john. as some people might remember, when the chief has in the past sided with the left, it's usually been an 11th hour decision. for example, in 2012, when he voted to save obamacare. but here, in this important case over the dreamers and whether president trump was going to be able to roll back the obama-era program, the chief laid his cards out early skproand voted the four liberals. he said that the trump administration had not sufficiently justified the rollback. and what happened there is that several of his colleagues were very surprised. but i think, john, that vote there, last november, we didn't see the ruling until june, last november, was a sign of where the chief was going this term. both in terms of his moving left and the other point is that he was not going to

joan biskupic, again, the reporting is terrific. everyone should go read it all. all available on cnn.com. thanks, joan. >> thank you, john. >> alisyn? >>> president trump is pushing hard to win over a group of voters that he believes is key to his re-election. he's trying to appeal to white suburban voters by going after low-income housing and poor people. joining us now is cnn contributor and donald trump biographer, michael deantonio and also the author of the new book "hunting for hillary: the 40-year campaign to destroy healthcare." let's talk about the things we have seen in the past week with president trump. first, he puts out this tweet that is supposed to, i guess, appeal to suburban voters. he says, i am happy to inform all of the people living their suburban lifestyle dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low-income housing built in your neighborhood. your housing prices will go up based on the market and crime will go down. i have rescinded the obama/biden affordable housing rule. enjoy, exclamation point. i mean, is

and join us online for more talk on the conversation about the latest decisions with cnn's joan biskupic. you can find that on our website or on our social media. but for now, i'm robert costa. good night from washington. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> when the world gets complicated, a lot goes through your mind. with fidelity wealth management, a dedicated advisor can tailor advice and recommendations to your life. that's fidelity wealth management. announcer: additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams and koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation. committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. announcer: you're watching ♪ -"we come to the open, undeniable fact that women do practice medicine, that they are able to bear up under the bodily and mental strain

let's go to our supreme court analyst, joan biskupic, who i say wrote the book on the chief justice. know, why didn't we know when this happened? it's surprising to find out weeks later. >> it is, poppy, and it's troubling. the supreme court says that the fall was not the result of a seizure, that it was more that he was out walking, got dehydrated and fell. now, it's concerning though that he was hospitalized overnight in this era of covid-19 where people are trying to get out of the hospital quickly and also because he has this history of seizures. we know that he had one in 1993. we know he had one in 2007. and so it raises more questions and concern. here's somebody who plays a very significant role on the supreme court. he is the swing vote, not just the chief. he's at the ideological center of this court. what he says is usually the law of the land. we saw that most recently, poppy, in abortion rights cases and in the case involving undocumented immigrants. so the health and well-being of all nine justices matters and it really matters with the chief justice. >> yeah. it certai

cnn's supreme court analyst joan biskupic is talking about the newest justice, brett kavanaugh.is heated confirmation hearing what has kavanaugh's time on the bench been like? >> good morning, alisyn. you're right that the 2018 hearings remain fresh in the minds of the public, other justices and brett kavanaugh himself. with his colleagues he is trying to be more deferential, not defiant. a posture of conciliation. and for the parties that come to cases, we've noticed he's trying to offer something to each side in terms of tone and rhetoric. finally, we have been able to document a couple of times where he proposed solutions that would avoid having to cast votes on very thorny dilemmas. and one of those, alisyn, would be abortion. as you remember, abortion rights played a major role in his confirmation hearings. susan collins said that he would vote to affirm roe v. wade. the 1973 landmark that made abortion legal nationwide and brett kavanaugh was succeeding anthony kennedy, the justice who was a pivotal vote on abortion. so this term, alisyn, when a major abortion rights case