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served on every level of government and i'm even the chairwoman for a committee at the department of veterans affairs that i cannot legallynd i was also the chairwoman of the prince georges county commission for veterans. we have the largest population of veterans in the state of maryland. i'm a leader. i'm not a throwback. [ applause ] >> so when you say driving the data, we got to get away from that. because if there's one veteran included in the data that's homeless, we got a lot of work to do. i went to an event last saturday. got up at 3:00 in the morning to catch a flight to atlanta to attend a networking event with 30 people. and somebody said to me, what hotel are you staying at? i said i'm not at a hotel. i've been up since 3:00 this morning. i flew in. he said why? and i told him why. because i used to be homeless. nothing beats that. what's a 3:00 in the morning flight compared to homelessness? and by being here today, i'm going to do something that i've never done. because i said, you know what, ginger miller, ceo of women's veterans interactive, nonetheless i've done great things but america is not getting it

house oversight committee who've been trying to access trump's financial information for months so where does the legal fight go from here let's start there with dan abrams chief legal affairs correspondent for a.b.c. news and co-author of the new book theodore roosevelt for the defense the courtroom battle to save his legacy dan joins me now from new york city dan welcome to the program came out there so let's get to your fascinating book shortly right now we've got some crazy developments going on between the law and the trump administration so what's happening you know that this.

house oversight committee who've been trying to access trump's financial information for months so where does the legal fight go from here let's start there with dan abrams chief legal affairs correspondent for a.b.c. news and co-author of the new book theodore roosevelt for the defense the courtroom battle to save his legacy dan joins me now from new york city dan welcome to the program came out there so let's get to your fascinating book shortly right now we've got some crazy developments going on between the law and the trump administration so what's happening. this is an interesting case because here you've got the banks sort of stuck in the middle right saying we'll do whatever you tell us to do you subpoena the documents we'll give them to you oh wait a 2nd the trump folks are telling us we can't you guys figure it out and so now there is this battle between the trump folks and congress over whether he asked to allow in effect this material to be released and this 1st court district court level very fast decision basically saying there is really no legitimate argument against releasing this information in essence congress has the .

house oversight committee who've been trying to access trump's financial information for months so where does the legal fight go from here let's start there with d.n.a. abrams chief legal affairs correspondent for a.b.c. news and co-author of the new book theodore roosevelt for the defense the courtroom battle to save his legacy dan joins me now from new york city dan welcome to the program came out there so let's get to your fascinating book shortly right now we've got some crazy developments going on between the law and the trump administration so what's happening this is an interesting case because here you've got the banks sort of stuck in the middle right saying we'll do whatever you tell us to do you subpoena the documents we'll give them to you oh wait a 2nd the trump folks are telling us we can't you guys figure it out and so now there's this battle between the trump folks and congress over whether he asked to allow in effect this material to be released and this 1st court district court level a very fast decision basically saying there is really no legitimate argument against releasing this information in essence congress has the power to request this accounting infor

affairs committee. >>> first, the new details of michael flynn's cooperation with special counsel robert mueller's team. our senior justice correspondent evan perez is joining us, cnn national legal analyst susan hennessy is with us as well. first of all, evan, what can you tell us? >> wolf, the first time we're hearing from the government just how valuable michael flynn has been to the special counsel's investigation. over 19 interviews the special counsel had with michael flynn and we're getting some new details that were just unredacted in federal court. among them the bits of information we have is that michael flynn was providing information to the special counsel about conversations people inside the trump campaign, people associated with the trump transition, including information about conversations they were having about wikileaks and outreach to wikileaks, especially after those wikileaks emails started getting released. i will read you a piece of what one of the documents said. the defendant, that's flynn, relayed to the government's statements made in 2016 by senior campaign officials about wikileaks to which only a select few people were privy, for example, the defen

legal affairs political editor for politico. thank you both for being with us. shannon, this has, as just said, escalated within the past hour. now the department of justice is telling jerry nadler's judiciary committeeey go forward with this contempt vote, that the white house is just going to start -- the attorney general i should say will recommend to the white house that they just start asserting executive privilege on what? on everything the judiciary is asking for? >> well, and it seems like the white house was going in that direction anyway. there has been this dance going back and forth, and part of what we're seeing here is the white house and the justice department trying to slow that dance down, sort of trying to run out the clock, trying to drag things out. and the congressional committees trying to speed it up, speed it up, speed it up. the white house wants to get in sort of a back and forth negotiation here, and the committees want to move things as quickly as possible. for example, with this don mcgahn subpoena, the white house didn't all out say no, mcgahn is not turning over these documents. they said, well, actually these documents reside with the white house. don mcgahn has them,

committee on foreign affairs, mr. engel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i rise in strong support of h.r. 5, the equality act. it is legalo fire an individual, prevent access to credit or evict someone from their home just because they are lgbt. the equality act will guarantee federal protections by ensuring the lgbtq community is provided full protections under federal civil rights laws. no longer will our fellow americans be deprived from buying a home, fired from their job or denied a male in a restaurant just because of who they are. i am pleased to help pass this landmark bill today just as i was back in 1996 when i voted against the discriminatory doma or defense of marriage act. join me in support of this bill. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. collins: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: i now yield one minute to the gentlelady from colorado, ms. degette. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized fo

committee on foreign affairs, mr. engel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i rise in strong support of h.r. 5, the equality act. it is legal to fire an individual, prevent access to credit or evict someone from their home just because they are lgbt. the equality act will guarantee federal protections by ensuring the lgbtq community is provided full protections under federal civil rights laws. no longer will our fellow americans be deprived from buying a home, fired from their job or denied a male in a restaurant just because of who they are. i am pleased to help pass this landmark bill today just as i was back in 1996 when i voted against the discriminatory doma or defense of marriage act. join me in support of this bill. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. collins: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: i now yield one minute to the gentlelady from colorado, ms. degette. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized