manus: ok.me people would say that we have a rougher road to travel on the pine before we get further. the manufacturing data was the worst since 2002. i know destocking, and also closures. but it was really quite a rotten number in terms of the underbelly of the economy. is this a reality check? charles-henry: that's probably -- brexit is definitely hurting the u.k. and underperforming and the more it goes the more it will weigh on the u.k. economy. i think it's -- this is why, a general election is deemed to happen. because at the end of the day, people want -- want some sort of decision regarding -- manus: your base case is a general election? charles-henry: yes. manus: ok. charles-henry: i don't see -- may in finding compromise and a new prime minister will be able to get this compromise. manus: nevera, hop in here. nejra: charles-henry, on the euro, were there any reasons to be constructive on the euro other than a potentially weaker dollar? charles-henry: yeah. that's a good point. and as

manus? manus: anabel, thank you very much for the roundup.y and the giants, they has seen their stock prices battered on the sense that washington is turning up the heat. congress is planning a bipartisan investigation into competition in the tech industry. and would have known that the federal trade commission will take responsibility for andtrust probes of facebook the justice department will open an investigation into google. let us speak to our next guest joining us from singapore. good to see you again, derek. why the shift? is there a pendulum shift in washington? guest: i think there is. one of the things we have been watching and have been watching for a month now is escalating rhetoric about whether or not the u.s. tech giants should face increasing scrutiny over their dominant market position. we just have not seen that happen too much up until today. you saw the moves in those tech giants today, it was clearly thus it can't some in the market by surprise and he saw some pretty big falls as a result of that. what you are gearing up

manus? manus: thank you very much.oming up on the show, sinking inflation expectations and trade woes on the ecb. so what is the strategy for opposed draghi world? this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: this is bloomberg daybreak: europe. i'm manus cranny in dubai. european central bank will take for the steps to support the region's economy if traits or other risks threaten the economic outlook. that's according to the governor of the -- inc. of italy. -- bank of italy. he sat down with kathleen hays for a next this of interview at the g20 in japan. , first of all, as you may have noticed in our last meeting and frank for, there was not a -- frack for, there was -- frankfurt, there was not a total consensus. theh means, also thinking fact that we will maintain interest rates and these very low levels and actually negative banks are concerned for a longer time than we decided and as long as needed. we will use all the elements we have, including those you have mentioned if needed, if things may somehow fail to grow back in and wi

manus? manus: thank you.onald trump has thrown his weight behind the you k's political hard-liners -- uk's political hard-liners flagging a substantial deal after brexit. the u.k. makes preparations to exit the european union, the united states is committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the u.s. and the u.k. there is tremendous potential in that trade deal. i say probably two and even three times of what we are doing right now. thes: speaking beside counterpart, key areas included conn's stance toward iran, his intentions for britain's nationalized health service in a post brexit deal. nejra: implications in the financial sector have shown -- in london. christopher giancarlo called for a bespoke deal that protects the relationship with the eu. christopher giancarlo is still with us. congratulations on the award and welcome to london for collecting that. why do the u k and e u need each other post-brexit? christopher: that is the essential question. the city of london is one of the world's truly global fi

nejra, manus? manus: i will pick it up from here.i burger said the context for a momentous week. it takes us to the mliv question today, the stock side of the asset class. can stocks rally even without a trade deal? join our debate. it's on your bloomberg. do you need a trade deal to boost the rally, or is the fed enough to sate the market? christopher at lgim. we are all gearing towards the g20 this week. last week it was about powell and the fed. this week it is about g20. do you even get the sense that markets are perhaps a little prospectoyed up on the of a trade deal between xi and trump? christopher: i don't get that sense, actually. i think wherever we look, you don't see sentiment particularly being stretched in either the equity or the risky corners of the fixed income market. yes, prices have rallied, but it seems to be one of the most unloved rallies, one of the most unlovable markets in history. if you look -- unloved bull market in history. if you look at what investors have in their portfolio, if you look at surveys, al

manus: we have indeed.lashed and burned on their view, fun where yields will go by the end of the year. they warn, do not join the great big train. u.s. treasury futures are slightly higher, u.s. treasury yields lower. morgan stanley raised the flag on the prospect of recession by 2020, if the trade tensions escalate. to the wind market, we have seen four weeks of dust to the bond bund market, we lows in the market and there is a 77% probability that will get a cut from the ecb. the curve is the lowest it has been since 2015. do you really want to join the great big bond trade lower in has it done its think? let us get to yvonne man, she would take us through the rest of the asian markets. after the brutal may, we still have some resilience in asian stocks and asset in general. following what we saw on monday, we have the dollar losing its haven status, boosting em currencies here today. regional pmi's, looking soft but less bad than previous months, and china pmi data on the upside. that is lifting sentime

manus: i am manus cranny in dubai.quity markets building up to what is expected to be a truce, cease-fire. papers at one of the the g20 this weekend? there is a great note on the bloomberg talking about raking through the barriers on the way to 100 against the dollar. that is something to consider. do you want to be fully engaged before the g20? just watch twitter. nejra: at the start of this week i remember you talking about the big things where the fed. in marketsf fiat today. oil is lower. we saw a drop in the u.s. stockpile yesterday after the five-week high. the 10 year yield edging higher by six basis points. a little bit of a reprieve in the bond rally. users on the front foot in the days ofer four declines. we are asking the question, which asset will produce the best returns in the second half of 2019? team ont to us and mliv your bloomberg. let's get the bloomberg business flash from debra mao in hong kong. 0 is planning to jettison its controversial holdings into a new fund. the asset manager says it will se

manus: good morning from dubai.s is "bloomberg daybreak: europe" and these are today's top stories. ratesb.i. is set to cut in just a few minutes. will mario draghi promise a last burst of support before his term ends? we are live at the meeting. mexican currency tumbles as the president of the united states says not nearly enough progress was made in talks on immigration. and north to renault. to combines effort groups after the carmaker board postpones a decision for the third time. nejra: later today the ecb will decide whether the euro zone needs more stimulus. arestors and economists looking for a signal mario draghi will deliver a last burst of monetary support before his term ends. joining me now is bloomberg's maria tadeo. draghi outout -- can dove the markets? >> that is the question. he will sound dovish. the question is how much? the risks facing the european economy are very much tilted to the downside. we will get new projections for inflation and gdp. they were already cut at the start of the year. the

manus: thank you very much. sources say that the u.s.willing to suspend the next round of tariffs on $300 billion of chinese imports as president trump prepares to discuss trade at the g20 this weekend. that takes us to our mliv question. you can join us on your ib. is it inevitable, the next currency war will begin at this week's g20? join that debate. the mliv team is there. , weguest host this morning trumpl focused on the xi trade discussions. inherent in that trade discussion is the fx dynamic. the chinese will try to hold the want stable into this meeting. ofs is the foothills currency wars. trump will drive the dollar to the center of the g20 debate. do you think that that is a correct estimation? the yuan is on the agenda. probably actually it's overvalued. if you asked donald trump, he would say that the dollar is overvalued. take that in the context of trade skirmishes. it looks very weird indeed. probably that will happen on the sidelines. what we should be focusing on is whether or not the tariffs on china will be delayed. i'

manu, what are you hearing about this? >> well, the white house counsel in the room alongside hope hicks are saying she's immune from answering questions about her time at the white house. that includes questions such as where her office was in the west wing, as well as whether she told the truth to the special counsel. according to democratic lawmakers in the room, they're making very clear she's not answering anything about any topics about their time at the white house. democrats coming in did want to ask her about those allegations of obstruction of justice that were laid out in the mueller report. the efforts allegedly by the president to undermine the mueller probe, including how he handled the firing of james comey, whether he wanted to dismiss the special counsel, as was alleged in the report, among other things, including his relationship with michael flynn and her role in drafting a misleading statement that went out to the press when it was revealed that donald trump jr. had a meeting at trump tower with russian

our manu raju is about to sit down with her. you'll see that interview live in just minutes, where she stands right now on impeachment, and her responsibility and attacks on the president. that's straight ahead. >>> plus, house democrats and the justice department strike a deal to give congress some of the key evidence underlying the mueller report. will it be enough, though, to keep their battle out of the courts? >> and legendary baseball slugger david ortiz is in a boston hospital this morning after being shot in the dominican republic. we'll give you an update on his recovery ahead. as a home instead caregiver, for everything that i give, i get so much in return. join our family of home instead caregivers and help make a world of difference. home instead senior care. apply today. home instead senior care. they feel like they have to drink a lot of water. patients that i see that complain about dry mouth, medications seem to be the number one cause for dry mouth. dry mouth can cause increased cavities, bad breath, oral irrita

and that is a good question that you ask, manu.more information by having inquiry than if you just have investigations? well, i don't have a straight answer on that. but even if you could, you can't do it without going to the courts. and i maintain to go the -- to the courts we have to have the strongest possible case. ironclad. the question you ask. do we get more by having an inquiry? some say yes, some say no. i think the mueller report very clearly spells out at least ten or 11 instances of obstruction of justice. but i'm not here to have that discussion here. that is for the committees. >> reporter: now this is the first time we've had a chance to request her after she reportedly made that comment behind closed doors in which she believes the president should be in prison and not impeached but she did not want to confirm that comment. she didn't deny it either when she had the chance and just said she doesn't want to talk about him or the president and the president sitting in that american cemetery in normandy laid into her,

and david, you first, just on this manu/speaker pelosi back and forth.one with this president. but wouldn't deny or confirm that she said he should be in prison. what was the -- the biggest headline for you? >> well the biggest headline for me was that she could not have been clearer, i think, that if you think that house democrats are on the precipice of launching an impeachment process against donald trump, think again. nancy pelosi has no intention right now of leading her caucus to that place. that is so clearly not where she is. she commented about just a small faction of folks in her party who want to do that. and i think she was very clear about really trying to tamp down this growing voice of -- of these voices that we've heard on impeachment and remind people it is just like a slice of the democrats in the house that are speaking up in that way. >> and to that point, ann, within this growing smaller slice of democrats, there is this thought that if the democrats go ahead with the impeachment proceedings, that that will then empower them to get t

cnn's manu raju is live for us on capitol hill. and cnn's laura jarrett is at the justice department. manu, let me start with you. what exactly would this resolution actually do? >> reporter: well, the resolution would authorize the house judiciary committee to move forward with its efforts to try to enforce its subpoenas for don mcgahn, the former white house counsel to president trump, who has declined to appear before this committee, despite facing a subpoena, saying that he would not provide documents, as part of its investigation, into potential obstruction of justice. he did that under the direction of the white house. now, also, they're going to have a subpoena -- they're going to have it in their back pocket, the authority to go to court, to try to enforce the justice department to turn over records related to the mueller report. this despite an agreement the democrats reached with the justice department yesterday to turn over mueller-related documents. if ultimately that deal is not reached in a way that satisfies democrat

. ♪ manus: you're watching the best of "daybreak: middle east." i'm manus cranny.or stories driving the headlines this week. the u.s. and mexico failed to agree on migrants and the southern border. president trump demands more progress to avert tariffs kicking in monday. jay powell signals he is open to rate cuts if necessary. larry summers is calling for a 50 basis point reduction. after 2 fatal crashes in five months, boeing struggles to reassure airlines over its 737 max safety. the president of emirates said they will not fly again until after christmas. >> i don't think it will happen before that. the global regulators have a difference of opinion as to how they will have it fly anytime soon. manus: the u.s. and mexico resumed talks on thursday after

let's go back to manu. i think the audio is corrected. tell us what you are hearing from lawmakers in the room regarding hicks' testimony. >> reporter: there are white house officials in the room, attorneys from the white house counsel's office who are making it clear that she will not answer questions about her time in the white house. they are referring to a letter sent by the white house counsel last night pat cipollone who says that she is immune from answering questions about mercer advice in the white house. and of course there are a number of questions that democrats had planned to ask her. specifically efforts allegedly by the president to undermine the mueller investigation, to dismiss the special counsel as well as his handling of the james comey firing in addition to his relationship with michael flynn. those are questions that democrats planned to ask her, but i'm told by democrats in the room that the white house attorneys are objecting to those lines of questioning, that she will not answer those questions, that she is immun

what we're doing is winning in court. >> was she getting a little testy with manu raju there, manu?> reporter: that's not unprecedented for members to get testy when you ask them questions that they may not want to answer and she views the impeachment issue as a distraction because she thinks that her current strategy is working. she disagrees with the calls from a faction, it is a growing faction within our caucus, to open up a formal impeachment inquiry because she says the way that she wants to pursue things is to investigate, legislate and as she says litigate. she points to court victories that they had at least on two cases so far in order to get their subpoenas complied with, those subpoenas dealing with trump financial records, but the real fear, john and alisyn, is that if they lose in court democrats are really worried that if they do not succeed in one of these court fights, it could dramatically set back their efforts to oversee the executive branch, it could have a dramatic effect on their investigations. so that's why the argument you're hearing internally from people

manus: it certainly is.e most powerful rocket launchers by a factor of two us what they are saying. what is in the payload and how valuable is this launch to spacex? dana: it is a challenging launch for a number of reasons. the payload is 24 different , goingtes that are being to deploy after the launch and they are going to attempt to recover all three boosters. what we will watch imminently is the rocket will launch and then you will see the two side boosters come back and land on land and the centre court a tends to land on the drone ship in the atlantic ocean. , therey is the payload is 24 satellites that have been deployed but they are going to try to recover all three stages. what could it mean for elon musk if it is successful? dana: spacex had always thought -- font to handle launches for the u.s. military. the u.s. military has a lot of satellites, it is a big customer. the national security issues are a big part of the launch market and historically, united launch alliance which is a joint venture

christine and dave. >> manu thank you for the that.dent lashing out at nancy pelosi for the prison comment. here's the president in a fox news interview. >> i think she's a disgrace. i actually don't think she's a talented person. i have tried to be nice to her because i would have liked to have gotten some deals done. she's incapable of doing deals. she's a nasty, vindictive, horrible person. the mueller report came out. it was a disaster for him. >> the backdrop there says it all. the interview took place at the american cemetery in normandy, france, in front of the graves of soldiers who lost their lives in world war ii. the president landing to celebrate the lives and sacrifice of all of those people was to turn to internal politics and bash the speaker. >>> president trump set to depart ireland in the coming hours, during his five-day trip to europe, he wasted no time weighing in domestic uk policies, declaring he talked politics with the queen when she rarely if ever does. nic robertson with the latest. it looks like things have

>> manu raju, fascinating.bsolute immunity. >>> emotional debate on capitol hill over reparations for slavery. they filled three overflow rooms. this is the first time congress is considering a bill to create a commission on addressing the lingering effects of slavery, including possible reparations. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell opposes reparations for slavery arguing none of us currently living are responsible. >> we've, you know, tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting a civil war, bypassing landmark civil rights legislation. we've elected an african-american president. >> acclaimed writer coats strongly rebuking mcconnell during the hearing. >> for century after the civil war black people were subjected to a relentless campaign of terror, a campaign that extended well into the lifetime of majority leader mcconnell. he was alive for the red lining of chicago and the looting of black homeowners of some $4 billion. victims of that plunder are very much alive today. i am sure they'd

we have manu raju up there on capitol hill.chairman, but he's in there voting on the border bill. both of these breaking stories coming together at once. what are you hearing in terms of how tricky this was to get mueller? and i want to know this not because of the politics but because of the practicalities of how willing mr. mueller is to come. >> he was not willing at all. this is why there have been negotiations that have happened for weeks. democrats have tried to get him to come before congress in a public session, but he's pushed back, asked for that to happen in a private testimony and adam schiff made comments that this is not a friendly subpoena. this is something that the special counsel -- we're live right now on cnn. was this a friendly subpoena, was it something in which the special counsel asked to be subpoenaed to come before your committee? >> i don't think the special counsel's office considers it a friendly subpoena. he was and is deeply reluctant to come testify. but he's agreed to respect the subpoena so we

manu raju is joining us from capitol hill with the latest. >> that's right. the former white house counsel don mcgahn and bill barr will be held in contempt of the house after they refused to comply with the democrats' subpoena led by the house judiciary committee to turn over documents, provide testimony related to the obstruction of justice investigation. and from barr's case, he did not provide the unredacted mueller report the underlying evidence as democrats have demanded. mcgahn under instruction from the white house, did not comply either. at the same time, other committees are moving forward with their own efforts to hold individuals in contempt. the house oversight committee plans to vote to hold barr in contempt as well, as well as wilbur ross, the commerce secretary, over their failure to comply with subpoenas dealing with their probe into the citizenship question added to the 2020 census. you're seeing all these issues starting to get packaged together. we can see the full house vote on a number of people who are not complying with subpoenas to ho

manu, again, this is huge news.ing to testify publicly under subpoena july 17th. give us the details. >> two committees plan to do the questioning, don. both the house intelligence committee and the house judiciary committee. just moments ago adam schiff, the chairman of the committee, talked with me about exactly what he expected, say, the judiciary committee will go first likely followed by the house intelligence committee. both in public settings. then they'll go behind closed doors and talk to the staff of the mueller team to drill down even deeper. but interestingly, don, when i talked to adam schiff he made very clear that while robert mueller may only want to talk about what was in the mueller report democrats want to ask much more. >> was this a friendly subpoena as they call it, something in which the special counsel asked to be subpoenaed to come before your committee? >> i don't think the special counsel's office considers it a friendly subpoena. he was deeply reluctant to come testify. but nonetheless, h

manu raju on capitol hill. thank you so much.t's really interesting of listening to that having watched the president on the south lawn. he's criticizing her. nancy pelosi said she would rather see the president in prison than impeached. she's dealing with these competing pressures for sure within her kkd. when did you make of it, elliana, that she did not want to talk about it and president trump said i think she regrets. i bet she wishes she hadn't said that. >> it seems to me that pelosi, she's walking a difficult line trying to fend off the left wing of her connection and let him know that she sympathize with her feelings and i don't think it's an accident that that comment that pelosi made to her chairman leaked publicly but she also wanted to be able to say she didn't make this comment publicly. made it behind closed doors and didn't want to expound on it to the news media and otherwise and that's what you saw her hide behind because the president was behind and the president oversees her publicly and she was able to say wh

cnn senior congressional reporter manu raju. more salvos in this deepening and ongoing feud and this time president not really holding back in his response. >> reporter: no. he's not. he was last week in normandy -- >> all right. i'm sorry, we'll have to cut you off, manu. we can't hear you. there are technical difficulties, and we'll try to get back to him in a little bit. but let's dig deeper on more of what the president said today with our panel. phil mudd, a cia counterterrorism, julie hirschfeld davis, congressional correspondent for the "new york times" and mike moreno, a former department of justice prosecutor. the president as we just heard from the president trying to walk back what he said this week, that he had no problem taking dirt on opponents from a foreign source, and in this interview with fox today he said of course you have to report it to the fbi. so same question to you. how do you think he's cleaning this up in. >> not that well. this is not very complicated. it's not about opposition rest i used to be in

cnn's manu rangu on capitol hill. a nice try and why not? she didn't want to go there.was your biggest takeaway? it got a little testy at times. >> reporter: she did not want to get into the debate about impeachment that is dominating her caucus. elements of her caucus right now because she views that as essentially a distract from what they are trying to do. she is dead set in her mindset that going the route of impeachment is not the way to go. she certainly does not want to feed into more discussion about her comments from last week that reportedly she made that she does want the president to see him in prison rather than being impeached. i've been trying to press her for days about whether or not she believes the president committed crimes while in office, and i had that opportunity there to try to press her about whether or not she believes the president committed crimes. i asked her about that twice and she side stepped that question. the second time she said look at the mueller reports that had ten instances of obstruction of justice but still wants to maintain h

>> manu, thanks. >>> to cnn business now. stocks soared yesterday after president trump tweeted he will meet with chinese president xi jinping at the g20. the two had a very good telephone conversation, they will have an extended meeting next week. trump and xi were expected to meet to discuss trade. it was unclear whether a meeting would take place. if xi didn't meet with him trump said he would impose 300 billion worth of tariffs on china. hundreds of companies have warned the president about the effects of tariffs. a group of more than 600 of them wrote in a letter, quote, additional tariffs will have significant negative long-term impact on the company. even new balance which makes 4 billion pairs of shoes in the u.s. says it needs to import parts from china and the tariffs would hurt its financial health. yesterday's tweet gave investors and businesses more confidence that the tariffs will not take effect. >>> president trump downplaying the effect of problems in tehran. we're live next. new features. greater details. ri

here she is with cnn's manu raju. >> i'm done with him.t to talk about him. >> you have to work with him. how do you work with him after he levels such an insult against you overseas? >> i just consider the source. >> what do you mean by that? >> my stock goes up every time he attacks me. what can i say? but let's not spend too much time on that because that's his victory. the diverter of attention in chief. >> cnn's lauren fox is on capitol hill, and also back with me is cnn political director david chalian for this. lauren, nancy pelosi in the conversation was asked by manu, did not take the opportunity to deny the reporting that she said behind closed doors that she wanted to see president trump not impeached but rather in prison. did you hear any new ground from her on this issue of impeachment? >> well, kate, there were a few interesting moments in that interview from my colleague, manu raju. one was how she sort of batted back this argument that democrats on the house judiciary committee have been making that opening onimpeachment in

let's go to our senior congressional correspondent, manu raju.ow significant are the documents that the justice department will now turn over to the committee? >> well, democrats think they could be potentially significant, as part of the committee's investigation to potential obstruction of justice. the house judiciary committee had voted to hold bill barr in contempt for fail ing ing to co with a subpoena to turn over the unredacted portions of the mueller report and the underlying evidence. because of that, the democrats were threatening to move forward. but in light of this agreement that allows them to see some mueller documents, they're saying that they will hold off on those criminal proceedings at the moment. this is what jerry nadler said in a statement. they said, robert mueller's most important files will now provide us with key evidence to assess whether the president and others obstructed justice or were engaged in misconduct. they're going to vote to authorize the justice committee to provide subpoenas. they're warning if they do no

and the question, and that's a good question that you asked, manu. do you get more information by having an inquiry than if you just have investigations? well, i don't have a straight answer on that. but even if you could, you can't do it without going to the courts. and to go to the courts, we have to have the strongest possible case. iron clad. we have won in the courts. and a couple other things that mr. cummings has put forth, masar's, they should release their documents. on the deutsche bank maxine waters case, we won that in court. of course, they'll appeal because they want to obstruct the american people from having the truth. the question you ask, do we get more by having an inquiry? some say yes, some say no. >> if a majority of your caucus wants to go forward with an impeachment inquiry, would you go forward? >> it's not even close in our caucus. >> but eventually? >> why are we speculating on hypotheticals. what we're doing is winning in court. we won a victory getting the documents from the justice department today, for fear of further g

let's go straight to our manu raju. what is the latest? >> reporter: after a bitter and emotional debate, one in which democrats pushed back by plans by the speaker of the house, and in just a matter of moments it will pass a business initially approve by the senate to provide 4.6 billion in funding to deal with the crisis. this comes after days of internal debate about exactly the strategy to pursue. initially democrats in the house pushed back against the senate as plans, offered in the meantime a bill with much more restrictions, and minimum conditions at some of these detention facilities that they had to follow in order to deal with thinks migrant children, but they faced resistance from the white house, as well as the senate that approved a separate bill supported by the president on a bipartisan basis, with more than 80 votes. that left speaker ploszi in a difficult spot. she wanted to placate folks on the left. initially today she wanted to move forward with this amended version of the senate bill, but she fated a revolt among mode

cnn's manu raju joins us with breaking news. what are we learning, manu? >> the two democrats are at odd, jerry nadler and nancy pelosi. nancy pelosi has resisted calls for an impeachment inquiry for weeks, believing it would be a fruitless endeavor that ultimately she believes would benefit the president because the republicans in the senate would not convict this president. but that's not what jerry nadler believes. we're learning behind the scenes he has made multiple pitches to the house speaker to open up an impeachment inquiry. in a meeting this week with her and other chairman of key committees, he made the case, nadler did, that there should be an impeachment inquiry to essentially add the weight to their legal case in court, the cases that they are involved with on several fronts to try to get information from this administration, which has rejected their subpoenas and other requests they say that nadler said he could help that also he is saying he could centralize all the investigations that are taking place in the house to only occur before his

her rhetoric, sort of week by week, to give the liberal, more progressive folks, some of the folks manu was talking about on the judiciary committee, something to hang on to that they have a leader who feels really impassioned about taking on this president in really aggressive ways, just not with impeachment. we have seen her, you know, save the cover-up language or talk about how she thinks he has broken laws or now saying she thinks he should be in prison and this is her way of sort of joining their march without leading them where they want to go because she thinks it's a political mistake to do so. >> this just in. president trump, he did an interview with fox news just before he went to the d-day ceremonies in normandy, france. the network just released some of the interview. and the president at one point takes on special counsel bob mueller. let's listen to it. >> do you mind if he testifies still? before you said you didn't care. >> let me tell you, he made such a fool out of himself the last time because what people don't report is the letter he had to do to straighten out his

manu raju is up on capitol hill. you're getting new information from the sources. what are you learning about the line of questioning hope hicks is about to face from lawmakers? >> reporter: we expect a -- a confrontation behind closed doors tomorrow and we're learning the white house sent a letter to the house judiciary committee asserting immunity saying hope hicks is a high-level adviser single-digit doesn't have to testify -- and doesn't have to testify about her time in the white house. this is a similar tactic for don mcgahn, to prevent his testimony. now after hope hicks agreed to go behind closed doors to testify, they're saying she doesn't have to respond to the questions. now what we're learning is that they do plan to ask her about questions at -- during her time in the white house things laid out in the plr, particularly alleged obstruction of justice that occurred. i'm told that that includes the president's conduct around his former national security adviser michael flynn and to fire and undercut the special counsel investigation as well as the handli

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. >>> first, let's go to manu raju up on capitol hill, where there are multiple breaking stories right now, including late word that hope hicks will testify next week before congress. manu, update us on the very latest. >> hope hicks is one of the president's closest confidants for years. someone who was a former white house communications director. someone who multiple congressional committees have been eager to speak with in the aftermath of the mueller report. and now she has agreed to go behind closed doors and talk to the house judiciary committee next wednesday in the aftermath of the committee, issuing a subpoena demanding documents and testimony as part of its investigation into potential obstruction of justice at the white house. this is a rare deal that has been reached between either current or former white house aides, current or former administration officials and the democratic-led panel. we have seen resistance from a number of officials, including white house officials and efforts by the white house to prevent these people from coming before this committee. but in this

manu, senator graham said the president's comments were a mistake. but then he turned to the dossier. what are other republicans saying? are you seeing similar spin from other republicans? >> reporter: absolutely. most republicans are either defending the president saying, well, of course he would go to the fbi if this was a damaging information discounting what we all heard the president say in this interview, or some saying they haven't seen his comments or some making the case that you are just talking about trying to say this is similar to what happened in 2016 involving the clinton campaign and the steele dossier. but the reactions are spanning around -- run the gamut. but for the most part, defending the president in saying that the president, if it came down to it, probably would go ahead and call the fbi. take a listen. >> i listened to the interview. what i heard the president say is that he would do both. he would listen, and he under certain circumstances would call the fbi. look, there are some exceptions to this, obviously. but unless th

and manu raju's on capitol hill. let's get to it. manu, you would think that my inbox, your inbox would be flooded with republicans speaking out in defense of free and fair elections, condemning the president's remarks. but no. you did hear from lindsey graham. >> reporter: yeah, he was one of the very few who have spoken out critically of what the president has been saying, saying that, no, you should in fact go to the fbi if there was as someone who was offering foreign dirt, someone -- foreign government, particularly a hostile foreign government coming to you and offering dirt on your political opponent and making it very clear, kate, that he's prepared to offer legislation to make it even clearer that this kind of activity is illegal. >> that's not the right answer. if a foreign government comes to you as a public official and offers to help your campaign, giving you anything of value, whether it be money or information on your opponents, the right answer is no. >> reporter: what are the implications of hearing the president of

>> manu with the latest on that. kaitlin, i know you have more information objen the changing relationship between hope hicks and the president. >> yeah, the last time she was here, democrats were not in control of the house. so what she's witnessing is not anything like what it was when she was here in march, last march when she left the white house. also, what's different is her relationship with the president. we're being told based on our reporting that she and the president barely speak anymore. that's a pretty dramatic shift from this near constant conversation they used to have where essentially hope hicks was the president's sounding board. she was there for things big and small, even steaming the wrinkles out of his pants, according to campaign aides. but now that she's moved to the west coast, she has essentially this new life. we're being told she barely speaks to the president, and there were some times last year when she didn't even return his phone calls. that led the president to ask people what's goin

let's bring in manu raju. we've word of a major move to get more disclosure from the mueller probe concerning mr. mueller himself. manu, thank you for being on quick watch like this. what have we learned. >> major news involving robert mueller, the special counsel. just moments ago the house intelligence committee and the house judiciary committee announced they have agreed, the special counsel has agreed to appear in public on july 17th in an open session to testify about the -- what he found as a part of his two-year investigation into russian interference as well as potential obstruction of justice in the white house. now, they say in this letter, both the chairman of this committee, jerry nadler and adam schiff, that they have subpoenaed bob mueller and he's agreed to testify under subpoena. now what they say in this letter, chris, is that they say they understand this is a letter that they wrote to the special counsel saying that we -- further understand there are certain sensitivities with your testimony

our senior congressional correspondent manu raju is on the scene for us. how will this war of words impact all the growing calls for impeachment proceedings? >> the house has been out of session for part of this week, but behind the scenes the debate has continued to intensify and next week we'll expect to spill out into the open where democrats will have several hearings to spotlight the findings of the mueller report, calls will grow from democrats to open up an impeachment inquiry. the house judiciary committee having a hearing on monday of next week with the former white house counsel john dean to discuss the findings in the mueller report, also the house intelligence committee having a hearing to discuss the counterintelligence implications of the mueller report and testimony from two former fbi officials. at the same time, republicans are issuing this warning, that democrats cannot impugn the integrity of the president of the united states in any of these proceedings because they're saying that would violate house rules. only when you're in an impeac

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our senior congressional correspondent manu raju is joining us. manu, i take it some republican senators are asking that the president speak to them directly before he goes ahead and implements the tariffs. what are you learning? >> reporter: republican senators tell me they want the hear from president trump directly to explain to them how the tariffs, were they to go into effect would hurt states and voters. earlier this week, the senior justice department did meet behind closed doors with these senators and that did not go well. they got ample push back, but the president continues to move forward. the senators are saying they want the president to hold back and make the case directly to themselves. >> i'm not a fan of the tariffs. i think it might endanger american jobs. but obviously it's been effective. >> would you support them if it comes to a vote on the senate floor? >> i'm hoping it won't come the a vote. >> texas depends on trade with mexico. this is the wrong solution to the crisis. >> would you vote to stop it? >> i doubt it's going

manu raju, you were speaking there to him. you asked him that question. it does strike me -- this is notable because he's the first sitting republican lawmaker to call the president out on this. he did then go to frequent talking point of saying the steele dossier is the same. of course, steele is british, britain is not a hostile foreign power that was then interfering in the election. russia is different. tell us your reaction to his comments and whether this is something the president will listen to. >> reporter: yeah. he was definitely trying to push back at what the president said, it very clear that this is not the acceptable behavior. if someone were to come, a foreign government were to come and offer this kind of assistance, that you go to the fbi, he made it very clear he agrees with what christopher wray said, and when i asked if there would be legislation to make this -- to outlaw this practice, he said it's on the books. but i'm willing to make it clearer on making sure that this is not appropriate or legal behavior. suggesting that it could

thanks, manu, for being on it, asking those tough questions. dana bash, chief political correspondent. i thought this analysis, quote, this is the hardest pelosi had to work for a bill in her speakersh speakership. i think the leadership approach this had wrong. was this the wrong approach or is this just a different caucus and evolving caucus that becomes more and more and more progressive? >> possibly both of those things but it's something else. this is probably the most clear challenge of the democrats, trying to govern in the trump era, and trying to gav gate the realities of a crisis, which members of congress have to deal with all the time, no matter who is president. and the disdain that they have for this president, particularly on this issue, because so many of these members are very vocal about the fact that they believe that the president's rhetoric, not to mention the actions of the administration, has helped cause this problem. at the end of the day, the speaker is pleading with her membership. you've got to get on board with this

i'm manu raju. john king is off. president trump is in japan preparing for his meeting with the chinese president but causing controversy with a finger wagging exchange with the russian president vladimir putin. in the first democratic presidential debates are done. 20 candidates made their pitch to american voters and senator kamala harris had a break out moment taking on the early front runner, joe biden. now will the former vice president pivot or revisit with biden. biden has a habit to retout the pass while addressing the future. >> is it frustrating for you in 2019250 be relitting these debates at this point? >> it should be about the future. president obama did a heck of a job. i got mitch mcconnell to raise tax during the obama-biden administration. >> in the date after damage control by the polling front-runner and at the bottom of the hour biden will be back on stage speaking to black activists in chicago. that event already on biden's schedule but the timing is important because it comes after a raw debate

cnn's manu raju has more. >> reporter: a split between nancy pelosi and jerry nadler, the chairman of the committee says they should. he has been making the case privately to nancy pelosi on many occasions. pelosi says no, she believes that's the wrong approach. she supports the current plan which does not go down this route. she believes that moving to vote to impeach the president ultimately would be fruitless and help trump essentially be reelected because the senate would not convict this president and the president could essentially say he's been exonerated. she does not want to go down that path. nevertheless, jerry nadler is pressing on. i'm told behind closed doors, he's made the case on multiple occasions to the speaker only to get rebuffed including at a meeting earlier this week, he told the speaker moving forward with an impeachment inquiry could add weight to the legal case in court, the cases between the house democrats and the trump administration over the subpoenas they are demanding for information, subpoenas that the white house is not complying can. he thinks they c