mr. lewandowski for today. i will take the matters under advisement and we will recess the hearing subject to the call of the chair until a later date. we now stand in recess. >> mr. chairman, we will be submitting a letter to the chair with a couple of areas of clarification when the hearing is done. [indiscernible] >> to get on the entire hearing online. here is a look at our live coverage monday. , president trump's remarks at a religious freedom event at the u.n. , a discussion on first amendment rights when it comes to social media. public health officials from major cities discuss how they address the ongoing measles outbreak. and the u.s. senate gavels in at 3:00 p.m. next, a portion of the hearing on the recent hong kong the future of relations between the u.s. and hong kong. the commission on china heard from scholars and activists from the region. you can watch the entire hearing on our website. . we must be thinking about how do we and i use for lack of a better word engage ith

mr. lewandowski: i said that was mr. priebus is idea. >> you also wrote that multiple times during his trips abroad and during his plane rides home, he talked about bringing in to restore order to the white house. mr. lewandowski: if that is what the book says. i would like to see that so i can verify the validity of it. >> let's put the flight back up. we will not take the time. we saw the slight earlier. let me ask you a question, and you knew that the special counsel report found systematic interference by russians in the election, correct? mr. lewandowski: i would like to restate i never read the special counsel's report. >> do you take the report lightly? do you think it is not a serious matter what the special counsel did? mr. lewandowski: you are putting words in my mouth. >> you know you were mentioned in their 129 times, correct? mr. lewandowski: is that accurate? >> do you know? mr. lewandowski: i do not know, do you? >> when you appeared at an event to autograph copies of the special counsel report and you sai

mr. lewandowski, mr. lewandowski, you were the campaign manager for the president's campaign when the obama biden administration was notified that there might be efforts by the russians to interfere with our election. isn't that right? >> yes. and can you describe us the briefing you got as the campaign manager to ensure that our system was resilient and american democracy was protected? >> there was no briefing provided by anybody from the obama-biden administration. members of the intelligence committee or the fbi to our campaign when i was present or during my tenure as a campaign manager. >> that's just baffling to me. i mean our democracy is so preshz. we have to cherish and protect it. and yet when the obama-biden administration knew that there might be nefarious efforts to interfere or cooperate or any way disturb our democracy they didn't say anything to you. now as you sit here today watching the facts unfold, do you have any -- any rationale as to why maybe the clapper, brennan, comby ob obama, b

mr. lewandowski, not for mr. lewandowski, but for then attorney general mister sessions. he told mr. lewandowski to put the following words in the a.g.'s mouth. quote, i am going to meet with the special prosecutor to explain this is very unfair and let the special prosecutor move forward with investigating election meddling in future elections, so nothing can happen in future elections. the quote is from volume 2, page 91 of the mueller report. as the report found, limiting the investigation to future elections would've cut off any past conduct. it would've ended the investigation of the president's conduct. the evidence found by the special counsel met all the elements of obstruction of justice. mr. lewandowski was nervous about this demand from his former boss, as he should have been. it raised serious questions about criminal conduct. forbidden from doing anything regarding the investigation, certainly not allowed to curtail it. so mr. lewandowski tried to surreptitiously meet with the a.g. when that failed, he tried to pass the buck to mr. dearborn. he gave mr. dearborn the scrip

mr. lewandowski: yes, sir. mr. chabot: and it was the obama administration that failed to protect us from the russian interference and influence in our election, isn't that also true? mr. lewandowski: yes. mr. chabot: president trump wasn't president. he wasn't the one that failed to protect the country. if anybody failed, it was the obama administration. is that right? mr. lewandowski: yes, it is. mr. chabot: i've said it before and i'll say it again. we're wasting valuable committee time engaging in this impeachment investigation. the fact of the matter is one thing this committee could be doing is to question inspector general horowitz concerning the bias against the president at the origins of the russian investigation. we could be questioning horowitz about his recent report, how then-f.b.i. director comey mishandled department memos. this committee has such a rich history, his jurisdiction over a whole lot of -- has jurisdiction over a whole lot of very significant things. we're spending our time on this fake

mr. lewandowski, mr. lewandowski, you were the campaign manager for the president's campaign when the obama biden administration was notified that there might be efforts by the russians to interfere with our election. isn't that right? >> yes. and can you describe us the briefing you got as the campaign manager to ensure that our system was resilient and american democracy was protected? >> there was no briefing provided by anybody from the obama-biden administration. members of the intelligence committee or the fbi to our campaign when i was present or during my tenure as a campaign manager. >> that's just baffling to me. i mean our democracy is so preshz. we have to cherish and protect it. and yet when the obama-biden administration knew that there might be nefarious efforts to interfere or cooperate or any way disturb our democracy they didn't say anything to you. now as you sit here today watching the facts unfold, do you have any -- any rationale as to why maybe the clapper, brennan, comby ob obama, b

mr. lewandowski, a speech not for mr. lewandowski but for attorney general sessions to deliver that to attorney general sessions. he secretly told mr. lewandowski to put the following words in the ap's mouth. quote, i am going to meet with a special prosecutor to explain this is very unfair and let the special prosecutor move forward with investigating election meddling for future elections so nothing can happen in future elections. that quote is from volume 2, page 91 of the mueller report. as the mueller report found, limiting the investigation to future elections would have cut off the investigation of any past conduct and struck at the heart of the special counsel's investigation. the evidence found by the special counsel met all the elements of obstruction of justice. mr. lewandowski was nervous about this demand from his former boss, as he should have been. it raised very serious questions about criminal conduct. to the accused, for bbiforbidde doing anything regarding the mueller report. mr. lewandowski tried to mee

mr. lewandowski, follow-up on mr. johnson. the mueller report volume 2 page 90 says one month later a month after your june 19th meeting after returning from vacation the president met again with lewandowski followed up on the request to have sessions limit the scope of the russia investigation. just to clarify that he did do that, but i want to go back to the meeting june 1th. the president asks you to write down word for word a script he wanted the attorney general of the united states to deliver. isn't that it correct? >> sorry. can you give me the reference against, congressman? >> let me do this. previously you testified because the reported in the mueller report, that the president asked lewandowski to deliver a message to sessions and write this down. this is page 91. this was the first time the president asked him to take dictation. wrote as fast as possible. the notes you took at that meeting are on the screen. if you could i don't know that the notes are -- i'm going to read the section of the notes that you took. tha

mr. lewandowski tried to surreptitiously meet with the ag and try to pass the buck to mr. dearborn. mr. lewandowski gave mr. dearborn the script that had been dictated by the president. all the while, telling the president he would follow through on the president's orders. so that is what we want to try and learn more about today. as we learned with special counsel mueller, witness testimony is critical to any investigation. but the white house does not want us or the american people to hear this story in full. mr. lewandowski's conversations with the president, "are protected from disclosure, executive branch confidentiality interests." they say he may testify about presidential communications that are already disclosed in the mueller report, but no more. they make that claim despite the fact that mr. lewandowski was at all times a private political operative, apparently was not offering advice of any kind. the usual prerequisite for executive privilege. it was enlisted for apparent wrongdoing. no court has ever said the president is entitled to confidentiality under these circumstances

mr. lewandowski? when jim comey was asked that same question sitting at that same table, he gave the same answer. bob mueller was asked that same question sitting at that same table, he gave the same answer. falsely accused, the president falsely accused of colluding with a foreign agency. james comey said after ten months of investigation, we didn't have a thing. bob mueller gets named special counsel. he wastes $30 million of taxpayer money, 22 month investigation. he sits there just a few weeks ago and gives the same darn answer. these guys over here, they don't care. they don't care. they don't want to figure out how the false accusation happened. they just want to drag people in front of this committee and keep trying to find some way they can go after the president. go back to the process that the ranching member raised. did you testify in front of the senate intel committee in 2017? >> yes. >> you testify in front of the house intelligence committee in 2017? >> yes. >> and you went before the s

mr. lewandowski tries to surreptitiously meet with the ag and then tried to pass the buck to mr.earborn. that is what we want to try to learn more about today, as we learned with special counsel mueller witness testimony is critical to any investigation. but the white house does not want us or the american people to hear the story in full. late yesterday, the white house sent us a letter claiming that mr. lewandowski's conversations with the president, quote, are protected from disclosure by executive branch confidentiality interests, closed quotes they say he may testify about presidential communications and already disclosed in the mueller report, but no more. they make that claim, despite the fact that mr. lewandowski was at all times, a private political operative, apparently was not offering advice of any kind the usual prerequisite for executive privilege and was enlisted for apparent wrongdoing no court has ever said that the president is entitled to confidentiality under these circumstances. indeed, the department of justice has said executive privilege should not be invo

mr. lewandowski. jim comey should be sitting in that chair for not giving you the briefing you are entitled to. i yeield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new york. >> before i begin, let me remind you, mr. lewandowski, this is not a republican primary campaign. you are not on the campaign trail yet. this is the house judiciary committee, act like you know the difference. you never worked with the trump white house in any official capacity. correct? >> that's right. >> but you do speak with president trump with some regularity. true? >> i think that's a fair statement. >> income, during the summer of 2017, according to testimony of special counsel you can summoned to the white house by president trump on at least two accounts? >> i don't believe the report said that. >> you met with the president in june and in july 2017. correct? >> yes i believe that's accurate. >> okay. try to get clarity what exactly you do for donald trump since you're not a government employee. you stated th

mr. lewandowski, mr. lewandowski, you are the campaign manager for the president's campaign when the obama-biden administration was notified that there might be efforts by the russians to interfere with our election, isn't that right? >> yes. >> can you describe for us the briefing that you got as the campaign manager to ensure that our system was resilient and american democracy was protected? >> there was no briefing provided by anybody from the obama-biden administration. members of the intelligence community or the fbi to our campaign when i was present, or during my tenure as a campaign manager. >> that is baffling to me, our democracy is so precious. we have to cherish it. we have to protect it. and yet when the obama-biden administration knew that there might be nefarious efforts to interfere or co-opt or in any way disturb our democracy, they did not say anything to you. now, as you sit here today, having watched these facts unfold, do you have any rationale as to why maybe the clapper, brennan, co

lewandowski to tell mr. sessions to pare down the russia investigation and if he wouldn't take that meeting he'd be fired and that was an obstructive act and it took me 30 seconds to explain that and it took him hours to cop to that and it goes to the obstructive behavior that we've seen from this white house. >> when you talk about it taking a long time, it did. in a lot of ways i have to say there were humorous moments and as an american citizen it was pretty depressing. you knew he was going to be like this, and he said as much on twitter and it didn't go anywhere. here's one of your exchange wes lewandowski and i'll play it. >> mr. lewandowski i'll put a slide up and it's the words that president bu president trump dictated to you on july 19, can you read what you wrote down. >> >> i'm happy to have you read it. >> why don't you want to read it, mr. lewandowski. >> you should afford me the same privilege that you afforded mr. mueller. >> are you a shamed to read it. >> you can read it if you like. >> are

mr. lewandowski. worse than that, it looks very bad for the president because, as you know, article 3 of the nixon impeachment articles of impeachment was the very thing that happened yesterday. obstruction of congress. the president is showing himself to be in violation of his constitutional duties. that's what that looked like yesterday. >> i agree. i have seen no precedent for someone who does not work in the white house to hide under some kind of privilege. it's not a privilege that i'm aware of existing anywhere else. given that, why not hold corey lewandowski in contempt? why not move for that ten minutes into the hearing yesterday? do you think that should have been done sooner? >> no, i don't. i'm very glad that the chairman is considering that. we actually used our time to reveal to the american public just exactly the incredible kind of character that mr. lewandowski is. he showed himself very, very poorly. and we got some very important things on the record about the obstruction by this pre

mr. lewandowski is just a small player in that. the big player, of course, is

mr. lewandowsky, that letter -- >> mr. lewandowsky's conversation with the president and with senior -- >> can we stop the clock again for this obstructive behavior. >> it's fake news. >> can i reclaim my time >> not if you continue in the vein -- >> mr. collins, this is not a reality tv show. >> i have been asked several times today whether the committee will hold you in contempt that is certainly under consideration. >> he took the time during that recess to launch his senate campaign website with a tweet, and i think that fact says an awful lot about the witness's motivation to appear here today, and i've heard enough. >> as the congresswoman mentioned, in the middle of the hearing, lewandowsky did, indeed, post a message promoting a website for his possible potential senate run once lawmakers were done, house democrats used a career lawyer and a courtroom veteran, a professional at this kind of thing, serving as counsel to question lewandowsky and this attorney, barry burke, did get lewandowsky to admit he's been less t

mr. lewandowski, my colleague mr. jeffries just started that last line of questioning about sort of an admonition to you he said this is the house judiciary committee and not a political forum. it would be nice if you recognized that. i think it would be nice if all of the members -- >> i want to go to cynthia that got interesting over specific things in the report. and when he is not doing his protecting trump saying things for sound bites act, it becomes a little bit more like a hearing. he is being asked specific things and he has to answer them he made a funny command about how he was handsome. it landed like a lead balloon is that more like the questioning that we need to see? >> absolutely. but i would like -- instead of just saying well, it is in the report, i would like someone to say on page 91, you know, paragraph two, line three, you told bob mueller x, didn't you or read -- and have him read it, have him say exactly what he told bob mueller don't defer to the congress person to read it or don't defer to th

mr. lewandowski would come and tell the truth. he was in fact in living color the story that was told in the mueller report the american people haven't read the mueller report they got to see a living character who was actively engaged although he was not an employee of the united states government, he was not an employee of the white house, but he was used by the president to sidestep the laws of the land. and that i believe throughout the entire day was very clear. was very clear in his use of the letter that was given to us on the 16th, that cleary was inappropriate because the confidentiality provisions that they referred to has to do with counsel to the president on making decisions of policy to go and tell someone to change the mueller investigation to elections in the future are not policy, it is obstruction. and we clearly watched mr. lewandowski as well create a pathway for the story of whether or not the president of the united states was trying to obstruct justice, which was all about what director mueller had in volume

mr. lewandowski.y were in your safe. they were dictated to you and written down by you. did you givthem to the special counsel? >> i comply with all legal and lawful requests. ng well, obviously you are once again obstrucur instigation by refusing to answer questions. >> i answered your question. i said i replied with all requests by the special counsel. >> this is very typical of the now five hours and running of this hearing, jud >> woodruff: lisa, your reporting is the democrats had another goal in all of, this one that miebe they're haabout the result from? >> desjardins: i think that's right. a more praatic goal for democrats was to show that corey lewandowski and more importantly to them president trump and his warehouse are obstructing justice in this probe itself, by preventing him from answering questions, by saying that o top aides, rick dearborn androb porter, who were also subpoenaed to testify today, were not able to bause the whiteouse blocked themfrom doing so. all of that,the democrats

mr. lewandowsky. i think the whole thing is imaginary. it's like the tooth fairy. you didn't work -- >> my children are watching. thank you, congressman. >> i'm sorry? >> my children are watching, so thank you for that. >> i hope the president's not on, then. >> i just kept wondering if democrats had ever watched tv. have they ever seen corey lewandowski on television, on any network. they would have known. by the way, i'm going to talk to congressman raskin in just a moment about that and other things. but just listen to a frustrated -- this is the chairman, jerry nadler. >> mr. lewandowsky, your behavior in this hearing room has been completely unacceptable. it is part of a pattern by a white house desperate for the american people not to hear the truth. i have been asked several times today whether the committee will hold you in contempt. that is certainly under consideration, but there is a far more troubling level of contempt on display here today, and that is president trump's role in your refusal to answer questions. the pattern of obstruction laid out in th

mr. lewandowski, when you refuse to answer these questions, you are obstructing the work of our committee. you are also proving our point for the american people to see the president is intent on obstructing our legitimate oversight. you are aiding him in that obstruction. i will remind you that article 3 of the impeachment against president nixon was based on obstruction of congress. you are instructed to answer the question >> lightning round in a sentence or two from both of you, your thoughts on that or in summation. john. >> nailed it that's exactly what's going on here, and he did it before the nation or however many people watched it i think in the next two days we'll see how he pays for it. >> maya. >> i agree i would add that what's happening right now with barry burke pointing out that lewandowski was having conversations about asserting the fifth amendment are things that i wonder if the american people are really hearing and if they're going to do a good job at getting at what is really going on here, as john said. >> we'll keep reporting on it including making sense of some o

mr. lewandowski from testifying. so all law and order is off with this white house and we have to go to the courts. it won't happen as fast as we want but we believe in the rule of law and think ultimately good will prevail over lawlessness. >> and it must be frustrating. you were questioning lewandowski and a bunch of questions he didn't answer your questions. >> but at the end of the day, we brought out that the president told mr. lewandowski to go to jeff sessions and end the russia investigation and fire mr. sessions if he didn't take the meeting. >> but we know that from the mueller report. >> but we wanted to bring it to life and the mueller report is a long, lengthy document and we wanted the living and breathing witness to tell the committee that. it shouldn't have taken so long. and innocent people don't conduct themselves the way that mr. lewandowski -- if you don't have anything to hide you come forward and tell the truth. >> let me get a final thought . you heard our report on the american airlines mechan

mr. lewandowski, that letter -- >> mr. lewandowski's conversation with the president and senior advisers from the president respected -- >> can we stop the clock from this obstructionist behavior. >> that's fake news. >> can i continue -- >> not in the -- >> this is not a reality tv show. >> i've been asked whether the committee will told you in contempt it is certainly under consideration. >> he took the time during that recess to launch his senate campaign website with a tweet. and i think that fact says an awful lot about the witness's motivation to appear here today, and i've heard enough. >> as the congresswoman mentioned in the middle of the hearing lewandowski did indeed post a message promoting a website for his possible, potential senate run once lawmakers were done, house democrats used a career lawyer and a courtroom veteran, a professional at this kind of thing, serving as counsel to question lewandowski and this attorney, barry burk did get lewandowski to admit he's been less than honest, at least with the medi

. >> desjardins: lewandowski ran mr.mp's presidentialmp caaign through the early 2016 primaries, getting radiantai prse from his boss after their crushing victory in new hampshire. >> he was the first one that talked about us possiblyinning the whole big ball game, and he's tough and he's smart. >> desjardins: problems with delegate math and other issues pushed lewandowski out that summer. he did not work in the trump white house. but lewandowski defended him on television and stayed in the president's orbit, which is how he landed in the mueller report. democrats have been keenly interested in a section in volume two, dealing with whether the president obstructed t stice. the report lays w in may of 2017, mueller began his investigation. just one month laterreport states, the president called lendowski to the white hou for a one-on-one meeting, dictating a message for him to take to then-attorney general jeff sessions. it directed ssions to give a speech announcing the president was being mistreed, and mueller would hav

mr. lewandowski not to discuss the ubstance of any conversations he had with the president or senior presidential advisors official government matters. the judiciary committee demmeings member tweeted this -- demings tweeted this -- watch the hearing live under way now on c-span3. house will gavel back in today in just a few minutes to begin legislative work. agenda, a motion to start negotiations with the senate over defense department programs policy for next year. also, bills dealing with infant safety. week, the house is expected to vote on temporary federal spending while lawmakers continue negotiations over spending for the full year. lso, a bill blocking forced arbitration. you can watch live house coverage in just a moment here on c-span. lady ent trump and first melania trump will host the second state dinner of his dministration as he welcomes australian prime minister scott morrison and his wife, jenny morrison. and dinner arrivals toasts on -- our live coverage 6:30 p.m. day at eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the student cam experien

mr. lewandowski? >> no, congressman as i've explained in a letter from the white house dated september 16, 2019, to my attorney -- >> that letter -- >> mr. lewandowski's conversations with the president and senior advisers to the president are protected from disclosure >> stop the clock again for this obstructive behavior >> the white house has directed not to disclose any discussion with the president and cannot comment. the white house has directed i not disclose the substance of any discussions with the president. i can read you the exact statement again if you'd like me to the white house has directed that you -- >> when you're in the overtime office -- >> i can't discuss a private conversation with the president p. it is in the report, sir the white house has directed me that i not disclose the substance of any conversations with the president >> you are not -- >> again the white house has directed i not disclose the substance of any discussions with the president again, at the advice of white ho

mr. lewandowsky will be held in contempt for obvious places on the record where he told an untruth.last series of questioning by counsel, he clearly, in fact, objected to his own words, objected to what was in the actual report that he obviously said to mr. mueller. and he also said in open television interviews that he had nothing to do or no one asked him to do anything with respect to talking to general sessions. all of that was untrue and he was under oath. >> what do you say, though, to those who watched today's hearing, who tuned in and came away thinking that it just shows politics at its worst? both sides trying to score political points, talking past each other. is that the way it should go? what do you say to people who saw that and just think, this is just sort of a mess? >> well, we haven't been through an impeachment process now for maybe almost -- maybe two decades. i was here for the impeachment of president clinton, which we know was brought by the republicans. and if people remember, they were operating under the independent counsel, and i would say that they came w

mr. lewandowski. i think you have to look at mr. lewandowski as an adverse witness. he had no interest in complying with this actual subpoena outside of showing up. he intended to obstruct justice once again, frankly, by not being willing to give answers to questions by the democrats. i think if i were mr. nadler right now, i would be slapping mr. lewandowski with an inherent contempt order and calling him in front of the house of representatives and fining him. because he is a key witness. because in the mueller report there were ten incidents where mr. mueller said, but for the department of justice decision, the guidance that they would not file an action against the seated president, that there would not be an indictment made, this is one of the key elements that shows the president was attempting to obstruct justice by giving corey lewandowksi a script that he was supposed to turn over to then jeff sessions, the attorney general, to stop the mueller investigation. >> so congresswoman, that kind of feeds into the next question i have, which is i've seen a lot of

mr. lewandowski? >> no, congressman as i've explained in a letter from the white house dated september 16, 2019, to my attorney -- >> that letter -- >> mr. lewandowski's conversations with the president and senior advisers to the president are protected from disclosure the white house has directed not to disclose any discussion with the president and cannot comment. the white house has directed i not disclose the substance of any conversations with the president. i can read the exact statement again. the white house has directed that i not disclose the substance of any conversation with the president i can't discuss a conversation with the president the white house has directed that i not disclose the substance of any conversation with the president the white house has directed that i not disclose the substance of any conversation with the president i can't answer questions that would be privileged and i respect that privilege >> that's how much of the first half of the hearing played out that said, d

mr. lewandowski, you are like a fish being cleaned with a spoon.swer out of you. >> we've been talking today about your favorite football team -- >> patriots beards because you are pretty happy. >> this is not a house party. >> bret: it was quite something, for hours on end. thanks for inviting us into your home, that's it for this "special report." fair, balanced, and unafraid. "the story" hosted by martha maccallum starts now. i'm sure you got more of that. >> martha: we sure do. thank you, bret. good evening, everybody. you've got the border security fight, the gun debate, the opioid crisis, a lot of unresolved issues in america. but they are not one but two out impeachment efforts now underway tonight, by house democrats. they want the president, and they also want, some of them, supreme court justice brett kavanaugh out. the house judiciary committee today spent over five hours on the nondebunked russia probe, to remind everyone these are the words of the mueller report come after they spent two out years investigating come of this was bottom

mr. lewandowski. they are trying to see what is going to work next in the coming weeks and months as they decide whether to move forward with the impeachment proceedings. sarah ferris covers congress for politico. she is online. thank you for the update. >> thank you for having me. >> president trump is in texas today to speak at an event with the indian prime minister. we were going to bring you live coverage, but due to technical issues, we will record it and show it later in our schedule. as president trump left the white house this morning, he stopped to speak to reporters. >> mr. president. >> good morning. we are leaving now for ellington air force base in texas. we are going to spend some time on the floods. we are going to be briefed on the floods. we will make an assessment so we can try to help texas with this terrible flooding. we will be talking to a lot of people and meeting a lot of people. that is going to be at ellington air force base. then we are going to houston. we will be at a ver

mr. lewandowski? >> as i explained in a letter dated to the white house -- to my attorney. >> mr. the president and with senior advisers to the president protected from disclosure. >> can we stop the clock again for this obstruction of behavior. >> i not disclose the discussion with the president, the white house has directed i not disclose the discussion with the president. >> i can read you the exact statement again. the white house has directed i not disclose the discussion with the president. i can't discuss a private conversation with the president. the white house has directed me i not disclose the substance of any discussions with the president. again, at the advice of white house counsel i can't answer questions that would be privileged and i respect that privilege. >> that was pretty much what house judiciary committee democrats got from former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski in yesterday's impeachment hearing. welcome back to "morning joe." we have branding and marketing expert donny deutsch, host of "the beat on msnbc, ari melber is with us, politics and journal

mr. lewandowski obstructed justice once again. >> why do we continue to engage in what is misunderstood by me colleagues. >> i think they hate the president more than they love their country. >>> okay. as usual, very busy morning here. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." democrats billed this as the first official impeach. hearing. former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski faced off against the house judiciary committee for nearly six prickly hours. his testimony then devolved into a name calling, stonewalling spectacle. >> the white house has directed me i do not disclose the substance of any discussions. >> the white house has directed me not to disclose the substance of any discussions. >> now what? will they hold lewandowski in contempt? we have in-depth analysis for you ahead. also corey lewandowski himself ahead. >> he said some things that could have significant implications. also we're following two big international stories this morning. secretary of state mike pompeo on his way to saudi arabia after the attacks on

mr. lewandowski? >> i think you should afford me the same privilege you afforded mr. mueller. >> are you ashamed of the words you wrote down? >> i'm very proud of what i've written, but you are welcome to read it if you like. >>> let's take a live look outside right now. sunshine today and another chance of coul impact your commute tomorrow morning. what we can expect. >> scattered showers, not as much rain as monday, but two rain chances in three days in september, there we are. clear skies over the bay area currently. it is already raining in portions of humboldt county and portions north. that boundary will work its way south overnight tonight. 11:00, it's getting cloudier. we're rain free. sonoma county, lake county, getting showers tomorrow morning. some showers will likely survive across the i80 corridor. san francisco could get a few drops of rain before lunchtime tomorrow. how much rain are we talking? twoone hundredths of an inch of rain. east bay and south bay valleys -- coming up, we'll talk about the weekend and the forecast for fall, which begins on monda

mr. lewandowski. >> i think you should afford me the same privilege youfforded director mueller. >> wouldike to rea it. >> you're welcome to read it. >> are you ashamed the words. >> president swole well i'm happy with what i've written. you're happy to read it if you like. >> get a shot in. >> message lewandowski dictated from p president wanted him to deliver to then attorney jeff sessions. the message how unfair the reverse course andunrecuse ns himself so he could oversee it agevn. lewandowski saider delivered the message to sessions not because he thought anythingng wrong with so. >> i didn't think the president asked me to do anything illegal. >> you didn't think bt would n illegal for you to ask mr. sessions to drop thend investigation ao just go on to future presidents and omit erything with this president go ollie ollie end free start th the next one colluding withu russia. didn't think that was illegal to be instruct justice. >> i didn't think the president illegally. >> wanted to know message on u and up if so why lewandowski >>ver delivered it. is explanation on vacation and k

mr. lewandowski may run for senate in monday ha-- new hampshire and he's trying to position himself ahead> was he successful >> he certainly cast himself as a trumpist in his confrontational politics and is someone who would run for the senate, not just as a conservative, but as an ally of president trump. >> were democrats able to get anything out of this hearing besides corey lewandowski admitting that he hasn't told the truth on cable tv, which we already knew >> the democrats were able to say, here's a little bit more information about what happened in the mueller report, but there are tensions in the democratic party to move forward with impeachment articles or not, to make a broader case against president trump or not, but the house judiciary committee wanted to check this box and bring him up to capitol hill >> president trump praised lewandowski over his testimony, which was ultimately corey lewandowski's goal did corey lewandowski win, secure, the president's support if he does go for this big run >> the president has leaned into the idea that he would endorse lewandowski, should

mr. lewandowski.o be subjected to this harassment and abuse again is nothing short of appalling and ridiculous. what a waste of money and time by our congress who hot to be doing something for the american people. lou: obviously that hasn't been their intent since seizing control of the house. i can't think of a single committee hearing that was seriously directed and focused on serving either the thanksal interest or -- the national interest or the american people. can you? >> no, i can't. that not what they have done at all. they continued this whole resistance operation. a total waste of time. lou: you know what i find disturbing is that republicans today were sitting there, and many of them were eloquent. and actually i thought did a reasonable job. but not one of them to me at least implied that they understand that this is a war with the democratic party that means to unseat a president. means to overthrow him. means to subvert every aspect of his agenda. they are talking as if this is political

mr. lewandowski, former trump campaign manager, best-selling author cory lewandowski.re. when i hear myself say that, you are going to show up with nadler to what ends? >> a lot of questions they still have, i been very clear, i testified in front of the house intelligence committee, once in front of the house intelligence committee, it's all been public and put out there. i spoke to the mall investigators, that information has been put out there, there is no new information, all this is is chairman nadler's attempt to fend off a left-wing primary challenge that he has in his district in the upper west side of new york. lou: that's incredible. what do you expect to happen? >> nothing. by the way, i'm going to do this in front of the camera. i will remind you make and people of what the witchhunt this has been. there's no new news here. there's nothing to peach him unless you want to accuse him of fighting for america and putting a market first. if that is the charge, and he's guilty as charged. but this russia hoax investigation is long overdue, there's no obstruction,

mr. lewandowski. is the bar set at don't lie under oath what realistically do you want from him >> so the special counsel identified ten instances of obstruction of justice for five of those instances he found there was substantial evidence that the crime was committed. corey lewandowski was intimately involved in one of these, which is when the president directed corey lewandowski to tell jeff sessions to stop the russian investigation into donald trump. we're going to explore that and bring the facts out to the american people. >> i want to play for you something the house minority leader said this morning specifically about the committee that you sit on suggesting that you are all wasting your time with impeachment i want to play for you what he said >> what should this committee be doing? the crisis at our border, immigration, the review of all these tech companies this is the committee that has jurisdiction over it and they're doing nothing. >> is he correct, congressman? would you like to see yo

mr. lewandowski to stop that special counsel's investigation into the president and his campaign like >>ners were not able to get much out of him. >> you felt a little squeamish about entering that message. you chickened out. >> i went on vacation. >> there were supposed to be two other witnesses, but the white house stop them from testifying, claiming executive privilege.>> he was convicted of killing a woman in her livermore apartment 14 years ago. now he is already getting out of prison. why the family is worried about his release and where he will be living. >>> plus a set back in alex trebek's fight against cancer, what he said today about his fight. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. our most awarded luxury suv. ♪ ♪ i have heart disease, watch what i eat, take statins, but still struggle to lower my ldl bad cholesterol. which means a heart attack or stroke. could strike without warning, pulling me away from everything that matters most. (siren) because with high bad cholesterol, my risk of a heart attack or stroke is real. ♪ rep