joining me now is nicholas wu. also legal analysts choice nicholas.t me start with you on this one. give me your latest reporting when it comes to the subpoena issued for the former president. what tools the committee has toolkit if and likely when he does not abide by this subpoena? >> the committee doesn't have that many tools to enforce the subpoena other than the courts. the thing is, only about two and a half months or so left in this congress. and then the committee something at the end. there's not enough time left to wage a legal fight for trump's testimony. if it comes down to that. there's always the possibility that the former president could decide that he actually wants to comply and testify publicly. but right now all signs are pointing to him potentially litigating this and dragging this out past official and. >> much of the top surrounding the former president subpoena is that it was for record and it is likely they are not going to move forward in enforcing the subpoena. what advantage, knowing that likely outcome, what advantage with

also with us, political congressional reporter, nicholas wu. nick, let's start with you on this. how big a deal is raskin? >> well, raskin's higher shows how the arena of trump's legal proposition has shifted from the january 6th committee over to doj and how serious doj is in pursuing this investigation. it is something that has ramped up in the weeks before the election. doj is very deliberate in how they go about all this. it shows these are very serious people. >> over to you, jill. you know almost everybody in the business here. when it comes to raskin, what does it say about not only who he is, as nick hit us off with, but what does it mean for the case? >> they are now focusing on the confidential documents that were kept at mar-a-lago, endangering our national security. that's why you are bringing in someone who is a specialist in national security. the recent reporting about documents coming from that pile that involved iran and china are really scary and threaten our security. it's a very smart thing to focus on that. it makes it very hard for the department of justice

nicholas wu, and joining me here in studio, dan bowles, chief correspondent at the washington post. and congressional correspondent for nbc news. you broke the news that former president trump was going to be subpoenaed by the committee. why are they doing this right now, given they have investigated this and have talked to people for months? >> they have been asking this question for months. once it was cleared through the first hearings, the idea was they were driving at the former president in each segment they were doing. the question was what will happen when you successfully convince people trump had a role to play? now we have at least one of their answers to it. they're subpoenaing the former president to show the country they are doing all they can't talk tthe former president -- all they can to talk to the former president, but if they do go through the referral route, it will be a unanimous decision. liz cheney responded to the question of why wait so long today? in a speech she said we wanted to make sure all of the evidence they had against trump, and over nine hearings

joining us now, congressional reporter at politico nicholas wu. this morning. you've got new reporting on the fact that democrats and republicans haven't used trump's current legal drama. and where to begin, with how much his legal drama is, in d.c., georgia and mar-a-lago documents, but we're not seeing any of that in ads leading up to the midterms. what's the explanation as to why? >> so, democrats and republicans i talked to said that -- the legal drama around the former president is something that it dominates a lot of headlines, but it's not really something that resonates in competitive districts. instead what they use it for, what it does come in campaign ads, it's kind of almost red meat in a lot of bases to gin up fundraising for democrats and gin up fundraising for republicans. one of the best ads that we saw for democrats mentioning mar-a-lago and trump's troubles is a whole list of everything that president trump was wrapped up in, as well as a fundraising appeal. there's time time in the campaign. and we'll see exactly how people use a

nicholas wu is a congressional reporter for politico. i suppose, first, your thoughts on that poll.ats. that pulls kind of a test _ confidence to the democrats. trust pulls kind of a test of both parties theory of the case when it comes to theory of the case when it comes to the midterms. the democrats staked a lot of their mid—term hopes of making this a referendum on abortion rights. this is where we have seen democrats really talking up abortion being on the ballot. republicans are trying to seize on inflation and economic issues as the top issue, so we are seeing these two very divergent strategies here. we are seeing some warning signs from democrats who are telling others in their party that they can't win the election on abortion alone, they need to respond to other economic concerns and what voters are feeling. in the three weeks or so remaining in the mid—term elections, it is really going to come down to the wire for the candidates on how they address all of these immediate concerns rotors. i they address all of these immediate concerns rotors.— they address all of these i