not comment yet from richard burr but democrats not surprisingly are taking a much different approach. richard blumenthal moments ago said donald trump jr. should be in jail if he defies a subpoena. phil? >> manu raju, partisan war fare breaking out on capitol hill. who would have thunk it. here with mow to share their reporting and their insights cnn's kaitlan collins, a member of the "washington post" and rachael baie also with "the washington post." >> republican liberal richard burr. no, he's actually a conservative. >> what is the state of the subpoena? >> they are at a standoff. the subpoena was issued about two weeks ago seeking don jr.'s testimony, and they are not -- don jr.'s team is not willing to budge. they were willing to say he'll submit to written questions and provide written answers. he'll give an off-the-record and non-transskripd interview and they are not looking to have him come back as some kind of media circus to get all the attention here comes don jr. marching back on capitol hill to sit for hours possibly of questions on, you know, kind of an unending range

lindsey graham is not a member of the gang of eight, but richard burr is.would show respect to his republican colleagues. >> to pick up dana's point, richard burr is not john mccain, joe lieberman back in the day, someone who regularly bucks the party. this is -- you know, he's a sort of down the line, rank and file republican. the fact that you see not just lindsey graham, which is striking enough, but rand paul, thom tillis, in his own state, coming out and saying, well, this feels like a bridge too far, it speaks to the fear of being on the wrong side of donald trump, if you're a republican elect official. thom tillis comes out and says what he says regarding burr and donald trump jr. because thom tillis is up for re-election in 2020 and thom tillis is concerned about a republican primary, is concerned about the president coming out and not supporting him. so the takeover of republic party, we talk about it all the time, but i don't think we can talk about it enough, is the idea that richard burr would be attacked by the likes of thom tillis or lindsey g

richard burr is not only a republican. he was an official of the trump campaign. was a national security adviser to the trump campaign. when donald trump was running, burr campaigned for him in north carolina and used this phrase. there's no separation between me and donald trump. when a lot of other republicans were run away from trump. so this is not a guy out to get trump. he's a loyal republican. but i suspect phil is right. he's looking at the testimony saying this doesn't jibe. you wonder why donald junior may want to please the fifth because he did in his defense, testify, i think something like 27 hours in front of the house? >> a long time. >> so he has testified and he should be, i think, respected for that. but why is he going to cut and run now? why is the first family acting like a mafia family? it's not a good look. >>> stick around and tune in to a special cnn live town hall with former fbi director james comey. anderson cooper will moderate beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> coming up, iran, china, north korea. president trump facing several deals

i don't know that richard burr anticipated getting quite this level of pushback. i do think that the pressure campaign launched against burr, including by his own senate colleagues, senate republicans, turning against him to criticize him publicly, i do think that's a message that's going to be received by other senate chairman, who might also be inclined to want to -- >> and who are running for re-election, and may have political aspirations that they have to think about. >> and let's not forget one fact about burr. he has gotten a lot of praise for running this committee investigation in a bipartisan way. but what was one new fact in the mueller report? it was that burr, after the gang of eight was briefed went to the white house and gave them a readout on that briefing. a lot of people were surprised by burr being a back channel to the white house on some very sensitive issues. burr, justifiably, was criticized for that and perhaps that went into his thinking here, playing a little hardball with don junior. >> the chairman says he doesn't recollect, he doesn't

going after richard burr.ut the president? are they basically going to fight this thing or straight ignore it? >> i don't want to speak for -- and i can't speak for either of them but i believe that don jr. is going to continue fighting this and that his -- i know his allies are already out there on his behalf going after richard burr. so it's pretty clear they're not going to back down. >> let's talk about these trade talks. negotiators from the u.s. and china are set to meet today to talk about trade. jonathan, what are you going to be looking for? >> so myself and some other reporters were with the top two negotiators on the u.s. side, bob lighthizer and steven mnuchin. they made clear these are massive, substantive retreats from the chinese on the negotiations. unless there's some sort of hail mary from the chinese, we're going to see tariffs kick in at 12:01 a.m. friday morning, and i don't think we are going to see any deal because i just heard from somebody who is there in beijing who is very close to t

they are going right after richard burr for conducting the investigation >> richard burr was one of theirst to endorse president trump when he was running for office. no one can deny he is a supporter of the president. i have said this is not necessarily to be viewed in a negative way. they are doing their job, putting politics aside and focusing on what they want to nail down to. there was inconsistency from donald trump, jr., in the testimony. whether or not he said he only knew about the trump tower moscow negotiations or whether he was closely involved. as we know from michael cohen he said he was, in fact, aware of the negotiations and the talks. not to mention the trump tower meeting as well. don't forget what the mueller report stated. they said they were considering whether or not to indict him. they don't know whether he knew well enough to know if what he was doing was wrong >> it will be interesting to see if richard burr can hold the position. >> i don't mean his position as chairman. i mean his stance. when you hear the unnamed sources close to don, jr., coming out of the w

i saw richard burr saying there was no collusion two or three weeks ago. the mueller report came out. that's the bible. the mueller report came out and they said he did nothing wrong. my son testified for hours and hours. my son was totally exonerated by mueller, who frankly does not like donald trump, me, this donald trump. and frankly for my son, after being exonerated to now get a subpoena to go again and speak again after close to 20 hours of telling everybody that would listen about a nothing meeting, yeah, i'm pretty surprised. >> will you fight that subpoena? >> we'll see what happens. >> trump jr. testified before the judiciary committee in 2017. the mueller report states trump jr. declined to be voluntarily interviewed by the office. the special counsel did not force his testimony. as for trump tower meeting the report says quote on the facts here the government would unlikely be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the june 9th meeting participants had general knowledge their conduct was unlawful citing the ban on accepting foreign contributio

s allies are beak building a campaign against richard burr. we've seen quite a few republican lawmakers come out firing shots at him. so this is a civil war inside the republican party in the last 24 hours. >> i wasn't going to start this. i was going to do the fact check. let me put up what you're talking about. this is the statement from donald trump jr. -- or a source close to him. don is a private citizen who's already been cleared by mueller after a two year investigation. no lawyer would ever agree to allow their client to participate in what is an obvious pr stunt from a so-called republican senator. richard burr is sort of -- one of the sort of republican models of being a republican senator in the time of trump where he's viewed as doing his job but takes great pains to not end up at odds with the president. >> no one has heard of him in the country -- >> rights. >> grab a normal person on the street i guarantee they haven't heard of richard burr. he is going to be basically, in three weeks time, in the minds of fox news viewers a mem

one person who did not was richard burr himself. we tried several times to talk to him and he told me flat out i am not taking any questions today. even when i asked him does that mean your subpoena is voluntary as trump junior seems to be suggesting, he would not take that question. >> very interesting. thank you very much. >>> joining us now representative jackie speier is a democrat, she serves on the house intelligence committee as well as the house oversight committee. she's clearly part of the committee investigatesing the president. congresswoman, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure, wolf. >> back in 2017 donald trump jr. gave what was described as a private interview to your committee. now that you've read the mueller report, what do you think the senate intelligence committee wants to ask him? >> so i don't know what his interview was like in the senate committee, but i do know what his interview was like in the house intelligence committee. and i have said for some time, and i've said so publicly, that donald trump jr

starting with republicans now turning on their own senator, richard burr who's facing criticism f criticism from members of his party for issuing a subpoena to donald trump, jr. >> my son is a good person. my son testified for hours and hours. my son was totally exonerated by mueller. >> testifying doesn't mean you told the truth and why is rudy giuliani headed to ukraine? new reporting that president trump's lawyer is traveling to, as he describes it, meddle in an investigation. >>> and trading punches, the u.s. raises tariffs on chinese imports as trade negotiations are slated to continue in minutes. in a new tweet this morning, the president threatens to impose tariffs on absolutely everything we import from china. >>> we need to bring in cnbc sarah eisen at the new york stock exchange, and ben kwhwhit politico. >> what is the thing, is the trade war on, tariffs are coming? >> more tariffs are coming, that is for sure, as of 12:01 a.m. last night, any products that were sort of in shipment on route from china to the u.s. in the next few months will be subject to higher tariff rates, mean

richard burr makes so sense to me.k warner -- he's been the ranking democratic member of senate intelligence. warner's tool throughout. at what point does mitch mcconnell find enough of a spine to say it's over, it's over fool. >> yeah, the key question here, lou, i had a guest on my show on america fist today who raised the question -- lou: the show name is what, i'm sorry. >> "america first." the key question is it is not feasible, not imaginable that the republican chairman of that committee subpoenas the president's son without mitch mcconnell knowing. if that's the case, we are in more dire straits than we imagined. he testified, donald jr. testified for 20 hours. that's almost twice what hillary clinton did after our ambassador and two americans were killed in benghazi and now he's been subpoenaed again. lou: there is a little manner, too, of the mueller report. it's concluded. the collusion is there's no collusion. what is this about and why is mitch mcconnell permitting it? i am so sick and tired of watching th

that's senator richard burr.ubstantial portion of the president's twitter feed this weekend was focused on attacking his fellow republican and as cnn's manu raju explains, the president isn't the only one who's lashing out at the north carolina senator. >> reporter: president trump has at times lavished praise on senator richard burr. >> richard just announced that they found no collusion between donald trump and russia. >> reporter: but burr has confounded trump and his allies as well. the latest flap coming when burr signed off on a subpoena for donald trump jr., amid questions about whether the president's eldest son was truthful in previous congressional testimony. about a 2016 meeting with russians and the pursuit of a trump tower moscow project. >> yeah, i'm pretty surprised. >> reporter: it all speaks to the unusual spot that the north carolina republican is in as chairman of the senate intelligence committee. which is still investigating russian interference in the 2016 election. >> i like richard burr. i

a so-called republican, and on the flip side of that, how significant is it that senator richard burr is subpoenaing donald trump jr. to show up? >> well, it certainly seems senator burr is getting some backlash from republicans that are close to the president. you saw rand paul, kevin mccarthy, lots of folks who are pretty powerful in washington these days, are taking the side of the president's son over the chair of the senate intelligence committee. the disclosure of a subpoena the day after mitch mcconnell said that the case was closed was also interesting development. it's hard to know exactly why it was disclosed then, but you have republicans who really want to move on, who have been kind of in the mud with the president on this mueller investigation for two years. and senate intelligence committee who obviously still wants to hear from don jr. it's kind of a puzzling move in a lot of ways politically. and you're seeing that a lot of republicans who are close to the president are coming out against it. you have to remember, the president's approval rating among republicans rema

richard burr operates quietly.ates under the radar. >> you will not mistaken him for corker or flake or some of those folks. >> no. and to that point, some of the things he said in the past have been very favorable toward the president. so what was so interesting about this, the republican colleagues were just fleeing and criticizing him. >> that's what struck me without seemingly getting the information about how the process went down and what that. and he had to explain in this closed door republican lunch. and because he's not such, somebody like up, like a corker or somebody who has been really jabbing at the president, it is an odd thing. >> we talk about the guardrails all the time. only lindsey graham showed respect for a fellow committee chairman. i think burr is a guy, has he not earned the right, given how he's handled himself? >> i would like to think that. i worked in the senate and they had respect for each other. i think the litmus test is the loyalty. i find this a more interesting story, not in the

leading republicans jumping to or sticking by their conclusion when it's not entirely clear what richard burr or what the committee, what they want don jr. to come back and speak to. obviously, there could be discrepancies in his testimony before them, but they don't know what burr knows. they're jumping to a conclusion as they criticized others of doing, before burr has been able to do the work. i find it's a bit surprising. >> no question. and i think that the reason, one reason why, perhaps, could be the backlash burr has gotten in the aftermath of the news of the subpoena came out. you see people from donald trump jr.'s camp anonymously attack burr. you have seen republican lawmakers saying it's time to move on, including kevin mccarthy, rand paul, and after mitch mcconnell said, quote, case closed, a lot of republicans want to move on. the last thing they want do is be on the receiving end of trump or trump jr.'s twitter feed. >> we'll see. thank you so much. kaitlan, what is the white house saying about all this? >> members of the president's inner circle are frustrated by this, because

calls the move a pr stunt and called the panel's republican chairman, richard burr, a coward. capitol hill. i'm interested in what do those senators, burr and the

intelligence committee, which is still investigating russian interference in the 2016 election. >> i like richard burro me, mueller is the last word for me. i'm over. i'm done. >> reporter: the subpoena enraged trump supporters and prompted warnings from burr's allies. >> the outcry for most of the people in north carolina has been one of surprise and certainly not supportive. >> what do you think of the backlash of bur and this news? >> it's not surprising. anyone who shows any measure of independence for the president gets attacked merslessly by the president's allies. >> reporter: it's not the first time burr has broken with the party. when devin nunes was attacking the fbi, burr kept his distance. >> the unmasking thing was all created by devin nunes. >> reporter: burr tried to maintain bipartisanship, running the investigation alongside mark warner. that has been tested, especially when burr asserted this in february. >> we have no facttual evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. >> he said, respectfully, i disagree. the white house counsel's office appeared to have received

i saw richard burr saying there was no collusion two or three weeks ago. and somebody asked hip, no, there is no collusion. we found no collusion. but i was very surprised to see my son -- my son is a very good person. works very hard. the last thing he needs is washington, d.c. he's now testified for 20 hours or something. a massive amount of time. the mueller report came out. that's the bible. the mueller report came out. and they said he did nothing wrong. >> a source close to trump jr. told cnn, quote, don continues to cooperate by producing documents and willing to answer written questions about now lawyer would ever agree to allow her client to participate in what is an obvious p.r. stunt from a so-called republican senator too cowardly to stand up to his boss warner and the rest of the resistance. >> richard burr is not running for re-election. and david singer is national security analyst and correspondent for "the new york times" so welcome to you. and abby, i watch ud earlier anda -- and you were talking about how the president took a can of soda

i think richard burr probably has a real reason to issue the subpoena. he was trying to get him to come in voluntarily. and that's why they issued the subpoena. by the way if richard burr had made statements to another committee chair that the potential witnesses not honor a subpoena request, i'm sure the committee chairs would have a bird. they would flip out. i have never seen anything like this. it's very disrespectful to the chairman of the important committee. >> that would never happen. of course it would. he said he was only aware of the trump tower project but michael cohen testified under oath that he said had briefed don jr. in ivanka about ten times. don jr. said he only told jared kushner, and paul manafort about the meeting. but the deputy campaign chairman. who is rick gaeptes told muelle that he brought it up to top campaign staff and family. reasons to bring don jr. back. >> i think so. they're not it's not even a criminal investigation. it's congress is one bipartisan attempt to get to the bottom of the russian interference campaign in 2

so you know, he didn't say that he had called up richard burr and is yelling at him on the phone, butnk privately, there are a lot of people in the white house and republicans who think that it is an act of betrayal on burr's part to actually do that oversight even though there are questions about whether some of that testimony lined up between what he told mueller, what he told the senate. and so kind of that's the sense that we got from the president. he also seemed in a very good mood. he feels pretty untouchable now and reminds me of what i heard from a good friend of his who says he's not a person who sees danger around the corner very easily. >> another part that came up in your interview that i want to ask about is another possible investigation. i guess we could call it right now, would be the president told you that he would be okay with the attorney general of the united states investigating joe biden. and this is over joe biden's son working with a gas company out of ukraine when biden was vice president, and questions, though no evidence yet emerging, that joe biden had a

my problem is not with richard burr. >> sean: i have a problem with richard burr. and i differ here.ro richard burr -- >> i don't. >> sean: he spent 30 hours. now somebody that again, admitted to lying before congress, okay? >> right. >> sean: then a criminal referral went forward by jim jordan and mark meadows about the second appearance. and so at this point -- all right. i want to ask you this. so we are going to, in the days ahead, we are going to get the fisa applications. grassley-graham memo.. nunes memo. bulk of the application is hillary bought and paid, unverified dossier, which even the dossier's author doesn't stand by. then we will get the 302 meeting notes with ohr and christopher steele. then we are going to get the gang of 8 material, which i understand is not reallych good about the fbi admitting things they did wrong. t the fourth bracket we talk about are a series of emails that have some really serious admissions in them amongst the fbi. and the fifth bucket will be exculpatory statements that they didn't use on purpose. anything else that we're

but i think richard burr has a real reason. he was trying to come in voluntarily and that's why they issued the subpoena. if richard burr had made statements to another committee chair that potential witnesses witnesses not hawn arsubpoena request, i'm sure they'd flip out. i've never seen anything like this. it's very disrespectful for the chairman of the very important can committee. >> that would never happen. of course it would happen. he told law makers he was only periferally aware. and remember when he testified under oath because he briefed don jr. and ivanka about ten times and only told jared kushner and paul manafort about the 2016 trump tower meeting but the deputy campaign chairman said don jr. brought it up to top campaign staff and family. plenty of reasons to bring don jr. back, don't you think? >> it's not even a criminal investigation. it's congressman won bipartisan attempt to get to the bottom of the russian interference campaign in 2016. and burr to his credit -- i'm sure it wasn't an easy decision for burr

deplorably weak, senator richard burr. turn to some bright news for the country as well as for the president here, to see the investigators being investigated. the attorney general doing exactly what he promised he would do with the senate judiciary committee. he's going after the investigators and their corrupt, the corrupt origins of the witch hunt that amounted to persecution of this president for over two years. >> well, yes. so i'm encouraged to see the, the investigate started by mr. durham. but on the other hand, i want to put a caution out there which is that it appears from a recent news article -- and, of course, we don't know how accurate this is, but it hook like the initial reports coming out about this is that it's not actually going to be a full-fledged criminal investigation as yet. it's simply going to be a review of the existing evidence that's already been collected. i question if that's the role of this new investigation by the u.s. attorney durham, whether that's really just redundant of what the inspe

i'm not on the intelligence committee so i can't speak for that committee or richard burr, but he is doing his job. >> one question. he didn't have contact with constantine kilimnik? >> he didn't have the contact, but jump, jr. may have known about it. >> you had him before your committee and now that you had time to look through the whole report, do you think he lied to you when you had him before your own committee? >> there are very, very serious questions about his credibility and factualness. he should be called back to explain why he gave seemingly inaccurate answers. for example, whether he knew about the trump tower moscow negotiations. he said he had only peripheral awareness. michael cohen testimony said he was in the thick of it. those kinds of potentially misleading and inaccurate statements, i'm not drawing a conclusion about perjury, but he needs to come back. >> what are the odds is that lindsey graham calls him back? >> there will be growing pressure on the judiciary committee as there has been on other members of the senate because america is under attack. we are tal

throughout the course of the two-plus year investigation have been unified about what the chairman richard burr and warner decided to do. the idea burr would do this without the knowledge, republicans on the rank and file is pretty farfetched given how this investigation has gone throughout the course of the last two years but it is interesting to note, you're seeing republicans not on the committee lash out, rand paul on twitter, republican house minority leader kevin mceldercc referencing the case closed speech. it will be fascinating how it plays out. on the committee we'll see how it plays out. >> i want to go to white house correspondent for american urban radio network april ryan. on the facts of it, we don't know exactly what they want but we know a lot of things are on the table. trump towers moscow meetings, as well. should the president's son be worry snd. >> he should definitely be worried, erin? so he's already testified under oath and has certain answers on the record and so those are by the way, at odds with much of the evidence that mueller discov discovered. so for example, the

i know richard burr well. he's not ambitious, he's not running for re-election.dent. so if he's sending a subpoena, the private negotiations failed. the next question is, what does he want? the senate intelligence committee found no evidence of criminal collusion a long time ago. you ought to be forgiven for not remembering that because it didn't get play. by the senate intelligence committee said no criminal collusion. he's not investigating obstruction of justice. that means two things, election security and the report that he's yesterday to publish. chairman burr is ones to give a witness an opportunity to clarify, amplify, otherwise correct a discrepancy. you remember it with jared kushner. i think that's what richard burr is trying to do. >> neil: he obviously had to know the republican wrath he would face for doing so. i'm wondering if the mueller report has anything to do with it. anything attributed to donald trump jr. that doesn't jive with his closed-door meeting with the same committee. what do you think? >> well, i think if senator burr were here, he

richard burr is not running for re-election. he is a free man. he can do what he wants to do.e cares about his reputation. i'm told he was not happy, if you look through the mueller report, there's a reference to his maybe having briefed the white house. i don't think he liked that. and he has prided himself on making this bipartisan. and the president also has to hear this and think, this isn't the end. this isn't just house democrats. >> and just one other quick thing. that's really important. if there's anything bipartisan that we've seen, it's burr and warner. mark warner, the ranking member. they haven't always agreed on everything but they put a relative united front. today donald trump said, don junior is a good guy. he doesn't want to have anything to do with washington. well, that's absolutely nothing -- being a good guy in your dad's eyes, has zero to do with whether or not you should appear before this committee. i know he probably knows that -- >> and it's a big deal to subpoena the son of the president. that's not an easy decision. >>> everybody stand by. there's

then we'll see what don, jr., wants to do with his 5th amendment rights >> and what richard burr does which is fascinating. >> do you mean in don, jr. refuses the subpoena? >> i mean when he refuses the subpoena. when he doesn't show up what does burr do? >> they need to respect the committee and that goes beyond loyalty to the trump family. let's cut through the "alice in wonderland" nonsense. donor don, jr., said no, no one reached out to him about assisting the campaign. that's not true. it is legitimate to want to get clarification on his testimony to answer open questions. in this particular environment when a republican senator has the temerity to do his job and put country over party he's seen as an apostate. that's insane >> there wasn't as much drama. they were more tight-lipped as to what they were doing as opposed to the house intel committee. it sounds like they have been continuing a pace away from cameras without us knowing >> doing their job. >> even in the senate and even if they are more adults there are politics at play here. you have to know senator burr is under in

i was surprised by richard burr to subpoena the president's son.h mcconnell said in their minds, republicans case closed. moving on. >> chris, what did you think of the crossing of the party lines? >> it is attacking richard burr who has done the investigation in a bipartisan way. i splapplaud him for trying to up the loose ends. based on the mueller report, there is a reason to believe donald trump jr. may have given false testimony. >> thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks. >>> we are just getting started on this saturday morning. at the top of the hour it is "up with david gura." dave is here with a look. >> in the wake of the terrible shooting in colorado this week, a number of candidates are talking about gun policy. cory booker and eric swalwell. there is more of a conversation as a platform issue than we have seen in the past. we will dig into that. what is the latest polling? is there an appetite to change gun laws? we will look at the nra which is beset with in-fighting. we will look at the relationship with president trump and

it's a committee led by a republican, senator richard burr of north carolina. this is the first known subpoena of someone in trump's immediate family. a source tells nbc news the committee wants trump jr. to "answer questions about his contention that he had only limited knowledge of a project to build a trump tower in moscow during the 2016 election." he was told to say he was prifly aware of it. some ten times. earlier this year the president's son tried to play down his role in that venture. >> that ultimately was michael cohen trying to get a deal done. he was there for a long time. wasn't exactly a deal guy. didn't bring too many to the table. i don't think anyone took it that seriously. that's the reality of what went on. >> trump junior did testify before the senate intelligence committee in late 2017. that panel has investigated the 2016 trump tower meeting with several russians set up with a promise to deliver dirt on hillary clinton. the mueller report says michael cohen quote recalled being in donald j. trump's office when trump jr. told his father a

how significant is it that a republican led committee, richard burr, is fight to go bring donald trump jr. back in? >> reporter: it shows this committee is not done with its investigation. it has been going on since the beginning of 2017. it's dragged on, moved at a much slower pace. the vice chairman of the committee had wanted to bring back some key witnesses. we saw jared kushner come back several weeks ago. they want to bring back donald trump jr. to ask him follow-up questions, if there's anything democrats believe may have been inconsistent with what they've learned. they just wanted to question him again. it shows the committee is still investigating this matter going forward. whether they can come to any sort of different conclusion that robert mueller reached, that is an entirely separate question. at the moment a fight over the process, democrats and republicans want donald trump jr. to come back. donald trump jr. at the moment is resisting. >> do they want to just compare what he said then as opposed to what he might say the next time to see if there was any perjury or lying

it a committee led by a republican, senator richard burr of north carolina. this is the first known subpoena for a known family. the committee wants trump junior to quote answer questions to his contention that he had only limited knowledge to build a trump tower in september 2017, he told the senate judiciary committee he aware of it and he briefed them some ten times. the president's son tried to play down his role in that venture. >> that ultimately was michael cohen trying to get a deal done. didn't bring too many to the table. i don't think anyone took it that seriously. that the the reality of what went on. >> trump junior did testify before the senate intelligence committee in late 2017. that panel has investigated the 2016 trump tower meeting with several russians set up with a promise to deliver dirt on hillary clinton. the mueller report says michael cohen quote recalled being in the office when trump told his father a meeting to see adverse information was going forward and notes trump junior did not tell his father about it. "the new york times" r

before the senate intelligence committee after a battle with the committee's republican chairman richard burrfacing criticism from his own party for doing this and from some constituents in north carolina. jessica dean is outfront. >> i'm a guy who tries to stay out of the media. >> republican senator rich burr is well aware of the scrutiny he faces since subpoenaing donald trump junior to appear before the senate intelligence committee which burr chairs. burr facing criticism over the move from members of his own party on capitol hill. senator rand paul tweeting apparently the republican chair of the senate intel committee didn't get the memo from the majority leader that this case was closed. >> if i were donald trump junior's lawyer i would tell him you don't need to go back into this environment anymore. >> some 420 miles south in marvin, north carolina, burr's constituents are watching it all play out. >> he has no right subpoena and donald trump june wrer with all the stuff that's gone on and the investigations that have been held against donald trump. >> do you feel it changes people's

. >>> members of the president's inner circle are upset with richard burr, a fellow republican. they believe his decision to serve don jr. with a subpoena gives democrats a valuable talking point, and the chair does not want to discuss it. >> the white house is taking a big swing at you, nothing senator burr. >> nothing. >> you made a big move. >> nothing. we don't talk about any engagements we have in the committee, we never have. we're not going to start today. >> cnn has learned in a closed door senate republican lunch burr explained the back story of the subpoena and he defended his committee's investigation. and mitch mcconnell is supporting burr, we're told in private, even though just days ago the senate majority leader said case closed on the mueller investigation. >>> add james comey's name to the list of people who believe president trump obstructed justice. the former fbi director was asked about the mueller report in a cnn town hall live event last night. the report had several examples of possible obstruction by the president but attorney general bill barr decided n

trump jr. >> burr issued the subpoena -- >> i like richard burr. i just don't know -- to me mueller's the last word for me. i'm over, i'm done. he testified before the committee. testified for the special counsel. in this environment i'd be very reluctant if i were a lawyer to let my client get back into this mess. that will be up to don jr. and his lawyer. >> the fact is donald trump jr. did not testify to mueller. he declined even to sit down for a voluntary interview with the special counsel. and he was not exonerated. neither was his father. >> i could have stopped everything. i didn't have to give them a document. i gave them 1.5 million documents. i gave them white house counsel. i gave them other -- anybody you want you can talk to. at the end of the testimony no collusion, and essentially no obstruction. >> did you catch that? did you catch that? essentially. no obstruction. essentially no obstruction. the president usually claims that he has been 100% exonerated. this is the first time that he has hedged even a little bit on obstruction, s

richard burr is a so-called republican? ten years in the house, ten years in the senate. wow.nd. what the statement doesn't tell you is reportedly jr.'s lawyers went from, quote, let's talk about it to coming in to considering pleading the fifth after the mueller report came out. now what makes this different than so many other subpoenas and efforts of congressional oversight is that this president can't claim privilege. this president can't have his heavies run interference. not this time. jr. is outside their protection because he is a private citizen. now, does a former bush a.g. see a way for the trumps to win this standoff? the better question may be, should they? mike mukasey next. with advil liqui-gels, what stiff joints? what bad back? advil is... relief that's fast. strength that lasts. you'll ask... what pain? with advil liqui-gels. onmillionth order.r. ♪ there goes our first big order. ♪ 44, 45, 46... how many of these did they order? ooh, that's hot. ♪ you know, we could sell these. nah. ♪ we don't bake. ♪ opportunity. what we deliver by delivering. welcome to our

i saw richard burr saying there was no collusion two or three weeks ago. he went outside and somebody asked him. he somebody asked him and he said we found no conclusion, but i was very surprised to see my son -- my son is a very good person, works very hard. the last thing he needs is washington, d.c. i think he'd rather not ever be involved. remember, he said to me, long time ago when i was thinking about running. dad, if i can help, let me know. it's not my expertise. it's not something i really like, but whatever i can do, you're my father. whatever i can do. he's now testified for 20 hours or something, a massive amount of time. the mueller report came out. that's the bible. the mueller report came out, and they said he did nothing wrong. the only thing is it's oppo research. >> reporter: well, the president claiming that the mueller report exonerated his son, but you could clearly see he's frustrated by this, bothered by it and even potentially worried about what this means for his -- his child, his children who he's tried to keep out of all of this,

and after months of negotiations the republican chair of the committee, richard burr is done with trump. he's subpoenaed trump junior. current trump backer lindsey graham, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee is urging him to take the fifth but only after he urged the president's son to ignore the subpoena. >> if i were donald trump, jr., his lawyer, i would tell him you don't need noo go back in this environment anymore. you've been there for hours and hours and hours and nothing being alleged here changes the outcome of the mueller investigation. i would call it a day. >> the republican chairman with a power subpoena encouraging, well, the president's son not to honor a subpoena to his republican colleague chairman burr. that a stunning development. manu, obviously this is crucial. you've got these two topics that we know don junior does not want to talk about. what else do we know about the committee wants to ask donald trump, jr. about? >> well, republicans and democrats on the panel want to clear up any discrepancies of his past testimony in the aftermath of the release o

i saw richard burr saying there was no collusion two or three weeks ago. we found no collusion. i was very surprised to see my son. my son is a very good person. works very hard. the last thing he needs is washington, d.c. i think he'd rather not be involved. he said to me, if i can help, it's not my expertise. it's not something i really like but whatever i can do you're my father. whatever i can do. he's now testified for 20 hours or something. a massive amount of time. the mueller report came out. that's the bible. the mueller report came out and they said he did nothing wrong. the only thing is, it's opo research. if he did wrong, everybody standing with me exsecept for jn and lamar. lamar is pretty. did you ever do opo research. i know john never did opposition research because he's a fine, fine man. i would say 99% of the rest of the folks. they didn't -- what they didn't discuss is this woman that came in who i watched during the today show when it all started. i'm just an innocent. nobody even knows. the halls of congress knows her well. for years she's walked around all

can't wait to hear what those are, following a standoff over a subpoena the republican chairman richard burr said he had no choice but to issue. i like burr. he's trying at least. much more ahead. stick with us. bleech! aww! awww! ♪ it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft for the win win. welcome to fowler, indiana. one of the windiest places in america. and home to three bp wind farms. in the off-chance the wind ever stops blowing here... the lights can keep on shining. thanks to our natural gas. a smart partner to renewable energy. it's always ready when needed. or... not. at bp, we see possibilities everywhere. to help the world keep advancing. >>> welcome back to "hardball." tonight the drumbeat of war is growing louder from the white house. "the new york times" reports the trump administration led by neocon john bolton is reviewing plans that could include a troop surge in the middle east. the acting defense secretary patrick shanahan presented a plan to top national security officials last week that would call for sending as many as 120,000 troops to the middle east should i

and richard burr is well regarded. he's tried to explain this behind closed doors in the weekly luncheon that senators from the republican side have together. weather he walked through the steps leading up to this point. a subpoena is not step one. it represented back and forth conversations, trying to get witness donald trump jr. back to the committee. i was also told by mark warner who's the democrat partner with richard burr, the vice chairman in the committee, that they told all witnesses that expect to come back if there are inconsistencies or other questions that may come up. so burr has done a quiet explanation tour if i can call it that to fellow republicans, and then publicly we've seen this divide for the very reasons you outlined. on the one hand, it's the process and the proven record of richard burr. on the other hand, not wanting to draw fire from the president or his allies, if you're a republican with trump voters in your district or your home state. so that's really the divide. at the same time, mitch

that tells you a lot. >> you think richard burr got any phone calls or text messages last night?ow the president continues to use executive privilege to keep the mueller report out of others' hands. but in this case, this is donald trump jr. he can't protect donald trump jr. he's not an elected official. he doesn't work inside the white house. he's not a lawyer and not the sitting president. >> that's absolutely right. executive privilege only covers executive deliberations and only about matters involving foreign policy or sensitive executive functions. it does not even cover grand jury secrecy, which is what most redactions in the mueller report involved. it certainly doesn't cover any of the president's business dealings before he became president, and, therefore, executive privilege cannot prevent donald trump from testifying. more broadly, congress is thinking of bundling all of the contempt citations against officials who are refusing to testify, donald trump jr., william barr, don mcgahn, sending all of those to a district court in one package and trying to get a contempt

richard burr is a so-called republican? ten years in the house, ten years in the senate. wow. statement doesn't tell you is reportedly jr.'s lawyers went from, quote, lepts talk about it to coming in to considering pleading the fifth after the mueller report came out. now what makes this different than so many other subpoenas and efforts of congressional oversight is that this president can't claim privilege. this president can't have his heavies run interference. not this time. jr. is outside their protection because he is a private citizen. now, theredoes a former bush a.e a way for the trumps to win this standoff? the better question may be, should they? mike mukasey, next. much. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ find calm in over 1,000 airport lounges worldwide. it's another way we've got your back. the business platinum card from american express. don't do business without it. ♪ book now and enjoy free unlimited open bar and more. norwegian cruise line. feel free. four zero expense ratio index funds directly to investors. and now we have zero account fees for brokerage accounts. at fidelity, those