we've been down this road with wilber ross before and every time, he seems to survive. is a little different this time. number one, the president doesn't need the will ber ross on the census. it happened. he reversed course but he no longer needs ross to defend that or sheppard it through. that may be what motivated some of this. the other part is that ross has this personal relationship with the president he's been able to draw upon. they go back 25 to 30 years. every time you think ross is on the outs, he's able to convince the president otherwise or the president decides not to fire him. another factor is that we just saw acosta part on friday. that may be a stay of execution for ross. there is so much turmoil, they might not want the perception all these people are leaving. >> hans, any idea you yeah who could be in the running to replace ross if he's put towards the exit? >> one name we have been hearing is ray wash burn, he's a texas developer. he was head of opec which is an overseas investment corporation. he's been senate confirmed. the old plan was to have may

will debate a contempt resolution against attorney general william barr and commerce secretary wilber ross for not providing information on the administration's attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. and the house plans to vote on u.s. intelligence agencies programs and policy for 2020. that bill authorizing classified documents and programs for 16 intelligence agencies. it also requires a report on russian attempts to influence elections in other countries. live coverage of the house is here on c-span. again, members expected to gavel in in just a couple of minutes to begin debate this afternoon. again, live here on c-span. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered. or votes objected to under clause ricks of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later

wilber ross wasn't acting and the day he didn't succeed -- this reminds me of medieval europe. >> you'ree in or you're out. ross may be out soon but the bigger fundamental problem starts with mulvaney, chief of staff, who's not been empowered to really act as white house chief of staff and may not be interested in doing that. but especially after this outrageous tirade by the president on sunday morning, a competent white house chief of staff would have been in the oval office on monday morning saying a couple of things. number one, this doesn't make you look strong, it makes you lock weak. number two, it's stupid politically. your base is not going -- >> he's proved that. >> pat buchanan isn't coming out of right field to take away your nomination. you to be re-elected, you have to expand your base and you have to learn how to govern. >> not only was there not a cls to go in and tell the president that doesn't work, then the president went and did something this morning that seems weird. what are triggered the president to go after knees four freshmen congresswomen who were, by the way,

we're glad to be joined today by secretary wilber ross. where is wilbur? wilbur.plause] thank you. thank you, wilbur, great job. a friend of mine, somebody who is very, very tough, and very, very smart, senator ron johnson. thank you. cheers and applause] and two real fighters they fight for us and they fight for you and they fight like nobody, representatives glen grothman and shawn duffy. thank you, fellows. thank you. i especially want to thank your general manager here at derco, peter winkler. peter. peter. good job. [applause] they were showing me some of the work they do, it's beautiful. it's complex. it's real stuff. that's the real deal, right, peter? for 40 years the patriots at derco aerospace have built and repaired parts for airportsing jets and helicopters and done it with unmatched precision and unmatched skill. really an incredible company. recently, our entire nation was inspired by the mastery of your craftsmanship in our wonderful independence day sell briggs on the national mall. [applause] right? salute to america. that was something. they were

these companies have sent a letter to wilber ross a couple of weeks ago, making their details in writingnd making their case in private meetings at the commerce department. this is basically their second run at it with a broader audience of the commerce secretary was also in the meeting, but he has heard their case before. this is new to kid low and others in terms of why these companies want to up continue selling their stephanie. emily: jenny, thank you for that update. we want to get a lawmaker's look at the case against chinese tech and the alleged threat to u.s. national security. i want to get to capital hill where the congressman is standing by. >> thank for you having me. emily: are you you have been one of the critics. what is taking place? >> i think it is a very dangerous meeting. huawai is not an independent actor. it is an arm of the chinese intelligence agency. it may end up having negative consequences for us. the washington post this week, and they were working with a shell company in north korea supplying them with technology explicitly banned through the regime. we have

statements, abby, by the attorney general of the united states, bill barr, by the commerce secretary wilber rossross and made public statements say they were accepting the supreme court decision and would not include on the questionnaire -- the census questionnaire the question about citizenship. >> and the change of strategy was entirely because president trump decided he wanted that question put on there and so it is actually left the justice department trying to come up with a legally justifiable strategy in order to get the question on there. and those lawyers who now or might be forced to go back on to the case had to go to a judge the next day and we we don't know s-- know what is going on and we'll try to find out as quickly as we can but we're moving forward with adding the citizenship question. it put everyone in a difficult position here. and i think that as they go forward they're going to even struggle to provide that reasoning to the lawyers. which is basically they changed their mind entirely because of the whims of -- >> another setback for now for the president of the united stat

the house is holding william barr and wilber ross in contempt for not complying with congressional subpoenas. >> thank you. >>> a controversy over a cross. in just a few hours the battle over whether a cross should stay put in an east bay park hits the appeals court in san francisco. we have a look at the details with pete suratos. >> reporter: it's the albany cross at the center of the controversy, and the federal judge ruled it unconstitutional, and the cross is here in albany. it belongs to the lions club and sits on top of albany hill and it has been there for decades lighting up for christmas and easter. the lion's club was given a small space in 1971 during a land deal when a city councilman sold the land but a group of atheist want it removed. the appeals court will hear arguments for and against the cross. >> we just want to get -- get the city out of the business of trying to promote one religion over the other. >> reporter: an attorney representing the lion's club said the city knew the cross was there before the land deal was made and the city cannot disregard the easement deal be

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sentenced life in prison after pleading guilty to 30 federal hate considering firing commerce secretary wilber ross one report the president is not happy with ross over the lack of progress in trade negotiations and the administration's inability to get a citizenship question add year's census. officials expect ross to be removed within the next few months. the white house has declined to comment. >>> officials facing a hurdle when it comes to next year's census, there are conditions that security threats could put the count in danger. julian turner reports. >> reporter: we have the latest and best technologies and practices to protect the data and confidentiality. >> reporter: the u.s. census bureau is confident it is ready to go digital for next year's census. the first conducted in cyber space. field workers will use mobile devices to collect and store information gathered door to door, and respondents will have the option to answer questions online. opponents worry the government >> any time you move from manual to digital, you have things you never had to worry about before. >> reporter: all t

. >> congress is holding the attorney general of the united states, william barr and wilber ross in contempt for not complying with subpoenas. >> thank you very much. >>> last night donald trump jr. hosted a 2020 event for president trump. 70 supporters attended on knob hill, and one supporter explained how she thinks president trump is turning things around. >> how about my 401(k)? how about low unemployment? we all know what he has done since he has been president and we want four more years of that. >> he's dangerous to the american people and to see him continue that behavior is not surprising. >> that's tom steyer. he was at a different rally. he's one of president trump's biggest critics making his first san francisco appearance since launching his campaign. he talked about pursuing presidential impeachment. >>> a controversial over a cross. in just a few hours the battle about whether a cross can stay put in an east bay park will head to the appeals court. we are joined from pete suratos. >> reporter: good morning. we are referring to the albany hill cross that is at the center of thi

wilber ross in florida, as well.somebody at the nexus of a lot of powerful men. >> alan dershowitz. prince andrew. we don't know completely the relationship that jeffrey epstein has with all these powerful people. >> there's no indication, as i said here at this point, because we haven't seen any of the charging documents. the recruiters to this point, that's something we're going to have to follow closely, from a political standpoint. i have in here, will take me a while to dig it up. fight records that the service detail on jeffrey epstein's plane. president clinton, that is. i think that's something we have to follow. it's possible this could be a one and done. it is something that we will have to watch closely, with tentacles. >> that court appearance, scheduled to take place tomorrow. >>> next on "up," a new report to show what families are preparing for the ice raids that president trump has promised. >> we will be removing large numbers of people. >> in a week? >> some time after july 4th. y 4. but only 11% of

secretary wilber ross engaged in a process in order to add a citizenship question to the census. or the first time in 70 years. and this was struck down by multiple federal courts because of the blatant violation of essentially every principle of the administrative procedures act. it did not conduct notice and comment, they did not assemble substantial evidence and they did not provide a reasoned justification for why they wanted to do this completely outside of the process that had been set up under the census act, that had been running for several years. and on june 27, the supreme court found that the commerce department's argument for including the citizenship question in the 2020 census was con drived, according to chief justice john roberts, who wrote, several points taken together reveal a significant mismatch between the secretary's decision and the rationale he provided. . now, democrats on the oversight committee have been raising questions about secretary ross' proffered justification for several years now. we started asking questions back in 2017. secretary ross had t

held in contempt by congress because of his actions on the census along with the commerce second wilber rosshe is on the line in the eyes of house democrats. to tim's point about republicans, they're going to try to make this about an investigation of the investigation, to try to draw mr. mueller out on who he's surrounding himself with in terms of the investigators and pros ires because they know, when you talk to people like mark meadows, a north carolina congressman, they want that to be the story wednesday night on the news. >> joiryce, how much do you thi robert mueller's going to view answer those questions as something he's obligated to do? >> if his past testimony is something he will evaluate this week, i don't think he will answer those questions. if they continue to push, maybe he will offer a little bit of this information. this will be frustrating for people but i think the reason mueller will take this approach and has in the past is he's concerned about protecting the integrity of the institution. and this is an administration where the institution had been pushed, i think the