and few are more dramatic than the votes by seven republican members of the house judiciary committee in favor of impeaching the republican president in 1974. we're going to bring you one of those stories tonight in the congressman's own words. a conservative southern republican whose mother told him that his political career would be over if he voted to impeach richard nixon but he believed that republicans had an extrack obligation to hold a republican president accountable. that congressman would not recognize his republican party in congress today. we're going to show you the video of that congressman at the end of this hour because we have so much of the news of the day to cover before that. you will see that congressman fighting back tears when he was describing what it was like to cast that vote against the republican president ten years after he cast that vote to impeach richard nixon. that moment still brought him to tears when he thought about it. and you'll want to hear what principled republicans sounded like back then when the judiciary committee was considering the impea

he is a member of the house judiciary committee. i loved what you delivered this week, that the legislative committee and judiciary committee can pass a bill at the same time, legislating it and passing it on the house floor. certainly a strong difference of opinion between you and jerry nadler and nancy pelosi on impeachmen impeachment. congressman neg urk congressman, chairman nadler asked for impeachment and was told no a the house floor. is that your understanding of chairman nadler's position? >> we could say legislating in oversight was not mutually exclusive, and that certainly was the case yesterday when we passed the dream and promise act. with respect to that report, i haven't seen that report, so i don't know if i'm in a position to comment on it. you have reported on this, as have many others, there is obviously differences of opinion within the democratic caucus. as one would expect, we are a diverse party, a big tent caucus. we represent different areas of the country, geographically diverse and idealogically diverse a

the house judiciary committee went ahead with the hearing with a nameplate for the attorney general placed in front of an empty chair as jerrold nadler and doug collins read repaired statements. >> russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and related matters. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. attorney general barr has informed us he will not appear today. although he worked to accommodate his concerns, he objects to the process of answering questions from staff counsel and the possibility we may go into executive sessions to discuss certain sensitive topics. given the attorney general lack of candor for other congressional committees, i believe my colleagues and i were right to insist on the extent questioning. to my knowledge, not even the ranking member was opposed to moving into closed session if necessary. even if democrats and republicans disagree, we must come together to protect the integrity of this chamber. the administration may not dictate the terms of a hearing in this hearing room. the challenge we face is bigger than a single witness. late la

house intelligence and house judiciary. that's after he was subpoenaed by both committees. tonight what this news means for donald trump as he faces a crisis of his own making with children at the border. potential war with iran and a rape accusation all with a few day's time. and about the democrats. this is also the eve of that first debate in miami. steve kornacki will take us to florida, show us the new poll numbers as "the 11th hour" gets underway on this busy

judiciary committee. the video of jon stewart's nine minutes of moral outrage has gone viral today, and many of you have seen every word of what jon stewart had to say when he demanded, as he has done repeatedly before, continued funding for the federal victims compensation fund to support 9/11 first responders who continue to be diagnosed with deadly illnesses because of their work on what they call "the pile," the steaming rubble at ground zero, which we now know was toxic. some of the people who were poisoned by those toxins at ground zero spoke at the hearing today before jon stewart spoke. jon stewart was obviously deeply moved by their stories, even though he had already -- knew their stories and jon stewart referred to them by name in his own statement. one of them was firefighter michael o'connell, who was the first of hundreds of firefighters who were exposed to the toxins at ground zero who have since been diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease. michael o'connell was a 25-year-old probationary

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joining us now from georgia, doug collins of top republican on the house judiciary committee were formal proceedings would begin. congressman, both attorney general barr and special counsel, former special counsel robert mueller, there were contradictions, here they are whether president obama committed obstruction of justi justice. >> their substantial evidence to show that the president was frustrated and angry by his sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency, propelled by his political opponents and field by illegal leaks. if we had confidence that the president really did not commit a crime we would have said so. you signed with attorney general and you say that the world mueller report shows there is no obstruction but when you listen to robert mueller that's what he

joining us now from georgia, congressman doug collins, the top republican on the house judiciary committee, or , th attorney general barr and special counsel -- former special counsel robert mueller spoke this week and there were some contradictions. here they are on whether president obama committed obstruction of justice. >> there is substantial evidence to show that the president was frustrated and angered by his sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency, propelled by his political opponents and fueled by illegal leaks. >> if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. >> chris: you side with the attorney general, and you say that the mueller report shows that there was no obstruction, but when you listen to robert mueller there, that's not what he.

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long-time con iffidant hope hic testifies before the house judiciary committee. the white house arguing, not surprisingly, she can't answer questions about her role as one of the president's most trusted advisers because of, you guessed it, executive privilege. >> your reaction to the white house saying hope hicks should not answer questions about her time in the white house. >> obstruction of justice. >> cnn's manu raju is on capitol hill. katelyn collins is in washington. manu, what are you hearing about this? >> well, the white house counsel in the room alongside hope hicks are saying she's immune from answering questions about her time at the white house. that includes questions such as where her office was in the west wing, as well as whether she told the truth to the special counsel. according to democratic lawmakers in the room, they're making very clear she's not answering anything about any topics about their time at the white house. democrats coming in did want to ask her about those allegations of obstruction of justice that were laid out in the muelle

the house judiciary committee having a hearing on monday of next week with the former white house counsel john dean to discuss the findings in the mueller report, also the house intelligence committee having a hearing to discuss the counterintelligence implications of the mueller report and testimony from two former fbi officials. at the same time, republicans are issuing this warning, that democrats cannot impugn the integrity of the president of the united states in any of these proceedings because they're saying that would violate house rules. only when you're in an impeachment inquiry can you actually go as far as alleging the president would commit a crime, according to the republicans, top republican in the house judiciary committee, doug collins. interestingly, wolf, we are learning that is actually one argument that jerry nadler, the chairman, is making behind the scenes to nancy pelosi to urge her to open up an impeachment inquiry. he's saying if there is an inquiry formally launched, democrats would not be in violation of the rules if they refer to the president engaging in crim

and there have been seven full committee hearings in the house judiciary committee since then. but until today we did not have any kind of extensive discussion like we saw on the mueller report, of the contents of the potential leads on obstruction of justice. so the things i keep hearing from judiciary committee staff and leadership aides is that this is an effort to bring to life the mueller report. that the 400-plus pages of the mueller report is a book no one reads. we have to make it a movie. so talking to committee aides and some of the members tonight, they feel they did show an effective use of their committee time preparing for future hearings to come. >> maya, i think mike is exactly right. the good government types assumed americans would run home and spend at least the first two nights reading the mueller report. that didn't happen. not all members of congress have read the mueller report. with that in mind what do you think the significance of john dean's appearance was today? >> yeah, and i also agree with mike, and i think the significance of john dean's appearan

"today house judiciary committee chairman jerrold nadler and house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff announced special counsel robert mueller has agreed to testify pursuant to a subpoena before the house judiciary committee and house intelligence committee in open session on wednesday, july 17th. in announcing the testimony, nadler and schiff hereby release this joint statement. pursuant to subpoenas issued by the judiciary and intelligence committees tonight, the special counsel has agreed to testify before both committees in open session on july 17th." "americans have demanded to hear directly from the special counsel so they can understand what he and his team examined, uncovered and determined about russia's attack on our democracy, the trump campaign's acceptance and use of that help and president trump and his associates' obstruction of the investigation into that attack. we look forward to hearing his testimony, as do all american." they've attached a letter to robert mueller which accompanies the actual subpoena, which we also have now. the subpoena commands robert mue

former white house communications director testifying at the house judiciary committee today. hicks left the trump administration last year. she is now executive vice president and chief communications officer for the fox corporation. chief intelligence correspondent

. >>> also breaking, had house judiciary committee jerry nadler telling me just a while ago there may be a formal impeachment inquiry of president trump even though there didn't appear to be support for it now. >>> this hour, i'll speak to republican congressman adam convinci kinzinger. first, let's go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta, he's in normandy, france, now ahead of the ---ing-day commemoration. as president trump honored a turning point in world war ii he's facing serious battles here at home. >> reporter: >> that's right, wolf. president trump will be here in normandy tomorrow to mark the. 5th anniversary of the d-day invasions. the president has been sounding combative recently whether it's his calls to raise tariffs on mexico or his battles on twitter. land inning ireland, president trump is making waves, stepping up his warning he'll impose new tariffs on mexico to crack down on the border. >> things are going to have the step up and if they don't, tariffs are going to go on and people won't have to worry about the tax because the companies will move back

the house judiciary committee. more from washington. >> reporter: good morning dave and christine. this will be such a huge moment up here on capitol hill. hope hicks has been such a key member of president trump's inner circle for so long. one of his longest serving and closest aides. most recently as a white house communications director. the house judiciary announcing she has agreed to testify next wednesday up here on capitol hill via closed door testimony, but they intend to release a transcript afterwards. and of course she'll be facing questions about her time in the trump campaign, transition and during her time in the white house. now, significant thing to watch is the white house last week, they told hicks not to provide any documents to the committee related to her time at the white house. so the thing to watch here is whether they assert executive privilege to prevent her from talking to the committee about her time at the white house. but of course a campaign time will be fair game. dave and christine?

a top republican on the house judiciary committee joins us next. "fox news sunday" reports from the university of dubuque in iowa. ♪ >> chris: coming up, robert mueller finally speaks and spurs talks of impeachment in washington. >> with respect to impeachment questions at this point, all options on the table. >> to me it's a dirty word, the word impeach. >> chris: we will ask the top ♪ i've slain your dreaded dragon. for saving the kingdom what doth thou desire? ♪ climbing up on solsbury hill ♪ grab your things, salutations. coffee that is a cup above is always worth the quest. nespresso. tis all i desire. did thou bring enough for the whole kingdom? george: nespresso, what else? ♪ >> chris: welcome back to dubuque, iowa, or we will be holding a town hall tonight with democratic presidential candidate kirsten gillibrand. many democrats interpreted robert mueller's remarks this week about president trump as an impeachment referral to congress. joining us now from georgia, congressman doug collins, the top republican on the house judiciary

the house judiciary committee will hold a special meeting featuring former nixon counsel john dean. good monday morning, everybody. it is june 10th. i'm yasmin vossoughian along with geoff bennett. we're starting with the united states and mexico reaching an agreement that averts president trump's tariffs on mexican goods. president trump took to twitter friday night to announce the de deal. it expands a program called migrant protection protocols, which allow u.s. immigration officials to send them to mexico. >> despite president trump touting the agreement as a, quote, new deal, how new the terms are is up for debate. th mexico had previously agreed to deploy their national guard. some key elements of the deal had been agreed to months ago but added the two sides had agreed to expand on some of the previous commitments. the official noted that mexico's commitment to deempleploy up to0 troops was modestly larger up from 5,400. and full operations are not expected to be up and running before 2021. beyond, that the migrant protection program, allowing sigh asylum seekers to remain wa

just moments ago the house intelligence committee and the house judiciary committee announced they have agreed, the special counsel has agreed to appear in public on july 17th in an open session to testify about the -- what he found as a part of his two-year investigation into russian interference as well as potential obstruction of justice in the white house. now, they say in this letter, both the chairman of this committee, jerry nadler and adam schiff, that they have subpoenaed bob mueller and he's agreed to testify under subpoena. now what they say in this letter, chris, is that they say they understand this is a letter that they wrote to the special counsel saying that we -- further understand there are certain sensitivities with your testimony and there are certain things that he will not say in these -- and of course mueller has said his work speaks for itself and does not want to speak about this further. but they say this, the american public deserves to hear directly from you about your investigation and conclusions. we will work with you to address length concerns about prese

. >> chairman of the house judiciary committee jerry nadler rejected a new justice department request to hold new negotiations over releasing redacted portions of the mueller report. next tuesday the house will vote on holding attorney general william barr and former white house counsel don mcgahn in contempt of congress for not complying with congressional subpoenas. we were reminded again today that time eventually catches up with donald trump. as it surely will with the mueller report, which will no doubt be handed over in full, including underlying documents to the congress at the latest when the next president is sworn into office, probably about a year and a half from now. today "vanity fair's" gabriel sherman has new reporting on a document that donald trump has been hiding for decades. gabriel sherman has obtained a copy of donald trump's prenuptial agreement with his second wife, marla maples, who donald trump divorced four years after marrying her. it was a very harsh deal for the second mrs. trump who gave birth to donald trump's fourth child. in the document reported by ga

doors to the house judiciary committee. this is the first case where a member of the president's inner circle will appear as part of its investigation into possible obstruction of justice. sources say hicks will be asked about her time at the white house and in the campaign. it's still unclear whether the white house will assert executive privilege to prevent her from answering questions about her time at the white house. michael zelden is robert mueller's special assistant at the doj and gabby orr is a white house reporter for politico. good to see both of you. michael, let's begin with you. the president said he wanted to fire mueller and that article 2 of the constitution gave him the power to do so but ultimately he decided against it because, quote, it didn't work out well for nixon. so this contradicts what his former white house counsel, don mcgahn, told robert mueller that he refused the president's order to fire mueller. so could this discrepancy be at all a problem for the president? >> well, it's been a public re

judiciary committee. >> when we see one company become or achieve what is called market power, you are the dominant player, and they engage in anticompetitive behavior as laid out in what is called the sherman act, that is stuff like self-dealing or tying, it does not really help anybody but is designed to prevent new entrants or competition, current antitrust law addresses that. >> the half -- the fact that the house judiciary committee this week announced that they are looking to hold hearings, briefings, and do investigating on their own, to understand the digital market, understand if antitrust needs to be changed and updated or if there are other policies to promote competition. i think that is the exact right role for congress to be playing here. understanding if there is a problem, identify the problem, and looking for the right best tool to address it. announcer: watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. the allies invaded nazi occupied france 75 years ago. on june 6, 1944. next from this past thursday, president trump and first lady melania trump join

representative from california karen bass who sits on the house judiciary committee joins me now. congresswoman, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me on. >> what are you looking to have congress do? there are five or six avenues, roads that have been presented? you would like to begin what? >> well, i think that we need to continue with the process that we're doing. for example, we voted on contempt for barr in the committee but we haven't had the vote on the floor. we have several more subpoenas that are out, so i just think the process needs to be carried out a little longer. we also have investigations going on and oversight going on in multiple committees. to me when we're ready for an inquiry is when we have all of our ducks in a row. i also think it's very, very important for the public to understand that an inquiry is just that. it's not initiating impeachment. even if we did do impeachment and passed it, it is a two-step process. it still has to go before the senate. when i talked to constituents in

judiciary committee. saying trump's former white house counsel, don mcgahn, should testify too. >> mr. mcgahn represents not donald trump, but the office of the president. his client is the office of the president. and i think he owes that office his testimony before this committee. >> reporter: john dean, a cnn contributor, whose testimony in the watergate investigation helped topple richard nixon's presidency, telling congress there are many similarities between trump and nixon. >> in many ways, the mueller report is to president trump what the so-called watergate road map was to president richard nixon. stated a little differently, special counsel mueller has provided this committee with a road map. >> reporter: ranking member republican doug collins calling today's hearing a, quote, mock impeachment inquiry. >> we don't appreciate the fact that here we are again with priorities in this committee turned upside down. >> reporter: but as the drum beat among democrats for an impeachment inquiry intensifie

congressman steve cohen is a democrat on the house judiciary committee. thanks for joining us today. >> you're welcome, brianna. nice to be with you. >> your chairman says this agreement was reached with the department of justice about evidence from the mueller report. what are you now getting access to, and does this suffice for all you want access to? >> well, it doesn't suffice because it's none of the grand jury testimony which we want bill barr to go with us to the court to ask for the grand jury testimony, and i think that's going tonight most compelling testimony. it's obviously not going to be anything that has to do with ongoing investigations, but this would be evidence that barr just chose to redact based on his belief that people -- that people's reputations might be harmed, and there is some material that might be helpful. i don't think it's as much as we want. most of the material we want is the grand jury format. that's where the questions were asked of witnesses that ended up getting indictments, and they were seeking indictments, so do i

that would centralize everything before his committee, the house judiciary committee. now, one member who is not on that committee ro khanna says that doesn't make a lot of sense siding with pelosi. >> why not an impeachment inquiry to begin the investigation? >> well, i think we already have six committees that are doing incredible work. if you begin an inquiry, then you limit it to just the judiciary committee. i think the speaker believes we're going to be more effective having six different inquiries of this president, and we can get most of the information through the courts, and that's going to be the case whether you have an impeachment inquiry or not. you still have to go to court. >> reporter: that is the same argument that nancy pelosi has been making behind the scenes. she will return to washington today, and they will meet with their members tomorrow amid this debate internally, but it will be interesting to hear at this hearing today, kate, how the members on that committee, house judiciary committee that would oversee an impeachment inquiry, how they disc

in a party line vote, the house approves a resolution letting the judiciary committee go to court to enforce subpoenas for a former white house counsel and the attorney general. chairman jerry nadler says he wants to file lawsuits as soon as possible. >>> in his head. joe biden gets inside the president's head with a blistering attack, calling him an existential threat to the country. president trump takes the bait, launching a furious flurry of insults. is he only reinforcing biden's status as front-runner? not ruling it out. house speaker nancy pelosi may not favor impeachment, but she says it's not off the table. can she withstand pressure from key democrats to open an impeachment inquiry? >> and spice like us. was kim jong-un's half brother a cia asset? and was his public assassination retribution by north korea for working with the americans. president trump isn't confirming or denying that possibility. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". >> breaking news. house democrats flex their muscles with a resolution authorizing the judiciary committee to go to court to for

yesterday, the house judiciary committee, former white house nixon counsel john dean testified. here is one of the headlines about the hearing. the house hearing detours into watergate is what the notes.gton post" yesterday, the justice department and the judiciary committee also came together in agreement on the documents, averting a criminal contempt vote for attorney general barr for now. but the house is now moving to allow house judiciary committee chairman jerrold nadler and others to move forward to pursue their investigation in federal court, to pursue their subpoenas. in addition, the house oversight committee chairman elijah cummings analyses expecting to move forward later this week with a possible contempt vote for attorney general barr and over ross related to his investigation into the citizenship question on the 2020 census. we have a lot going on this morning and we are getting your reaction to all of it. again if you would like to join the discussion, for republicans, it is 202-748-8001, for the democrats, 202-748-8000 and for ,he independencts 202-748-8002. >>

and passed a resolution that would let the house judiciary committee sue attorney general william barr and former white house counsel don mcfwaun for information about the mueller report and other information. it shortens the process for house committees to sue trump administration officials. we'll show you that briefing starting with comments from jew tishary committee chair jerrold nadler. mr. nadler: good afternoon. as i said before, i'm congressman jerry nadler, chairman of the judiciary committee. as i said before we are facing a constitutional crisis. we have a president who believe he is is above the law which se he is not, and refuses to be held accountable, which he will be. for two years under republican control, president trump and his administration were able to evade accountability and transparency with the american people. i am standing here with my colleagues today to say that era is over. president trump has vowed to fight all the subpoenas from all of the house committees. he has claimed absolute immunity to prevent witnesses from showing up. he has loosely and inappro

judiciary committee and the house intelligence committee on july 17th most importantly the hearings will be open sessions on live television viewership could be the biggest of any televised hearing since watergate while the report itself remains a new york times bestseller people who haven't read the 400 page book and they don't need to they could have a front row seat to what is being billed as the mall or movie live from congress here's house judiciary committee chairman jerry never on the importance of letting mr miller speak. i think just the fact just a tease says what was in the report and says it to the american people so they hear it that would be very very important because they've been subjected to months of deception as to what was in the report by the attorney general and by the president well the u.s. president has insisted that the mobile report presented no evidence of collusion or obstruction of justice so what was the president's reaction to hearing that miller is going to testify before congress well mr trump was briefed but he was consistent if we did he call that

there were some answers that she actually did give to behind closed doors to the house judiciary committee about opposition research provided by foreign pouwers and she said sh would report it. furl president trump's interview with abc news, he said he would take the inrmation and not necessarilycall the tfbi and he ed that back later. on page 74 of this transipt was that was released after the clos door testimony. e was says shes very surprised to learn that there between 100 contacts the trump campaignnd individuals associated with the .russian government we are learning more about what she said, although house democratic officials and republicans en agreeing they didn' learn a wholene lot w in this seven hours of closed es ttimony. a safehe bet t will will be more subpoenas for hope hicks to come back. >> craig boswell on capitol hill, thank you. >>> joe biden continues to play defense. he is speaking out defending comments he made about having a civil relationship with two senators back in the '70s and '80s who were against desegregation. other candidates who are making a play for the

on wednesday, subcommittee of the house judiciary committee held a historic hearing on reparations for slavery, the first of its kind in over a decade. wednesday's hearing coincided with juneteenth, a day that commemorates june 19, 1865, when slaves in galveston, texas, finally learned that the emancipation proclamation had abolished slavery. this year marks the 400th anniversary of the trans-atlantic slave trade. lawmakers are considering the introduced by sheila jackson lee of houston this year after former congressmember john conyers at champion the bill for decades without success. the bill carries the designation hr 40, a reference to "40 acres and a mule," one of the nation's first broken promises to newly freed slaves. ahead of the hearing, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was asked by reporter eva mckend of spectrum news whether the government should issue a public apology for slavery. >> i don't think reparations for something that happened 150 years for whom none of us currently living are responsible is a good idea. we have tried to deal with our byginal sin of slavery

hope hicks came before the house judiciary committee. democrats came away not satisfied because the white house counsels who were in the room made very clear that she would not be answering any question about her time in the white house. what they cited was absolute immunity saying she is not as a former high level white house official, she is not obligated to provide these answers to the committee. democrats are now threatening to take her to court. >> she answered some of our questions. we learned considerable informati information. the white house pleaded nonexistent absolute immunity and that will not stand. >> reporter: now she did answer questions about her time during the campaign season, including questions about what she knew about those hush money payments that came from -- that the president was involved with that came from michael cohen, his former fixer who is now in jail. when she was asked about her knowledge of that she denied knowing about the hush money scheme to silence those extramarital affairs. nevertheless, this fi

judiciary committee. things like interview notes and firsthand accounts, according to the chairman of the committee, jerry nadler who said, quote -- called this, quote, robert mueller's most important files, providing us with key evidence that the special counsel used to assess whether the president and others obstructed justice or were engaged in other misconduct. democrats and republicans alike will be able to view them potentially as early as tonight. wolf? >> in the full house of representatives is still voting to enforce a subpoena for those documents. why? >> reporter: that's right. that's because of this deal that robert -- excuse me, jerry nadler and department of justice reached today. that takes barr being held in criminal content off the table. at least for now. but the full house is still going to go ahead and vote as scheduled tomorrow on a resolution that authorizes the chairman of the committee, jerry nadler, to go to court to compel attorney general bill barr and don mcgahn, former white h

. >>> john dean telling the house judiciary committee that he sees parallels between richard nixon and president trump. i'm talking to congressman jamie raskin. thanks for joining us. you had had chance to question the former white house counsel under nixon, john dean. i want to play part of the exchange. >> i wonder if you would just tell us why you decided at this point in your career to come forward and talk about what has taken place in america and in the trump white house. >> what brought me forward was the invitation in this instance where i thought, yes, i could share with particularly a lot of people who are on this committee who were either not born or they were very young when watergate occurred. and it's quite striking and startling to me that history is repeating itself and with a vengeance. >> congressman, was today helpful in shedding some light on what's in the mueller report despite the partisanship and not having any of the key witnesses? >> well, we didn't bring any new facts forward, don. these were not fact witnesses. but i think it was tremendously illuminating in

documents to the house judiciary committee related to their time at the white house. now, annie donaldson was a key figure, took copious notes and witnessed a number of the items that were laid out in the mueller report. democrats want to look into the potential of obstruction of justice want her to testify, but the white house is telling her not to. hope hicks, slightly different. while she's not turning over documents, she has agreed to turn over some documents related to her time on the campaign trail. jerry nadler, the house judiciary chairman, just put out a statement saying in part, i note that ms. hicks has agreed to turn over some documents to the committee related to her time working for the trump campaign, and i thank her for that show of good faith. he goes on to say the president has no lawful basis for preventing these witnesses from complying with our request. and kate, this morning, i talked to a number of democrats who are still divided over that issue about whether or not to open an impeachment inquiry, but with more stonewalling, pressure is only goi

of in president and that -- that committee being his, the house judiciary committee. now i'm told there was pushback. nancy pelosi for one made it clear she does not support impeaching the president. she of course now said that the president should go to jail not be impeached. pu also the intelligence committee chairman adam schiff made it clear that he too does not support moving forward in the way that jerry nadler wants to move forward. schiff himself has a piece of the investigation as well. now, behind the scenes jerry nadler is getting some pressure from his members on the house judiciary committee, a growing number of them have urged him and -- to open up a probe. . he is sympathetic to the concerns with and raised the concerns directly to the speaker. the speaker now on multiple occasions has rejected the calls. and he has conveyed that back to his members. but i'm told, erin, he has been supportive of the members who have voiced public support of an impeachment inquiry. of course that shows the divisions in the caucus that pelosi wants to tamp down, erin. >>