next, your calls and comments on robert mueller testify before the house judiciary committee and house intelligence committee later today. washington journal is next. >> any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. it contains our findings and analysis and the reasons for the decisions we made. we chose those words carefully and the work speaks for itself. the report is my testimony. ♪ monthst has been two since robert mueller said his report is his testimony. today, he will be up on capitol hill for the house judiciary committee, in the witness chair for three hours, swearing to tell the truth to 41 members of that committee as they focus on volume 2 of the report, obstruction of justice. at noon, he will answer questions in the same room about volume 1. he will be answering questions from the house intelligence committee. begins here on c-span and www.c-span.org. download the free "washington app.a c-span radio before we take you into the committee room, we want to get your thoughts on robert mueller's testimony. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001.

judiciary committee and the house judiciary committee said, sure, give it to us. it's relevant to our impeachment inquiry. here you have a slightly different situation where the prosecutor wanted to give them everything except the stuff they wanted to redact, and they have no particular -- the justice department has no particular interest in turning over the sealed grand jury material in here, and so i don't think you would have in this situation the justice department would really resist the production of that material, i think, in all likelihood that the committee is asking for. on the other hand, as you point out, there are some real similarities here and one of them got more similar today when the house judiciary committee and the house leadership said hey, i know we haven't called this an impeachment inquiry, but it kind of is an impeachment investigation and that actually has legal significance because the reason the dc circuit court of appeals allowed that transmission in 1974 was that there was an impeachment inquiry going on and so by situating the curren

the house judiciary committee just released the written testimony by a one-time chief of staff to the former white house counsel don mcgahn. the panel revealing how the white house blocked annie donaldson from answering questions, get this, 212 times. also breaking, attorney general william barr says the decision on how to add a controversial question on citizenship to the 2020 census will be made in the next day or two. we're told the strategy to comply with the president's demand remains up in the air. an executive order is among the options on the table right now. barr also is weighing in on next week's congressional testimony by robert mueller. he's accusing house democrats of force the former special counsel to appear to create, and i'm quoting him now, "some kind of public spectacle." this hour i'll talk with house judiciary committee member steve cohen and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first let's go to our senior white house correspondent pamela brown. pamela, there's a lot of hand wringing tonight over how to insert the president's citizenship question

i'm doing today by many of my colleagues from the house judiciary committee. we want to say a few words about doctor marla but we learned from his testimony and next steps in our trump accountable for his conduct. robert mueller, is a man of honor and integrity. he has led a life to the service of his country. some have argued, that because doctor mueller was reluctant to testify and seemed older than some remember him, his work is somehow diminished. it is not. before he ever stepped foot into our hearing room, the director rendered our country a great and necessary public service. he showed through his report and indictments that the united states was attacked and remained under siege at a foreign adversary. he showed that the truck campaign, both welcomed and benefited from this attack on our country. and he showed that the president repeatedly lied to cover it up. and if that were not enough doctor mueller's testimony removed all doubt. he told us the donald trump at obstructed justice and abused his office by tampering with witnesses, attempting to block

democrats are already calling it an impeachment investigation as the house judiciary committee goes to court to obtain secret grand jury information from the mueller report saying the material is needed to determine, quote, whether to recommend articles of impeachment. >>> president trump slams fox news for a poll that shows him losing to joe biden. the president tweeting no way. and just moments ago the president called reporters in for an impromptu rant lashing out at biden and the impeachment investigation and robert mueller. >>> no hatchet to bury. house speaker nancy pelosi meets with rookie congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez but despite the public criticism of each other, pelosi said there is no hatchet to bury. does aoc feel the same way? >>> and kim's new threat. after firing off a pair of advanced new missiles, north korea is now boasting about the launches showing kim jong-un personally supervising the launches while issuing an ominous new threat. >>> i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news. house dem

in his testimony before the house judiciary committee and intelligence committees the special counsel gave voice to his report on russian interference in our 2016 presidential election and president trumps obstruction of the investigation into it. what the american people and i heard from special counsel my mueller was an explanation and confirmation of the deeply troubling findings and conclusions of his investigation and his report. he told us that the trump campaign welcomed the help of a hostile foreign power, russia, to influence our 2016 presidential election accepted the help, lied repeatedly about it, and benefited from it. he confirmed that there was voluminous evidence that president trump had obstructed justice through his efforts to interfere with and impede the special counsel's investigation. most importantly, contrary to the president's claims of special counsel confirmed that his investigation had not exonerated all the president of the crime of obstruction of justice. when asked, robert mueller made this crystal-clear testifying that "the president was not exculpated

tomorrow in the house judiciary committee. tomorrow and the housy committee -- explain what they will be covering. guest: they will focus on volume two of the report, exclusively on the idea the president was seeking to obstruct the mother investigation. a lot of democrats, even the chairman of the committee, jerry nadler, said the evidence is clear the president at least sought to obstruct the investigation. the decision was made not to charge the president with a crime in part because of the office of legal counsel opinion that we have been talking about that states you cannot indict a sitting president. the only way to hold a sitting president accountable would be outside of the criminal justice system. those are the judiciary committee issues. the big issue that will be on everyone's mind is impeachment and whether the house judiciary committee will move toward that immediately after the hearing. that remains to be he -- seen. host: take us through the formats of the hearing. guest: it will be three hours, which is a littl

mueller testifies today before the house judiciary and intelligence committees. watch coverage on c-span3 starting at a: 30 a.m. eastern, online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. the last time we heard from robert mueller was in may when he delivered his first public statement on the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. here is what he had to say at the time from justice department headquarters. mr. mueller: good morning, everyone, and thank you for being here. two years ago, the acting attorney general asked me to serve as special counsel. and he created the special counsel's office. the appointment order directed the office to investigate russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. this included investigating any links or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the trump campaign. i have not spoken publicly during our investigation. i'm speaking out today because our investigation is complete. the attorney general has made the report largely public. we

he's the ranking member on the house judiciary committee. george'sins represents ninth district republican, served three terms in the georgia house of representatives, a former baptist pastor and practicing u.s. air force reserve chaplain. his law degree comes from atlanta's john marshall law school. we will be hearing from them starting at 8:30 tomorrow and we will be there for it on c-span and c-span3. , asrage begins at 8:30 a.m. well as c-span.org. you can listen to it on the c-span radio app. well is in cincinnati, ohio. a line for democrats. go ahead, will. caller: i want to thank c-span. i don't know where i would be without c-span, but what i the report,y was the mueller report, first of all, i think mueller, when he wrote the letter to william barr , he expressed a lot of angst did inhat barr characterizing his report. he didn'tr know that cover the important points about the report, and i think that allows democrats to have an advantage going into the hearing. i think they will know what they already know, mueller has been disappoi

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when he breaks his silence again tomorrow and testifies before the house judiciary committee and then the house intel committee what are you expecting from him? >> from what we've seen it sounds like it's going to be a lot of reiterating of what we have already written the report. one thing that's very interesting to me is there is so much ambiguity and legal hairsplitting in the language of the report he may inadvertently have to deviate from it a little bit just to put it in plain english and a way that people can understand particularly about the decisions about whether to prosecute and whether to charge. it's all very technical when you read it in text. a back-and-forth exchange he might have to put a finer point on things. i think we will see him avoiding strenuously having to do that and go beyond the four corners of the document. host: the gq profile that you wrote before the mueller report came out. have brought the report here on the desk with us. in the story you write that the quiet of robert mueller is part of the uniform. what do you mean by that? >> yes. i was kind of wr

the house judiciary committee has one of the broadest jurisdictions in congress, we are responsible for the entire administration of justice and things so important as border security, immigration, we can't get to those substantive issues because we are spending so much time precious time, precious taxpayer resources on the endless investigations. arthel: right. >> i'm sick of it as well. we need it to come to an end. >> the fish rots from the head as they say, so without getting into what's in the head, whether it's a clean head or rotten head, nothing gets done and that's why i keep circling back, do you not want to find what in fact, the president do in terms of potential on obstruction of justice? >> that's the point. that's what the special counsel did -- arthel: he pointed out 10 examples, at least 10 examples of potential obstruction of justice. >> of course, he wouldn't say that was obstruction, that's what i'm saying, that's your job to investigate that. >> and we have endlessly. if it's up to chairman nadler and colleague tons committee they'll do in perpetuity, i don't know w

member of the hu house judiciary committee, house oversight committee and freedom caucus. jim welcome, do you agree with the president. >> he is 100% right, you don't change the rules 10 minutes before kickoff, even secretary clinton, she testified for hours and hours in front of the benghazi committee, cheryl mills was not sitting behid beside hes shows length that nadler will go to get after this president, all about stopping president trump, this is ridiculous. zebly a chief of staff, and represented person that hit up hillary clinton's server. lou: one thing very positive in this. >> this be no doubt that mueller circumstance what zebley is, and what president said, this is are you going to be able to ask zebley, and his client the proper questions. >> we are, my questions will be directed to robert mueller, not to aaron zebley . he was the sprv special counsel. this under scores insphie inspif fact you had 19 lawyers out to get president, they found no collusion, they found nothing, for 10 months prior they opened this investigation july 31 -- fbi. >> yes, they can 10

. >> house judiciary committee chair jerrold nadler told reporters his committee is considering whether or not to have articles of impeachment for president trump. this is a half-hour. >> good afternoon. i'm doing today by many of my colleagues from the house judiciary committee. we want to say a few words about doctor marla but we learned from his testimony and next steps in our work to hold president trump accountable for his conduct. robert mueller, is a man of honor and integrity. he has led a life to the service of his country. some have argued, that because doctor mueller was reluctant to testify and seemed older than some remember him, his work is somehow diminished. it is not. before he ever stepped foot into our hearing room, the director rendered our country a great and necessary public service. he showed through his report and indictments that the united states was attacked and remained under siege at a foreign adversary. he showed that the truck campaign, both welcomed and benefited from this attack on our country. and he showed that the president repeatedly lied to cover it

moments from now the house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler will brief reporters. nadler today is going to court to enforce subpoena against the trump white house. that action, part of the big, big debate over how, when or if democrats should move on impeachment. just last hour the house speaker, nancy pelosi, denied that she's trying to stall. >> no, i'm not trying to run out the clock. let's get sophisticated about this, okay. >> how long do you think these court fights will take? >> we will proceed when we have what we need to proceed, not one day sooner. their advocacy for impeachment only gives me leverage. i have no complaint with what they are doing. i'm willing to take whatever heat there is there to say the decision will be made in a timely fashion. this isn't endless. >> but the clock is ticking. the number of democrats who support opening an impeachment inquiry is now at 96. judiciary committee democrats, including the chairman, have debated opening an inquiry without speaker pelosi onboard. pelosi met this morning with congresswoman alexandria ocasio-co

he will do it inside this hearing room before the house judiciary committee ultimately also before the house intelligence committee. these are live pictures. first the issue will be obstruction before the judiciary committee and then the house intelligence committee. they will focus on election interference. >> robert mueller has said he will not go beyond this book. the 448-page report. >> it's a big book. >> there's a lot to dive into here. of course lawmakers will try to find inroads. now, republicans plan to confront mueller about the legitimacy of the entire probe. joining us now, two key figures from the watergate era. we have john dean, former nixon white house counsel and cnn contributor and carl bernstein, journalist author and cnn political analyst. carl, let's start with your top line about this historic day. >> this is very much about the power of television. it's a moment we haven't seen the power to be exercised in a long time. i suppose donald trump in his nervousness understands this is about the power of television and a witness who conceivably could move the needle of

judiciary committee. the newest information in our newsroom just after a break. you will >>> welcome back. a very busy wednesday, july 24. you can see that we continue to cover robert mueller's testimony on capitol hill. you can give full undirected coverage of this hearing right now on ktvu plus. , comcast channel 6. we will be monitoring the hearing and updating the story throughout the day for you here. let's talk about today's weather as things are changing a little bit and warming up for today. that is the case, isn't it? >> it won't take long. no doubt. very little fog. what is there is probably about another hour and a half and it will be gone. there's not a lot there. i say mostly sunny. it has nothing to do with the fog, it's higher clouds. 70 degrees and maybe even warmer throughout the game. first pitch 70. highs building back in from colorado and new mexico. funneling in a few high clouds to the south. that's why i put that in there. mild to warm on the coast but mild to hot. warm to hot, i sh

joining me is the chairman of the house judiciary committee congressman jerry nadler. congressman, i spent a good part of my life working for politicians. i respect you guys a lot. i understand the pressures that come from leadership, the pressures that come from home. i guess my question is at what point do you have to resolve the question to impeach or not? >> well, we have to start by looking at where we are. where we are, as you said, the special prosecutor found that the president welcomed the russian interference in our election on his behalf, that he welcomed it and he benefitted from it, and that he then lied to the american people and covered it up, that he committed a number of acts of between fived on ten acts of criminal obstruction of justice and at least five of them all three of the elements of the crimes are met, and he instructed other people to lie to the american people on his behalf. our next step, and those are the findings of the special prosecutor. we now have to lay out the evidence for the american people of all these crimes by the president an

he serves on the house judiciary committee. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. as you know, your committee just released written answers from annie donaldson. she was the chief of staff to the former white house counsel don mcgahn. she was a really important witness in the mueller report. but white house lawyers blocked her from responding to more than 200 questions, citing executive branch confidentiality interest. is your committee going to fight to get more answers from her? >> we will certainly do that. and we will try to get the -- mr. mcgahn to testify before us too. and i think all those things are going to be coming in the next week or so. miss donaldson didn't answer over 200 questions. the white house does not want people to say what happened in the white house because they know that they are in danger of letting the american people know that they obstructed justice. and mueller basically said he obstructed justice. he'll be before us on the 17th. i imagine he'll put some flesh on the bones. but that's a crime. and it's what caused nixon to resign. and

he is seated before the house judiciary committee right now. >>and they are asking him questions about his 448 page report and he is a supposed to say least he told them all along he was simply going to restate was the report found they're going to try to get a little more and we heard his opening statement not too long ago and right now. the cameras are on the lawmakers as they're asking their questions. karen caifa as you can see they're standing by capitol hill with the latest. >>the first hearing of the day getting underway about 30 minutes ago with opening statements from the top democrat and republican on the house judiciary committee and from the former special counsel

eastern he gives testimony to the house judiciary committee and later he will take questions from the house intelligence committee. his report into russian interference in the 2016 election will air live on c-span3 come online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. ♪

i'm doing today by many of my colleagues from the house judiciary committee. we want to say a few words about doctor marla but we learned from his testimony and next steps in our work to hold president trump accountable for his conduct. robert mueller, is a man of honor and integrity. he has led a life to the service of his country. some have argued, that because doctor mueller was reluctant to testify and seemed older than some remember him, his work is somehow diminished. it is not. before he ever stepped foot into our hearing room, the director rendered our country a great and necessary public service. he showed through his report and indictments that the united states was attacked and remained under siege at a foreign adversary. he showed that the truck campaign, both welcomed and benefited from this attack on our country. and he showed that the president repeatedly lied to cover it up. and if that were not enough doctor mueller's testimony removed all doubt. he told us the donald trump at obstructed justice and abused his office by tampering with witnesse

robert mueller continuing to testify before the house judiciary committee. the hearing started more than an hour ago. mueller will then testify before the house intelligence committee at 9:00 a.m. we have uninterrupted coverage on ktvu plus of robert mueller's testimony. >>> more than 200 people that applied for jobs at google will receive a settlement of $11 million. a chas action lawsuit claims google denied equal hiring employment and compensation opportunities to people over the age of 40. google denies they discriminated and says it works to held an inclusive workplace. >>> next year, u.p.s. will deliver packages 7 days a week. it's looking to match fedex which announced it would deliver on sundays. u.p.s. announced more package drop off locations. the company plans to hire additional drivers to drop off packages on the weekends. >>> the giants are going to try to sweep a series against the cubs this afternoon at oracle park. last night the two teams played. the giants were down early but an alex tickerson solo homer tied it up at 2 in the 4th inning. t

to the president do not have to testify before congress, the house judiciary committee, democrats in particular feel pretty confident that they can win the lawsuit and that could be act 2 of this entire, you know, if you want to call it impeachment crusade that they are on right now. >> nadler has been going after donald trump for decades, as reporter in the 80's, city proposal which would take big chunk of the west side, nbc was going to move there, build 152-story building and jerry nadler who represents the west side of manhattan avidly fighting donald trump every inch of the way against that project and he is still fighting now, take a listen to what he said this morning. >> the president lied repeatedly to the american people and to investigators and conducted a corrupt cover-up with at least 5 criminally indictable acts of obstruction of justice. these are very serious offenses against the rule of law and we now have to get further evidence and put it before the american people as we consider articles of impeachment in the committee. >> he's saying they ought to get further --

. >>> subpoena dunk, the house judiciary committee is about to raise the stakes for a number of current and former trump aides preparing to issue subpoenas to presidential son-in-law jared kushner and former attorney jeng jeff sessions and others. will they comply? and unleashing on the u.k. president trump attacks britain ambassador to the united states calling him a very stupid guy after leaked diplomatic communications revealed critical remarks by the ambassador. and now britain foreign secretary jumps in calling the president's attacks unacceptable and wrong. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news, a federal appeals court wraps up a hearing on a trump administration backed challenge to obamacare and two of the three judges suggest they may favor striking down the entire health care law. that could be millions of americans could lose coverage. >>> also tonight, president trump is defending labor secretary alex acosta whose facing the demands that he step down. acosta was a u.s. attorney a decade ago when he cut

the ranking member of the house judiciary committee raising alarms and predicting possible chaos as possible chaos ensues as mueller asks democrats to allow mueller's long-time aide to testify as a witness alongside the special counsel. listen. >> at his press conference, bob had said that he intended to stick with the public report and not go beyond that. and in conversations with the department, his staff was reiterating that that was their position. and they asked us for guidance in writing to explain, or to tell them what our position was. so we responded in writing. the department said the guidance they had requested. >> mueller requested it? >> yes. >> julie: fox team coverage now. we start with chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with what to expect for tomorrow. >> reporter: a short time ago the republican chairman of the house judiciary committee, doug collins, put out a statement with democrats possibly calling this key witness. the bottom line is that the move could, quote, jeopardize the hearing. counsel for robert mueller could advise him privately and simultaneo

tonight democrats on the house judiciary committee are going farther than ever. admitting the investigation they are already introducing could lead to articles of impeachment against him without ever voting for an inquiry. >> there's no difference between what you're doing now and an impeachment inquiry, correct? >> in effect. we are going to see what reme remedies we can recommend. >> reporter: the committee filing a lawsuit in federal court to get the underlying grand jury material from former special counsel robert mueller's report. arguing, quote, the committee is conducting an investigation whose purposing include determining whether to recommend articles of impeachment. committee chairman jerry nadler now opening threatening impeachment proceedings. >> the house must have access to all of the relevant facts and consider whether to exercise the full article one powers including a constitutional duty -- power of the utmost gravity. recommendation of articles of impeachment. >> reporter: while also readying a second court case to force don mcgahn to comply. >>

>> well, they're rejecting that request, at least the house judiciary committee is and the house intelligence committee will allowed the aide to sit longside the special downhill, same with the house judiciary committee. he will sit there. and adam schiff the chairman of the house intelligence committee said he will be allowed to answer technical questions but not in schiff's view overshadow bob mueller. because after all it's bob mueller's day. but nevertheless republicans pushed back also on the request, underscoring the tensions ahead of tomorrow's very high stakes hearing. now moments ago we had a chance to talk to the house judiciary committee chairman about his expectations ahead of tomorrow. and he believes what mueller needs to do is lay out what's in the report and undercut what the attorney general and the president have been saying. >> i hope that tomorrow -- as i've said before -- mueller investigation revealed a lot of conduct by the president which the american people should be aware of. the president and the attorney general have systematically lied that what was in the report

judiciary committee. what more can you tell us about that? >> the aides is aaron zebley, robert mueller's chief of staff. an accomplished counterterrorism investigator in his own right and robert mueller's chief of staff during the mueller investigation. and they are asking that he be sworn in to sit next to robert mueller during the judiciary committee part of the hearing. it's not clear that's going to be able to happen because of congressional rules. >> and to do what? and to say what? >> well, i mean, you know, robert mueller is 74 years old. he oversaw this sprawling investigation. it's conceivable he doesn't know the answer particularly with the details to every question and a guy like zebley could help him answer those questions and inform the public if only

before the house judiciary committee. and then he's going to talk to lawmakers on the house intelligence committee. >>about the mueller report says been long anticipated even though he said he'll say nothing new. >>right and in this panel, the judiciary committee they're really focusing on whether any laws were broken that is the purview of their panel and then the house intelligence committee later on is really going to drill down on to what mueller's findings were with regard to russian interference. in the 2016 presidential elections, a lot of ground covered a lot of hours of testimony today and we have team coverage its live streaming on kron 4 dot com right now we are also covering i3 live here on the morning news and. >>on capitol hill with karen caifa who's outside good morning. carol. >>our special counsel has been taking questions from members of the house judiciary committee for about 2 and a half hours now and not surprisingly the democrats and republicans have 2 very different strategies democrats seeking to h

they're very well organized on the house judiciary committee. they're starting pretty much on time. it's 8:30 a.m. here on the east coast right now. this is supposed to begin right now. three hours we're told of questioning. we'll see if there's a break in between, and then there will be a half-hour break we're told before the former special counsel goes before the house intelligence committee. and dana, we're told they will meet in the same room so logistically it'll be a little easier. >> yeah, and look how many hearings have we seen over the years where we say this is big, this is momentous. this is big, this is momentous. there are so many wow moments of the trump presidency i would venture to say this is, even if it doesn't go beyond the four corners, just the theater and the implications of actually hearing from robert mueller and seeing him questioned under oath, probably one of the biggest moments so far. >> here we go. >> here comes robert mueller, former fbi director, special counsel. somebody that democrats have been trying to get to this hearing room for months and month

he is in the hearing room for the house judiciary committee. this testimony is expected to go r about three hours. the schedule of events as far as we know, once he is sworn in, the house judiciary committee chairman, jerry nadler will do an introduction and turn it over to colins. at approximately 5:45 our time, is when we are expecting mueller to start doing an introduction and answer questions after that. once this is done, the three hour testimony is done, this afternoon, he will answer questions from members of the house intelligence committee. muller have his aid aaron zebley near him and will be able to consult with him over questions during this obe him o found interference but didn't establish that trump conspired with the russian government. the first three hours of testimony before the committee will focus on the question of obstruction of justice and whether the report found president trump tried to stop the investigation. on that question, mueller's report was less clear saying while this does not conclude the president committed a

. >> now, karen bass on the house judiciary committee says it does concern me that she doesn't believe there will be enough time. she believes they will to have come back. ask him to come back because they'll be frustrated by not getting their answers. the house committee chairman adam schiff said that democrats will be economical in the way they pursue their ants and they'll be very strategic in the way they pursue their answers. >> let's get more on this. >> the majority whip, the number two democrat in the u.s. let's begin with secretary acosta's news conference. >> did anything you've heard change your mind? >> of course not. i voted when he was for second of labor. more details did come forward since he was approved by the senate with other votes. i have to tell you. when i listen to him talk about the hard time that he gave mr. epstein, it sounded more like happy time. he could have a sleepover after 12 hours in his office. that didn't seem like the hard time this kind of serious time would merit the driver would drive him back. he spent 12 hours a day in that office away from th

the house judiciary committee is not going to swear him in but the house intelligence committee is which means he may be able to testify as well in addition to mueller and the exact details are still being hashed out. nancy pelosi think this last-minute request is acceptable but donald trump describes this as, quote, a last-minute change allowing a never trump her attorney to help robert mueller with his testimony before congress tomorrow. never heard of this before. very unfair, should not be allowed. a rigged witchhunt. somebody else would prefer to have mueller testify alone, congressman adam schiff, chairman of the second committee holding these hearings tomorrow, schiff also upset about that letter from the department of justice instructing mueller to stick strictly to what is in his report and not go beyond that, said to mueller the letter attempts unduly to circumscribe your testimony and represents yet another attempt by the trump administration to obstruct the authorized oversight activity but attorney general william barr told fox news today that it was mueller's team who reque

democrats on the house judiciary committee are pushing ahead with investigating the president. chairman jerry nadler laying out that plan despite the largely anticlimactic mueller hearings. that story tonight. >> reporter: we are hearing at least one democrat sound the alarm bells on impeachment, not that it must happen or the president is a threat to the idea of america but impeachment is a threat to the democratic majority in the house, listen to congressman jeff andrew of new jersey, one of the freshman congressman who flipped a red district blue back in 2018. >> seats like yours are in danger if democrats move toward impeachment? >> absolutely. i don't -- i was -- i won by a good number more votes than many of the other ones did but folks have to realize it was middle of the road democrats that created the majority. >> reporter: and pr points out of 99 democrats in congress favoring impeachment, 92 of them come from solidly blue district and not a single one from a tossup district. since the mueller hearing a total of 6 democratic members of flipped towards favoring impeach

democrats in on the house judiciary committee and within the house caucus, debate whether to pursue impeachment proceedings. the second session and from the house intelligence committee will focus more on trump campaign contacts so with russia live on capitol hill this morning. i'm karin caifa back to you, thanks a lot karen and will continue to cover this live here on the kron 00:04am morning news as well. >>as will keep streaming it live the entire thing on kron 4 dot com. all right lots of other news to get to including weather and traffic updates in for a bit there look like with hot spots in both front of that. so the case sort of like a warm spot now have overturned dump truck in milpitas and a new motorcycle crash in san francisco, some a lot to talk about ryan have spots are going to be the norm for the rest of the week, yeah we're talking a lot guys in the days to come in only getting hotter to it. >>the weekend so we i need to get used to this heat for at least a few days ahead of us looking outside of san francisco, a few clouds these clouds are actually coming to the res

>> former special counsel robert mueller is scheduled to testify before the house judiciary committee and the house intelligence committee. he talked about what he wants robert mueller to. for his committee. we want the american people to they refused to exonerate the president. we think it's important for the .merican people it was a lot of ehind-the-scenes >> on the judiciary committee, , the planwant mueller was for mueller to capture if he would have charged president trump with obstruction were there not a technical prohibition on it within the justice department, and if they saying anything that approximates that, in zarqa to try to underscore their long-term complaints that mueller's team is bias. they had an agenda that people on the team may have painted that, but with their bias, they are going to zoom in on that, dossier at the outset of the pressure investigation. the controversial >> what are you curious to>> wh >> bob mueller has not testified in front of congress and about six years. when he did, he was the fbi director and had a pretty friendly audience for the most pa

this one, the same drill as the house judiciary committee. these might be more pointed questions in trying to get to, you know, a stream of events here that might be more specific. we're told that the democratic members of that committee have already mutually agreed what will be their areas of focus. so they are a little bit more organized, we're told than certainly the judiciary committee. i think it is safe to say, whether you like bob mueller, don't like bob mueller, whether you're republican or democrat, that didn't go as planned, certainly in the eyes of many who seemed to see it as opportunity for democrat to advance the impeachment ball here. that does not appear to be the case. still early, a lot can happen. stocks not exactly riveted one way or the other. what selloff we're seeing is really because of boeing. that is counting more than half of the decline. that because boeing not only came off one of the worst quarters, the worst quarter it has ever had but the 737 max jet, it might never fly again, it might never resume production.

this testimony to the house judiciary committee, and later in the day, he will take questions from the house intelligence committee. both open sessions. on coverage will be live c-span3, at www.c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. earlier today, eric swalwell announced he will no longer be running for president. he held a news conference in california with reporters and supporters. this is 20 minutes. good afternoon. welcome to the union hall. this is a hall that i know quite well. when i was a teenager, i worked out of this hall on behalf of a candidate. over the past 20 years, i have worked to support the work of this union and the working campaigns of other candidates around here, so a very fitting and comfortable place for me and my family and my campaign team to work out of for our campaign. we started about three months presidential campaign, believing that we must bring the promise of america to all americans. that no matter who you are, who you love, where you're from, what your parents did, your hard work should mean you do better for yourself and dream bigger

nobody knew whether we had enough votes in the house judiciary committee much less the senate. so we started this saying -- >> as an inquiry. >> as an inquiry. what does impeachment mean? how does it apply to this president? what is the case against him? do we have the votes? we don't know. what is the public going to say? we don't know. what was our reaction? the only way to impeach him was to do the right way. so rodino, the chair did it in the right way. no one considered the risk. >> elizabeth hultzman, thanks for sharing your time. >>> two house judiciary committee members whether they successfully made a case for impeachment. that's ahead. e in a hospital gown waiting to get my eyes checked?" ready? absolutely not. see, having the wrong coverage can mean you get the wrong care, or you're paying more than you have to. that's why i love healthmarkets, your insurance marketplace. they make sure you have the right coverage, health insurance, medicare, and yes, dental too. wow, think that's painful? wait 'til he gets the bill. a cavity can cost as much as $350 and a root canal

judiciary committee and the same amount of time for the house intelligence committee. that would leave about half of the members on the house judiciary committee not enough time to question the special counsel and a number of members do want a chance to question, saying they should be able to press him as well. one member, hakeem jeffries, told us this is not about ego. it's not about trying to be in the spotlight. it's about getting to the truth. >> every single member of the house judiciary committee on a democratic and republican side should be able to participate in the hearing in some way, shape or form. >> what's the reason? why do members need to be asking questions? why do you need your time in the spotlight? >> i don't think anyone has suggested that they should have time in the spotlight. i think at the end of the day the american people would be better served if we spent as much time as possible communicating the importance of the stakes of this hearing as it relates to an incredible attack on our democracy. >> reporter: the initial agreement about 22 member

he is chairman of the house judiciary committee. mr. chairman, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >> let me just start with what we all saw the president do with elijah cummings this weekend in this tweet rant that went on and on. what is your interpretation of that? >> well, my interpretation is it's a racist and disgusting attack, and it was designed to whip up racist sentiment on which the president is hoping to base his reelection. >> you've been watching here in new york since you got in trouble with the justice department over racial discrimination in housing practices with his father. there is no surprise to you, i don't think, in any of this. does it look to you like this is the campaign, this is the trump presidential campaign? don't leave a single racist possible vote behind. >> it seems that is a very large part of the trump campaign. he's making no attempt to reach out to anybody beyond his so-called base. his base -- he is betraying his base in terms of all the economics. he's opposed to minimum wage

the house judiciary committee is considering moving forward with articles of impeachment. i'm told the speaker signed off on that language. >>> here to put it into focus, we have kate andrews. kate, an associate director and political columnist with city a.m., from our london bureau. >> good to see you, george. it's being called an impeachment investigation instead of an impeachment inquiry. there is an effort to get secret information from the mueller report to help democrats decide whether to impeach the president. is the window closing for democrats to do this? >> well, naturally, it's closing, as, you know, the election is upon us now. 2020 is in focus. the president could be removed through impeachment processes and could be removed by a democrat who beats him. when we watched special counsel mueller address congress, you watched him walk in tight rope of not wanting to endorse any politics on the left and the right. both sides was said to be disappointed. trump did not say he was guilty of a crime and couldn't say that trump was guilty of a crime. they are trying to

. >> now, karen bass on the house judiciary committee says it does concern me that she doesn't believe there will be enough time. she believes they will to have come back. ask him to come back because they'll be frustrated by not getting their answers. the house committee chairman adam schiff said that democrats will be economical in the way they pursue their ants and they'll be very strategic in the way they pursue their answers.