jury. and then, the process will begin from a criminal prosecution standpoint. and all of this, with the goal of trying to get steve bannon to cooperate with this committee not just to offer up his testimony but also to provide the documents and communications and information that he knows about what happened on that day. yeah. i mean, to see how many republicans in the house actually have the courage of liz cheney, of adam kinzinger, um, that is one thing we will be watching very closely. ryan nobles, thank you. joining us is cnn senior political commentator and former senior adviser to president obama, david axelrod. cnn chief political correspondent, dana bash. so, dana, just on a political level, how significant is this move by the committee tonight? i mean, if the former president and his allies are able to stall the investigation, obviously, in the months ahead while they claim persecution and try to run out the clock for the midterms, does this whole thing then become a huge r
three of the testimony who are testifying tomorrow, all three generals. they will know that they are earning their four stars tomorrow. there is going to be a lot of incoming to them. i would recommend they remain cool and calm and confident. and also, remain concise, not drag out their answers because the one thing that will alienate members of congress, if they think you re stonewalling. by the on the other hand, i would say members of congress have to take this in mind. don t be so aggressive that you look like bullies. we found that out during the iran contra investigation when colonel oliver north was sitting as a witness, and he was sitting there in his uniform with all this decoration that he had received. and members of congress looked they were piling on a patriot. that s something members of congress have to take in account. most of them admire those who have gone into battle, have
would say members of congress have to take this in mind. don t be so aggressive that you look like bullies. we found that out during the iran contra investigation when colonel oliver north was sitting as a witness, and he was sitting there in his uniform with all this decoration that he had received. and members of congress looked they were piling on a patriot. that s something members of congress have to take in account. most of them admire those who have gone into battle, have sacrificed, and been willing to sacrifice life and limb. so as you examine them and put them under intense examination as to what happened back in afghanistan, what happened on january 6th in terms of your assessment, mr. chairman, chairman of the joint chiefs, what was the basis of your assessment that you felt that the then president s mental state was deteriorating to the point where you felt you had to
dictate area. if we don t have republicans in congress say that is not your job, that is not the intent of the framers and the constitution and we have to stop it, this is part of the problem. it s not just trump weakening the constitution and the three banks of government as are laid out clearly in federalist 51. it s the republicans in the house and senate especially mitch mcconnell making sure that we are eroding the fundamental principles of democracy in this nation. there s a line in than william barr article where he says the rules have changed with respect to donald trump and the way congress treats him. the rules haven t changes. this is the constitutional order that existed for what, 229 years or whatever since the constitution was ratified. nothing s changed. barr s done this before. right? when the iran contra investigation was afoot and george h.w. bush was president, barr gaveham a strategy for putting that investigation to rest. and he did not like the fact that can g
finger for 18 months to fire walsh. and he was very upset about what he called the dragnetting in that investigation. going down every possible chris: so are you suggesting he might interfere with mueller? no, he s made it clear he will not, but he s going to look at it, and he s got a very interesting perspective on all of this. at the end of the iran contra investigation when then-president bush sr. decided, oh, well, let s pardon casper if weinberger who was casper weinberger who was indicted, it was barr who said, well, let s pardon more people, the cia people and elliot abrams. so he s somebody who is going to protect the president. but i think he also knows legally and politically it s very important that the mueller investigation proceed. so the spotlight should be, as