now to the nearing deadline on those document requests by the house judiciary committee. the documents from 81 individuals and organizations linked to president trump are due monday. and committee chairman jerry nadler says only about half will be completed. that could set the stage for a subpoena fight over the others. what s more, ivan cal trump is a key focal point of the requests accordings to the new york times of the 81 document requests sent, 52 individuals and organizations were asked to turn over documents related to miss trump or her business interests. let s bring in jonathan alter, columnist for the daily beast and political analyst. reen nan shaw, rick tyler, msnbc little analyst. jonathan, 52 requests related to ivanka trump, none sent to her directly. talk about the strategy behind
degree of fatalism there comes a certain point where anything else that these congressional republicans say is counterproductive. it s like squeezing sand. the harder they try to push moore out the more it would fire up his supporters. a lot of folks have given up trying. if moore wins he ll be seated, to some degree welcomes into this body and presumably get his committee assignments, you know, vote in the chamber just like any other republican senator would. but that ethics committee investigation would be hanging over his head almost immediately. all right. thanks to both of you, let s bring in tonight s panel. nbc little analyst, a cnbc contributor, and a political reporter for real clear politics. sarah, let me start with you, republicans, they don t want to talk about this today. we tried to get republicans on the show, didn t have too much