it on the record, so that they can have that stain on their careers for the rest of their lives. doing the same thing we ve been doing, we re trying to ferret out the truth. there s an old adage about how to cook a frog, if you throw it in boiling water, it jumps out. but if you put it in lukewarm water and turn on the heat, it will swim around until it gets cook. and my sense is the speaker is cooking the president. reporter: the speaker has endorsed what the house judiciary committee is doing, including the vote tomorrow to set the ground rules for how impeachment hearings could take place in the future. that includes allowing the chairman of the committee, jerry nadler, to call hearings that he would call impeachment proceedings and we could see that next week, wolf, when corey lewandowski, the former trump campaign manager is expected to testify about what was outlined in the mueller report, those allegations that the president may have tried to thwart the investigation, wolf
of course, there were ten, but democrats are choosing pfeiffer to really focus in on choosing five to really focus in on because they believe they re the ones that show the most in their view criminal wrongdoing by this president. they want robert mueller to show a narrative that there was clear evidence in their view of obstruction. and some believe enough to impeach this president. ultimately, the question is going to be whether or not it changes the dynamics on capitol hill to move further, potentially on impeachment. right now, the house democratic leadership is opposed on moving that route. but pressure could grow depending on what robert mueller says and whether public opinion shifts in any way. so at the moment, the democrats are trying to force, trying to plan so mueller really shows the contents of the report even as though he is signaling he s not going to go beyond the four corners of the report. all right. thank you. manu raju up on capitol hill. as we reported, presi
now that runs counter to the record. you see in the court filings that acosta was involved. that he did have meetings with one of his former law partner who is representing jeffrey epstein and that also runs counter to the other cases that acosta s office brought during that exact same time period with a prosecution of people for one person one victim that they had assaulted, not the alleged dozens of victims in this case. cara spinel, thank you very much. and let s go to our correspondent manu raju up on capitol hill. you just spoke with the house speaker nancy pelosi. what did she have to say about secretary acosta s news conference? reporter: well, nancy pelosi had been very clear she wants nothing short of alex acosta s resignation as labor secretary and said in the aftermath of the indictment she made that clear in the days that have followed and as she was leaving a briefing this afternoon i asked her about the press conference
continuing that. we ll talk more about this in a minute. breaking news just into cnn. we re carvana, and we want to give you the car buying experience you deserve. the chairman of the house judiciary committee striking a big deal with the justice department over the mueller report. let s get straight manu raju up on capitol hill. what s the deal? reporter: yeah. that s right. this after the house judiciary committee voted to hold bill barr, the attorney general, in contempt over failing to turn over the unredacted portions of the mueller report and the underlying evidence as demanded by a subpoena by the democrats. now there s a deal or this standoff averted for now after a negotiation happened behind the sooefnlts the justice department has agreed to provide more information to members of the committee, the unredacted portions of the report, so as jerry nadler is saying, he s going to hold off on moving forward on contempt for now. this is what he says in his statement. he says the
including grand jury information, nor does it expand to to don mcgahn testify before this committee. now, this happened at a hearing with john dean, the former nixon white house counsel as part of the democrats investigation in hearings to try to shine a spotlight over the findings of the mueller probe. of course, john dean has no firsthand knowledge about what happened with the mureller prob, but jerry nadler saying it s true that fact witness have said ordered by the white house to not appear before this committee, but warning, we will get them, saying he s ready to go to court to get don mcgahn and others to comply with their subpoenas. manu, thanks very much. manu raju up on capitol hill. a key figure in that watergate scandal, whose testimony helped bring down former president richard nixon appeared before congress today as manu was just noting, saying there are parallels to be found in the mueller report. let s go to our senior white