former president that he would give him a subpoena, and thu trigger transactional immunity instead, as a matter of sort o due process they are giving hi an opportunity and a invitation, a voluntary reques which he can either take up or not. to come and tell the grand jur his side of the story. it is highly unlikely that h is going to do that. i have been a defense lawyer there was no way i would recommend this to a client lik donald trump and we have a good sense tha he won t do this from the fact that he asserted the fifth amendment repeatedly in a civi case brought by the attorney general, letitia james and then finally to really get to your point, melissa which is this the kind of thin we do just before we make th final decision about whether t bring charges or not this is very much an in stag development. and honestly if you weren contemplating charges yo wouldn t be making this offe to donald trump if you thought
eric: president trump is sounding off on the impeachment inquiry on twitter this morning slamming house democrats yet again for what he claims, quote, changing the impeachment guidelines ahead of tomorrow s house judiciary committee hearing, molly molly has more rn from the white house. president trump says democrats on house judiciary committee who put report on constitutional grounds for impeachment are trying to find a way to get to impeachment. he tweeted today, quote, less than 48 hours before the start of the impeachment hearing hoax on monday, the no-due process, do-nothing democrats believe it or not are changing the impeachment guidelines because the facts are not on their side, when you can t win the game,
i talk often about the nature of civility. i believe our political system is sorely lacking in this virtue. but, and this is important, civility is a two-way street. you can t expect someone to treat you with civility while you refuse to acknowledge their humanity. that brings it to an end for me. thank you for watching this hour. it is great to be back with you. it will be a real treat on wednesday when stephanie and i are back together. it s been a while since we ve been together. she will be back on wednesday. i will be back here at 3:00 p.m. eastern. i m watching that market for you today. check us out on social media. connect with our show. but it s time to hand it over to andrea mitchell for andrea mitchell reports. thank you. and right now on andrea mitchell reports, no due process? president trump wants to send