i ve been telling cohen to get this lawsuit filed and nothing has happened. i ve mentioned it 50 times and nothing s happened. i want to deal blocked. now the new yorker goes on to say that coh nn told kelly afte the meeting, this is not how we do business, do not call the justice department and the justice department said we do not believe they were influenced in in way by political considerations to file this lawsuit, which was unsuccessful, but that hasn t stopped the president s critics and particularly, house democrats ch the chairman, adam schiff, from tweeting this this afternoon. the president s dislike of cnn he implies was long feared would be instruments of state power used to carry out his vendetta on the press that he s attacked as the enemy of the people. so schiff is making a direct connection to cnn and members of the press and this new anecdote
recent days. there s still the question of whether his return will lead to a change. the answer is it seems to be nothing will happen anytime soon. dramatic moments. that is it for me. erica hill is in for brooke baldwin today and newsroom starts right now. hello and thanks for join in me. we begin this hour with a striking comprehensive list. 81 people in entities with connections to the president now being asked to provide documents to the house judiciary committee nicinitiating investigations. among the name, two of the president s sons. jared kushner. committee chairman says these investigations would lay the groundwork for impeachment should democrats choose to pursue it. it s a long way down the
road. we don t have the facts yet, but we re going to initiate proper investigations. it s our job to protect the rule of law. to do that, we are going to initiate investigations into awuss of power, into corruption and into into obstruction of justice. the president has just responded. take a listen. are you going to cooperate with mr. nadler? i cooperate all the time. no collusion. all a hoax. manu is on capitol hill. so what more to we know b about what the committee is seeking? they are trying to investigate what they believe is obstruction of justice by this president. abuse of power in their view and they are looking into all aspects of the president s financial life. personal life. as well as his political life.
hearings. the committee says that is something they are open to doing going forward, having public hearings oz a push foraward on this. this is just one of several committees investigating all aspects of this president, but today, jerry nadler offering up a very far reaching investigation. also reporting about a letter sent by some other democrats. what more do we know about that. three democratic chairman, adam schiff, eliot engel and elijah cummings who chairs the house oversight committee, democrats, are demanding information from the white house and state department about communications the president had with putin.
company. cnn white house correspondent abby phillip joining me now. is the president s public dislike of cnn really at the heart of this? it seems to be one of it have key factors here. given that the president has been so vocal about what he calls fake news from cnn. he has called cnn the enemy of the people and dating back to the campaign, he said his administration wouldn t approve this. time warner is the parent company of cnn. now this new yorker article seems to imply the president went as far as to direct two of his top aide, gary cohen, the nshl economic adviser, an his chief of staff, john kelly, to influence the justice department to move forward with a lawsuit that would block the merger. here s what the no the new york says. trump calls cohen into the oval office along with john kelly and said in exasperation to kelly,