Set a vote for wednesday to hold barr in contempt, setting up what is likely to be a lengthy legal battle. Manu raju is on capitol hill, Kaitlan Collins is a the white house. What are you hearing from there . Right now, essentially what youre seeing is bill barr be put in the hot seat because up until now, the president has said he was gig to leave this decision about mueller testifying up to his attorney general, so when hes been praising privately for how hes handled the Mueller Report and how its coming up, and just on friday, this is what the president told reporters when he was asked should the special counsel testify. Mr. President , should mueller testify . Would you like to see him testify . I dont know. Thats up to our attorney general, who i think has done a fantastic job. And now, that tone changed over the weekend, and now the president has reversed course and sehe does not think that Robert Mueller should testify. In a tweet yesterday, he laid out his reasons why. A lot of this has to do with behind the scenes, the president has been privately complaining about the way democrats treated bill barr when he was testifying on capitol hill. The president feels democrats are trying to relitigate the Mueller Report, something he says has been conclusive. He wants to put it to bed and move on. Even though its the president really focusing on this, especially on twitter. The question is what is bill barr going to do . Is he going to allow bob mueller to testify . Its not just democrats who want to hear from him. Some republicans including doug collins have said the same. And Robert Mueller will not be at the Justice Department that much longer to where hes under bill barrs purview. After that, he can essentially make the decision unless bill barr decides to put this in a court matter about whether or not he can testify. Right now, all eyes are essentially on the attorney general. Absolutely. All right, thanks so much for that. You have that, and then the news you brought to us this morning having to do with jerry nadler and bill barr with this unredacted report. What does this mean . A dramatic escalation in the fight between House Democrats and the Trump Administration after jerry nadler setting a vote for wednesday to hold the attorney general in contempt after the Justice Department did not comply with the demands laid out from a congressional subpoena saying that the full Mueller Report and the underlying evidence should be turned over to capitol hill. Now, in a 27page report, they lay out their findings and the democrats say this is what they want to move forward with, and they say the attorney general, william b. Barr, attorney general of the united states, shall be found to be in contempt of congress for failure to comply with the congressional subpoena. And they argue exactly why they need this information. They say that its part of their efforts to oversee, to investigate and potentially legislate, which is why they need to see what is behind the black lines and underlying information, including the grand jury information that the Justice Department has said is off limits. They say its imperative that the committee have access to all of the facts contained in the full Mueller Report. To the evidentiary and investigatory material cited in the Mueller Report and other materials produced and collected by the special counsels office. Access to these materials is essential to the committees ability to effectively investigate possible misconduct and consider appropriate legislative oversight or other constitutionally warranted responses. That last part, constitutionally warranted responses, is code for impeachment. This committee would oversee any impeachment proceedings. Jerry nadler, nancy pelosi, have tamped down talk of impeachment, but they need to look at all the evidence, including possible obstruction of justice to determine their own recourse on capitol hill. Now, kate, no response yet from the Justice Department. They have pushed back at that subpoena request, calling it overly broad, not a legitimate oversight request. The Top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee has responded, calling it disingenuous and illogical, this effort to hold the attorney general in contempt. Nevertheless, democrats moving forward, setting the stakes for what could be a long court fight. In the world of uncertainty, that seems to be maybe the only certainty, it would be a prolonged court fight. Well get back to manu with more coming up. Joining me now, raichael bad and ellie honig. Prolonged legal battle, that seems to be the only assurance when were talking about this move by jerry nadler and holding the attorney general in contempt. What does this actually look like . What are you looking at here . We have a battle of the branches here. Congress is being challenged in its most fundamental oversight authority. And eventually, theyre going to have to go to court. Theres a lot of different issues that could bring it to court, could be the taxes, could be the unredacted report, could be muellers testimony in front of congress, but you go to the court and issue will be can congress enforce its subpoena. Whoever is opposing it will argue its too broad. It goes beyond congress authority to exercise oversight, its biased, overbroad, harassing, Something Like this. But congress has very Broad Authority to decide what it wants to look into and how it wants to do it. I think the courts, unless the request is really out of line, i think the courts ultimately will back congress here. How long it will take, thats it wont be quick. Our courts are slow, and theres really not much way around that. That may be part of the strategy. Good, bad, or indifferent, that may be the way it is. Do democrats expect, do you think i want to get your kind of reporting on this, do they expect this is going to get them what they want, which is in the end the unredacted report . Yeah, theres an expectation that the courts are going to uphold their right to ask for a lot of this information when it goes to the courts. The problem theyre seeing is that it literally could take months if not years. And theres some concern that this drags into 2020. But when it comes to the Mueller Report specifically, they would hold barr in contempt of congress and from there it goes to the civil court, and a judge will ultimately decide whether or not they have the right to the full report. We have a deadline for trumps tax returns. Democrats have asked for that. They also expect that is going to end up in the courts and are hoping that the judge sides with them. So you know, its really possible were going to see multiple legal battles between the House Democrats and the white house. The question really is time because, you know, the Republican House did this with obama. They held eric holder in contempt, who was the attorney general at the time, because they wanted documents from him. It ended up taking several years for them to get those documents. And so thats the question that democrats face right now. Look, and if the idea is expediency in detting the unredacted report, i look to what doug collins put out in response to nadler this morning. He said they, the democrats, they know the Justice Department is working to negotiate even as they pursue contempt charges. How real was that what are you haearing in how real that negotiation was in terms of trying to find some accommodation . You just have to look back to last week. The Justice Department sent the committee a letter saying their request for the full report was not, quote, legitimate oversight. And they made this argument that they didnt want the committee to go through the entire Mueller Investigation again because it would be bad for the country. So it doesnt look like theres any negotiating that would be able to bring the two parties to some sort of agreement here. But democrats argue that mueller, he didnt answer the question of obstruction. Whether the president obstructed justice, because he felt he didnt have the authority. So they feel it is their job and that he was kicking to them specifically to pick up this and relitigate these questions. And part of that is the Mueller Report. Part of that is getting don mcgahn, former white House Counsel, to come in and testify and get his documents. He has a deadline tomorrow. And we could see the white house assert executive privilege on that, too. Again, its all going to wind up in the courts. Trump just keeps saying no, no, no, so democrats can either impeach or they can go the court route, which is going to take a while. Pretty remarkable how many deadlines, hard to keep track of how many deadlines are coming to a head. On the other side, you have bob mueller, and is he or is he not going to testify, when would he do that and what restrictions would be put on him. The president s view on this did basically a 180 over the weekend. What would what is your guess, if you could, what would change the president s mind about mueller testifying . At one point, he was whatever bill barr said, and bill barr said he had no objection to him testifying. Now hes in the camp of do not testify. Do you think this is trump wanting to stonewall and take it to court if you want because it could work . I think thats what it is, a continuation of youll get nothing and like it theory that the white house has put out there with some success. Theyre frustrating congress at every turn. There is zero legitimate legal basis to prevent Robert Mueller from testifying. All they can do for now in the remaining few days while hes a doj employee is say no, because he works for doj. This is not a conversation about don mcgahn, who was white House Counsel for that period for quite a period of time. This was bob mueller, special counsel, soon to be private citizen. With mcgahn, they have a different legal hook, they can argue executive privilege. Thats a legitimate argument, but as we have been saying, time is of the essence. I think Congress Needs to get tough. They need to first of all stop getting strung along and slow played with all these protracted negotiations. Theres been no sign that the white house is acting in good faith here and really intends to negotiate anything. And all is a way to go directly to the supreme court. Its not used often. Its reserved for high importance situations and for where time is of the essence. If i was an attorney for the dems in congress, i would think about trying to use that route because otherwise this is going to drag out forever. When politics are at play with every move coming from the white house and congress, i wonder if this protracted fight works to the benefit of both sides. One wrinkle on the mueller testifying front is you have not just democrats in congress, but you have republicans in congress who have also said that they would like to see bob mueller testify because he is the fact witness kind of in this thing. So at the end of the day, now republicans exhibit what, rachael, x, y, and z, of being put in a tough position of the president changing his position, so lets see what republicans say today. Good to see you guy said. I also want to get to this, this is also happening as we speak. Any moment now, Donald Trumps longtime attorney and fixer mike 8 cohen is reporting to prison. Hes set to begin his threeyear prison sentence todays. He pleaded guilty to tax evasion, making false statements to a bank, to congress, and Campaign Finance violations, youll remember tied to hush money payments he orchestrated on behalf of donald trump. Here is what Michael Cohen, though, had to say leaving his apartment this morning. I hope that when i rejoin my family and frniends, that the country will be in a place without xenophobia, injustice, and lies at the helm of our country. There still remains much to be told. And i look forward to the day that i can share the truth. Im left wondering what more is there to be told . He testified before congress for hours. But we will see. Cohen will be serving his time at the federal prison in otisville, new york, which is about two hours outside of new york city. Thats where cnns Brynn Gingras is standing by. This has been a long time coming, and lets be honest, these are Michael Cohens final moments of freedom for a long time. A lot of Drama Building up to this point and even drama this morning when he gave that statement, sort of teasing his truth tour, which hes been on since he gave the guilty plea last year to all the crimes you outlined. Yes, he made the statements and immediately from his park avenue home, he got into a black Cadillac Escalade and headed up this way. Its about 70 miles northwest of new york city. Otisville prison. We expect him here in the next half hour or so unless he makes stops along the way. Once he does get here, hes going to make his way up the driveway behind me. Theres a makeshift checkpoint that was put in place this morning, presumably to keep the press away from the area, but hell have to check in there before he heads up to the actual prison. Theres a reason Michael Cohen picked this prison. Its known for being sort of lax in its policies, not necessarily policies but sort of its atmosphere, i should say. Its been dubbed club fed. Forbes magazine named it one of the cushiest prisons in america back in 2009. And theres two separate campuses. One is a medium security campus. One is a minimum security campus. The bureau of prisons wont be able to tell us which one Michael Cohen will be housed at until he actually becomes an inmate. All that will happen soon once we see him. Kate. Well check back in with you. Michael cohen on his way to prison as we speak. Coming up for us, the Trump Administration sends carriers and bombers to the persian gulf. Hot spots around the globe are flaring up today. Whats behind this latest move against iran . Plus, worldwide markets are falling after President Trump threatened to increase tariffs on china. The week when everyone thought the china trade deal was going to be done. What does this mean for that deal . Is it off . Is it on . Well be right back. Every chip. This daughter was Home Visiting when mom saw a chip in her windshield. Mom honey is that a chip . 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