Trump Again Insults Pelosi as Nadler Tries to Convince Speaker to Impeach; Rep. Cummings Indicates He'll Move Forward on Contempt Vote Against Barr and Ross over Census Information
BOLDUAN: President Trump is lashing out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Here's what he said about the speaker while still in Normandy for the D-Day anniversary.</s>DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I think she's a disgrace. I actually don't think she's a talented person. I have tried to be nice to her because I would have liked to have gotten some deals done. She's incapable of doing deals. She's a nasty, vindictive, horrible person. She's a terrible person. And I'll tell you, her name, it's Nervous Nancy because she's a nervous wreck.</s>BOLDUAN: Trump was responding to political reporting that Nancy Pelosi told colleagues behind closed doors the following, quote, "I don't want to see him impeached. I want to see him in prison." CNN's Manu Raju is joining me on Capitol Hill. Man, you have a lot of new reporting about that meeting where Pelosi made these remarks, according to "Politico," and a break between Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler and Speaker Pelosi.</s>MANU RAJU, CNN SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We have learned Jerry Nadler made the case to open up an impeachment inquiry in the very meeting. That's one reason Nancy Pelosi made those remarks pretty dramatically that she would rather see the president be in prison than impeached. Because Jerry Nadler, who his committee would be in charge of launching impeachment proceedings, has quietly been making the case to her that it's time to do that. One reason why I am told is because he believes that it could help their case in court as they're fighting on a range of matters with the administration to get information. The real fear from the Democrats is, if they lose, it could dramatically set back their efforts to oversee the administration. They believe an impeachment inquiry strengthens their case in court. But also, Nadler told Pelosi and others who were present that the impeachment inquiry could essentially centralize all of the probes that are occurring in the House right now to his committee, freeing up those other panels to actually do their own legislative agenda and leave that part of the investigation to the Judiciary Committee. But he met pushback not just from Pelosi, but also Adam Schiff, the House Intelligence Committee chairman, who, as you know, Kate, has his own investigation that he's launching.</s>BOLDUAN: That's true. Right now, it doesn't seem like it's changed the state of play, at least the most important opinion in this, which would be Speaker Pelosi. But at the same time, another committee is making new moves. The House Oversight is saying it's going to be moving ahead with plans to hold the attorney general and the commerce secretary in contempt. Why now, Manu?</s>RAJU: Yes, that's right. Over a separate probe altogether. This having to do with the citizenship question that was added to the 2020 census. Democrats believe this is part of an effort to suppress the minority turnout, the way minorities are counted. That would affect how House seats are drawn. Republicans say this is part of an effort to enforce the Voting Rights Act. They say the administration has not been truthful, which is why they issued subpoenas, the Democrats did. Those have not been complied with. The Justice Department saying this is premature. They want to negotiate further. But Elijah Cummings, this morning, Kate, said he's willing to move forward and hold Wilbur Ross and Bill Barr in contempt for not complying with those subpoenas -- Kate?</s>BOLDUAN: All right, Manu, thank you so much. Coming up for us, a pretty stark 180. Democratic front-runner, Joe Biden, reversing his position on what is becoming a major issue in the Democratic primary race, federal funding for abortion services. So what triggered his reversal? And what does it say about his campaign strategy right now? We'll be right back.