Judy Woodruff:

As we reported earlier, congressional Democrats today escalated a legal fight with the Trump administration over the U.S. census, voting to hold Attorney General William Barr and U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress.

At issue, the intent of the administration's move to include a citizenship question in the nationwide survey, which is done every 10 years.

Democratic Representative Gerry Connolly of Virginia blasted the motive behind the question, while, in the Oval Office today, President Trump defended the additional question.