Chatter]nd chairman graham good morning, everybody. For those watching on television, it is 28 degrees in here. [laughter] is that what it is . Chairman graham i do not know, but let it the air conditioning works. Thank you. We will have a hearing today about all things crossfire, hurricane and the Robert Mueller investigation. We will have five minute rounds. As usual, i will try to make sure you are able to finish your thought in five minutes, and not cut you off. I appreciate all of the participation. Mr. Rosenstein, thank you for coming to the committee voluntarily. We appreciate your service to our country and your bridges a patient in the hearing today. And i will try to do a pretty short opening statement, then we will get to the witness. Why are we here . I think we have a clip. This is mr. Rosenstein on may 1, 2018. It really does illustrate chairman graham turn it up. Mr. Rosenstein we make mistakes. We are not flawless. If we accuse somebody of wrongdoing, we need credible w
First president in his lifetime who does not try to unite the American People, does not even pretend to try. You can read the entire statement at the atlantic. Com. Next, former Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein testifies processisa application and how it was used by the fbi to investigate potential ties between russia and the truck president ial campaign. This hearing is part of an ongoing review into possible misuse of the fisa process. Mr. Rosenstein was asked about his role at the time of the investigation and his decision to appoint a special counsel. Good morning, everybody. For those watching on television, it is 28 degrees in here. [laughter] is that what it is . Chairman graham i do not know, but let it the air conditioning works. Thank you. We will have a hearing today about all things crossfire, hurricane and the Robert Mueller investigation. We will have five minute rounds. As usual, i will try to make sure you are able to finish your thought in five minutes, and not c
Chairman graham good morning, everybody. For those watching on television, it is 28 degrees in here. [laughter] is that what it is . Chairman graham i do not know, but let it the air conditioning works. Thank you. We will have a hearing today about all things crossfire, hurricane and the Robert Mueller investigation. We will have five minute rounds. As usual, i will try to make sure you are able to finish your thought in five minutes, and not cut you off. I appreciate all of the participation. Mr. Rosenstein, thank you for coming to the committee voluntarily. We appreciate your service to our country and your bridges a patient in the hearing today. And i will try to do a pretty short opening statement, then we will get to the witness. Why are we here . I think we have a clip. This is mr. Rosenstein on may 1, 2018. It really does illustrate chairman graham turn it up. Mr. Rosenstein we make mistakes. We are not flawless. If we accuse somebody of wrongdoing, we need credible witnessesa n
Mann, author in residence at Johns Hopkins school of advanced International Studies, he talks about his biography of president george w. Bush. James mann, author of the biography on george w. Bush. If a friend of yours who had never met george w. Bush asked you to talk about him, what would you say . I would say he was a guy who was the son of a president , had trouble dealing with that fact for the first 40 years plus of his life, and then got his own personal life together enough to be a quite successful and shrewd politician to be elected governor of texas, and then became president of the united states. The first thing he would be known for then at the time of his presidency now, and forever more, will certainly be the fact that he was president at the time of the september 11th attacks and chose to wage a war in iraq that turned out to be a disaster. What were his early years like . Well, he followed in his fathers footsteps, and i say that quite literally, because he was forced,
His surprise win in the alabama special election is the first time the conservative Southern State has sent a democrat to the senate in 25 years. Mr trump has been distancing himself from the defeated republican candidate, who he endorsed during the campaign, but the loss complicates the president s chances of passing major legislation. Alabamas new senator elect has said he wants to work with politicians from both parties. I want to sit down with folks from both sides of the aisle, both sides of the issue. I want to talk to people from both sides of the issue, not just political people from both sides of the issue, notjust political parties, to learn what they can and make an informed decision. The result hasntjust shifted the Political Landscape in alabama, it might have impact across the country, as the bbcs nick bryant reports. Amidst all the noise and rage of american politics, its worth remembering elections are often decided in quiet suburbs. That was true in alabama, where mode