today, it must have been a difficult thing to watch, watching the way this is supposed to be done, watching the way this is supposed to be handles while your chairman is out there saying the democrats aren t serious. the democrats don t want to do this job. good evening, lawrence. i did watch that press conference with envy. but also a sense of familiarity. our chairman and ranking member just weeks ago for working hand in hand. so were all the republicans and democrats on the committee. we had a pledge to follow the evidence. we had a productive open hearing as we went down an investigative road together. unfortunately, the chairman exited that road to go and work with the white house. and what is at stake now is our committee s independence, credibility and ability to make progress. lawrence, i ll give you one other example that informs me. i was a 20-year-old intern in washington on capitol hill when september 11th happened. i saw republicans and democrats after that attack stand
but we do know that at least on this day, if sam ervin could have seen what we saw today, he would no doubt be proud of the man who now holds the senate seat that once was his. i m sorry that my distinguished friend from florida does not approve of my method of examining my witness. i m an old country lawyer. i don t know the finer ways to do it. i just have to do it my way. joining us now eric swalwell, member of the house permanent select committee on intelligence. congressman, thank you very much for joining us again tonight. i can imagine if you were watching the leaders of the senate intelligence committee today, it must have been a difficult thing to watch, watching the way this is supposed to be done, watching the way this is supposed to be handles while your chairman is out there saying the democrats aren t serious. the democrats don t want to do this job. good evening, lawrence.
he wants public hearings on classified information. whenever someone says they want public hearings about a classified matter you know they aren t serious, so congress is capable of investigating. we did it in the committee i was on 99 out of our 100 interviews were done in private. the democrats are more interested in the politics than finding out what happened. shannon: ben cardin is the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee. thank you for being with us. we have multiple congressional investigation ongoing and the f.b.i. is investigating. why do you think something separate and above? i think these congressional investigations are important. each committee have responsibility and they need to carry out those responsibilities. but when we were attacked on 9/11 we recognized that we need to do something that was broader, that had the jurisdictions to look at comprehensively how we could protect our country from this
say that some of the political parties aren t serious, but they put more people with larger resumes. shameless plugs. i have a piece in this week s atlantic and the first of three pieces coming out on the big trip i took to new zealand. you were in new zealand too long. sorry. today, north texas giving day. if you do your charity today the community foundation will give a match. very nice. my husband at politico. look for his byline for the most insightful writing in all of washington. he s the most insightful writing. is there any doubt? this is a tough week for everybody at the navy. my wife works at the navy. a lot of people think of the folks as faceless, nameless bureaucrats and i want to give a plug to the folks doing their jobs and continue to do so in serving and let s stop, there s a great piece in the post about where is why are we so numb? where is the anger? where is the outrage? that s it for this edition of
burgla burglary, it is a 12-person jury. still, because of the boundaries put on who gets in your jury pool, that jury is never representative of your client, right? that is true. at the end of the day, you have to have say to yourself, there are 30,000 trayvon martins in america every single year. the number one cause of african-american males age 15 to 19 like trayvon was is gun violence. it is an epidemic. until our leaders get serious about solving this in washington and our states, there s going to be more and more every year. it s not that our leaders aren t serious. it s that a smaller part of the populous and a smaller part of washington is blocking it. we have a system where the minority can block progress. listen, you don t have to tell me. i was a guy that represented bucks county, pennsylvania. only the second democrat in 220 years. i got an f from the nra. i said, listen, election day is