because these committees are not controlled by democrats and there is a clear partisan valance in how they re approaching it, how much control does he have or the minority of the committee have to steer this investigation? well, they have a limited number of cards to play but relatively powerful ones. we ve seen thus far that speaker ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell have resisted calls for an investigations, the formation of a select committee or a bipartisan commission by saying no, no, there s an ongoing investigation. let s let that happen instead of having these more robust and independent investigations. i think as soon as people like representative schiff or congressman mark warner of the senate withdraw their support, say they no longer think these are serious inquiries that will put a tremendous amount of pressure. that s a key point. so that card, if they were to publicly withdraw their support from the committee s work, that would produce pressure for some
this might include an inquiry into criminal conduct. he made a point of flagging that extra step to make sure they re looking at collusion, criminal conduct, the behavior of people within the united states as well. you were in an event today with adam schiff of that committee, he s played an interesting role in all this and because these committeeare not controlled by democrats and there is a clear partisan valance in how they re approaching it, how much control does he have or the minority of the committee have to steer this investigation? well, they have a limited number of cards to play but relatively powerful ones. we ve seen thus far that speaker ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell have resisted calls for an investigations, the formation of a select committee or a bipartisan commission by saying no, no, there s an ongoing investigation. let s let that happen instead of having these more robust and independent investigations. i think as soon as people like represent
i was on the sidewalk. they abducted you. correct. threw you in the van? correct. ted says his abductors wore masks, had a gun and spoke in thick mediterranean accents. i was told some very specific things. and i said, i don t know what this all is about, but i m not going to do anything to hurt anyone. and i was told that i only had to do one thing. that one thing? ensure that a window shutter or steel valance was left open near the nursing station. i said i m not doing anything to endanger anyone. at that point i was shown pictures of my family. and i couldn t believe what i was shown. you re telling me somebody has pictures of your family back in new york that they re showing you in the back of a van in the south of france? yes. these were surveillance photos? yes, they were. yes, they were.
a muddle of half truths and unproved accusations. everybody in the story ted maher believes he was witness to an assassination attempt gone awry. but we had some more questions about his version of events. can you help me understand a few more things if we can go back to the night in question. remember, ted says he was abducted two days before the attack. and told that a window shutter needed to be left open. what i don t understand about these guys is, why tell you that they re going to attack? i didn t there was no telling me they were going to attack. i was told one thing specific, i was told to make sure the valance was kept open. you re told that by guys wearing masks. if that s not an indication they were planning an attack, i don t know what it is. you re right. why tell a green beret? why warn you? you are the last person i would warn. you have an impeccable record.
say their cameras blanketing the city picked up no sign of fleeing intruders. but there s something else about ted s story we thought didn t quite add up. remember that weight he says he used to fight off the intruders? you ve been working out. i had done some things with my arms, yes. it s the middle of the night and it s easy to fall asleep. right. but i don t understand because you know that that particular night something may happen. something huge is going to happen. the valance is open. yes. that s not a typical night. you re not going to have trouble falling asleep that night. you d be on pins and needles. you re right. i was. that s a 36 hours without any sleep at all and being under that stress. by 4:30 in the morning i was exhausted. ted maher, who is briefly hailed as a hero then cast as the villain, says he he s really been just a victim all along. is there one other possibility, though, that the monaco police were incredibly