ask, some republicans will say benghazi wasn t necessarily worth all of that public display. others say that it definitely was. look, congress has the right to investigate these things, but they also have the responsibility to be curious about matters around the world. lindsey graham, you know, should make it his business how many tro troops are in niger, as well. i want to shift gears to john mccain, who had some choice words that seemed to be directed at president trump. he was doing an interview with c-span and he was talking about the vietnam era. let s listen to what senator mccain said. we drafted the lowest income level of america and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. so, he didn t mention him by name, lynn. but you know who was wealthy back during the vietnam era and you know who got at least one deferment because of a bone spur? president donald trump. so how do you read what john mccain is saying there and why is he saying
the execution an hour before he was set to be put to death. a law that provides medical help for 9/11 first responders is set to expire at midnight tonight. now back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. the big story capitol hill today is the epic gaff from the man who wants to be the next speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy unfortunately has an irish name. here is the guy saying the purpose of the stupid hearings on benghazi wasn t to find out what happened but to screw hillary clinton. let s watch. what you are going to see is a conservative speaker that takes a conservative congress that puts a strategy to fight and win. and let me give you one example.
and not dangerous to a woman s health and to her life. but they weren t there, haven t been there, apparently, since 1983. let s move onto o.j. simpson. he s appearing in court on wednesday against his conviction. this time, we may get to hear o.j. testify. i think you re definitely going to hear from him. the key issue here is whether the plea was actually conveyed to o.j. now, if mr. simpson claims that it wasn t delivered and he says that it was, i think the court will err on the side of caution and actually deny his petition. but if there s some other type of evidence that actually lends credence to his argument that he was not given that plea, that s a very, very serious thing. as a defense lawyer, you have to declare all pleas to your client. right. just to refresh you, o.j. was
let s move onto o.j. simpson. he s appearing in court on wednesday against his conviction. this time, we may get to hear o.j. testify. i think you re definitely going to hear from him. the key issue here is whether the plea was actually conveyed to o.j. now, if mr. simpson claims that it wasn t delivered and he says that it was, i think the court will err on the side of caution and actually deny his petition. but if there s some other type of evidence that actually lends credence to his argument that he was not given that plea, that s a very, very serious thing. as a defense lawyer, you have to declare all pleas to your client. right. just to refresh you, o.j. was
means by which they cannot only channel their frustrations by do something about it, and demand results on capitol hill. we need to have a government that s going to respond to the crucial issues. they re not dealing with the big issues anymore, piers. that s the problem now. take the white house. their reaction to benghazi wasn t really anything to do with us. their reaction to irs, well, nothing to do with us. reaction to the a.p. scandal, whoa, whoa, whoa, we knew nothing about any of this. it stretches any kind of plausibility that nobody at the white house knew about this. congress has to get to the bottom of it and the white house has to provides answers but it has to be done on a bipartisan basis. seeking the truth should be a bipartisan pursuit. republicans can t be overly political about it and the democrats can t be overly dismissive. they ve got to get together. we ve had crises and scandals in the past, we have able to transcend them by virtue of working together hand i