so much has been kept away from the media. that s a real plus for trey gowdy. very few items leaked out, professional staff, so to me this shows he s very intense, very serious about getting the job done. there are no cheap shots here. as far as that one staffer, i ve also been in congress long enough to know you get people rubbed the wrong way, they end up having an ax to grind, take things out of context. if i have to decide between trey gowdy and anonymous staffer or previously unknown staffer, i will side with trey gowdy. i guess congressman walters, you got to remember that we did learn about the e-mail scandal. and the private server as a result of the information and much of the reporting within the benghazi committee. four americans died in benghazi, and we have to get to the bottom of why they died. and this hearing has all been has been all about getting to
went out, when general electric was worried about paying employees. take us to the darkest day. what was the toughest and required the most courage to act? well, the toughest times clearly the weekend and week that followed and lehman failed early monday morning, then aig, the world s largest insurance company came close to failing, the fed and treasury intervened to prevent it from failing. we it to explain that to the president and then explain it to congress. what we told congress, secretary paulson and i was that if this company failed, that our financial system was already almost in cardiac arrest, would collapse entirely and bring down our economy. and we explained this to the congressman and told them what we were going to do and they basically told us, well, thanks for telling us about this, but this is your decision, your responsibility, congress is not going to support you on this. and so we were stuck in the middle in that very, very tough decision. are you surprised we
yan knowing him a little bit cares about this country and whether or not he does this, he ll do what is right for his family and what is right for the country. when he was 15 years old, ryan found his alcoholic father dead in bed of an apparent heart attack. a searing trauma that has shaped him. that means his decision will be far more personal than political. eric shawn with the latest there. now with peter king of new york and nene walters of california. congresswoman, we were talking about paul ryan being the shoo-in here. if he says no, who else is on the bench, would you say? if not him, who? well, there has been talk about perhaps having an interim speaker until the next congress is elected. people like john kline who has announced he s going to retire. or candice miller who announced she s going to retire, perhaps
come in the freedom group, whatever freedom focus. who want to change congress. and you can t change congress in the short run and equally as important you can t do things without raising taxes. they don t want to raise taxes. they sparked a revolution. they don t want to legislate. they don t want to work with the president. and they don t even want to work with john boehner, which is why boehner is tired of herding cats. you need somebody in the job that will bring people together. ryan would be a good choice. i think your point is well taken, he may not be the best guy for the job. given the number of people who are seeking it, of all those people, he might be the best choice. there is some very good house members. the problem is we sort of had this process where it was boehner and then mccarthy and all of a sudden it is not very strategic. you have to shut this thing down for a period of time. boehner out to say, i ll stay until january, everybody go home, come back a
having somebody to serve out the rest of this congress. those both of those would be great people to lead us and just a couple of names. yeah, i guess congressman king, well, if you have anybody to add to that, congressman, do so. i want to get your take on the benghazi committee at this point. here you have kevin mccarthy making that statement about the benghazi committee being political. this morning a gop investigator saying republicans on the benghazi panel fired him over a clinton focus. how would you characterize the status of this benghazi committee at this point? well, first of all, let me just say i think there are very real issues about benghazi going back to the preparation as far as security. also the aftermath where obviously misstatements and in many cases lies were told. there are real issues ther number one. secondly, i m not involved with the committee. but i do know trey gowdy. i have tremendous respect for him. having been in congress a long time, i have never