immigration, guns or impeachment, what will rally voters in 2020? congressman jerry connolly will join me in one of his first interviews since he changed his view on impeachment proceedings. that s next. ext. [baby cooing on baby monitor] psst.. it s 8 pm on a saturday. we gotta go, the guys are waiting. here. old spice. shhhh. bring back potato skins. mmm, exactly!ug
therther there, either. we re the backstop here so we can t let his obstruction of congress go without him being held to account. congressman jerry connolly, a loyal leadership follower of the house of representatives came out in favor of impeachment and said we cannot allowdesensitizee no consequences. he continues to debase the office he holds. he has fear and insighted violence and called american communities infested and told members of congress to go back to where he came from and stokes flames by referring to an invasion of foreigners and questioned the allegiance of fellow americans at every moment whether in the aftermath of charlottesville or el paso or dayton and failed to hear our country and call us to our better angels and sustained the oval office with racism, zo
what this is ultimately about is to not let donald trump again get away with a crime because he s obstructing. i think if you look at what mueller laid out, mueller said in his report that because witnesses including the president obstructed because they lied, because they tampered with evidence and destroyed evidence, because they refused to testify, they were not able to fully understand what happened in the russian investigation because the president is shielded from obstruction of justice charge. he wasn t held accountable there, either. we re the backstop here so we can t let his obstruction of congress go without him being held to account. congressman jerry connolly, a loyal leadership follower of the house of representatives came out in favor of impeachment and said we cannot allowdesensitized no consequences. he continues to debase the office he holds. he has fear and insighted
inspector general s report laid out in stark detail unsanitary conditions at the cbp s migrant facilities. spotlighting the conditions even more today, the american academy of pediatrics put out these images. they are drawings made by children recently released from cbp custody depicting themselves in cages. now the senate s top democrat, chuck schumer, is calling for the acting cbp chief to be fired. this just ten days before house democrats want him to testify before the oversight committee. so the big questions remain what happens next and what is going to fix this crisis. joining me now is one of the top members of the house oversight committee, democratic congressman jerry connolly from virginia. congressman, thank you for taking a few minutes with us. nice to be with you, steve. your committee has said it would like to hear from the acting dhs chief, would like to hear from the cbp chief, and today was the deadline that the chairman, elijah cummings, had set for responses fro
representative jerry connolly. good to see you, congressman. good to be with you, alex. let s get to that contempt vote, sir. set for the full house this tuesday. it may not be the only one this week. i know your committee chair, elijah cummings, has threatened contempt votes against the attorney general as well as commerce secretary wilbur ross, this for missing a question regarding census. what will be your vote in all of this? i believe we will, absent some kind of last-minute agreement by the department of justice, and i believe it s well deserved. i most certainly will support a motion of contempt because i think both attorney general barr and particularly secretary ross have engaged in very duplicitous behavior with respect to the committee and the congress. they need to respond to subpoenas. those illegal documents, mr. barr in particular, he s the chief law enforcement official of the united states government, to defie a legal subpoena,