and textinfoher lp. all right, james longman monitoring developments. james, thank you. back here at home tonight, and to the growing firestorm on capitol hill. republican congressman steve king has been stripped of his committee assignments, but he took to the house floor today to explain why in an interview with the new york times he asked how white nationalist, white supreme cyst, how that language became offensive. abc s mary bruce on the hill. reporter: under growing pressure to resign, tonight, republican congressman steve king isn t going anywhere. after an interview with the new york times, in which king asked, white nationalist, white supremacist, western civilization. how did that language become offensive? today, after years of controversial comments, king stood on the house floor and said this that ideology never shows up in my head. i don t know how it could possibly come out of my mouth. reporter: in his defense, king argued his comments were taken out o