Change. Obviously, gop lawmakers behind closed doors voting to put that independent entity again under the thumb of lawmakers. Now democrats, obviously, have fired back quickly, but republicans defending it. Take a listen to one of each. I havent seen it running amok and i dont know i certainly know its bad optics for this to be the ffrts thing for this congress to do. This was a democratic provision put in by nancy pelosi after there was corruption on both sides of the aisle. I think the American Public is not the rating of congress is very low. This will certainly make it lower. My shoep what youll see is more transparency. Youll see individuals with the opportunity to know who is accusing them, and that we will see matters resolved in a more timely manner. Obviously, Marsha Blackburn voteod that proposal, was in that closed door hearing. What you are hearing from sources in that meeting in the room is basically lawmakers were complaining this independent entity was overzealous and g
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi slamming the move in a statement. Republicans claim they want to drain the swamp. Evidently, ethics are the First Casualty of the new republican congress. The republicans went against their own leadership, House Speaker ryan and Paul Mccarthey did not back the move. It could last at least two years if passed. Republicans this week also expected to cast their first votes on repeeling the Affordable Care act. The Obamacare Repeal resolution will be the first item up in the new year. With a major fight over obamacare brewing, Top Democrats launching a preemptive strike, calling the rapid look to dismantle the law without a clear plan to replace it an act of cowardice. Just repealing it and saying they will replace it sometime down the road will cause huge calami calamity. There is a vow to delay trumps nominees, possibly for months. The idea is to figure out how from day one how to oppose every single one of these individuals completely sad. Democrats cl
Tonight, the breaking news, donald trump jr. Testifying before the house intelligence committee. Questioned by investigators behind closed doors. It was a marathon session of more than eight hours. Eight hours today. And it ended just moments ago. Trump jr. Refusing to reveal a conversation between himself and his father. A conversation that happened after news reports surfaced about that crucial meeting in june of 2016 at trump tower with a russian lawyer. Youll remember the meeting, right . Trump jr. Took it because he was promised dirt on Hillary Clinton. And official documents that would incriminate hillary. Specifically. According the congressman adam schiff, who attended the hearing, President Trump and trump jr. Had a conversation after trump jr. Produced the emails about the meeting at trump tower. They had a meet, then trump jr. Didnt want to provide any further details of his conversation with his father, the president , envoinvoking atty client privilege. He did reveal some,
Stand by your man or in this case men. President trump on the defense after reports that john kelly threatened to quit and even calling Scott Pruitts spending habits reasonable. And Mark Zuckerberg is preparing for a grill session with congress. Will congress hit the like or dislike button on his testimony in. A lot to cover here, everybody. Here we go. President assad needs to be held accountable for his war crimes. I think the president will have to reconsider his plan for an early withdrawing in like of whats happened. Its a defining moment in his presidency. Looking at possible there will be another missile attack . I wouldnt take anything off the table. I think he will hold not just syria, but make it clear he believes russia is also responsible. If he doesnt follow through and live up to the tweet, he will look weak in the eyes of russia and iran, so this is a defining moment, mr. President , you need to follow through, show resolve that obama never did to get this right. Horrifi
This issue. Jeff ben set live at the white house. Thank you for joining us this afternoon. Whats the latest with the troop deployments . Reporter texas is the first state to heed the president s call following his surprise announcement this week to deploy up to 4,000 National Guard troops to the border to help crack down on crime and illegal immigration. Texas has sent 250 guardsmen, arizona is sending another 150. New mexico also says its on board with the president s plan. Those are three border states all led by republican governors. California, the other border state led by democratic governor jerry brown, california hasnt made a decision about all of this yet. And you read the president s tweet which he sent in the last hour or so where he says the dems have been a disaster on this very important issue. Something we should point out, i spoke with someone familiar with the president s thinking in terms of politics as we approach this Midterm Election year. And this person said expe