maxine waters has decided to go through with an ethics trial. the representative has been under investigation for conflict of interest involving a bailout money. her husband served on the board of a bank but the ethics scandal may not be a major election issue. i think most people are pretty cynical and they assume that certain percentage of politicians are crooked. economy is the black hole sucking in all available light in this election. republicans have had their share of ethics investigations. recent investigations involved bob foley and also tom delay. it is the preferred, drug smugglers coming from mexico, the government plans to deploy troops there. why is there a delay getting them to the border. we re live in arizona with the answer.
that i just never understood. i mean, as members of congress fully know, that if you re doing something you shouldn t be doing, i mean, there s a microscope. i mean, there s a microscope and things that members of congress do. i mean, any candidate who thinks they re going to run for congress or the senate that, you know, that does some bad things in the past or that you do things in office and some other you re not going to be found out, in the world of, you know, everything you do is going to be on camera or someone listening, you know, as you walk by. i mean, everything you do, because of who you are, is going to be found out and it s a matter of, you know, just clean up your act. understand that if you, you know, if you re going to pursue this kind of behavior, don t think you can get away with it because you cannot get away with it not in today s world. let me add, too, i think having an open ethics procedure. having an actual hearing, a trial conducted publicly by the ethics c
he got to congress by beating adam clayton powell in a democratic primary, congressman who had ethics problems. and the voters ultimately should decide this issue and if it goes to a full trial, it s not helpful for democrats and i believe the election will still turn on the economy and that will be the major issue this fall. you know, i think you agree on that. the voters will be the ultimate people who decide what s going on with the ethics violation and let s go to a bigger question what we re seeing here in congress just with these two situations, with rangel and now congress woman maxine waters and the path. when we look at this and that the american public already has a distrust of their members of congress and their popularity is extremely low, what do you both say and what can you suggest to members of of congress to get it right? to make the wise choices ethically? who do you want to start on this. go ahead. fine, i ll start. look, this is, this is always something tha
house ethics committee. he is not alone. yet another democrat, congresswoman maxine waters of california, under the microscope, depending on how the democrats handle the respective situations, this could be a major problem for the party in midterm elections. and now at least nine house democrats have come forward, calling on rangel to step down. we get the report from washington. heading into the mid-term elections, democrats are facing the possibility of two ethics trials, congressman charlie rangel, and now congresswoman maxine waters. both have gone forward with full public trials. rangel won t comment on the 13 charges against him, including misusing his office, fail tower disclose assets and nonpayment of taxes. a top investigator says the committee members recommended a reprimand, the mildest punishment. maxine waters has decided to go through with an ethics trial.
intelligence analyst pfc bradley manning as a suspect in this case. he was arrested in may in a similar but separate case. but was moved this week from a field jail in kuwait to the bringing at quantico marine core base in virginia where he may face trial on charges that he leaked aerial cockpit video to wiki leaks of a 2007 fire fight in baghdad. assange says he offered to let the white house view the documents before they were posted online to make sure no innocent people were identified. he said the white house didn t respond. a white house spokesman says there was no such offer that that claim is, quote, add be absolutely unequivocally not true. shannon? shannon: all right. molly, we thank you very much for keeping us updated on this story as it keeps having more and more twists and turns. thank you. well, new developments are alleged sexual abuse case. we will tell future former bp is going to have to face off with the masseuse who claims that he came on to her in court. and, yo