his house. police launch tear goes at demonstrators marching in the streets. breaking news after intense criticism president trump has reversed his g7 decision announcing last night he would no longer host the summit at his doral resort. the ept making the announcement on twitter again vowing to search for another site including possibly camp david. that s where former president barack obama hosted the g7 in 2012. but the acting white house chief of staff just on thursday trashed camp david as a g7 site. camp david, was that the perfect place? i understand the folks hated it and thought it was a miserable place to have it, it was way too small and remote. they went there and it backfired. house democrats introduced the thug act. it would have blocked the use of federal funds if it was held at
ukraine, syria, and the g7 site. and moments ago, congressman rooney announced he will not be seeking re-election. joining me now, peter emerson. he worked in three democratic administrations, republican strategist rina shah, and conservative commentator ashley pratt, an nbc think contributor. let s start with congressman rooney, who is not saying he is for impeachment or for an impeachment inquiry, but he is saying he s thinking about impeachment. and now we have this retirement news. what do you make of all that? well, yesterday i heard congressman rooney s interview with npr, and it was also very much the same. like you said, he did not come out saying i want impeachment, i want it now. he expressed great concern for acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney s comments and also gave cover there, saying that i like mick as a person, i ve worked with him in the past, he s done great things. i think what we need to really look at, though, here, is that how very convenient for t