of the letter. a warning as we could not exactly without going into specific detail. lester holt (voiceover): one of those details there are things in th investigation that we could no release. there was information about th letters that we couldn t release. keeping that stuff confidentia was important for the integrit of the investigation but the man s life may be i jeopardy we did talk to ed e gave him as strong warning as we could, without going int specific details one of those details wa that the killer had been given a deadline the letter said, he was give eight weeks to do this job and it will be reassigned in fiv weeks. i want to give you guys time t help these guys and do something about it something about it time maybe maybe dave tells me that they hadn t received a letter, an
republicans heating th marjorie taylor greene call, but to your point olivia several republicans believ that truth about january six that donald trump incite violence do you think the foolishness o this true social posts wil actually have other republican saying, we re not touching this, we re not going to support donald trump i mean i would hope i think that s the right thing for the country to do righ now. you have a choice. and the choice the, obviousl voices to get out there and push back on it and that s the right thing t do for our country but the country over the party that is the moment we re i right now. once again i would say do i think that there is going to be others who are going t fall back in line? yes. i do expect that i think that this will show wh is willing to waste integrit over what s happening here i think that it is on them well they do the fox new playbook will they be talking about thi behind the scenes, saying ho bad it is and knowing exactl
hisoc supporters will have a chance to be rsheard, to have witnesses that they think can support their case come forward. i think theom rules could not b more important because you have to have faithse in the integrit of this process if you ultimately wanted to have the resultsto you re hoping for. that brings us back to the point senator mccaskill was making. viewers who see things sometimes say why did the hearing go that way? why was it so short? why was it so full of sound bites? i ve talked to voters who say, why do all politicians say at the end of the commercial, i m whoever, and il, approve this message, likeve it s some sort habit. there s a rule that makes you do that, and there areyo rules tha give you five, minutes back an forth.mi as you know,ba under the procedures of congress, that s rule 11. what these rules do that congress is preparing to pass any moment today would suspend that rule 11, as you said, and put in place a different rule that allows for longer and deepe
come up with any sort of compromise with president trump or any republicans. bret: to compromise thing is not working here in washington. panel, thank you very much. when we come back, a double portion of honesty and integrit integrity. nick, nick, we need a decision. these days we all feel a little anxious sometimes. but if you could see inside my mind; you ll find i go to my happy place. see if we let tensions run the show up here, then our bodies won t perform at their best out here. wait, aren t we going to the sound check? priorities. so i m partnering with cigna, to remind you that how you re doing emotionally affects you physically. go for your annual check-up and be open with your doctor about anything you re feeling. physically, and emotionally. body and mind cigna. together all the way.
he s dishonest. he has shown a lack of integrit integrity. and he has continued, i think, demean the office of the presidency. he is, i think, the most divisive president we ve ever had in the oval office. this is nothing short of treasonous because it s a betrayal of the nation. i think brennan is a bad guy. i think is a very bad person. bret: this has all created quite a stir in washington. let s bring in the panel. matthew continetti, washington free beacon. ed garrett, washington post. jonah goldberg, senior editor at national review. it is certainly a first for the president to deny a former cia director has agreed to clearance. it s also a first for some of brennan s comments in the past. we talked about the norms being broken here, we need to recognize brennan has behaved in a way that s very unusual. accusing the president of