sure want to watch lawrence tonight. for sure. there are three democrats in congress that are republicans are going to try to block from serving on committees. in this next hour, lawrence are going to have three of of those democrats on live. reuben diego, congressman, tom backed veteran marine, progressive democrat, diego and ends today that he is going to challenge incumbent kyrsten sinema for her seen the summit now that she s dropped out of the democratic party which is should be a battle royal. lawrence has those three democrats and the republicans are threatening and reuben calle go, it is all just ahead on the watch word with lawrence o donnell. now it is time for him. good evening. donnell. now it is you know we ve got a n here. now because selden senator shelton lighthouse is going to feel bad, you haven t mentioned him, and he was actually in ukraine when the supreme court released their investigation of itself last week. and then they had to amend it. he is going t
will presumably continue to be a member of the judiciary committee in the house. and we have seen a development under that committee s jurisdiction today with the arrest of a former high-level fbi operative who was apparently in crumpling s with the russian oligarch, oleg deripaska, do rolling his serves in the fbi and after. what is your reaction to what we know that the facts of that case as of tonight? lawrence, the name that probably comes to mind as well as robert hand saying. one of the greatest breaches of classified information and betrayal in the intelligence community. and you know, just hoping that it doesn t run that deep, that this individual has not turned over the keys, the crown jewels to the russians. but it just shows how pervasive russian influence and interference s. we continue, we have to be
welcomed into your conference. removing congresswoman ohanian from the house foreign affairs committee would normally require a full house vote from the house of representatives and of as we have seen from kevin mccarthy s election speaker, winning majority vote from the house is not easy for kevin mccarthy. congresswoman omar released a public letter about her committee in this i would also be honored to continue serving on the foreign affairs committee, where i d be able to continue to offer a unique perspective as a somali american, a refugee, and the only africa born member of congress. the mccarthy three are important to kevin mccarthy, as a symbol of the kind of power he wishes he had but does not have. nothing on kevin mccarthy s legislative will ever be signed into law by
representative sane and the house of representatives full of people who are willing to be there for the right things. representative swalwell, paul gosar was the other republican members who was knocked off committees for similar reasons to marjorie taylor greene. we have republican congresswoman nancy mace tonight saying that she would not vote to remove anyone from a committee and that indicates that as of tonight, kevin mccarthy doesn t have all of the republican votes. of hope that is the case for miss. omar because as she pointed out, her movable will require a vote on the floor. it is much easier for mccarthy with chairman schiff and myself but lawrence, what we are seeing here is that mccarthy looks a lot like the old mccarthy. an individual who would abuse their political power to exact political vengeance and in my case, he is doing it under you
basic math and. he can t remain speaker unless he does the dirty work of the most extreme elements of this congress. including members like marjorie taylor greene which as you demonstrated he is holding on for dear life. but the problem that goes beyond our particular fortune on these committees, is it really brings to the committees themselves intelligence and foreign affairs. this is an unprecedented action to take the steps. and not just bring this these important committees but also establishing different committees like the committee for the weaponization of the government, the combination of these things is that the intelligence communities are going to be very reluctant to share information with congress because they see how little regard the speaker has for his job and responsibilities and themselves. representative omar, you are