morning joe and their hosts. most lately when he questioned nbc having a license, which of course he can t revoke, but he threatened it. he calls the news as the en em of the american people. these are violative of his oath to uphold the first amendment and freedom of the press. with the judiciary, arpaio, judge curiel in california. an authoritarian first goes against the press and the judiciary. that s what this man has done and it puts the united states in a vulnerable position. i would think you ve explained your reasoning to your colleagues but i read on twitter that you re still seeking co-sponsors, especially judiciary members, for your impeachment articles. what kind of support have you received from the democrats and is there any interest whatsoever from republicans? we ve gotten some people who committed to support our resolution. we want to get a few more.
we don t want to be like the previous resolution that was introduced in july that was introduced by one member by himself. not that william tell and the lone ranger aren t right sometimes, but it s best in congress to have some support and not be the lone ranger. al green did not introduce his resolution yet but he made a presentation on the floor. we have some judiciary members on board, others working with us to get more judiciary members. that s where it would have to be initiated. it s a slow process, basically we ve got the resolution drawn. but we still need more sponsors. we would like to have ten when we introduce it, seven, eight, or ten. have any republicans said to you privately, look, the timing not quite yet, but if the president continues on this same trajectory, okay, then we will support you? i have one republican that has said he is looking at it, he s considering it. i have other republicans just like senator bob corker
is. we also have judiciary members who have the full faith and confidence in jeff sessions to do a great, independent job. this is about using our capacity wisely so that we can get on to filling vacant court positions and other key roles. julie: a secret white house administration official has gone on the record and i want you to react to this. one of the worst things you can do to president trump is show insecurity. sessions has showed that reince has showed that. but so far scaramucci, i think you could agree in his first five days on the job so far has not shown that. is president trump somehow positioning scaramucci for his next chief of staff? i m not really sure. reince priebus is a friend of mine. somebody i have worked with for several years. i will leave it to the president to make decisions he wants to about positions that are not subject to confirmation. witthose that do come to the senate, particularly those in judiciary where i serve, we want to make sure we keep good
so the chairman of the house judiciary committee is now calling for a special counsel to investigate this matter. i m not suggesting perjury. i am suggesting that there is a conflict between what the attorney general told us and what these documents that were just released show us. that is, that apparently he knew about, more about the fast & furious operation a year before he was willing to tell the judiciary members that he knew about it. martha: this is of course not the first political controversy eric holder has been a part of. he faced criticism when he called for investigation into cia abuses during the bush administration. last year he admitted during congressional testimony that he did not read arizona s immigration law. he reversed his position whether the 9/11 conspirators should be tried at gitmo or here in new york. he believed they should face a military tribunal. there are a number of issues for eric holder. that is one side to this equation whether or not this