astonishing, but one aftermath is that iran is empowered. reporter: so that is still the big lingering problem here. there are really two main issues remaining. one, profound corruption. iraq is a rich country, at least it has a lot of resources, oil, primarily. but there is a tremendous amount of poverty, the oil wealth is being dominated, controlled by a certain elite group, political powers, a lot of them dominated by iran, the iranian-backed malitias. you don t see them much on the streets, but they are a heavy presence here. and, actually, there s a good example, where i m standing right now. this square sort of encapsulates everything. this was the square, and i m sure you remember it from that night 20 years ago, where saddam hussein s main statue was, the giant, larger-than-life statue. it used to be right here and now it s gone. all that s left is a tiny piece
i understand. so we know that you illegally entered the capitol that afternoon and left the capitol area later on. what made you decide to leave? basically when president trump put his tweet out. we literally left after that. you know, to me, if he would have done that at 1:30, i you know, we wouldn t maybe would be in this bad of a situation or something. thank you. mr. chairman, i yield back. chair recognizes mr. raskin from maryland. thank you. mr. van tatenhoft, stewart rhodes implored president trump to invoke the insurrection act, the law that allows the president to put up malitias to put down a rebellion against the united states. i want your thoughts about this in your prior relationship with
0 along those lines, and then he fairly quickly moved to how fired up the crowd is, was going to be. and just that they were fired up. they were angry. the election was stolen, the election was rigged. did he give any communication how he knew that the crowd was fired up or angry? he continued referencing hearing them outside. through the open door of the oval us a, the president could hear the sound of the crowd and the music at the freedom plaza. these are some of the things that they were saying there at the plaza. just blocks from where the president sat that evening excited for the next day. this is nothing less than an epic struggle for the future of this country between dark and light. between the godly and the godless. between good and evil. and we will win this fight or america will is step off into 1,000 years of darkness. tomorrow, tomorrow, trust me, the american people that are standing on the soil that we re standing on tonight and they re going to be standi
continue to be evaluated by medical personnel. us a you know, tbi can take awhile to manifest itself. we re taking that seriously. my understanding is they have been returned to duty or will be very soon. in the back there. so in syria, you know, placing charges or explosive devices is not iranian backed malitias. are you worried there s an insider threat to the base? clearly there s a concern about some sort of insider threat. if the growing assumption is there s a deliberate placement of charges, of course it s a concern. who is it with the u.s. forces down there in that base? i ll refer you to centcom. i don t have a lay down of everybody that is there today.
russians that they re willing to deescalating. martha: the market pay close attention to what s going on. that s 1 indicator of what the world thinks. thanks, john kirby. come back soon. will do. martha: also with us now, former secretary of state mike pompeo. good to have you with us. thanks for being here. great to be with you, martha. martha: your thoughts on any of the above. what stands out to you? you began the conversation around the issues in iran. today we have apparently iranian backed malitias attacking our embassy in baghdad. i ve seen a clip of the video where they re threatening to kill president trump and myself. martha: you have seen the video? we have negotiators at the table in vienna. martha: can you tell me about the video? what is in it? you know, the reporting says it was a video in a on the test. the iranian government made clear that they want vengeance against president trump and me