so-called caliphate. we do not want to see that same phenomenon happen in syria, so we pressed a very hard on the fact that we need a residual force in syria, to first and foremost protect the homeland, so right now we re in a five-day cease fire after which it will become permanent and i talked to the vice president about this cease fire. we want to give this a chance to work, and i m hopeful that it will, but if it doesn t, we are prepared as early as next week to move forward at the committee level on very tough sanctions against syria, if they continue to misbehave in the region. maria: is it true, congressman, that some of the isis fighters have been able to get released, they are out of jail, because the turks ran over basically the kurds who were protecting those jails? it s another high priority of the administration, to protect those prisons that hold, maria, 10,000 of the worst of the worst jihadist left in that
the united states government. the fact that she took those programs overseas on electronic devices and potentially compromised that, that will be the biggest focus i have on this issue. maria: it just feels like there s never any accountability look at that meeting that you had in the white house last week where nancy pelosi stormed out. there s no focus whatsoever by your colleagues on the left of the true wrongdoing. when you look at the russia investigation, same thing. well i agree and going back to the impeachment hearings i call it a star chamber. if you look at the definition of what was back in the day, it s a very powerful exclusive body that meets in secret without any openness to the public, no transparency. this is i talked to ken starr last night about this process that we need to follow the historic precedent of both nixon and clinton proceedings here. this is not the right way to do it. if you do this for god sake do
have a case, and this should be, this is an embarrassment to the united states of america, and look, at the end of the day we have real work to do here. we have a trade agreement with the united states and canada, our two largest trading partners that means something to real people out there in america, and these guys just won t do it because they can t get impeachment off their brain. maria: congressman let me ask you you ve done so much work in terms of the origins of the russia probe. is this impeachment inquiry and ukraine tied to the origins of the russia probe? i understand you asked a question about that within the meeting i know you can t say anything, because its done behind closed doors. well they leaked it that s a good point right? they leaked that to one of their favorite reporters so when they want something out they leak a fake narrative out but they tell us you can t leak any of this and this is part of the problem of it s really, you know, we ll do whatever we want b
maria: welcome back as congress prepares harsh sanctions on turkey for its attacks on the kurds nancy pelosi leads the delegation to jordan, for talks joining me right now is congressman michael mccaul he is the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman it s a pleasure to have you thanks so much for joining me today. good morning maria. maria: first your reaction to what has taken place in syria, and are you expecting to bring those sanctions on turkey? well we re very concerned about turkey s aggressive behavior invading syria. i did have a meeting in the white house, one that became very publicized where the speaker walked out of that meeting and after she left we had a very i thought civilized conversation with democrats as well about moving forward. i ve got assurances from the chair of the joint chief of staff of the president and the secretary of defense on residual force, my biggest concern, maria , is when obama pulled out 10,000 troops out of iraq, h
things we want to leak. maria: you asked the ambassador sonland a question about the origins of the russia probe and ukraine s involvement? yeah so this is the problem. if you really look at it what was rudy guiliani doing in ukraine? it s very clear why rudy guiliani was in ukraine. his client, the president of the united states was dirtied up by the ukrainians so people forget. ukraine is all over the steele dossier. we know that nellie ohr testified she was getting information from ukrainians. so, why on earth is there a problem for the president s lawyer to go to ukraine to get information to figure out where did this dirt come from? where did it originate from? so for the president to be upset with ukraine, upset about the corruption, because he knows don t forget, the ukraine yankees ambassador here in the united states in august of 2016 wrote a nasty hit piece on president trump. well then candidate trump before