their remains. here is spokesperson ned price at the state department just a moment ago. i understand we may have more so share from the fbi at the appropriate time. but from the department of state it s important for us not to impinge on investigative equities especially in an investigation that implicates the kidnapping of four americans, the death of two americans and two americans who survived what by all accounts must have been a traumatic experience. there are still so many questions about why these americans were targeted. they just only crossed the border from brownsville, texas, to mexico when their car came under fire. in newly-confirmed video of the incident, you can see a group of unknown men, believed to be connected to a cartel attack the car and drag the americans on to the flat bed of a pickup. two appear to be bleeding badly. we do have source reporting on what the u.s. officials officials in the u.s. believe could be the motive. and statements from the
running for their lives. and you just can t forget that. i mean, some members of congress on the republican side clearly have. they likely to forget it. from the day of the riot, they said, oh, this was antifa, all a ruse. don t believe it. but i think for a good bulk of these republicans, that experience is still so raw and was so traumatic that even though it might be more politically expedient for them not to say something, they felt compelled to say something because it just still shakes them so deeply. how do republicans in the senate feel about kevin mccarthy, ali? reporter: look, when you ask mitch mcconnell about it, some of our reporter colleagues did, he didn t engage on the question of if mccarthy did the wrong thing here by providing this footage in the first place to tucker carlson. but again, it depends which side of the building you re on here because we have heard criticism of the way that this footage was used last night. the fashion with which it was given to tuck
process grounds. they ve been saying that usually in the past these impeachments have started with a full vote in the house and wanted one this time. a judge obviously has said that that s not the case. now, that decision can still be appealed but you re right, this takes away a major plank from the argument that republicans and the president have been making for the better part of a month now on the argument against this probe. so let s talk about the activity happening on capitol hill where you are right now. ambassador phillip reeker, the latest member of the state department to testify in this inquiry. today your reporter colleagues at the washington post have an article discussing how outside advisers are frustrated that the white house has not filed an injunction to stop the depositions. former 2016 trump campaign spokesperson jason miller is quoted in the piece as saying many trump allies are concerned and don t understand the strategy of not filing an
is that right? i think that s about right, nicole. he definitely delivered the corruption message when he met with president zelensky in early september which was a period when the aid was being held up and before it was released. you know, look, the argument that my reporter colleagues heard from the white house was that the vice president was unaware of the request to biden about biden. i don t know if that s actually true. it doesn t quite add up for a couple of reasons. one is that the vice president s national security adviser keith kellogg listened in on that call that trump had with president zelensky. so would ve been aware of everything that the president said to his ukrainian counterpart. and the other thing it just doesn t fit tight for pence. he is actually quite studious. he s somebody who tends to read his briefing materials who tends to do his homework to be prepared for foreign visits certainly and for sessions with forren leaders.
hyper attuned age? there was a piece written and i didn t see it until somebody sent it to me. i will leave that to him. i don t like when we become the story. it is never comfortable when we become the story. there was a story in question over the weekend people had an issue with. not only about a photo and the times addressed that reporters don t choose their own photos. i regret when a story becomes this much of a controversy if it s not about the merits of the reporting. we are not above criticism. the tenor has gotten personal. that s unfortunate. i hope you have had a chance on twitter to read comments made by your reporter colleagues. universally everyone thinks no, but thank you for saying that. i will say it. you re a national treasure and we depend on you for your