and they have been grilling them all week, essentially. ellison barber joins us now live with this report from washington. hi, ellison. that s right, martha. andrew mccabe was back on the hill today. he was just there earlier this week. this time he was meeting with investigators working on a joint investigation involving two house committees. judiciary and oversight. the chairman of the house oversight and judiciary committees sent a letter to the department of justice tuesday night. not long after mccabe finished his seven hour testimony with the house intelligence committee on tuesday. they said they wanted available to quote transcribed introduce. one republican member of the house judiciary committee says mccabe s interview on tuesday was inadequate. we have very fundamental questions here very easy to answer. how did the russia investigation start in july of 2016? was it because of the trump dossier that was funded by the democrats and compiled by christopher steele?
you have terrific insight for us. we want to ask you what does your committee hope to learn today? i want to know why he can t get his stories straight. we have fundamental questions here which are easy to answer. how did the russia investigation start in july of 2016? was it because of the trump dossier that was funded by the democrats and compiled by christopher steele? did the f.b.i. pay christopher steele and did they use that dossier? those are easy questions to answer. witness after witness has stonewalled that. mccabe s testimony yesterday by all reports did not answer those questions and so he needs to explain why he can t answer those questions. if he is not capable of answering the questions he has no business being the deputy director of the f.b.i. laura: james roseen has been