Is just over an hour and a half. I see that we have a quorum present. I really want to thank everybody for joining us, its an important issue that i now recognize myself for opening remarks. Pursuant to the notice, were holding a hearing to discuss the american lives on the line come lessons for managing the russia threat. Two weeks ago startling revelations that russia put bounties on american troops serving in afghanistan. This week in the Foreign Affairs committee weve been examining this egregious attack on americans and the Top Administration failure to handle it probably. Its important for the public to know this. Ive personally been involved in four earrings. This week alone that ive with this issue and that doesnt include the actions of other committees working on their own. I just want to underscore to people listening that they should know that we in concert taking over some of this matter very seriously. The one thing if we do nothing else, the most basic and fundamental dut
Was battling american troops in afghanistan and weve been examining this egregious attack on americans and the Trump Administrations failure to handle it appropriately. Itsimportant for the public to know this. Ive been involved in four hearings this week alone we dealt with this issue. That doesnt include the actions of other committees working on their own so i want to underscore to people listening that they should know that wein congress have taken oversight of this matter very seriously. Party politics and everything inside the one thing if we do nothing else one of the most basic and fundamental duties is to do everything in our power tokeep americans safe. We all went to the Service Members whose lives were lost in afghanistan. We owing to their families. We to every member of our military, to every american serving abroad puts their life on the line every day in service to our country. On tuesday the subcommittee heard from former us officials and experts on the kremlins networ
Political analyst Gregg Jarrett offers his thoughts on the Mueller Report and the investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election. He is interviewed by matt schlapp, chair of the american conservative union. After words is the program that interviews top nonfiction authors about their latest work. My great honor to be here with Gregg Jarrett, my friend and someone who has made me smarter. Your most recent bestseller, witch hunt the story of the greatest mass delusion in american political history, a fascinating read that tells us all the tale that we have been going through since 2016, this is a followon to your bestseller the russia hoax which was the New York Times number one bestseller and im sure this will be as well. I am already at number 3, great to be with you. When i heard the president use the term witchhunt like he used the term fake news, the fact that the election could be rigged. All of these things, i spent my adult life in washington dc you recoil because the
Market will open lower, dow futures down 91 points, nasdaq futures lower by 28. Investors are also eyeing tariff in china that is to take effect in 5 days, the 15th on sunday. Mornings with maria now. Maria big show this morning fox business dagen mcdowell, baron editor jack otter, chrysler ceo bob nardeli. Good morning. Maria we have to talk about the ig report, dagen, i want to get your take on this and, of course, the articles of impeachment coming, House Democrats expect today draft two articles of impeachment one against President Trump and the other dealing with obstruction of congress this coming at release of longawaited report, now, the report is being debated on both sides of the aisle, they are found that they were failures in the fbi, misstatement made but says that the russia report was justified and also according to Michael Horowitz no political bias in the fbi, the president weighed in yesterday at the white house. Ig report came out and i was briefed on it and its a di
You have borrowed this phrase for your buck, why connect. Because its telling what people tend to forget about with witchhunts there are no real witches but this overwhelming irrational desire to believe that witches exist is what propels the witchhunt and that is what happened here in an astonishing array of theoretically smart people convince themselves and millions of others that the president had committed the most noxious crime there is in the criminal code treason. Treason is conspiracy with flat amir putin hatched in the bowels of the kremlin to steal the 2016 election and it was based on not a shred of credible evidence and the book explains how now we know through testimony of those involved they never had any possible evidence to launch the original fbi investigation in 2016 and nine months later when the special counsel was appointed they still had no evidence and implement itself violated the regulations authorizing the opponent and i explained how, in the book, one of the