Senator graham thank you all for coming. Number one, i would like to thank mr. Horowitz and his team at the inspector generals office. I think the country owes him a debt of gratitude and i look forward to hearing his testimony in detail about his findings. The first thing i would like to address is you have a statement by mr. The u. S. Attorney in connecticut who is looking at potential criminal liability regarding this matter. Attorney general barr and mr. Horowitz. Two of the views is that there was no lawful predicate to begin the investigation. Mr. Durham said he had more investigation than mr. Horowitz. Thats not my concern. Three lawyers can reasonably disagree and i trust mr. Horowitz to give his view. And if there was a predicate. The bar is really low and reasonable arctic can you lation is a low standard in law. Lets assume it started out ok but didnt end ok. What i have seen in this report and i hope some of you will look, while there may be reasonable differenceses whether
Threat snr [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy briefed reporters on capitol hill this morning. This is just over 10 minutes. Mr. Mccarthy the committee of judiciary again has not had a hearing or a markup 15 times democrats have denied what is happening. Last month, 144,000 migrants were apprehended, those are just the ones apprehended. The trend over the past few months has been terrifying. Continuing on a path, you will have more than a million individuals apprehended this year. Put that in perspective, the capital city of california is sacramento. Only 490,000 people live there, twice the size of the capital of california will be apprehended along this border. The departments are running out of money. Democrats are ignoring the crisis and trying to avoid it. What are they doing . Again, just
Individuals that dictate what happens. Ut rather a country of law. What is happening in this country to discredit the Mueller Investigation is to move away and a half of ry profound importance in how people govern themselves, not by the will of an emperor or the will of a king, but rather or even the will of a president. But we govern ourselves by the laws that are enacted by elected representatives, senators, members of the house of representatives. In the case of the national government. Or legislatures or county commissioners, county supervisors, city council members. We are a country ruled bylaws that are enacted by the citizens. However, the effort to iscredit, to derail, to stop the investigation of the appropriate entity, in this case, the department of justice, acting through the special counsel goes contrary to the fundamental foundation of the way in which we govern ourselves. And it is to say that that discrediting, that effort to stop the investigation of whether laws were
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me . With the sol ammest we pray, you, o lord, are our strength. We watch for you. You, o god, are our fortress on whom we can rely. God, go before the men and women of ukraine and be the shield and defense of their country against their aagreesors. In your might, uproot their enemies and bring them down. For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let those who would slander ukraine, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter, consume them in your wrath. Deliver ukraine, o god, save its people from those who conspire against them for no offense or sin of their own. I rise to help the ukrainians to look on their plight. We appeal to you, o lord, almighty, the ruler of all nations. In your sovereign name we pray, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and ann
Set to talk about political strategy of that fallout from the report as the i word impeachment hangs over their sunday. Attacks devastating and deadly blasts in Southeast Asia and confirmation that several americans are among the dead. What were learning that the hour. Thats exactly where we begin as we come on the air 2 00 p. M. Eastern time. The breaking news, u. S. State department confirming moments ago that several u. S. Citizens are among the hundreds of People Killed in the Easter Sunday attacks that coordinated simultaneous blasts come just two days after u. S. Naval fleet arrived in the south asian country for a week of exercises. Officials are now describing the Easter Sunday blasts as a terrorist attack by a religious extremist and declared a curfew on the entire island. President trump tweeting condolences this morning saying we stand ready to help. Nbc Foreign Correspondent sarah harmon is following the developments from london. Sarah, officials in sri lanka are saying tha