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[ chanting ] that was the scene last night in mexico city. mexican fans chanting, usa, usa. why were they chanting that? team use baled out the national team in epic fashion. they scored two goals in time to beat panama and that saved mexico from being eliminated from world cup contention. they were so excited they said, god bless america. really, really funny moment. and team usa s twitter feed, they twittered afterward the game, #you re welcome mexico. glad we were able to help out. thanks so much. still to come in the newsroom, are you concerned about what exactly congress needs to do to end the shutdown or divert a default on the national debt?
now that the tea party era of congress has officially gotten under way with republicans holding a 242-193 majority in the house of representatives, will the new democratic minority show the same kind of discipline and unity that swept the republicans back into power? and what strategies can leader nancy pelosi and her team use to defend their achievements against republican assault? joining me now is congressman chris van hollen, former head of the democratic national campaign committee, and now the ranking minority party member on the house budget committee. congressman, thank you ver much for joining us tonight. good to be with you, lawrence. now, we just heard in our first segment from a new tea party member of the house, allen west, sounding very much very suddenly like a politician trying to spin his way out of a promise. in this case, the spending cut of $100 billion in the first year. did you think the republicans
now that the tea party era of congress has officially gotten under way with republicans holding a 242-193 majority in the house of representatives, will the new democratic minority show the same kind of discipline and unity that swept the republicans back into power? and what strategies can leader nancy pelosi and her team use to defend their achievements against republican assault? joining me now is congressman chris van hollen, former head of the democratic national campaign committee, and now the ranking minority party member on the house budget committee. congressman, thank you ver much for joining us tonight. good to be with you, lawrence. now, we just heard in our first segment from a new tea party member of the house, allen west, sounding very much, very suddenly, like a politician, trying to spin his way out of a
saying well, wait a minute, we didn t interview everyone. there s this other investigation in the state that s ongoing. the most important investigation being mueller s. we know they want the investigation to come to a close. but remember the whole essence of an independent council is so it should be independent and divorced from politics. let mueller do his job, reach conclusions, and have it reach finality that way. how does the mueller team interpret these words coming from john dowd? does it give them anything more in which to go does it raise new suspicions that the attorney would say follow the lead of sessions in, you know, the removal of mccabe and i m hoping rosenstein would, you know, do the same kind of brilliant move. would the mueller team use that information? i would think the mueller team is examining not only the firing of james comey but you could look at the firing of mccabe. what is that all about? why was he fired?