counts as lobbying. the government says he was in constant wuch tuch with a businessman in the emirates, that he met with some of the officials in 2016 after the election and suggested he give them a wish list of foreign policy goals that they would like the u.s. to adopt. basically the charge is he took advantage of his insider access to help the uae, such is his role as the chairman of the trump inaugural fund in 2017. and there s an additional charge here. the prosecutors say when tom barrack was questioned about these allegations, he repeatedly made false statements and denied that he was lobbying for a foreign country. so that s the essence of the case. pete, i feel like every time one of these stories pops up, you hear from folks on twitter who think, aha! this is the thing that will trip up former president trump. this will be the thing that somehow ensnares him in one of these outside scandals. is there any indication that anyone in the white house or that the former presiden
jordan is. the probably the most partisan republican members. tell us about the rest of the folks. we re going to get to know jim banks pretty well. he ll be the ranking member of the committee. he s an up and comer trying to be within house leadership. and with someone we heard a lot of mention or really wanted this job when very few republicans wanted to be associated with this committee at all. ronny davis is an interesting pick. he voted for the bipartisan commission that thought this should have gotten investigated. i think you see mccarthy throwing a bone to members of his conference who wanted to go that route with davis pick. i m interested in what troy nails brings to the table. he s a former sheriff. he is a freshman member from texas. he was in at the chamber on january 6th. there is photos of him up against the chamber door trying to help barricade it, deescalate the situation that day. he could be interesting. and the house speaker has veto power over the recommendati
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sandra. mandatory evacuations here where the reservoir was threatening homes. they re going to face three, four feet. we are here where sheriff nail, troy nails, has been at it since before dawn. taking this homeowner, his name is jack, and there is no stone that won t be overturned going door to door with the sheriff because jack is we just rescued, i m hoping, we have rescued a her mit grab. what did we rescue? a her mit crab. reporter: is it alive? all right. what is its name? i think we call him hermy. reporter: this is your son s? yeah. he ll be very happy. how old is your son? 9 and 11. reporter: 9 and 11. can we even see this crab in there? yep. there you go. the reason the sheriff is doing this is because pets mean so much to their owners.
happened. it breaks your heart. look at the faces of the mom and her child. imagine how terrified they must have been, being lifted up through the air into a helicopter. but thank goodness for the steady hand of the people organizing the rescue. it s incredible. trace was in and out there. we want to stick with him. he s giving us great coverage. the next guest is on the front lines of hurricane harvey as well. fort bend county sheriff troy nails has been in the water for five days conducting rescues, nonstop evacuations southwest of houston. he s contributed to the more than 5,000 rescues, 1,000 a day, since this started in that area so far. joining me now by phone the man you see here, sheriff nails. good to have you here tonight, sheriff. good evening. martha: how are you holding up? we re doing fine. you know, everything the last