and i concluded that i had to do what was right. not what necessarily was going to get me re-elected. i think i got elected because i m willing to do what s right. that s right. because i wasn t worried about my re-election. that s my personal decision. in terms of what s going on in the house, honestly, i don t know. this is one of our big questions. are we already in an impeachment inquire? as soon as i know i ll let you know. this is actually one of the things i think we are trying to figure out where are we? and we re in this uncharted territory precisely because donald trump is taking us into uncharted territory with his constant and consistent misbehavior and disrespect for the law. well, listen, i got a lot more to talk about with tate o kait i porter including the moment leaving her and the country in tears on capitol hill. and how she uses her personal experience to help people along the way. that s next. i can. the two words whispered at the start of every race.
probably smacking her lips at the prospect of getting into russia. and this is a plan that they want to become, in my view, and others views, that they want to become the most economically strong power as well as militarily strong power in the world. that s what i think. and so they ve been very busy all over the world in africa, in the pacific to get to that point. you are, of course, on the senate judiciary committee. i want to ask you what s going on in the house. because cnn learned overnight that the house judiciary chair, jerry nadler, has been pressuring nancy pelosi to open an increasing inquiry. it will allow them to consolidate the negotiations and allow them to be more open about some of the things they can say on the house floor. as you watch from the senate, do you think it s time now to open the official inquiry on the house side? yes. i ve said so myself.
would urge the voters to contrast the conduct of the president today who was picking a fight with the mayor of london before he even landed, inserting himself in a destabilizing way in british internal politics by who he met with and who he spurned. and is further destabilizing our relationships at home by threatening a tariff war with mexico with someone who we all know would be a far more seasoned and stable hand in foreign affairs. i think this was a minor issue of staff work that was promptly addressed. okay. i m not sure you are holding him to the same standard you are holding our president. well, look, that aside, i think if you were to watch our broadcast in general we hold the president to account for almost everything. you do, john. everything he says. you do. i want to get your take on the house side. let me ask you as a democrat watching what s going on in the house, next week they are
prime minister. says in part, we must not equate anti-semitism with legitimate criticism of the right wing that yahoo government in israel. but i fear what s going on in the house is an effort to target congresswoman omar to stop for that debate. that s wrong. other 2020 candidates are beginning to weigh in this issue as well, shannon. shannon: thank you so much. a recent european union poll finding 90% of european believe anti-semitism has arisen in the past five years there. and your video from belgium shows a carnival parade were a float displayed a giant caricature of jews sitting on bags of money. the european commission said it is unthinkable the float was prorated on european streets 74 years after the holocaust. the news comes as allegations of anti-semitism and grips
when everything is always bonkers, this is normal. democrats in charge of the house. when republicans were in charge of the house when barack obama was president. they wanted stuff. this is how this goes. some ofist is gamesmanship in politics. some appropriate oversight. this is the way of the world in washington and this is why republicans, if they didn t want this to happen they shouldn t have lost the 2018 mid-terms. that s what you get. they should have done their job. devin nunes was sitting here a while ago and he had two years to do it. whether a national emergency or doing your job as a member of congress. oversight, checks and balances, that s what s going on in the house. this isn t an optional exercise. they have to respond to these requests. the difference is i worked on capitol hill we all did. and on campaigns. it is not democrats are going to move forward with these type of hearings. their intention is to damage the president. it s politics. to hold it on that s