and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chairer now recognizes the distinguished gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, and still i rise. i rise today, mr. speaker, because there are some things that i must call to the attention of the congress. some news sources have indicated that somebody has said that we are in a crisis, a constitutional crisis. mr. speaker, i am that somebody. we are in a constitutional crisis. mr. speaker, we currently have the executive branch and the legislative branch in a standoff. a standoff because the president of the united states of america has refused to cooperate and has encouraged others to do so. refusing to allow subpoenas to be properly honored. subpoenas properly issued, i might add. he has indicated that he, as president, will continue to do so in his words and his deeds. so, mr. speaker, i still rise and i do so because there is a crisis. but i also do so becau
contempt of congress. what is the justification for tolding attorney general barr in contempt of congress? perhaps that he failed to abide by the special counsel regulations? no. he went above and beyond what the regulations required by transmitting the full report to congress with limited redactions. could it be that the attorney general failed to accommodate the chairman s demands for information? no. he offered to let the chairman and five other leaders review the less redacted report at the department of justice. in an odd move for anyone demanding access to information, the chairman and the other democrats given access have declined to review that report. the attorney general also volunteered to testify before this committee about the report s conclusions and his role in sharing the report. as we all witnessed the democratic games manship forced the attorney general to forego the scheduled hearing last week. on monday the justice department offered to meet to discuss acc
it is good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, breaking news. a supreme court document on a closely watched abortion case gets posted early by mistake. what it says about procedures when the life of the mother is at risk. the destructive flooding sweeping through south dakota and other parts of the midwest. entire neighborhoods under water after record rain. in minnesota, a home teetering at the edge of a failing dam collapses into a river. unbelievable footage there. also ahead, an nbc news investigation. the search here in the u.s. for more than 50 migrants with ties to an isis smuggling network. and a legal saga that began more than a decade ago. wikileaks founder julian assange with a clenched fist to clears as he steps off the plane a free man. our nbc reporters are following all the latest developments. we start with the supreme court and this document that was not supposed to be posted today on emergency abortions. ms
the exclusive video of this chase and arrest. san jose police called a wild and scary chase, as the surveillance video show, you can see the suspect, running from right to left. described as a latino male in his 20s, after the attempting kidnapping of a child. the driver roars off with the man clinging to her window. the man falls off, runs away as police swarm the area. he may have tried to kidnap two children, one at the park and another as he ran from the scene. acting bizarre. possibly on drugs, we don t know. still in the middle of that investigation. at one point, he tried to grab a child at the playground over here. so, he continued acting bizarre. police say the man attempted another carjacking, but was spotted by police, chased and captured, the victims fled, and police need them to come forward. they probably got scared. the person we are being looing for is taken into custody. we don t know if it is the same person they saw or recognized. we need to intervi
changing minds, a a news 4 special report. may is mental health month and two years ago, we launched changing minds. it s a campaign to get people talking about a topic that s not easy to discuss. mental health. it s an issue that affects all of us, no matter we where live or how old we are. since we started this project, we ve heard from so many of you offering to share your stories so you, too, can make an impact. as we prich the olympics, we introduce you to a swimmer that has won five olympic medal, three of them, golds. you d think allison would be on top of the world, but instead, she s facing a very private battle with depression. she s talking at it now in an effort to start changing minds about a mental health. july 2012, a pivotal moment in her career. allison smith is 3 for 3. allison schmidt broke the olympic record in the free style swim and left the london summer games with a total of four medals. i love knowing that everyone back home was watching a