thank you so much for that. i want to bring in my panel, matt schlap, a trump supporter, jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com as well as a journalism professor at morgan state university. good to see you both. matt, we ve gotten to a point where this entire russia investigation at least on the house side is on hold indefinitely. we don t know when the next thing is going to happen over some surveillance information that the chairman himself says doesn t even involve russia. is this any way to run a railroad? yeah, i think he s actually being careful to make sure that the conversations he needs to have offline and the conversations they need to have not in a plic venue occur before the public hearings. when you say that, here s what i think. i think last week we heard from the podium from sean spicer when they were asking about the president, this is not a dictatorship. it sounds like you think that the chairman should be able to operate totally solo, find out what he needs
it is to all of you. i don t think the question of whether president obama wiretapped president trump should be put to test, he needs an apology and we need to move forward. the focus and what the american people care about is whether or not the current sitting president is whether or not his associates or he was involved with a foreign government, and that s the focus, and intruded in the election, and democrats have to be patient, too, and we will see what comes out of it. jen, matt, thank you for the debate. president trump is touting the health care bill this morning, and he is going to go to the hill today to try and sell it. now, we understand that the bill was once seen as the final version and it s not going to change has changed because there s so many skeptical lawmakers on the other side, and what did they put in the bill to
served democratic and republican presidents, and they are look into a number of connections here and a lot of information that has been out there, and maybe it s coincidental, but what if it s not? there s ultimately a question of what is more important here to people and what should congress be focusing their time on? is it the connections between a foreign government, meaning to do us harm with associates of the current president of the united states or is it the individuals who may have provided information to the media? we should look into that, but the first question is much more serious, and should receive a lot more attention. i don t think it s a hard call. can i jump in? very quickly, matt. basically in the hearing we learned up to seven people may have been briefed in the obama administration and what was happening before the election and this has been going on for more than 60 days that s not what we learned. there were names raised by tray
and the dnc? it sounds like you are saying that. are you saying deep throat should have gone to jail? answer my question first. i ask the questions here, matt. deep throat should have gone to jail? no, under deep throat s situation, i think he was a whistle-blower and i think you had a president that was using the power of the federal government to punish his political enemies, and quite frankly, many of us who are republicans and conservatives are worried about how the investigation got started under the previous administration seeming to go after the opponent of hillary clinton. if nobody did anything wrong, great, but i think the questions have to be answered. jen, your response? that s not an accurate assessment of what happened. the intelligence committee is made up of individuals that
leaks. what i was talking about was the president s words, the president s words are more important, and the president has made allegations of a felony of a past president, and it s based on no credible source. that s what worries me, and that could be dangerous. could i invite you and everybody covering this to keep following the hearings and let s see what the conclusions are both at the congressional arm and the fbi and doj, and that s all i am asking. they are not exploring that question, so nobody will find an answer to that. yes, they are. you are the only one that thinks that. no, i am not. matt, you think there are still congressional hearings about wiretapping, and you think that s a good use of taxpayer money? i think it s a good use of taxpayer money to figure out the extend russia has interfered in the election.