The jordan forces wanted him to do. They wanted him to vote present but he voted for mccarthy. That is essentially a no vote on jordan. The next vote that were going to be dipping in for will be Congressman Ken Buck, another nay on jordan. His issue also different, kasie hunt, again, not a moderate against jordan, ken buck a very conservative republican from colorado, his issue is elections and whether or not joe biden actually won the election fair and square. Big picture, jake, i just think we are watching the formal installation of donald trump. There have been so many ways in which this has happened, but this is a moment crystallizing it for me, as the current Singular Entity republican the Republican Party, this is an institution whose glass doors were broken. There were gun shots fired outside this chamber. The members had to evacuate in gas masks on january 6th of 2021, when a protrump mob stormed the place and as we were discussing before, jim jordan was and jamie reported abou
five, six, almost seven years they ve been plotting this moment because they hate putin so much. hopefully it won t happen, but we ll watch together with you. congressman mccaul, thanks so much for sharing some thoughts with us. thanks, wolf. thanks for having me. chairman of the house homeland security committee. later this hour i ll be speaking a little bit more on the security situation in sochi. i ll speak with the congressman dr. rupersberger, the ranking member of the house intelligence committee. he s a democrat. we ll get his thoughts about these threats to the olympic games that begin tomorrow in russia. it s early, but not too early to check the buzz on 2016. mitt romney says he s out. we ll take a closer look at who may be running for the republican nomination, gloria borger standing by. we ll discuss with her when we come back. hey linda!
specific knowledge of terror attack was removed, references to other warnings that had been given, references to i believe five prior attacks on foreign installations in libya, all of that had been spelled out in the original version and much of that was not in the final version. let me just add this. at the end of this whole two-day chain, general petraeus. what do we know about that? he was then cia director, he was not participating in the back and forth but a top aide to petraeus sent him a note saying we worked through d.c. this morning. these are now for final approval, jake forced strong concerns with the original text. jake, referring to jake sullivan of the state department. right. petraeus then responds and says these will not respond to what rupersberger asked for and i d just as soon not use them. the cia director saying i would just as soon not use them. they won t let us add the cairo
economic regime of another country, to actually influence action. that s different than just gathering intelligence, and so as my old colleague reported from reuters tonight, there was such a finding. i confirmed that with administration officials. it doesn t mean that the president has decided to arm the rebels, but this is a first step that would allow him to do so. but the real key here, and this is why i think the comments you showed from rogers and rupersberger are so important. without congressional approval of that, without congressional support, you can almost hear the echos of nicaragua and contras in the 1980s. remember the bowlin amendment, remember the big fights we had when presidents authorized covert action without the support of congress. so explain that about the bowlen amendment, how this was authorized in checks and balances.
protection for the u.s. lawmakers in their home districts has become more urgent following the shootings in tucson. we go to our homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve. what are you learning? well, wolf, surveillance cameras and peepholes and panic buttons are the sorts of things that members of congress are now considering for the district offices in light of the shootings in tucson. well, it is a little cold out there, right? reporter: maryland congressman is a gregarious guy who loves glad handing with the public. it is part of his job. but threats are part of it, too. we get threats all of the kind. what kind? well, threats that if you don t do this, he won t wake up tomorrow. and we don t like who he is or what he is. he is gone. reporter: rupersberger