government. every time we look at this story, it all comes back to nuri al maliki. this is a man who did not win the election in 2010. he didn t get as many votes, but he was able to cobble together a coalition and continue to govern. i was there on the q 80 border in 201 is when the last u.s. troops crossed out of iraq and i can tell you within 24 hours, sunni politicians were beingand. that was just the beginning. as he continued to mar begginal the sunni side of things, those battling al qaeda, stopped paying them, they have been annoyed about that. it cut them out of the political process. wouldn t share oil wealth after promising he would share power. he did the absolute opposite. we re seeing the fallout now.
wait a minute, he says he didn t misspeak. he does what they never do in washington, tell the truth. he was right. it was a rare moment of honesty because of course they re upset. house democrats supported obama policies that are wildly unpopular with their constituents for months. how are they repaying with this aloof comment from the from the white house spokesperson? what you ll also get is this whole dynamic between the congressional democrats in the white house. this happens in every administration. every president regardless of partied sells out the congressional members of its party. they do? think about bush trying to get the white house out of the the congress out there to support social security. and reagan. privatization, 1994, bill clinton and congress. 1996, when bill clinton sat on his money and wouldn t share it with congressional democrats, beatrice trying to run up his lead against the hapless bob dole. 1998. ok. you re make the point.
the media? let s put it like this. the house committee has not operated within the established norms of how intelligence is kept secret, in terms of how investigations are ongoing. richard burr and i i m proud of our bipartisan investigation. we re going to keep our eye on the ball and we d like to be done but we ve got to follow up. senator, that s diplomatic and you ve mystic of you. my question is, my understanding is the conclusion that you and burr came to is someone in that committee, committee staff under the aegis of devin nunes leaked your personal text messages to the media. let s put it like this. if we were to have any of those conclusions we wouldn t share it with the media but we would share it with appropriate sources. senator warner, thank you very much for making time. thanks, chris. next, why the spokesperson for melania trump is slapping down comments from one rudy
we know when they confronted him outside the back of the theater. there was no confrontation whatsoever. he did tell them about his apartment and what was inside. we know that he spoke to them. he said other things they wouldn t share with us. but now he has a lawyer and told us he is not speaking at all. we do know also, bret, this late hour, they are looking at two different buildings at the medical center, the colorado medical center, the university of colorado medical center in aurora not far away. those buildings have been evacuated as well, as a precaution. bomb-sniffing dogs to ensure where he worked. he didn t leave anything. bret: adam housley live outside the theater in aurora. thank you. the carnage in colorado forced the president and governor romney to tear up their campaign plans today. and start over. white house correspondent wendell goler has that part of the story. reporter: president obama returned to washington after canceling a campaign appearance in winter par