ah see mm hm. and the international anti corruption, excellence award boot. now for your hero, for how many bunker in london, the top stories on al jazeera. we see. we start with breaking news, sri lanka, disgrace former president, has returned to the country less than 2 months after he fled during the nation's worst economic crisis in memory casa by

a raja packs. it was blamed for pushing for length to financial disaster, as protest is across the country rallied against his rule. when l fernandez is in colombo for us, now this seems like an incredibly risky move, potentially for the former president. it does so, but at the end of the day, it just seems that to go to be roger boxer, ran out of options. he did flee on that military plane to the mold lives, went on to singapore from there, and then ended up in thailand all the while looking at his options of where he could go, in terms of governments had to be willing and able to facilitate that city of his but he did find a lot of close doors and that's why we saw a few weeks ago as a p p. members that his party, sitting down with president are vicar missing his successor to try and walk out and get a security guaranteed that he would be allowed to return. and that the government

would ensure his security. so i did speak to the minister of public security, confirmed his return. he said he has ordered, he moved into an official government, provided bungalow that is, and his attachment as a former head of state. there will be security. obviously again, his entitlement as a former leader of but obviously given the sort of level of threats and things like that, they would be assessed. but he did say it's very early stages yet, or he might not be able at this stage to say, is he getting to back to politics or whatever. he did say it's very early stages, but he did say he was relaxed at being able to return. and offered under sin colombo money. thanks the head of the year ends. atomic watchdog says he's worried about ukraine's apparition nuclear plant. raphael grossi has just returned from ukraine. he confirmed to i. e. a. inspectors will stay at the site permanently to continue to monitor the situation. the site was captured by russian forces in

february. there are fierce shelling in the vicinity could cause a nuclear disaster. we have been seen military activity around the plan and i was able to see my so i'm my team in fact hose my keys on the bill these so we these that, that this has been violated, not once, but we believe. and i continue to believe that this vision is extremely complex, extremely challenging, and it will continue to require to permanent, the permanent support and the monitoring that we are trying to provide. now that we are there, brushing gas flows to europe via the nord stream, one pipeline or suspended state energy giant gas prom says it can't reopen the

vital delivery mechanism. due to an oil leak is not clear when it will be opened. the decision followed on an announcement by g 7 nations to cap the price of russian oil exports. supporters of argentine as powerful vice president of gathered in buenos aires, after christina fernandez the coachman survived an assassination attempt outside her home. the president says, a man pointed a pistol in her point, blank range, but the gun didn't fire. at least 47 people, including a high profile cleric have been killed in a blast, enough canister that happened near a historic mosque in the western city of herat. witnesses same which a brahman and sorry, and his entourage were on their way to the mosque when the bomb went off. the head of pakistan's largest charity is warding of the threat of famine after devastating floods destroyed crops and livestock. more than 1200 people are now known to have died in the country's worst ever. disaster if it's uh, it's kind survivors now facing deadly water born diseases park. some blamed climate

change for the recent heavy monsoon rain. okay, those are the headlines. we'll have more news in half an hour after the bottom line . stay with us for that hour. i am steve clements and i have a question for republican politicians is being on the trump team, the golden ticket to electro victory. let's get to the bottom line. ah, across the united states, the power of former president donald trump, has grown in the republican party. in august, his hand pick nominees and the parties primary elections were able to displace longstanding politicians like liz cheney and arizona, his candidates have not one everywhere. but there are still a lot of them now comes the hard part. can they win the people's vote in a couple of months?

and what are the chances that the republicans can flip control of congress? that's one side of the coin. the other site is the democrats who were deeply divided between moderates and strident progressives. so if both sides have their own radicals to deal with, how can they ever find a happy middle ground for the sake of all americans? today we're talking with toxin, rodney davis, who is represented illinois in the house of representatives for the past and years, and it was just lost his seat, a congresswoman, mary miller, who was donald trump's choice in the republican primary contra davis. thank you so much for pulling over on the side the road. i know you're driving to iowa from illinois. look, i, i would have a very thoughtful discussion on what's happening in american politics where you don't really both parties where it seems straight and see seems to be the way to victory. and i just love to get your sense of things. stridency depends upon the district. look, i represented a district in one district, 10 years ago that was drawn to elect democrats. and i'd be democrats,

every single election cycle in the general election. i'd be back primary challenges at the same time that my district i currently represent was much different than the district. democrats drew my house in june in this race. therefore, i was much more subject to the stridency, much more subject to an endorsement from the former president against me. now you are your cox ruin. mary miller was also an incumbent. so this was an incumbent in congress versus an incumbent. and i guess my question is, you know, we saw this also in new york where we saw jerry nozzler and carolyn maloney put together democrats. i've so somebody is going to come out winning, but it is be interested in your side. where does the value of being, you know, someone who can deliver on, on what your constituents, for, i know constituents may not always know what they want, but what is the chemistry has it, has it changed in 10 years?

this deal making is that bad is getting nothing done good. well listen, in my case, i was completely over running the last weekend with a high turn out in areas where president trump came in to rally from i bone it. and we didn't have as high turn out in the areas that we did very well. and that's also due to the fact that ill annoyance, i've never voted in a june primary, i wouldn't use my races, a barometer of what works and what does the resources we had the messaging and frankly, up until election day we have the pole in and the data to show we were going to win, but things can change and i give the president and his team credit for making that happen. but in the end, in the common sense governing, i don't think has gone by the way, shot like most members of congress who are going to be successful as i have been in areas where they've known me the most of the last 10 years. the people want government to get things done. they don't want washington to be the only level of

government that just function is expected, rather than scorned upon your you had one of the most interesting committee assignments that i know of and, and folks, i'm going to tell you, i'm really into wonky stop. i'm into detail and i like to know how things run. and rodney davis was responsible the ranking republican for the house administration committee that really ran things and also poke holes and things like the security of the capital in january 6 and raising a lot of questions. and i know you've been out there in a constructive way saying for years now that we have problems that were not administering and running the system as well as we could. i'd love to give our audience and understanding, particularly as we saw january 6th roll out. why haven't we been able to plug in some of the holes that you've been talking about for a long time? because frankly, everyone's focused on the january 6 select committee. remember i was an original

appointee, so that select committee. i spoke with speaker pelosi when we reconvene on january 6, about doing a bipartisan commission and commission and i think president trump would much rather add than what we see with the select committee right now. and as time went on, i don't think nancy was seeing the democrats were serious about a true bipartisan investigation if they were, they would have allowed are they would have a lot or how should ministration committee to do what the senate rules committee or counterpart in the senate did. they did it by partnership recognition. they released findings. months ago, we could have done that in the house, but it wasn't the narrative. which speaker plus she wanted to years. my biggest fears. you know, i, the introduced to capital please transparency, act long before january 6. we have a broken system in and around the capital complex because of the way the decision making matrix exist on the board. and unfortunately, unfortunately,

a lot of those security related questions are not being asked by the democrats or the, the, the, to republicans on the january 6 select committee to know what are disappointment. it's not a failure. and it's something that i know my success will get to get questions answered when we take over the majority of january, if you had remained a member of that committee and done this, what would be some of the key questions in issues you would have raised that aren't being raised now. number one, why was the security posture so bad leading up to in on january 6? remember because of my position as the ranking member of our administration. i was given a security briefing via the it says by the assistant chief of the cap, replace or was not being in that briefing that led me to believe i would witness what i saw in january since. now, because of the bipartisan investigation, the senate did months ago, we now know that intelligence was ordered from the norfolk virginia, f

b i office to the capital police intelligence division that the capitol would be under attack. i've confirmed not only through the senate by investigation, by talking to him directly, then police chief steve shawn was not even made aware of that intelligence. why are the questions not being asked about why that one intelligence failure happened? let alone many others? why did we have glass it was able to be broken on the, on the outside of the capital building. these are things that have to be each are things that have to be addressed in a very thoughtful bipartisan way. but instead, we're talking, there's a vortex of the select committee focusing on one person and one personally. and that's the former pressure, you know, is there a way and i, and i asked this carefully to both have gone down the track that you think is so important. on security and intelligence, who knew what,

when and why the adequate parties weren't notified. but also to look at the fact of what i think we know is it donald trump, president trump, also knew what he was doing. also knew a lot of those folks were armed and didn't care about it said they weren't after him and wanted in any cases, as we've seen, some reports allegedly, to lead in part, you know, the, the storming of the capital. is it possible and should we have had a kind of committee that dealt with all elements of that equation? national keyword and your questions, allegedly remember the senate rules committee did a bipartisan investigation that focused a great deal on the security failures in and around the capital complex. the bipartisan commission bill that i wrote in january that every single republican voted for as part of a procedural previous question, vote would have been the best chance for us to get all questions answered. keep in

mind there's always a lot of hyperbole and discussion and an interest in anything the former president does. because frankly, he lives rent free in the minds of most in the media and in the minds of every democrats and i know. but in the end, why in the world that are brave men and women who shaved me at my friends on a baseball field 5 years ago? why did those brave men and women in the capital please? why were they ever put in the situation they were? why didn't they have the equipment that they needed because it was a lot going to us and no one had the key or why didn't we prepare? even when the president asked, they asked his advisors and his military leaders to prepare for a large number of people. that could be violet. why weren't those questions right now? it was select committee, and why are we getting the answers? sure, the answers and the american people deserve right now. i just want our audience to know that the incident that congressman davis is referring to was an attacker who came in and attacked the republican members of

a baseball team. congressman steve sca lease was nearly killed in that incident. you had others that really showed incredible heroism in that moment. so this was a moment of political violence in this country that i think is important to remember. but let me ask you a question. your, you know, you, you, more than many other members of congress have taught me about many of the values and the issues that are going on in agricultural america. the district you represent is a lot of farmland. you're very, very popular with the illinois farm bureau, et cetera, we're endorsed by them. i'm interested in, in, in the, in the questions of what is in the mind of voters right now. what you think because we're seeing some interesting results in some of these earlier races in kansas, perhaps it was the reversal of the robi wait abortion decision. maybe others, democrats are beginning to think that they have a chance to survive the mid term elections. where do you think things are going to

go in november? what's your gut tell you in terms of at least what you're part of the country is feeling? yeah, i tried to convince myself that we would keep the majority in 2018 also. the wins aren't there. every single little movement towards the democrat or every single check up and the president's approval rating gives the democrats and those who hope they stay in control. it gives them hope then that that will go ahead. but, but look at, look at 20202020 democrats were expected and on election day speaker pelosi and then the triple c chair. sherry boost boldly predicted again of democratic seats in the range of $15.00 to $25.00 intended by. but we ended up winning by almost 10 points. and oh, by the way we, republicans picked up another 15 sheet. so keep in mind,

the generic ballot now is better than was in 2020. everybody wants to point to chances, hey, that's great, will the real be way decision increase democratic turn out? absolutely it will. but will it also energize some low propensity republican voters who like me care about the life vision? absolutely well. but if you don't down to do that, can just that kansas amendment, remember, look at the messaging, those who were opposed to the amendment use using anti government match. that it was, we are coming to take something away from the citizens that played well, even for pro lifers who go against that wouldn't against rodney. is there a way to be successful republican in congress today or to get elected and to be independent of donald trump? or is being a trump republican, pretty much part of the deal. again, it depends on the district. look,

i got to give president trump and his team credit. he came in the weekend before the election and completely changed the turn out model, low turn out environment in a primary in june he'd never been been held in june before in my lifetime of my own state. so things happen that way. i gotta give them credit for strategizing, executing that strategy extremely well. but if you're going to have around it or somebody's loyalty to any one individual, i just got short shide. it depends on the district. look at the republican conference on the florida. it's made up of a whole host of good republicans and government and their winning. they're wanting districts that they weren't supposed to win. and we're going to get more of those governing republicans when we have this rate, a lot of water democrats that are going to fall prey to the wave that's coming in november of this year. look, i know that this is a hypothetical. and i'm hoping after the next election,

you're going to be out in washington to hang out with as we both talk about these issues. but what is revenge are going to look like in the house. what do you think is on, you know, whether it's kevin mccarthy or steve salise or other potential future speakers? if the republicans do, when the house of representatives is revenge, are going to be high on their roster or is delivering to the american people and getting things done going to be high on their roster. well, that's going to depend upon who's discussing what is considered a revenge and what is considered just living up to the problems that we make. so will republicans get rid of rocky voting? i believe they will. somebody call that revenge against the speaker right and against democrats who stayed at home rather than come in and, and do the job that i think were ashburn, constituents, to do. we're going to get rid of the metal detectors that are lined up outside the house chamber. is that revenge? or is that living up to the promise that we made the day they were put up? so we're going to make decisions that have been long planned out before we take the

majority. and i'm going to order those planning in a lot of those actually queue. sions, of those decisions are going to be called revenge. they're going to be called something the various by the democrats and those you sympathize democrats in the media to be where because we're, we've laid out what we intend to do and that should not be a surprise to anyone want kevin mccarthy out. i want to, i want our audience to know that you are a conservative republican. we've known each other for many years. and you know, as a conservative republican who has issues you care about you, none the less have a lot of insight into progressive democrats who sit across the l. and i should say that congressman rodney davis is, is, is one of those who is very often worked across the aisle to move legislation forward, you know, to come to compromises and various issues. but i'm also interested in the, in the divides in the democratic sites. we've just seen senator joe mansion

eventually kinda hold the line, move a 3 and a half $1000000.00 deal down to basically nearly half a 1000000000. but basically you have huge divides in the democratic party as well. and we should be careful of this. but you know, a lot of people know alexandria costio, cortez a o. c is she's known in the world is, is sort of seen as the head of one wing of that grew. you've got folks, i jo mansion that many democrats can't even believe he's a democrat and, and are upset about. but i guess the issue for me is, from your perspective, what are you seeing from your purch happening in the democratic party? are they going over a cliff from your perspective? what is the stridency on their side look like? well, it's going to be a party that's going to be more the majority of their party in congress after this next election will be or, or progressive democrats. me look, gosh, what happened with us as republicans,

after many of the more governing republicans got reiterated in the 2018 elections like, that's just the natural have been well, what happens? why? because most competitive each are represented by governing republicans or governing them. that's just the nature of the electric. why? because they, they represent their constituency and who actually rewards for governing? why can i district that? i've represented for 10 years. they like the fact that i'm considered one of the most by partition in this, in this and have been, as i promised to be my entire career. but when you look at the key is going to be, how is the next 2 years come? because when it comes to the folks like you in the media, others, you have to look what's realistic and what's not. think about this. let's say we take the house. i still believe mitch mcconnell will be the leader of the senate will be a slim majority. i think so,

but joe biden is going to be in the white house. you really think we're going to have major legislative packages that are going to come through in a bipartisan way. no, i would even say hell know what we're going to see is oversight oversight. oversight, and that is going to bring to the forefront those who are responsible for the oversight in the respective house in the senate. and those committees. and i, my good friends on a committee, my really good friend genie gomer. going to be a great chairman of oversight, mouse jim jordan, a friend is going to be chair of judiciary and they are going to be the faces of that oversight. and that's where a lot of hard or right numbers on our side of freedom caucus folks. and the hard right, members in the senate and the hard left numbers of the russians, the democrats, they are going to be the ones dominating the airwaves. because the next 2 years is the oversight oversight over fascinating perspective. let me ask you a question. is somebody who follows administration so well,

we saw whether we like it or not just to be candid things like the counting of electra, the certification of electoral votes. who knew that that could be a controversial issue? it was sort of a routine, you know, ceremony. ah, but a bit, and now we've got, we're all trying to learn about all the different classifications of secret documents and what are the powers of the president which turn out to be pretty vaguely defined that the president can declassify what he wants, but it's unclear. you are a very, very astute person about process administration and rules. how much out there. and i, you know, talking about them are lago documents and in the fight and tussle between the national archives and present drum. how many of these holes do we need to fill and get away from ceremony and habit, and actually need to begin to look at what could go wrong? it not just with president trump but that other future presidents. just take

advantage of opportunities out there. nobody had thought about before. i mean it's, it's amazing to me. we had former high ranking, democrat, national security officials, stuff clash. i documents into their suit and, and as brushed aside your democracy is not under attack when democrats still classified information, right. but all the sudden there's an unprecedented raid on the former president's whole man, he lives neurologic. well, i'm not happy that he came out and made sure that i didn't win. but also you got to take a step back and ask yourself, would that have happened under any other former president? i don't know, we'll apt to see what the evidence is pushed for by law enforcement officials. but we shouldn't have an attack on law enforcement by democrats or my republicans. but keep in mind, you mentioned the election certification. i remember in 2017 shouldn't on the alice for watching my colleagues who are dominating near wage,

talking about how rejecting certification of a lot of tours is a threat to democracy. they were trying to do that themselves. and i think back to 2004, when we actually had a boat to decertify ohio's electoral vote for president george w bush. many can not many new current committee chairman voted to be certified. now was that democracy under attack, that we begin to look at changing the process, which i think personally should be looked at. but in the, in my colleagues who voted to be certified luxury results are not the irs. and it shouldn't be a partisan issue. natural boat they made on behalf of their constituents. i made a different one. i voted to certify those electoral result results. just like many of my democratic colleagues voted to certified president trump select, we will result a president, george w bush's, and we have to make sure we don't put

a red shirt or blue shirt on decisions that have been made by the over 40 years ago . what was it, create this confusion and create an environment where it's nothing but polarization stays well, you know, one of the things i was really grateful to, you know, doing the show today and coming in as i like our audience to know that all of america is not brooklyn, new york, that there are many other parts of the country. you are in illinois, 50 miles away from the iowa border. i think driving the iowa. i would just love our and people don't see everything the same way. just show us where you are. pick up the camera and show our audience a little bit of rural illinois that you're proud of you. you know, i'm actually in would hulu right now, even in henry county, as matter of fact, i'm from the morning iowa. so my mom and dad used to drive bus back home to see our relatives. we were always stop here and would hope was. so i'm here and i tried to

get this is my backdrop earlier, but the son didn't cooperate. look at that core. wow. i see good court that's ill annoyed court. i was in california this past week and their court does not look like this corps. but come out here to the midwest. come join us. randy finch, dra mary net bill or me nicky hart's. lar and g t. thompson to make come out to the before prague, rochelle boone county, iowa, as well. i will have to end it there. but republican congressman rodney davis of illinois, i really appreciate you pulling over on the road and thank you so much for talking with us and look forward to seeing you in washington soon. absolutely take care sleep. so what's the bottom line? let's dispel a myth. donald trump is not all powerful, he lost the presidency. of course he still really influential and his brand still help some, but it hurts others. but let's get beyond trump. what's happening in both parties today is something far more worrisome. stridency is on the rise. the desire to listen to one another, negotiate make

a deal is fading away. today's american politics is about never giving up, never surrendering your own views, pounding on the table. no compromise. is that the rapid recipe for getting elected today. so getting things done, bad, not getting things done and being ideologically outrageous and unyielding good. will the outcome of these politics is going to be messy, and what allows the model for the world. and that's the bottom line. ah, hulu, [000:00:00;00]

with ah, seek that. mm hm. and then international anti corruption, excellence award, boot now for your hero. ah, i believe barker in london, montague stories on al jazeera. we start with breaking news. sir. lincoln's disgraced. former president has returned to the country less than 2 months after he fled during the nation's worst economic crisis in memory cut by roger pike's. it