congressman himes, thank you for being here.is turning out to be a weird night. >> it sure is. good to be with you, rachel. >> what is your overall reaction? i want to ask you about the homeland security report about this -- the muslim ban where the white house was apparently giving them a direction as to what they wanted that intelligence report to say. i want to ask you about that. but i want to get your reaction to this "washington post" reporting tonight about the trump/russia connection? >> yeah, well, you know, you said it right. we've seen this movie before, right? those of us who remember the leadup to the iraq war watched as the -- i think the intelligence community and all of the analysts, there was no doubt where the white house wanted to be. and it damaged a lot of reputations and thousands of americans died. now we see that instinct again where the white house is making it clear the conclusion they're looking for. on this travel ban thing, you don't need to be on the intelligence committee to know the vast bulk of t

first of all, let me say i agree with what congressman himes just said, which is it's hard to understandbout the white house chief of staff calling the fbi to try and enlist them in quelling a story that discomfited the president is a national security matter or a classified matter. so, we should set that aside. that is no more true than when news organizations do some stories that he doesn't like, that that qualifies them as enemies of the people. but the underlying story is one that should be further explored by the congress and others, and that is did the chief of staff call over there for that purpose. because there are real lines of demarcation that should not be crossed by a white house chief of staff running political errand for the president over at the fbi. if that's what happened, it clearly bears more investigation. >> do you think it was irresponsible, mark preston, to be coordinating, if you will, a white house chief of staff asking the fbi for some back up in denying these stories? >> i would even go a little stronger than saying coordinating. i would say influencing, attem

we're back with congressman jim himes. to turn to critically important policies and challenges for the president. the iranian president said that any nation that threatens iran will regret it. to that president trump responded, quote, he'd better be careful. there are signals from the trump administration to the european allies that the trump administration will honor the iranian nuclear deal which the president opposed during the campaign. i want you to respond to that. >> i wish hope beyond hope that maybe the president would not necessarily need to respond, tweet to every perceived slight, every act of aggression. dictators and leaders of iran will rattle their sabres. the president need not respond. i wish he wouldn't rice to the bait. the iranian initiate like so many things like i'm going to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, i'm going to repeal the affordable care act, muslim ban, et cetera, et cetera, all of the things that the president promised are not happening. to someone like me, that's very goo

joining us democratic congressman jim himes member of the intelligence committee. thanks for being here. >> good morning, alisyn. >> i just read president trump's tweet. i want to point out that cnn's reporting at least about all this and the intelligence community, it came from a white house official, not from the fbi. in other words, the president saying crack down on leakers, there are leakers in the white house that are sharing information because they think it's so important for it to get out there. congressman, what do you think that this tweet where he's saying he needs to crack down on the fbi, what do you think this means between the white house and the intel community? >> what this means, and you can expect to hear the president speak a lot more about leaks, you can expect to hear my republican colleagues in congress do what they've been doing for the last couple weeks. they are not particularly interested in that stuff. what they want to focus on is leaks. you rightly point out the leaks are not coming from the intelligence community. >> just so that i'm

senator mcconnell is the strongest position, as congressman himes pointed out in your last half hour,ot in the strongest position to lecture people on process, given what happened in the last eight years and particularly egregious to democrats is the way he handled the nomination or didn't handle the nomination of merrick garland, a highly qualified guy to the supreme court. there's a lot of raw feeling and there's no doubt that's some of it and the democratic base is demanding it. it's also a useful exercise for them on shining a light on people like betsy devos, who had a very lackluster hearing and has dubious credentials for the office she's now assumed. >> david axelrod, thank you for "the bottom line." >> okay, guys. thank you. >>> we have an oscar nominee in studio. dev patel is up for best supporting actor for his roll in the film "lion." this incredible story and how it is true and how it inspired him next. support from onshore experts, so we have extra sets of eyes on our wells every day. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. >>> time now

when i say something about this, the president's supporters will say "that himes guy, he's a democrat." that's why it needs to be done by an outside commission. >> particularly if the chairmen of these two committees admit they're working with the white house to spin this issue. >> that would indicate a compromise of objectivity. >> jim himes, member of the house intelligence committee, appreciate your time sir, thanks for being here. >> thanks, rachel. >> to that point. there has been -- there was this initial thrust in congress when the details started coming out about trump and russia that maybe we did need a 9/11-style commission, maybe we need something outside the partisan system that died. that was going to be lindsey graham and john mccain pushing for that. remember when they were getting all that good press because they were being so independent and pushing so hard on the russia issue. they gave that up. they said no, let's let the intelligence committees do it. now that the intelligence hit in tease are working with the white house on spinning this story, that question has t

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it does not indicate if they pushing himed upon to deny these religious freedom extensions for the johnson. discover whoe to in the administration was pushing on this, but after i reported, there were many figures on the religious right who supported it in its entirety. they encouraged president trump to sign it. right anderson of the heritage organization which is a republican think tank is an outspoken opponent to marriage equality. he subsequently wrote a column about how the executive order was lawful and right. other figures on the religious right also chimed in a long those lines. tweeted thathost if president trump signed it he would be the abraham lincoln and martin luther king jr. of religious freedom. did why at the time president johnson signed the amendment? >> basically, taxpayers subsidized tax-exempt organizations. taxpayersssue of subsidizing political activity. amy: sarah, we thank you for being with us. we will let your peace in nation which describe this issue. democracy now is produced by mike burke, nermeen shaikh, carla wills, laura gottesdiener, deena guzder, sam alc

i ask the question because your colleague on the committee, jim himes, he told cnn that he'd like to seat a 9/11 investigation because that would remove some of the political pressures that come with being members of congress. >> jim and i agree on that. we both supported independent and bipartisan commission that can have a full investigation into the whole russia issue. democrats, of course, are in the mi minority in both chambers. republicans will have to do that. but in lieu of that the house and senate investigations need to be full and fair. and i will say this, wolf. they need to proceed at a bris action pace which has not happened thus far. >> you tweeted this today. the white house shouldn't interfere with a white house investigation or instruct a cover-up. if report true, need major staff shake-up. what are you suggesting as far as the president and his staff at the white house are concerned? >> well, this should be part of the investigation. and if the chief of staff tried to strong arm the fbi or recommended some course of action for them to take, knowing full well that m

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. >> jim himes, member of the house intelligence committee, appreciate your time sir, thanks for being here. >> thanks, rachel. >> to that point. there has been -- there was this initial thrust in congress when the details started coming out about trump and russia that maybe we did need a 9/11-style commission, maybe we need something outside the partisan system that died. that was going to be lindsey graham and john mccain pushing for that. remember when they were getting all that good press because they were being so independent and pushing so hard on the russia issue. they gave that up. they said no, let's let the intelligence committees do it. now that the intelligence hit in tease are working with the white house on spinning this story, that question has to come back up. lindsey graham, john mccain, you guys want to be here on monday? i wouldn't interrupt, we'd talk for a long time, it would be awesome. >>> we'll be right back. mom, i just saved a lot of money on my car insurance by switching to geico. i should take a closer look at geico... you know, geico can help you save money

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>> reporter: well, gayle, people who know himes learned man not only in the life and law.r rat on philosophy from oxford. he's written extensively about religious liberty in clute cluding a case where he sided with religious employers. you're going to hear a lot about that case. but he has a very clear judicial record and sterling resume. >> where do you think his line of attack will be? will it be the religious question? >> it will be on abortion and whether or not he'll move the court dramatically to the right, which, of course s not going to happen. he's replacing a conservative icahn in the place of justice scalia. but he has that sharp intellect like justice scalia and buh not many think he will serve them well. you can't do anything at the supreme court by yourself. you have to persuade your colleagues. sometimes scalia struggled with that. >> he clerked twice for white and kennedy. >> justice white thinks very highly of judge gorsuch and so he will be now returning to the court if confirmed before the summer to serve with the justice with whom he clerked. that's nev

speaker, i ask unanimous consent that representative himes be removed as a co-sponsor of h.r. 611. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will be in order. he house will be in order. members, please take your conversations off the floor. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute peeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from north dakota eek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cramer: madam speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. he house will be in order. he house will be in order. members, please take your conversations off the floor. the gentleman from north dakota is recognized. mr. cramer: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, north dakota does not need the stream protection rule, and neither does the nation. by passing this resolution today disapproving the office of surface mining edict, we are responding to the cries of the american people who are tired of nationwide job-killing regulations from washington. madam speaker, the oba

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