. >>> joining us now is congressman tom malinowski, he's a democrat from new jersey, a member of the house foreign relations committee. before running for congress, mr. malinowski served in the state department. sir, it's really nice to have you here on the show tonight. thank you for make time to be here. >> thank you. >> so, let me first get your reaction to the news tonight that the pentagon is deploying an additional 1,000 u.s. troops to the middle east. the acting defense secretary is describing this as a response to increased iranian threats to u.s. personnel and interests in the region. what's your reaction to that? >> well, there are increased threats. it is a very dangerous situation, but think about this from the standpoint of the last three years. three years ago, iran's nuclear program was under control, iran was not attacking shipping in the persian gulf and our allies were 100% with us in holding iran accountable. now they are breaking flee of the constraints of the nuclear

i'm joined now by democratic congressman tom malinowski of new jersey, a member of the house foreignmittee, you were watching that video along with us right now, do you think that is evidence that iran is behind the attack in the gulf? >> that is the likely heft explanation and the biggest question is how did we get here and the administration has been thumping its chest and saying they restored the tariffs against iran and if this is an iranian attack, it doesn't look like that iran is deterred, it looks like provoked in maximum pressure policy in doing increasingly dangerous things. >> if iran is attacking tankers in the gulf, is the appropriate reaction by the u.s. military action? do you think we're closer to that? >> we have to defend our partners in the gulf. we have to defend shipping in the gulf. but the administration's focus is not that, it is to sell arms to saudi arabia, to continue the war in yemen, which is absolutely nothing to do with defending shipping. and so we need to focus on defending what needs to be defended, but also trying to have a diplomatic climb-down fro

i'm thinking of tom malinowski of new jersey. katie porter in california, of shaun cason on illinois. all three of those members defeated republicans, and so it looks like the politics of this, while unclear, and the fact that they're unclear gives me pause and has probably kept me on the sideline partly until now, the fact that many of our brand-new members who won in republican districts are coming out in support of an impeachment inquiry suggest the politics of this might be evolving somewhat. >> you're splitting with the chairman of your committee, adam schiff. he's reluctant to do what you're doing right now, propose formal procedures on impeachment beginning. are you trying to change his mind? >> again, i'm going to be deferential to people who are in different positions than i am in. the chairman, adam schiff, of the intelligence committee. he sees more than i do, he coordinates more with the leadership. so my objective here is not to pressure them, not to say you're doing the wrong thing. my objective here is just to spea

the more than 50 dmentds who support impeachment proceedings, impeachment hearings, congressman tom malinowskirsey. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> when you look at kind of the makeup of members of congress and their districts, you're exactly the kind of democrat that house speaker nancy pelosi is focused on right now when it comes to the issue of impeachment. democrats who successfully flipped house districts that had been red to blue in order to win back the house majority. from your perspective, and there are not a lot of folks that are in your position in a district that was flipped, that are supporting impeachment right now, for you, why take the risk, if you will? >> well, i come from a district where democrats and republicans support the rule of law and doing the right thing. they understand that you don't get to defy a legally binding subpoena in the united states, whether you're a kid in my district who is summoned to court or a former presidential staffer. these are lines that can't be crossed. and i think for me, it's very straightforward. there has to be some institution

so far we only see one of them, tom malinowski of new jersey, call for impeachment.0 democrats calling for impeachment and that is significant, it is still the minority view in the caucus. >> but the numbers are growing at least among the public, 41% supporting impeachment, up a little from last month. nick, in your piece in "the daily news" you say that mueller destroyed trump's lies in his public statement. how so? >> he destroyed it because basically trump has been saying since barr came out with his so-called summary of the mueller report that he was exonerated and there was no collusion. basically mueller came out and said that the only reason he didn't conclude that trump committed any crimes was because he was hemmed in by the department of justice policy that doesn't allow a sitting president to be indicted. so he basically got up there and went through a summary of his own of that report, basically making it clear that he found a number -- that russia interfered with the election, that the idea that he exonerated trump in any way was a total misstatement, an

the first was congressman tom ma malinowski of new jersey.t in recent weeks the chairman of the and the upshot according to democrats familiar with the findings is that the public's impression of the nous p new house majority is bound up in its battles with trump, not in its policy agenda. that has prompted anxiety about whether the democratic strategy to hold the house in 2020 by focusing on health care costs and other kitchen table issues can be effective amade the president's attacks. or. voters are largely unaware of political developments that don't involve the president. so joining us now, member of the house judiciary committee, democratic congressman david cicilline cicilline of and looking like you're getting something done or actual will getting something done. >> i think the democrat being ta tack. >> one is to drive down the cost of health care and bree corruption democrats have passed almost 250 pieces of legislate. they range from ten health care bills to equal pay for equal work to veterans' child care benefits to tax cut. at t