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there he oversaw and represented agi's commercial off the shelf products and technology, to intelligence, congress, and civil government sectors within the aerospace industry. more than two decades mr.stalmer has also served as an officer in the united states army, in army reserves. he's currently assigned to the pentagon and the office of the army for ef-of-staff, logistics. mr.stalmer earned a masters in public administration from george mason university and a bachelor of arts degree in science and history from mount st. mary college. of you, mr. ch krantz, you may begin. >> could you turn your mike on, please. a green button and now it's red. >> normally green means go. i never have to say magined i would be giving you technical advice. [laughter] >> i'll start over. chairman and members of the sub committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss nasa's early and future human space flight programs. exciting time for me and for nasa and the space industry. of our lebrate one nation's greatest technological achievements. american astronauts on the moon and returning them apollo o earth, and th

intelligence organizations already do much of this work on their own, including the c.i.a. ction 401 would create unneeded redundancy. if the goal is to ensure we allocate our resources, we should require a report to congress from the office of director of national intelligence outlining the necessity for the climate security council before congress establishes the organization or properties any funding. and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from -- >> we have cyberthreats from china, russia, iran and others. iran is pursuing nuclear weapons and the rest of the world. hile isis is on the run, islamic terrorism. did you know did you know it is irresponsible to take our attention and resources off of these known and proven threats to national security and divert those funds to climate change sm the intelligence community is tasked from protecting americans and not have a left-wing policy. here they go again with the intelligence policy. that is a mistake. irresponsible. i support this amendment to strip out this silly idea and address the national security threats and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields b

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congress and the house intelligence committee wednesday, july 17. he will testify in open session about russian interference in the 2016 election. listen with the free c-span radio app. remarks now, a freedom coalition luncheon in washington. ted cruz stressed -- adjust the gathering. taking place at noon eastern today. [applause] good afternoon. what i beautiful crowds. i love you. you are awesome. today i have the pleasure of introducing one of my senators from the state of georgia. senator david purdue is a worker. up working on his family farm. he worked his way through georgia tech. how many students working away through college? yeah. and he is working in washington for all of us but that would not be strong enough because we are the fire and he is fighting for us in washington. he is going to -- history has proven it. sex is the cause of that is the cause of suction is him. our senator from georgia, david purdue. senator purdue: thank you. i bring you tidings from the president. i understand he was here for 1.5 hours. he sent me after a talk

intelligence authorization act or fiscal year 2020. passing an authorization bill is the most important oversight congress has. today we are bringing the 10th consecutive intelligence bill to the floor. i'm pleased that as in years past this is a borne product that reflects the cricks of all the committee's members. it was reported out of committee by unanimous voice vote. this legislation is the product of bipartisan work by the majority and the minority and provides the intelligence community the necessary resources and authorities to ensure the i.c. remains capable of protecting and defending the united states. the bill pulls in many priorities from f.y. 2018 and 2019, including the defense of elections from foreign threats, enhanced benefits to cri c.i.a. employees and bolsters oversight by congress. the bill protects all c.i.a. covert intelligence officers' identities, establishes a paid parental leave program for the provides feedback to he congressional committees. lastly, the bill continues to ensure that the dedicated men and women of our intelligence community have the funding authorities and support

attorney, congress member and somebody has worked on issues in the area of national intelligence for number of years. his partner in law firm was john ashcroft. so my perspective on john is one that has been built over the last two and a half years having dinner with he, myself, and trey gowdy are probably once a week for several weeks -- for several months. >> bret: the last one, are you going to vote for the spending caps, debt ceiling legislation even though there are real concerns from people like you who expressed problems with the rising deficits and national debt? >> i think the president and the negotiators have put together the best package that they can imagine. the part that gives me pause is not only that $320 billion of increased, but the fact that we are busting the caps permanently. i have not come to a final decision. i'm probably leaning away from the deal, but i want to make sure that i do all my homework because we want to be as supportive as possible on spending issues, but we want to cap the likelihood of explosive growth in the future at the same time. >> bret:

the u.s.mination in intelligence community and congress, huawei are dangerous operators.gress andht as the nation to stop corporations from engaging with countries and other entities that could put our national security apparatus in danger. i don't know if these companies are complaining's against sanctions regimes against iran and other bad at his around the world. they do not have the right to corporate profit at the sake of national u.s. security. it is andst how hopefully we congress get our way and are able to stop the administration from getting their way. >> what would you like to see the trump administration do and what should congress do? >> the administration should continue with the sanctions regime, maybe even make it stronger. does not dodent that i think the house and the senate in a bipartisan manner should pass a new sanctions regime or continue the existing regime on huawei's zte to make sure we are enforcing good order and continuing to protect national security interests. >> i have to ask you about iran. the president defends withdrawing from the iran n

>> does anybody have to tell we the american people or the intelligence committees in congress whether there was russian leverage over the campaign and whether those contacts and for example the trump tower moscow deal amounted to perhaps a successful or even an unsuccessful effort to gain that leverage. the chairman, adam schiff has not had a 3wr50e6ing on the intelligence findings of any information since comey was fired. >> so, i can say how i used to handle it and i used to handle it thinking that the intelligence committees were an integral part of how the united states conducts intelligence and how we the community maintain the trust and confidence. they need to know their representatives get access to critical information so they can understand it. one of the things is, the reality is that the intelligence community is under the command of the president. so at the end of the day, it's the president's job to deal with the intelligence threats that we face as a country. >> they implicate him? >> so we haven't had to deal with this kind of thing before. that's tricky and how you do

he's had a different role and he's gentlem intelligent enough that he adapts and begins to fill the role. his role and responsibility as member of congressthe intelligence committee is very different than it will be at dni. he's very brought and he has the president's trust. he understands how congress works and he understands the overall picture of how these 17 agencies work. and i'm very confident he'll be able to provide the leadership. and one other thing if i could just very quickly, i don't believe at all that it was his performance on wednesday that made the difference. i think this is a conversation that's been going on for quite a while and i think john has impressed the president for a number of months. >> it's cnn's reporting. we can disagree on how the president made this decision. i do want to get to the role of the dni and the other intelligence official, because you deal with classified intelligence in your role on the committee, you and i have spoken about it. i know how seriously you take that role as part of the function of keeping the country safe. you know the officials have to have the confidence and the ability and

intelligence committees. the special counsel's testimony anxiously awaited by congress and the american people though mueller himself wanting to avoid it from the beginning. >> any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. >> reporter: mueller notoriously tight-lipped only giving one ten-minute statement at the conclusion. democrats hope he will reveal whether he would charge the president with a crime. adam schiff already conceding that's not likely but thinks straightforward testimony will be useful. >> for many americans just learning what's in the report will be a revelation. >> reporter: both preparing with mock hearings. the democrats are framing their questions for yes or no and the and have been preparing for potential republican antics. republican representative jim jordan already objecting to a late request from special counsel mueller to have his longtime aide aaron zebley sworn in alongside him. president trump weighing in saying zebley's appearance should not be allowed and calling the investigation a rigged witch-hunt. >> $40 million. interview 500 people. they got nothing. >>

intelligence community and federal law enforcement to deal with this and been working with secretaries of states as well. >> and you speak with a considerable amount of authority not only as a member of congress, a member of the intelligence community, but earlier you were a case officer over at the cia. so you understand the capabilities. you understand what the russians are up to to try to create political chaos in the united states. thank you for joining us. >> wolf, you have a good rest of the evening. >>> next, president trump takes a victory lap while divided democrats weigh their moves on impeachment after mueller's testimony. >>> the gaffe with the presidential seal that cost someone a job. see that's funny, i thought you traded options. i'm not really a wall street guy. what's the hesitation? eh, it just feels too complicated, you know? well sure, at first, but jj can help you with that. jj, will you break it down for this gentleman? hey, ian. you know, at td ameritrade, we can walk you through your options trades step by step until you're comfortable. i could be up for that. that's taking options trading from wall st. to main st. hey guys, wanna play some pool? eh, i'm not really a

look, tomorrow the judiciary committee, the intelligence committee, the congress and ultimately the americanopportunity to hear directly from the special counsel at length about his findings, the exhaustive investigation. >> i'm asking you. what are you going to ask him? >> i'm not going to reveal the questions before tomorrow morning. suffice it to say, the committee and committee staff and members have been working diligentlily for quite some time. >> i deal with difficult witnesses like you right now and you'll deal with one tomorrow. if bob mueller says to you and your colleagues, see the report, i addressed that in the report. i'm not going to going beyond the report, is that acceptable as a guidepost for those hours which to some degree people would say what was the point of all this or do you feel that your role as a coequal branch of government it's your call to get that from him and not the justice department's job to not say anything. >> there is value in the special punish counsel providing claritity in public testimony before the committee. most of congress has not read the repor

intelligence did not support the threat. calling the president out wire, calling him a meyer. more people said then, i had been in congress for ten years by then, you would never go anyplace in this party unless you vote for that. but i didn't vote for that. senator didn't vote for, later, intelligence committee. it's a big division among democrats. these personality, they are minor. we have big ones in our country between what is happening in congress and in the white house. everybody knows have to keep our eye on the ball. >> your colleagues think -- some are indecisive. it overshadows the agenda. do you think there's a shot that they would make a decision on this? >> i don't agree with that. i think we need to have something before we go forward. i respect them on it, the knowledge they have on the subject. >> do better understand the challenges of your job to unify the democratic caucus today? >> just asked her. >> there were revisions after he said there were not as many as expected -- i would love more of a response on that. there any underlying economic factors? >> i haven't seen all of the data yet except the figu

16 different intelligence agencies inside the united states and give the information to the president that he needs not the information that he wants but right so as he said that congress has to ratify is nomination are his appointments how much concern is there about the independence of the inside of intelligence community and about presidents trump weighing in on the decisions of the intelligence community. there's been a huge amount of concern about this exact topic because this is a president who simply dismisses any intelligence that doesn't fit in with his world view he believes he can make a deal with north korea and when they test missiles or when the intelligence community says they could still be developing nuclear weapons the president simply dismisses it he likes to go back and say look how wrong they were about iraq i was right even though he was actually for the war and so he just basically dismisses the intelligence community he's a hugely critical of these career government workers who work in this in this agency and all the different intelligence agencies there is a concern about what this will do to morale there's concern about what this will do to th

the intelligence picture they want to keep it they can be deployed within 45 minutes and iraq is seeking uranium from africa to develop an atomic bomb. but in congress graham is not convinced he presses on he wants proof the agency particularly the cia the central intelligence agency was very reluctant and said we don't have time to do this i said we don't have time to know everything we need to know before we commit u.s. troops to combat tenet goes back to the white house and he says. it looks like the jig is up i will have to do it estimate and the white house says ok mr tenet 2 things number one you have to do it in one and a half weeks usually an estimate takes 3 or 4 months and number 2 it's got to come out exactly as vice president dick cheney said it was. tenet will once again view to the president's orders. bob kerrey is a u.s. senator and former navy seal. well i think it's a fair accusation to say that both president bush and vice president cheney put pressure on the intelligence community to reach a conclusion that they had already reached vice president cheney at one time went down and sat in cia did sat down at a in the chair next to th

intelligence community, as is congress, that they are dangerous operators.ion toe right as a stop corporations from engaging with other countries and entities that put our national security in danger. i don't see these companies complaining about us having a sanctions regime against iran or other bad actors around the world. they do not have a right to corporate profit at the sake of national security. that is just how it is. -- it is,ely, unfortunately. hopefully, we can stop them. emily: what would you like to see the trump administration do? >> i think the trump administration should continue with the sanctions regime they have and go stronger. hopefully, that stays. if the president does not do that, i think the house and congress should pass a new sanctions regime or continuous wei-zte to make sure we are enforcing good order and discipline to protect our national security interests. emily: since i have you, i have to ask about iran. the president defends withdrawing from the nuclear deal, and in the meantime iran has seized a british oil tanker. tensio

counsel robert mueller is expected to appear before to committees of congress, the house judiciary committee in the house intelligencemittee, on wednesday, july 17. he will testify in open session about his report into russian interference in the 2016 election. watch left coverage on c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. announcer: current and former federal and state judges, including charles breyer, the brother of supreme court justice stephen breyer, talked about the human side of their jobs. the 90 minute event took place at the university of california berkeley law school, and was cohosted by the national constitution center. my name is terminally -- jeremy. i have been here for a little

intelligence community, as is congress, that they are dangerous operators.have the right as a nation to stop corporations from engaging with other countries and entities that potentially put our national security apparatus in danger as well as that of our interest. i don't see these companies complaining about us having a sanctions regime against iran or other bad actors around the world. they do not have a right to corporate profit at the sake of u.s. national security. that is just how it is. hopefully we in congress get our way and we are it would to stop that u.s. administration and these ceos from getting their way. emily: what would you like to see the trump administration do? and what do you think congress should do? >> i think the trump administration should continue with the sanctions regime they have now and enforce them stronger. hopefully, that stays. if the president does not do that, the house and senate in a bipartisan manner, should pass a new sanctions regime or continuous sanctions regime on huawei and zte, to make sure we are continuing th

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intelligent person. there is a bell curve in congress.eal idiots in the congress who frankly shouldn't be there. >> would you like to tell us what that means? it's hard for me to understand. what does it mean? >> they're also very capable, intelligent, qualified people. he is a former district attorney for texas. he took on a 40-year incumbent in a primary and beat him. he is very capable. the question is when he presents intelligence to the president and the president follows back will he follow the political narrative? i think last week we saw that he will. >> he has said he put terrorists in prison. where is there a record of that? >> pete williams fact checked that yesterday and we can find no evidence he has ever prosecuted a terrorism case. there were no terrorism cases in his district when he was u.s. attorney. his office points to a case against the holy land foundation in dallas but his role there was to investigate juror misconduct not terrorism or prosecute terrorism. the idea he put terrorists in prison just appears to be fals

figure left from the very 1st time cabinet and even though he had no intelligence background he'd earned bipartisan respect in congress with many messages of support in recent weeks d.n.i. done coats is a good friend to former senate colleague and leader of integrity who's always served our country well said senator susan collins i served on the joint economic committee with dan coats as representative done by a he was widely respected and trusted by everyone on both sides is a man of integrity but trump doesn't want integrity he wants people who tell him what he wants to hear and intel leaders who will agree that 2 plus 2 equals 5 and i beautiful spring it's unlikely that dan coats will read to children with his wife at another white house easter egg roll. it was a boy. here was a girl and enjoy disagreement with no consequence to like the story. washington in guatemala hundreds have protested against a controversial migration deal between their governments and the u.s. demonstrators rallied in front of the presidential palace in guatemala city against the agreement president giving morality signed with washington on

ever nominated to serve as director of national intelligence was prepared secretary of state mike pompeo points out he made a similar transition from congresso the intelligence community. >> he's very smart. i'm very confident he'll do a good job. i remember people saying i'd be soup political to be the cia director too. >> richard burr says once the president submits his nomination, his committee will work to move quickly through the senate's process. back to you bret. >> bret: rich edson live at the state department. thanks. the top republican in the senate is defending himself against accusations that he's helping russia interfere in u.s. elections. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell gave a fiery speech on the senate floor a short time ago after critics called him out for blocking democrat-sponsored election reform bills last week. >> it's like an inflationary crisis, but without rage instead of dollars. these people have worn out the volume knob so badly that they have nothing left but the most unhinged smears. welcome to modern-day mccarthyism. >> bret: mcconnell also called the obama administration's feckless for failing to interv

figure left from the very 1st time cabinet and even though he had no intelligence background he'd earned bipartisan respect in congress with many messages of support in recent weeks. he and i don't code says a good friend a former senate colleague and leader of integrity who's always served our country well said senator susan collins i served on the joint economic committee with dan coats as representative done by a he was widely respected and trusted by everyone on both sides is a man of integrity but trump doesn't want integrity he wants people who tell him what he wants to hear and intil leaders who will agree that 2 plus 2 equals 5 and i be you know it's unlikely that dan coats will read to children with his wife at another white house easter egg roll. it was a boy. here was a girl and enjoyed disagreement with no consequence to like the story mike hanna al-jazeera washington a powerful explosion in the afghan capital has killed 2 people and injured at least $25.00 including the president's running mate in the upcoming election the afghan interior ministry says the attackers were targeting and rather salis office

figure left from the very 1st time cabinet and even though he had no intelligence background he'd earned bipartisan respect in congress with many messages of support in recent weeks d.n.i. ident coats is a good friend to former senate colleague and leader of integrity who's always served our country well said senator susan collins i served on the joint economic committee with dan coats as representative done by a he was widely respected and trusted by everyone on both sides is a man of integrity but trump doesn't want integrity he wants people who tell him what he wants to hear and intel leaders who will agree that 2 plus 2 equals 5 and i beautiful spring it's unlikely that dan coats will read to children with his wife at another white house easter egg roll. it was a boy. if i was a girl and enjoy disagreement with no consequence to the story mike hanna washington in guatemala hundreds have protested against a controversial migration deal between their governments and the u.s. . has rallied in front of the presidential palace in guatemala city against the agreement president jimmy morales signed with washington on fri

intelligence community as ll as congress that huawei are dangerous operators.e have a duty to stop corporations from engaging with companies that potentially put our national security apparatus in danger. i don't see those countries having complaints about us having sanctions against other bad actors around the world. they don't have the right to ut them at rask. hopefully we are able to stop the administration and c.e.o.'s getting their way. emily: what do you think the trump administration should do and congress? >> they should continue with the regime they have now and force them to go stronger. hopefully that stays. if president does not do that, the house and the senate in a bipartisan manner should pass a new sanctions regime or continue the sanctions regime that exists to make sure we are enforcing some good order and discipline to continue to protect our national security interests. emily: since i have, i have to ask you about iran. the president defends withdrawing from the iran nuclear deal, and in the meantime, iran has seized a british flagged oil t

figure left from the very 1st trump cabinet and even though he had no intelligence background he'd earned bipartisan respect in congress with many messages of support in recent weeks d.n.i. dan coats is a good friend to former senate colleague and leader of integrity who's always served our country well said senator susan collins i served on the joint economic committee with dan coats as representative done by a he was widely respected and trusted by everyone on both sides is a man of integrity but trump doesn't want integrity he wants people who tell him what he wants to hear and intel leaders who will agree that 2 plus 2 equals 5 and i'd be your offspring it's unlikely that dan coats will read to children with his wife at another white house easter egg roll. it was a boy. was a girl and enjoyed disagreement with no consequence to like the story mike hanna al-jazeera washington. britain has sent a 2nd warship to the goal to protect u.k. flying to vessels crossing the strait of hormuz the h.m.s. duncan has joined a british forget already station that the warships will be escorting vessels sailing through the strait now

rubenstein: there are reports today that the new head of the intelligence will be john ratcliffe. from congress the new head of dni. some people say he's too political for that position. you have served in cia. do you believe he's too political for that position? sec. pompeo: i know john. his first term was my final term in congress. i know him reasonably well. he's very smart. i'm confident he will do a good job. i'm ever people saying i would be too political to be cia director. i hope history will inform us that that wasn't the case and that i did my job and delivered on behalf of the american people in an appropriate way and did not allow politics to interfere with delivering important, timely fact-based intelligence , to the president the united states. mr. rubenstein: you are first in her class at west point. had he become first in her class at west point? that's pretty tough. what happened to all the people who were second, third, fourth. did they become anything? [laughter] sec. pompeo: one is secretary of defense. he has a classmate of mine as well. i give him a hard time about our rel

trying to lift intelligence out of the political soup. >> director of national intelligence and key players on -- in congressn dilanian don't really know much about him. >> as juan said it's fair to give him the benefit of the doubt. we don't know how he will act if confirmed as dni. if he will put aside his partisanship. he was the second most conservative member of congress by some measures and he said on fox yesterday that he believes that members of the obama administration committed crimes in launching the russia investigation, and that, frankly, is a conspiracy theory without a shred of evidence. so i think he goes in with a lot of baggage that will have to be unpacked in the intelligence committee confirmation hearings. >> ken dilanian, juan zarate, much appreciated, thanks to both of you. >>> the latest ahead on the mass shooting at a california food festival, four people are dead, including the gunman. police still trying to figure out whether a second suspect was involved. here's how witnesses described the moments that gunfire erupted inside the festival. >> we both turned and we saw him standing

my goal, frankly, john was to introduce myself as someone who's been in congress for seven years, been on the intelligencemittee, trying to shake things up by leading new members of congress to washington, and we have a new moment to seize by putting a generational leader in the white house. >> the generational leader part i want to pick up on. because you are someone who did confront the former vice president joe biden. why do you think that generational change argument for you might be provable? >> because of the urgency of issues and most importantly on health care this is an issue that's just really shaking so many young families who have become a gofundme generation for so many of us, that's our health care plan. and i just don't think we can count on people who have been in public service for decades to solve a problem that's getting worse. we'll have to live with the failures of the past to address it. >> a simple yes or no on this because i want to move onto other issues. do you think the candidates who say they want to get rid of private insurance are wrong? >> yes. >> i want to move onto somethi

congress do? what did our intelligence agencies do? this may be one of the most predictable attacks, one of the most predictable crises of democracy we have ever faced. and, yet, at this moment we are absolutely paralyzed and i just -- we can't wait of course for the verdict of history, but the verdict of history is going to be i think incredibly puzzled about this moment and our failure to respond and understand the full implications for our democracy of what's happening now. >> mr. rucker, let's stay on the what did we do in terms of what did they do, democrats, in the wake of the mueller testimony, the vice chair of the house democratic party called for an opening of an impeachment inquiry. she is the highest ranking democrat who has made this call. does that change anything? >> well, it is significant, steph, in that she is a high ranking democrat and it adds to this slowly growing impeachment caucus within the democratic caucus. >> but they're going to be on vacation for five weeks. who is she going to tell it to, life guards in n

the intelligence picture they want to keep they can be deployed within 45 minutes and iraq is seeking uranium from africa to develop an atomic bomb but in congress graham is not convinced he presses on he wants proof the agency particularly the cia the central intelligence agency was very reluctant and said we don't have time to do this i said we don't have time to know everything we need to know before we commit u.s. troops to combat tenet goes back to the white house and he says. looks like the jig is up we're going to have to do it estimate and the white house says ok mr tenet 2 things number one you have to do it in one and a half weeks usually it estimate takes 3 or 4 months and number 2 it's got to come out exactly as vice president dick cheney said it was. time it will once again due to the president's orders. bob kerrey is a u.s. senator and former navy seal. well i think it's a fair accusation to say that both president bush and vice president cheney put pressure on the intelligence community to reach a conclusion that they had already reached vice president cheney at one time went down and sat in cia did sat down at a in the chair next

our gums. >> now, there are reports today the new head of the central intelligence, of the cni, it will be, john ratcliff from congress and some people say he's too political for that position. you've served in cia, do you believe he's too political for that position? >> in my final term in congress, i know him well, he's very smart. i remember people saying i'd be too political to be the cia director, too. i hope that history will inform us all that wasn't the case, that i did my job and that i delivered on behalf of the american people in an appropriate way and didn't allow politics to interfere in facts to the president of united states. >> you were first in your class at west point that's tough fob first in your class. what happened to the second place. >> one is the secretary of defense, he was a classmate. and i give him a hard time about our relative order of finish. >> you went to harvard law school, why did you abandon the practice of law? >> had a great opportunity. i had partners i worked for and enjoyed my time, i was older-- gone to law school a little later and had a chance to start a business with kansa

the intelligence law enforcement leaders briefed congress on election security today.hey said they are doing everything they can to stop what were called "active threats." reviews were generally positive from both republicans and democrats. however, senate minority leader chuck schumer called a session "important but by no means sufficient." with some progressives bailing on him, joe biden is trying to lock up support of the democratic presidential race from hispanics. the former vice president is fighting the perception by some, including an oft quoted liberal actor that he is out of touch and should lead the race. correspondent peter doocy takes a look for us. >> joe biden has a new pledge about immigration policy. >> i could do a whole lot. 23% of all the kids in grade school are hispanic and latino. if we don't pay attention, the country can't grow. >> democrats from the congressional hispanic caucus have questions about his record. >> we do believe the deportation policy under president obama was way too harsh. it created an environment that we are now living in.

congress. he'll speak to the house judiciary and intelligence committee. for almost two years, mueller submitted his findings back in march. >>> today, investigators will be back at the scene of a crane collapse in new jersey. the massive piece of equipment came crashing down around 7:00 last night and smashed into homesnd caused serious damage. remarkably, no one was hurt. it's believed winds brought on storms caused the damage there. >>> thimorning, there are heightening tensions with iran. >> theresa may will cha an emergency meeting today. the uk government says the seizure was in cleari violat of internal law. iran says it was enforcing internal law. you can see here in the video, iran released the video showing the mass commandos repelling from helicopters. there are now questions on whether it was payback for britain seizing an iran oil tanker around the fourth of july. >>> my americans say they feel unprepared to be an opportunity and not because of school but bause of something they say their parents are doing. >> we will tell yous what it i comin

congress. that's one of the safest places to go even if you are in the intelligence. as another law out there that whistleblowers need to be aware of which is obstruction of justice. and the losses that if you have information about a crime and you go to federal law enforcement can report it, any person. if you are subject to retaliation, that person who can go to against you prison for 10 years. so the federal obstruction of justice statute creates a public policy. it sends a message that if you want to blow the whistle one safe place to go is federal law enforcement. another safe place to go is congress. or you can use the superduper laws and these laws are really powerful, really effective and they each have very specified procedures. host: we have set aside a special line for whistleblowers on a national whistleblower appreciation day. (202) 748-8002 is that number --(202) 748-8003 is that number. melvin is calling in on that line out of fort pierce, florida. go ahead. caller: i was trying to find out alsoe whistleblowers would cover homeowners associations becaus