let's bring in congressman elija cummings. great to have you on board.reciate your time. >> thank you. >> i want to start with this, yes, sir, it almost seems like the republicans are taking this personal, that if they were to pass something on immigration that it would injure their family, it would injure them personally, like they have something very personal at stake here which takes me to the powers, the money powers that run the republican party. it's almost as if they have given them marching orders, do not do anything on immigration. your thoughts? what's happening here? unpack this for us? >> i can tell you, it's clear, first of all, that they are in disarray, and it does seem to me, ed, that they are going to somebody else's marching orders, and i think it's a very conservative right of the republican party. no question about it. and i've got to tell you, i'm very disappointed in speaker boehner. i think he needs to be leading and he's not leading. he's basically following a tea party crowd and a very conservative crowd. think about the suit, ed

we've had word that elija cummings has a tremendous amount of respect. >> i think he'll be under imesure to produce something to justify the expenditure that we now know will be over $3 million on this repetitive investigation. i think he's saying all of the right things and we had a very collegial meeting yesterday of the committee. i hope it stays that way, and i propose that one area that might be productive is to look at how we are doing and implementing those very sound recommend takes by that review panel in improving security at facilities around the world. that could be helpful. we may do that, but if we get into the business of calling in high-profile witnesses to have a political impact or going over the same old ground that we've gone over before, chasing conspiracy theories then he won't have lived up to the promise he's making. >> a worth ambition, congressman schiff. good luck and god speed. thank you for your time? you bet. >>> coming up, the justice department finally weighs in on allegations that the cia spied on members of the senate. its stunning conclusion is comin