immediately next to jane is congressman pete hoekstra. congressman hoekstra is the former chairman of the house permanent select committee on intelligence between 2004-2007 where he partnered with congresswoman jane harmon in passing landmark intelligence reform legislation in 2004. the first modernization of the intelligence community in 50 years. chairman hoekstra is currently working with the investigative project on terrorism as the shellman senior fellow. congressman will hurd, former undercover c.i.a. officer, entrepreneur and cybersecurity expert, will hurd is the u.s. representative for the 23rd congressional district of texas from san antonio to el paso and includes 800 miles of the u.s./mexico border. in washington he serves on the permanent select committee on intelligence, as well as the vice chair of the maritime and border security subcommittee. on the committee for homeland security and as the chairman for information technology subcommittee on the oversight and government reform committee. immediately on my left is nichola

hoekstra is exactly half right. yes, all three investigations are looking at certainly the congressional investigations are looking at russian meddling into our election. the part that he left out is that the fbi, the senate, and the house -- this is black and white, on the scope of our investigations -- are also looking into what james comey talked about in march, which is whether there were links between the trump campaign and that russian meddling. now, there is no answer to that question. but that is a very, very serious question, as serious as to the question of how and why the russians did that. so trying to say that this is not actually about the trump administration is a partisan point that is not accurate to what is happening today. >> congressmen, thank you both. comes up, was james comey within his rights to release his own memos about the president? exper. improve our workflow. attract new customers. that's when fastsigns recommended fleet graphics. yeah! now business is rolling in. get started at fastsi

joining me now is former michigan congressman pete hoekstra, sir, good of you to join us to weigh in> great to be with you, kelly. kelly: thank you, sir. let's start with the beginning. let's explain to the american people what unmasking is and the potential danger it poses to the average american citizen. >> well, you know, the intelligence community has tremendous capabilities, and they're legally required and limited to collecting intelligence on foreign individuals and foreign governments. on occasions they will what is called inadvertent collection. they will collect information on americans. they're supposed to minimize that which means, you know, deep-six it, get rid of it, you can't have that. on occasion, again, they will look at this data and say, wait a minute, there's some national security implications for this, and so they will minimize the person meaning they'll hide the identity of that person, but they'll spread the content around to analysts who would be -- where it would be helpful for them to do their job. unmasking is when an analyst comes back and says i need to

pete hoekstra, former chairman of the and former u.n. and state department official, do you think this i want is owed an apology? >> well, i think let's look at the facts. we know that since the election, the obama administration and others have brutally gone after president trump and his campaign, accusing collusion. with "the washington post" story on friday showed that number one, the obama administration knew about potential russian involvement for more than a year before the election. they didn't act aggressively, because they didn't materially believe that the russians would affect the vote. there was no meltdown of the election process on election day, and despite this the obama focus in a bin laden type of environment, they found no collusion between the trump campaign and the russians. >> that wasn't part of "the washington post" story. that part, that is part of the investigation. again we don't know whether there was any collusion. >> but it's been reported that senator feinstein, senator warner, senator graham, dni director c

up our look at the most popular nonfiction book according to the chicago public library is arley hoekstra fields the political right, strangers in their own land. many of these authors have or will be appearing on book tv. you can watch them on a website booktv.org. >> the publicity manner at johns hopkins in baltimore, maryland. what are some of the things you have coming up with mike. >> sharks of the shallows. it's coming out right after shark week which is a huge thing for the general public and it's an unofficial oversized coffee table books heavily oversized and riesling price and work in a handful of

pete hoekstra: but they are. sharyl: next week. "the surveillance state."tory you won't see anywhere else. also, next week -- tuesday, in fact -- is the release of my new book, "the smear: how fake news and shady political operatives control what you see what you think and how you vote." it's the follow up to my "new york times" bestseller "stonewalled." i reveal the origins of the phrase "fake news" and the smear machines that push propaganda and narratives all the way through campaign 2016. pre-order it anywhere. that's all for this week. un >> today on the weekend edition of "government matters," the department of veterans affairs moves part of its record keeping system into the digital age. a pair of project leaders tell you how it's working and how they hope to serve vets better. new grades on the government's information technology are in and they're mixed at best. the gao's top overseer explains the grades as the administration hones in on tech week. a look >> from washington d.c. and around the world, this is "government matters" with francis rose.

congressman pete hoekstra, thank you very much for being here.on is still underway of turin pharmaceutical ceo martin shkreli today in brooklyn. the court is struggling to find jurors without bias against shkreli, the so-called farmer bro, remember that? he is facing charges frauding investors of two edge funds. cheryl casone with the latest. reporter: when you have prospective jurors coming into the courtroom and saying things he is evil, a snake, corporate good he, you will have a problem finding a jury. there is still not a jury sat down but the court is giving us guidance right now they believe that opening statements may be tomorrow. what is happening right now they have been going through asking several jurors, they called them back from yesterday. 134 jurors were dismissed yesterday. but the judge this morning bringing back 40 for requestioning, reexamination. she is not letting go of these jurors. she wants to get trial underway. big news this morning 9:00 a.m. eastern time here in brooklyn. shkreli's attorney asked for mishe trial. he wa

up our look at the most popular nonfiction book according to the chicago public library is arley hoekstra fields the political right, strangers in their own land. many of these authors have or will be appearing on book tv. you can watch them on a website booktv.org. >> the publicity manner at johns hopkins in baltimore, maryland. what are some of the things you have coming up with mike. >> sharks of the shallows. it's coming out right after shark week which is a huge thing for the general public and it's an unofficial oversized coffee table books heavily oversized and riesling price and work in a handful of them and the dinosaur book we now have a short book coming out. we have a book that tongue-in-cheek is about the remnant minus the bear, the story of the western frontier in for trapping and three guys whose lives intersected at a place called lake house that's coming out. then we have a book called uncompromising activists about a gentleman who was the first black graduate of harvard college and so, that the biography for us which is somewhat unusual but kind of a nice story for us. >

trace: former congressman, pete hoekstra, thank you. you can see the bottom of your screen, at least three people taken to six hospitals. were still awaiting a news conference from police in london giving us some updates about what they know. it's fascinating because if you go back to weeks go to the manchester attack the information came out very fast. it was very fast and fluid. especially, in the united states that angered uk authorities. in this case the information has trickled out much more slowly. they have clearly gotten a better grip on what they want to release. we are waiting for more information which we just got from the department of homeland security and we will give you more on that statement. coming up as breaking news see london at invisalign.com ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. do you need the most trusted battery in your flashlight? maybe not. maybe you could trust your own eyes to see in the dark. ahh

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trace: yeah, they are pretty former michigan congressman, pete hoekstra. thank you. we are the benefit, of course, we have a sitter on transistor network, sky news, they been on point and they been extraordinarily good. let's dip back into their coverage and find out any updates they've got. >> very popular bar, of course, this is a saturday night out in london, about 10:00 p.m. at night and that area would have been bustling. i got here on the scene at 11:3e nightclubs and bars in this area and people were shocked about the police president here. when i first got here the street was full with police officers and ambulances, fire and there was a degree of panic. throughout the night more security came here and even now, members of the army are on the street to make sure people feel safe. the cord on his particularly large and people are stranded and and people are unable to leave the sport and off area and there's a sense of shock that a terror attack has happened in london and six people have sadly lost their lives. just want to show you, this area of london is comp

pete hoekstra, thanks. >> it's their choice. >> martha: always good to see you.ore tonight about the story that we gave you last evening about the potential motive of a georgia woman allegedly at the heart of a bombshell leak that confirms that russia attacked our voting system or attempted to attack the voting system prior to the 2016 election. we know that this young lady, 25-year-old reality winner was apparently no fan of president trump. her social media accounts loadable expletives written criticism of him. "i am losing my mind. if you voted for this piece of -- you can figure out the rest -- i explain this, he is lying, he is blatantly lying in the second largest freshwater and country is now at risk." #nevermypresident. here now, and judge andrew napolitano. fresh off of that, she has every right to tweet whatever she wants. >> it's probably inappropriate that somebody at the national security clearance and who works for the president, the nsa is in the military, she is a contractor for the military, expresses views like that. she does have a constitution

pete hoekstra, thanks for being with us. stay with us continuing coverage of the deadly terror attacks rock in the city of london, putting the world on alert. patti ann: are especially extended live coverage will look at the attacks overseas and how they're having impact on our soil ♪ pressure. i feel it everyday. but at night, it's the last thing on my mind. for 10 years my tempur-pedic has adapted to my weight and shape, relieving pressure points from head to toe. so i sleep deeply and wake up ready to perform. ♪ now through june 11th, save $600 when you buy select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com. patti ann: the mayor of london calling on all londoners to remain a fidget vigilant in the last night attack after the threat level is still at severe. joining us now from our washington news bureau is dan hipp, and author of the new terrorism: how to fight it and defeat it. thank you for joining us your title refers to the new terrorism. explain how it's different from the o

this year, he seems more timid. >> congress member hoekstra, do you believe james comey?ieve what he said. he has credibility issues with what happened over the last 18 months. especially with the hillary clinton investigation and those things. i think we have to be cautious reading too much into what he says. a lot of this is the context of how were these conversations and comments made. we don't know. we weren't in the room. >> it will be very interesting to hear what your counterparts in the senate intel committee will ask him today. thank you very much. great to have both of you. chris. >> thank you. >> it will be an interesting match of fact and feeling. james comey's testimony. his concerns about his repeated interactions with president trump. how did he handle the situation? we discuss with members of the intel community next. i miss you babe. i wish you were here. i miss home. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ tango! for the guy who finds a way. always unstoppable. this i can do, easily. i try hard to get a great shape. benefiber® healthy shape is a clear, taste-free, 100% natural daily fi

pete hoekstra former michigan congressman and former member of the house intelligence committee. you were listening to susan collins a moment ago and used to do a lot of work with her on the hill. you can characterize that however you want. i want to focus viewers on the piece you're writing online. you say james comey threw a lot of people under the bus. you say loretta lynch, president trump and himself, james comey. explain why. >> he threw james comey under the bus when he acknowledged that for political purposes he accepted the direction from loretta lynch, the attorney general, to use a word that's not even in the vocabulary of the f.b.i. and match it to what's going on with the clinton campaign. he then goes on and calls the president a liar repeatedly just because they have a different impression of how the f.b.i. was performing. but i think the thing that really took the cake here yesterday and susan collins mentioned this when he said i took my personal notes, i gave them to somebody else to give to the media because i wanted to get a special prosecutor. he then became

joining us now on the telephone is pete hoekstra, he represented michigan second district from 93 until011. thank you for taking the time. >> good to be with you. >> if the frequency of attacks is a measure of terrorist success, are they gaining ground? >> they are. we completed a study with a group i'm affiliated with to show that within the last five years, not only the frequency of the attack but there lethality has increased from 3500 people per year globally losing their lives to now 30,000 people per year losing their lives as a result of radical jihadists. >> what are we in other countries doing wrong? >> is your last guest said we provided them safe havens. they view their bases in iraq and syria and northern africa's and specifically olivia, not only to wreak havoc in the region there also use it as a base to expert terrorism spreading into asian other parts of africa and with the ripe environment in europe with a large number of radical islamic individuals who have moved into the area's in the past ten to make 20 years. they are now exploiting those conditions. >> we cannot co

for more on the intelligence aspect let's bring in pete hoekstra, former congressman and house intelligence chairman. it's always good to have you on the program. what is it that is driving this idea that change needs to be made but were not actually seeing it abroad. we need to make change your home too. >> what's driving it is that the evidence of this increasing threat from radical islam, radical jihadists, whatever you want to call it is very obvious. in 2011, roughly 3200 people. year were losing their lives because of these attacks. by 2014, that had grown to almost 27000 people. it was moving and spreading into northern africa and asia in the real fertile ground is europe. >> when i say how did we get to this point? enough is enough from the prime minister. from what you just said, enough is enough was a long time ago. what is changing now, and when she says theresa may, the prime minister of britain, go on and live your life in the mayor of london says you have to press on past the fear, what is the message they are giving their citizens. >> what is happening with the threat level i

but hoekstra was saying that they are outnumbered. they have too many people now to watch. we know that when these attacks happen the people, the suspects were on their radar but yet they did not have enough to go after them. >> that is right. surround 3000 terror suspects that the security services are eminently concerned about, then about another 20000 out there that the u.k. thinks are potential terrorist threats but haven't been able to prioritize. about 30 people needed to track one terrorists. you're looking at manpower of almost 700,000 agents. the u.k. doesn't have the capacity to do it. it has to prioritize who the main threats are. occasionally it will get it wrong. >> tomorrow morning you have theresa may who will meet with her cabinet and officials, there's got to be some consternation in the room. what is the conversation? what is the plan and the target? >> there can have to figure out if this is a three-man operation or larger network. other other cells involved? are there other copycat attacks or other attacks being planned for days after. just as ramadan an

hoekstra, will hurd and pete rasmussen. thank you. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> thank you all very much for joining us today. i'm so grateful for the opportunity to be here at the capitol hill national security forum. and i'm grateful to my co-hosts, republican senator marco rubio and i are the senate and co-hosts, chairman mccaul and congressman rupersberger, are the house co-hosts and the four of us respect the best in bicameral, bipartisan support for u.s. foreign policy. i'm grateful for this broad audience of folks across the spectrum of washington as will. i'm thrilled to have the opportunity today to talk with my dear old friend, secretary madeleine albright. i'm going to briefly introduce you, you are probably better known to this audience than any audience in the world. but i think it bears repeating on taking the prerogative of a nor to say that before your distinguished service as an ambassador to the you united nations and the 64th secretary of state you worked in the united states senate as a staffer to senator

up our look at the most popular nonfiction book according to the chicago public library is arley hoekstra fields the political right, strangers in their own land. many of these authors have or will be appearing on book tv. you can watch them on a website booktv.org. >> the publicity manner at johns hopkins in baltimore, maryland. what are some of the things you have coming up with mike. >> sharks of the shallows. it's coming out right after shark week which is a huge thing for the general public and it's an unofficial oversized coffee table books heavily oversized and riesling price and work in a handful of them and the dinosaur book we now have a short book coming out. we have a book that tongue-in-cheek is about the remnant minus the bear, the story of the western frontier in for trapping and three guys whose lives intersected at a place called lake house that's coming out. then we have a book called uncompromising activists about a gentleman who was the first black graduate of harvard college and so, that the biography for us which is somewhat unusual but kind of a nice story for us. >

pete hoekstra pointed out last hour. their job is to get at what it is which is getting in the way or what we know about russia meddling. that is their area of expertise and purview. what is the government doing to make sure this never happens again? a point phil made this morning as well. >> phil, as we look at the live pictures of the room. let's see if it is a beehive of activity. not yet. phil, what is the answer quickly to what david and chris are proposing. why didn't jim comey do more? >> alisyn, you finally asked. we missed half the story. i served three attorneys general. as soon as they learn the president of the united states is doing one an one pull asides with the fbi director, comey shouldn't have to say anything. they are supposed to call the president or chief of staff and say the attorney general or deputy attorney general and say you cannot do this. he should not have made a phone call. the attorney general has to answer for it. >> also, attorney general. mr. toobin. comey gives him comfort on three occ

former congressman pete hoekstra was on earlier and i want to get your take on that. he basically said he predicted an uptick in terror attacks in much of europe. i want to get your reaction to that particular segment, sir. >> pete is a friend and we had seen these things coming. we been trying to talk about them and let people know. across the mainstream of america, not mainstream media but a mainstream america is what people knew. the heartland knew these things were coming and that's why the elected donald trump. thank god that he understand the seriousness of this issue and she's not be distracted by people who want to scream about political correctness because were talking about people's lives. let me protect something else, since we know the left never wants to be hypocrites, what you should see all the rest of this week is the man's on the left that we ban all white vans and all knives in america because they were used as terrorist weapons, if they will avoid being hypocrites, that's what they should be demanding this week. watch and see if they avoid being hyp

counsel jack quinn, former chairman of the house intelligence committee, republican congressman pete hoekstra, former assistant special prosecutor during watergate, nick akerman is with me, and cnn political analyst and "washington post" reporter abbi philip is here as well. all right, it is a new day, it appears, and a lot to get to, so let's start here. jack, let me start with what joe was just laying out for us, this threatened legal action coming from the trump legal team. they want to file a complaint, if you will, with doj and with congress about comey. all the guidance that i'm looking at is that this doesn't have much behind it. it can't go really far and it doesn't really have any teeth with it, so what does it do then? >> well, it's certainly a distraction, and it calls into question the manner in which director comey responded to the concerns that he had. look, it remains to be seen. you certainly can't take out of your government position documents, particularly documents that might be classified, but this doesn't seem to be material of that kind. i have a hard time seeing the bas

joining us now to talk about it marie harf, and pete hoekstra.ormer house intelligence committee chairman. welcome to you both. all right. so we have two different sets of subpoenas. a group of them were pushed by the ranking member schiff, those are more toward the russia probe but the three that go to the intelligence agencies. the first question i have marie, to you, why would ambassador samantha power, a diplomat, be asking for unmasking? >> we'll see what the facts are here. i don't know why these people are sub aoen add and we'll see what that information shows. policymakers and national security officials, foreign policy officials need more information about these intelligence reports in order to do their jobs defending the foreign policy of the united states. i don't know the facts behind this. but i feel fairly confident when i served in the administration people were not improperly unmasked. let's get to the bottom of that but focus on the russia probe, the main goal of the committee's work. >> shannon: i want to play a little sound bet

we have the former chair of the house intel committee, congressman pete hoekstra. congressman, very good to have you back with us. what do you think of this? interpreted as a early win. we don't know how the final decision will pan out in the fall, what do you make of it? >> it is good to be with you, neil. there are four areas where this is very, very positive. this clearly from the supreme court sends a message to the lower courts, get out of politics. at the next level, i'm always concerned about the level of power that the presidency has but i'm concerned the president, the office should have the authority to implement these kind of actions to keep america safe. third, i think the policy was right, and at forth level, yeah, this was a win for donald trump. so i think on a number of different levels this was a good day for the country and for the president. neil: pete, i was looking at the decision, i'm no lawyer, but i wondered they already thread the needle very judiciously, if you don't mind the play on words and let this stand as final decision. we like what

that is pete hoekstra, former chairman of the house senate intelligence committee. to figurei am trying out if there's more political drama in washington, d.c. or in buckingham palace. back over to westminster where anna edwards is standing by. thought we would wake up to win the election was called in the middle of april, walking through the process, the formality, the procedures and the significance over the next couple of hours. anna edwards: we have seen theresa go into buckingham palace. just two years ago. normally, we do not have two years between the u.k. elections. she spent quite a lot of time in their and i remember -- in there and i remember, shed a long conversation with the win. it is a formality. -- i remember, she had a long conversation with the queen. she will have the support in votes from the unionist party of northern ireland. we will see how long theresa may will last and that is a big question. she is in a buckingham palace now. the 13th of june is when parliament should reconvene. 19th of june is when the government typically presents their l

pete hoekstra. thank you. >> thank you,. melissa: disgruntled ex-employee, five people shot and killed, at orlando business before the gunman turned gun on himself. he singled out victims during the shooting spree, targeting one person he had a negative relationship with. officials do not believe the man had any ties to terrorism. david: meanwhile improving medical care for veterans, president trump continuing to promise significant changes to the va. today a major step has been taken. plus the president is pushing ahead on his agenda with businesses always in mind. so how does small business leaders think the president is doing? linda mcmahon is here next to weigh in with small business administrator who was at the white house just hours ago. what she heard from the vice president comings next. ♪ oh, not so fast, carl. ♪ oh no. schwab, again? index investing for that low? that's three times less than fidelity... ...and four times less than vanguard. what's next, no minimums? ...no minimums. schwab has lowered the cost of in