oh yes actually it's like my pompei is testifying before the house foreign affairs committee they're holding a hearing on iran and iraq and the use of war powers by the white house has been listening in to what might pompei or has been saying what has he been saying all. well this is a pretty feisty hearing my computer has given the house foreign affairs committee 2 hours of his time they're not very pleased about that they said there's a lot of things that they want to talk to him about coronaviruses been mentioned as well as you would expect because of what is happening in the incidents and what has happened in syria overnight that also has been raised that made the point that the issued a lawful subpoena for my computer to come to the committee they wanted to talk to my few months ago about ukraine remember all of that and he at that point refused to attend so there is tension between both sides might prompt sticking very much to the topics that he's here to talk about the committee has been called to order to discuss iran iraq and the authorization of military force by the preside

your signature statement pompei or has been testifying to a house foreign affairs committee on iran and the use of war powers to try to justify the administration's decision to kill top iranian general some sort of money as a deterrent against aggression and it also told the panel that aggressive u.s. sanctions are meant to change the behavior of iran's leader. has more now from washington d.c. alan tell us more about what composes been questioned on and indeed what he's been saying. well this was a very contentious 2 hours as you expect it's the 1st time that my computer has appeared in front of the foreign relations committee on the house since donald trump's impeachment you'll remember at that point the foreign relations committee wanted to speak to my pump about all that was going on with ukraine he refused that not a point that the committee chairman was willing to let go past he said that he'd issued a lawful subpoena and was surprised that the secretary of state hadn't turned up there then talk to boat around might prompt made an opening statement he talked about the killing of k

on c-span2, mike pompeo justifies before the house foreign affairs committee about u.s. policy toward iran and iraq. that is followed by amy klobuchar campaigning in falls church, virginia. on c-span3, our cpac coverage gets underway with trump administration officials and members of congress among the speakers. presidential candidate mike bloomberg held a get-out-the-vote event. the former new york city mayor spoke about the coronavirus in the u.s. and president trump's impeachment. he ended the event with a short and greet with supporters. [cheers and applause] >> good morning, houston. come on, you can do better than that. good morning, houston.

>>lawmakers faced off with secretary of state mike pompeo in a hearing before the house foreign affairs committee democrats pressed to secretary pompeo for details on the president's plans for the use of force against iran and also asked about u s iran relations in the war against coronavirus says iran is suffering one of the larger outbreaks of this illness washington correspondent morgan right reports lawmakers say the 2 countries. the to put their differences aside to stop the spread of the virus. >>a hearing meant to focus on the trump administration's use of force against iran shifted instead to concerns about the coronavirus have you or any other senior-level american official been in touch with anyone inside the iranian government to coordinate on this response to the virus and to mitigate the further spread of the virus we we have made offers to the islamic republic of iran to help with nearly 250 cases of coronavirus in iran. rhode island congressman david sicily knee and mayor going congressman david trone press secretary of state mike pompeo on his role in preventing the spread of the

testified before a house foreign affairs committee on iran to try to justify the administration's decision to kill top iranian general some sort of money as a deterrent against aggression also told the panel that aggressive u.s. sanctions are meant to change the behavior of iran's. you're saying the headlines here and news continues right after all hail the algorithm. it's the day that will define the democratic race for the white house and. 14 states get to make a better choice for who should challenge donald trump in the presidential election join us for america's super tuesday special coverage in my own al-jazeera. there is a huge group of people at work behind our screens they called behavior architects persuasive designers or user experience specialists and the power they have is massive that urge to keep swiping through a twitter feed that's designed the way we all click i agree to the terms and conditions that says i'm swiping left or right on tinder that's designed to. we live in an online world of someone else's making and most of us never even give it a 2nd thought and actually t

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state might pompei as defended the killing of top iranian general some sort of money to house foreign affairs committee he said the operation was necessary to deter iranian aggression i also told the panel that u.s. sanctions are essential in changing the behavior of iran's leaders remains and those impacted by the regime are thankful that the united states is finally holding their oppressors accountable. the trouble ministration will neither appease nor tolerate the enormous national security threat that iran poses to the united states our friends and our allies. pressure campaign is aimed at reducing these threats and convincing iran to change its behavior it some political developments now in cameroon the ruling party there is held on to a majority of the country's parliamentary elections president paul b. as people's democratic movement is nominate is dominated politics in the country since the 1960 s. turnout was low often many english speaking voters boycotted that vote over the past 2 years 3000 people have been killed in fighting between government forces an anglophone separatists in 2 regions

secretary of state is testifying to a house foreign affairs committee on iran the use of war powers he's tried to justify the administration's decision to kill top iranian general. as a deterrent against aggression also told the panel that aggressive u.s. sanctions are meant to change the behavior of iran's leaders. and in hong kong several prominent activists including publishers have been arrested for their role in government protests they the head of a daily newspaper was among those detained for taking part in an illegal rally in august 2 opposition legislators were also arrested the city has seen months of often violent demonstrations against beijing's. stories are on our web site at al-jazeera dot com it's updated to through the day. is up next in half an hour do stay with us the street is coming up now. on counting the cost to run a virus could the economic impact be on a par with the 2008 financial crisis as the factory the world is crippled by the virus cambodia faces up to the prospect of job losses. begins its talks to avoid debt default. on al-jazeera. and you're in the strea

the 1st time since the killing of iran's most powerful general many democrats on the house foreign affairs committee were angry that he appeared for only 2 hours to discuss developments in iran and iraq evan fisher has more now from capitol hill. my compere hasn't made any recent appearances on capitol hill and refused to give evidence ahead of donald trump's impeachment appoint not missed by the committee chairman and there are dozens of other issues we'd like to ask you about including the lawful subpoena that this committee issued in september that you've ignored so we expect to see you here again the secretary of state was there to talk around iraq and the authorization on the use of military force he rejected the idea he'd not been accessible since the u.s. drone strike which killed any general kassam still a manny he claimed congress had been briefed more than 70 times and said the military action in january had made america much safer removing him from the battlefield was a d.s. school tory measure his death reduced the risk to our personnel overseas both my diplomats and our military and mad

eastern, secretary of state mike pompeo testifies before the house foreign affairs committee about u.spolicy towards iran and iraq. followed by senator amy klobuchar campaigning in falls church, virginia. on c-span3, our cpac coverage gets underway with trump administration officials and members of congress among this acres. -- among the speakers. unfilteredoming your view of government. created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. >> education secretary betsy devos testified on the president 2021 budget request for her department. she appeared before a house subcommittee. asked abouts charter schools, nondiscrimination policies and support for minority student. >> the subcommittee will come to order. good morning, secretary devos. welcome to the subcommittee. this is our second budget hearing of the year.

joining me now, house foreign affairs committee member. good to have you here, here they go again.of a quote whistleblower from the health department. are we going to be looking at impeachment because of the coronavirus? can't they get their act together to make sure we work together with the president to keep americans safe? >> trish, they can't help themselves. they are preemptively blaming the president. this is a virus that started in chain a and it spread all over the world. but they want to blame president trump. this virus doesn't know the difference if you are a republican or democrat. the democrats are trying to politicize this and blame the president. it's absolutely disgusting. trish: it is disgusting. you look at the sell-off in our markets and you look at the danger it represents to americans, especially older americans. and to think that somehow they are trying to capitalize on it. i can't help but worry it's exactly what they want. we played the tapes before, congressman, they were wishing for a rescission. whatever it takes to get this president out of office, i'm s

you can watch the house foreign affairs committee hearing tonight at nine eastern here on c-span2. online cspan.org or listen with the free radio. >>. >>. >> the south carolina primary is saturday to join us by other candidates reaction to the results. live coverage saturday evening starting at 8 pm eastern on c-span, on demand at cspan.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> next a conversation with us ambassador to ukraine william taylor testified during the housing inquiry last fall. he talked about us ukraine whatrelations over the past few months . speaking at georgewashington university . >> morning all. thank you for joining us this morning. my name is chris jim, i direct the leadership and practice initiatives here at the elliott school of international affairs. and on behalf of the brigadier, and on behalf of vice dean alanna feldman who joined us this morning, it's my pleasure to introduce and welcome before us today ambassador william taylor junior. . ambassador, within the world of foreign-policy and national security, is very well known and his reputation l

you sit on the house foreign affairs committee. what was your reaction when you learned that the latest intel information is that russia is again trying to interfere in u.s. elections? and targeting trump's re-election and bernie sanders' nomination. >> two things. one, not surprising, we saw them do it in the past and we heard from all of the security experts they were going to do it again. when they did it in the past, that's when the democrats passed legislation out of the house called the shield act to get more resources to our intelligence forces to go after the people who were involved in this, try to shut it down, try to prevent russians from doing it so we could protect our elections so they would be for our own citizens. >> sure. are you concerned there will be that protection because yes, for a very long time it has been said russia would do it again, meaning try to interfere in the 2020 elections, but are you concerned they may succeed, russia may succeed in interfering in the variation of ways it is pursuing? again, int

we will get to more on this and key democrat is joining us from the house foreign affairs committee, igail spanberger, and we have so much to get to. what does this ruling on don mcgahn say about the power of the house of representatives at least for now? we will try to fix the audio, because congresswoman, i am not hearing you and the viewers are not either. so we will try to fix the audio for the congresswoman, and can you hear me now, congresswoman? >> i can hear you. >> all right. now we hear you. all right. so let me repeat the question, because you heard the breaking news that the court, a federal court has now just ruled that don mcgahn does not have to appear before the house of representatives at least for now, and a very positive thing for him and the white house. what do you think? unfortunately, we are having major technical problems and we will come back to you. much more of our coverage after this. going new places! going out for a bite! going anytime. rewarded! learn more at the explorer card dot com. the business of road trips... ...adventure... ...and reconnecting. mo

democratic chairman of the house foreign affairs committee eliot engel calls that explanation absurd.two hours from now, a moment of silence in parkland, florida. exactly two years after a gunman killed 17 students and teachers at stoneman douglas high school, since that day many students who survive the attack have become activists helping to push congress to appropriate millions of dollars to improve school safety. victims parents have got enin the act as well like fred who was escorted out of the state of the union after interrupting the president and he says he'll keep speaking out. >> because i don't know what my daughter felt, i will never stop fighting to keep somebody else from having that pain in their heart that i have today. tell those who you love, how much you love them. look them in the eye as if it could be the very last time. promise me you're going to show up at the polls and vote for jamie and all the other victims of gun violence. >>> next president trump shares who he wants to run against in 2020. the business of road trips... ...adventure... ...and reconnecting. m

the 1st time since the killing of iran's most powerful general many democrats on the house foreign affairs committee were angry that he appeared for only 2 hours to discuss developments in iran and iraq alan fisher has more from capitol hill. my compere hasn't made any recent appearances on capitol hill and refused to give evidence ahead of donald trump's impeachment appoint not missed by the committee chairman and there are dozens of other issues we'd like to ask you about including the lawful subpoena that this committee issued in september that you've ignored so we expect to see you here again the secretary of state was there to talk around iraq and the authorization on the use of military force he rejected the idea he'd not been accessible since the u.s. drone strike which killed any general kassam cilla manny he claimed congress had been briefed more than 70 times and said the military action in january had made america much safer removing him from the battlefield was a d.s. call tory measure his death reduced the risk to our personnel overseas of my diplomats and our military and made clear th

. >>> let's talk further with a democratic member of the house foreign affairs committee and is a medicalor. good to see you, congressman. you chaired hearings wednesday on the coronavirus. a lot has changed even since then. what have you learned in the hearings versus what you're hearing from doctors and scientists worldwide? >> this is a very fluent situation. what we learned in the hearing we had a couple expert epidemiologists, while it is good to and warrants a travel ban, it will probably not be effective. is this virus has spread globally and it's hard to contain at this moment. the best things we can do is urge the chinese to allow our cdc officials into china to work at the epicenter and get ahead and know everything we can about this virus so we can ultimately come up with a vaccine and best protocols. >> thus far you're saying china will not allow cdc officials to come in who are volunteering to take a look at things, to bring their own research? >> you know, it's been about a month that cdc's been requesting to go. we do have some personnel that are going in with the world hea

not far from where we're standing, the house foreign affairs committee is holding the first congressionals jennifer bouey — an epidemiologist at the rand corporation. we spoke to herjust before she went in and i asked her what recommendations she would be making. my advice to the government is it should contain its own domestic outbreak of this disease. but then in addition to the social distancing pi'op in addition to the social distancing prop policies, they probably should also consider how the strategies to control the boomers and the stigma associated with this disease... and i also think this is a great time to provide humanitarian and the public health assistance with china, again because china is carrying the most burden of the disease now. the chinese government is getting credit for the way that it is handling the virus now, but at the beginning of the reporting is that they try to suppress the information about it. how much of a problem was that getting a handle on the virus early on and how much time was lost? well, i have to say that compared to sars, another similar outbreak

much rosen and jordan in washington and other developments might have been speaking to a house foreign affairs committee defending the killing of top iranian general us and said the money is that the operation was necessary to deter iranian and question i also tell the panel that u.s. sanctions are essential to change the behavior of iran has remained in those impacted rather she more thankful that the united states is finally holding their oppressors accountable. the trouble ministration well neither appease nor tolerate the enormous national security threat their own poses to the united states our friends and our allies. pressure campaign is aimed at reducing these threats and convincing iran to change its behavior. to libya now residents of the capital tripoli are reporting the shelling of the city has intensified in the past 24 hours united nations has said the attacks on jeopardy by forces loyal to one of $25.00 might amount to war crimes and traffic reports from tripoli it's the civilians who are suffering is some a little safe his back was peppered with shrapnel when a rocket fired by forces loya

. >> and i'm sure the congress, the house foreign affairs committee, senate foreign relations, they'rey b will looking into this. but these agencies have proven they will not cooperate with congress. so, we have the issue again that they won't turn over documents. we don't know what happened into the investigation with marie yovanovitch's safety. so, what's likely is the president will keep firing people who don't blindly follow his orders and lie under oath under the u.s. congress and this is going to continue nonstop. >> we're going to continue to follow these breaking developments. more on "erin burnett out front" which starts right now. >> out front next, breaking news, fired. trump firing his hand picked european ambassador gordon sondland, this after he fired another key impeachment witness and his brother from the white house, all today. plus sanders sharpening his attacks against buttigieg as the race tightening in new hampshire. and the biden campaign down playing its chances in new hampshire, so what's it's strategy tonight? >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. welcome to a sp

and in the afternoon, robert redfield appears before a house foreign affairs committee with state department officials talking about the response to .he coronavirus outbreak >> health and human services secretary alex a's are as been on capitol hill this week answering questions from lawmakers. abouts hearing, he spoke the federal government response to the outbreak while also testifying on his budget request.

where much compare the secretary of state is testifying for the in front of the house foreign affairs committee let's just listen to what he's saying is i think starting to. port city of. iran too is responsible for the downing of a civilian airliner in january $176.00 people killed the regime lied about the tragedy the regime has still not turned over the black box iranian regime slaughtered at least several 100 of its own people with reports of as many as 1500 during the protests last november many millions more have suffered since the revolution began more than 40 years ago iranians and those impacted by the regime are thankful that the united states is finally holding their oppressors accountable the trump of ministration well neither appears nor tolerate the enormous national security threat that iran poses to the united states our friends and our allies. pressure campaign is aimed at reducing these threats and convincing iran to change its behavior. i want to spend one minute specifically addressing the strike and that could force commander qassam somani he was the regimes top terrorist a

we would also like to thank the house foreign affairs committee for securing this room for our used today. today's hearing examines china's ability to project military power and influence beyond its shores. and the indications of these growing capabilities for u.s. interests. in january 2016 after communist party journal secretary and central military commission chairman president xi reorganized the liberation army and this commission explored the push to making the pla a force more capable of conducting global operations anti- think that the commissioner was the cochair for that one, too. four years later we are examining what progress the pli has made in fulfilling chairman she's admonition to the military to be able to protect china's international interests. as a part of the commission contracted research james is preparing a report on china's logistic capabilities for expeditionary operations. that should be published in about a month we hope. this afternoon you will hear from chad peltier who is the lead author of the james report and he will discuss some of its main findings. i thi

the center of disease control and prevention he with others give a response before the house foreign affairs committee. members have covered coronavirus spreads and whether china is cooperating with un officials. this is just over two hours. >> [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. first off, i appreciate the audience patience and given. we don't control the voting schedule so thank you and the witnesses. without objection all members have five days to submit statements, extraneous materials for the record subject to lengthy and limitations in the world. i will now make an opening statement and then turn over to the ranking member for his opening statement and i want to thank the ranking member for his longtime friendship and partnership in this issue and also thank the members of the cbc and senior state department officials for taking the time to come up here. obviously this is a very timely subject. this is our second hearing. a couple weeks ago we had the first hearing in congress on the coronavirus and this will be my second hearing. i think about this issue based on my b

secretary pompeo is also expected to get questions from members of the house foreign affairs committee about the spread of the coronavirus. the committee is chaired by eliot engel of new york. this is live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible

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and in the afternoon, robert redfield appears before a house foreign affairs committee with state department officials talking about the response to .he coronavirus outbreak >> health and human services secretary alex a's are as been on capitol hill this week answering questions from lawmakers. abouts hearing, he spoke the federal government response to the outbreak while also testifying on his budget request. >> i will have to be strict with the gavel. the witnesses have a tight timeframe, i know you will all cooperate with that. let us begin. welcome, mr. secretary. we are glad that you are here. we have a lot to take up and every bit of it is obviously serious. the chair now recognizes herself for an opening statement let me begin with this, mr. secretary. i think that confusion is the enemy of preparedness. confusion is the enemy of preparedness. i believe that the administration's lack of fairness the coronavirus response is on full display. markets are reacting, in some part, to the lack of trusted information amongst many other factors. our government has to speak with credibility and

engel: madam speaker, as chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, i rise to draw attention to the tragedy unfolding in syria. the regime backed by iran and russia continues to target civilians. they target hospitals and other sillian infrastructure. just dropped bombs. they are leveling whole neighborhoods which is indicative that the regime does not want people to return to their homes. they are killing innocent men, women, and children for no reason. over half a million people have been displaced in the last two months. there must be humanitarian response from the world and it must start here in the united states. there must be accountability and we must show the syrian people we have not forgotten them. how can we stand idly by and allow this to continue to happen? i call on the president and all members of both houses to have a forceful response to the regime in syria to say that we will not tolerate the targeting of civilians, the wholesale killing of children, and women, and all civilians. we need to stand on the side of justice and we must show the syrian people that we

chairman of the house ethics committee and foreign affairs subcommittee on the middle east and long time member of this house judiciary committee. he's the prime sponsor of h 2 rez 2 and campaign finance plch. >> mr. deutsch, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. before i do my testimony, written testimony of bipartisan advocates from around the country, executive director of take back our republican, former republican of new jersey, california, tennessee, pennsylvania and kansas. thank you. thank you, chairman cohen, ranking member johnson and members of the subcommittee. it has been ten years since the supreme court's disastrous decision on citizens united. and i'm here today to call for a constitutional amendment to overturn it. . in the 5-4 majority opinion anthony kennedy dismissed concerns about corruption caused by limitless spending. he wrote, quote, appearance of influence or access will not cause the electorate to lose faith in our democracy. but it has. the decision knocked down long standing bipartisan campaign finance laws. there are three miaprimary problems. f

as of yesterday, only house committee on foreign affairs held a hearing. today the house energy health subcommittee held a hearing. so congress can be criticized being slow to take action. people don't want to go there. in other words, you can play tit-for-tat. here is the issue, blake, go ahead i will let you speak in one second, the coronavirus is now the biggest challenge in decades to legitimacy of regimes in china and iran. the people there are going on social media blasting those country's regimes. go ahead, blake. reporter: i was going to say, health and human services secretary alex azar who we believe we will see on the hill, he was testifying last couple days. president trump involving funding number with all of this, no matter what number he put forward he felt chuck schumer would criticize it. if he came lower, schumer would say it needed to be higher. if it was higher, schumer would say it needed to be lower. schumer put out his own number that $8.5 billion figure and his office is saying, when you look at other recent examples in somewhat rec

house. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. the chair will requests for one-minute speeches. the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of requested for mr. mullen for today and the balance of the week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2019, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. gal ager is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. gallagher: i would was lied to as a child. my whole generation was lied to. we were told time and again by every tv show or movie that by now we would be traveling around onset packs and hoverboards. while we wait. we have to grapple with the fact that we need to use roads wherever we are going and outdated infrastructure is nowhere near where it needs to be. few issues we debate here in washington, d.c., impact the day-to-day lives of our quints more directly than infrastructure. yet fixing our infrastructure has become a running joke with eemingly ever

house. republicans had overwhelming majorities. wererats like glass isolated. he wanted to go on the foreign affairs committee. he did not get that. he was put on the house banking committee. he had no background or interest in banking and that's where he was put. a conscientious striver, he read every article and book and spoke to every person he could speak to about finance. he educated himself on finance just as he had on shakespeare and the english poets. at that time, the united states was the only major industrial country in the world that did central bank or similar mechanism to control the currency. england had the bank of england. france the bank of france. germany the bank of germany. there was no such entity in the united states. a few business people and intellectuals worried about this, but nobody paid much attention. the economy was doing well. teddy roosevelt, the president, found banking very boring, which i agree with him. of 1907.s the panic untilrst financial panic 1929. a number of companies fail. they threatened to bring down brokerage firms, insurance companies, and the new york stock exch

chairman of the house ethics committees, chairman of the house foreign affairs subcommittee on the middle east. north africa, and international terrorism. and a long time member of this house judiciary committee. he is a co-response sore or >> the prime sponsor of hjres2 that would overturn the decision and permit congress and the states to regulate campaign finance. you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. before i begin my testimony, mr. chairman, i have the following documents to be included into the record. written testimony of bipartisan advocates from around the country cluck jeff clement, american promise. john putman, take back our republic. and tim rubens, as well as business executives, farmers, educators, ohio, michigan, tennessee, pennsylvania, kansas. thank you. >> thank you, chairman cohen and ranking member johnson and members. subcommittee. it has been 10 years since the supreme court's disastrous decision in citizens united and i am here today to call for a constitutional amendment to overturn it. in the 5-4 majority opinion, justice kennedy dismissed concerns ab

he's a member of the judiciary and foreign affairs committees of the house, and the communications committeeyour reaction, first of all, to the president saying he's the chief law enforcement officer of the country. >> yeah, well, good to be with you, lawrence. the president is wrong. he is not the chief enforcement officer of the country. that is the role of the attorney general, who is expected to lead the justice department in a fair and impartial way. he doesn't work for the president. he's not the president's lawyer. although the attorney general has behaved that way. the president said, i want my own roy cohn and he got him with the attorney general of the united states. and while he's disturbed by the tweets, he ought to be more disturbed by the ongoing effort of the president to politicize the justice department and to interfere with the administration of justice in this country. >> i want to get your reaction to the pardons today that we saw come out from the president, seven pardons, four sentence commutations. >> look, lawrence, i think the president is setting the stage for an ad

house energy and commerce committee. that hearing is tomorrow. foreign affairs will talk about coronavirus on wednesday.nt trump in a tweet said two women on the supreme court ruth bader ginsburg and sonia sotomayor should recuse themselves from future cases involving the white house. mr. trump quoted a misquote saying sotomayor had claimed justices appointed by republicans were bias. not precisely what she said. she was criticizing the white house for claiming emergencies in order to fast track their cases to the supreme court. trump said bader ginsburg called him a faker, she did say that in 2016. trump ally roger stone is back in court today. he asked the federal judge in his case to recuse herself. she refused. he's also asking for a new trial. there will be a hearing about that issue today. we'll no doubt be talking about it on twitter. you know where to find me @scott mcgrew. >> thank you. >>> well san francisco based juul plans to present a new device that said it will curb underage usage of the product. a new vape kwor -- a vaporizer will only unlock for users who are at least 21 years old so th

let me bring in ted lieu, on the house juk adiciary committee an foreign affairs committee. i want to start with the topic, bill barr's doj suggesting a lighter sentence for donald trump's long time friend roger stone. what would you want to ask him about that? thank you, chris, for the question. regular americans don't get special breaks from prosecutors. this case, department of justice did a favor for roger stone because he happens to be donald trump's friend. i would like to ask bill barr he thinks it is appropriate for people that are rich and well connected to get special favors from department of justice because if that's the case, department of justice shouldn't be calling itself department of justice, it is not doing justice, it is engaging in corruption. >> whalt else is on your list o priorities of questions to ask him, and honestly, congressman, do you think he is going to fully cooperate? >> he's going to be under oath. i hope he tells the american people the truth. bill barr has a theory of maximum executive power. absurd results where one person, donald trump,