joining me now is congressman jason crow, democrat of colorado, who serves on the house intelligence mmittees. congressman crow, thank you for being here. we just rattled off a list of -- a litany of distressing reporting about this trump transition, and i wonder as someone who sits on the committees you do, what alarms you the most about what we are hearing? >> well, alex, it is really hard to decide where to start here, right? there is the issues of process, you kind of outlined some processes and procedures, security checks and protocol. and these aren't put in place just for fun, right? those are put in place to protect against spies, to protect against espionage, to protect against the transfer and dissemination of really critical information that isn't just going to be left somewhere. but, we have to understand that there are adversaries actively trying to get this stuff, trying to penetrate our cyber security systems every day. so, protecting this and having these processes in place is meant to protect the american people and it is meant to protect our intelligence officers and

joining me now to talk about this is congressman jason crow. he serves on the house intelligence and foreign affairs committees. congressman, good to see you this morning. we really appreciate it. what's your reaction to some of these latest cabinet picks? linda mcmahon at the education department. department? donald trump has said he wants to shut down and doctor oz for the center for medicare and medicaid services, which is obviously a very important part of the federal government. >> well, most of these nominations so far not all of them, but most of them fall into one of three categories. either. they have been nominated to destroy the agencies or departments that they are supposed to lead. because of some perceived slight, or because of some culture war issue they have been nominated to line the pockets or to repay political favors to his donors and his loyalists. or have they been nominated to weaponize their agencies to go after donald trump's opponents? so almost all of them fit into one of those three categories, which should concern e

joining me now is congressman jason crow democrat of colorado who serves on the house intelligence and foreign relations committees. congressman crow, thank you for being here. we rattled off a list, a litany of distressing reporting about this trump transition, and i wonder if someone who sits on the committees you do, what alarms you the most about what we are hearing? >> wilma, alex, it's hard to decide where to start. policies and procedures, security checks on protocol, and these aren't put in place just for fun, right? those are put in place to protect against spies, espionage, to protect the transfer and dissemination of really critical information that isn't going to just be left somewhere. we have to understand there are adversaries actively trying to get this stuff, to penetrate our cyber security systems every day, so protecting this and having these processes in place is meant to protect the american people and is meant to protect our intelligence officers, and there were servicemen and women who are serving in dangerous places which that information could put them in a com

. >> joining us now is democratic congressman jason crow of colorado. sir, we'll get to pete hegseth here in a moment. first, though, i do want to ask you about this breaking news on matt gaetz, your former colleague, withdrawing his nomination for attorney general. he seemed singularly poised to offer president-elect trump a type of retribution through his doj that others might not be able to. what is his withdrawal from consideration mean well, it means a couple of things. >> number one, matt gaetz was never qualified to hold this position but that was actually kind of the point. >> he was nominated not to actually execute the duties of attorney general. you know as america would expect that person to do. but rather to be a loyalist and to exact retribution on donald trump's perceived enemies. >> right. >> you look at the vast majority of his nominations, not all of them, but the vast majority of them. >> and they fall into several different categories. >> they're either people that are his donors and supporters, so they're being paid back, and they'r

i spoke with democratic congressman jason crow, a former army ranger, about these policy shifts, including the decision to send anti-personnel landmines to ukraine. i want to play some of what he had to say. he had some concerns about. i want to play that. sure on the landmine thing, i disagree with that decision as well. >> i think it would be setting a dangerous precedent. there's an anti-landmine treaty. these are weapons that the united states should be leading to prevent the use of around the world. and i just don't like the idea of that precedent being set here and creating permission for that secretary what do you think of that? >> and is president biden escalating things to a point where there might be some consequences down the road, just as he's leaving office? >> well it's almost too little, too, too late under the circumstances neither of these weapons are going to change the outcome and so i see this as a situation where president elect trump has said he's going to cut the funding for ukraine. other countries in europe now are cutting back in terms of what they're going to do

joining us now, a key democrat on the house intelligence committee, congressman jason crow of colorado. congressman, thanks for joining us. as you know, president biden resisted kyiv's pleas. they were begging for these long range missiles for months. and months. so is today's step from your perspective now too late well, wolf, first and foremost, we need to stop listening to public statements coming from vladimir putin and the kremlin. >> right they feed us a steady diet of the things that we are worried about, of the things that divide us politically. they know how to play us really well. so we just need to stop listening to the kremlin and putin. we have intelligence systems and networks that can understand the way that they are moving their troops around, that understand their strategic nuclear weapons. we know how to assess the threat from russia. but i really wish people would stop saying vladimir putin says this, or the kremlin says that. that's one. number two, there has been a bipartisan coalition in congress that's been pushing for the expansion and the use of u.s. weapons fo

joining me now is a democrat of colorado jason crow who serves on the house intelligence and foreignttee. thank you for being here, congressman. we did rattle off a list, a litany, of distressing reporting about this trump transition and i wonder as somebody who sits on the committees you do, what alarms you the most about what we are hearing? >> it is kind of hard to decide where to start and there are issues of process and you did outline some processes and procedures in the security checks and protocol. these aren't put in place just for fun. they are put in place to protect against spies and espionage and protect the transfer and dissemination a really critical information that isn't going to be left somewhere but we do have to understand that there are adversaries actively trying to get this stuff in trying to penetrate the cyber security systems every day. so protecting this and having these processes in place is meant to protect the american people and our intelligence officers and servicemen and women serving in dangerous places which that information could put them in a comp

people like congressman jason crow, jake hawkins senator tammy duckworth, among many other veterans. last week, you said of your former colleague that i think it would be a very, very steep learning curve for major hegseth. but i think that if anyone can do it, he can do it. and you said some very positive things about him i wonder, has your opinion changed at all since this police report from the 2017 uncharged investigation into a sexual assault allegation against him came out >> i did not know about that 2017 alleged sex assault. i think that it certainly merits investigation and significance in terms of his confirmation. but i go back to't i don't retract that at all. i know pete, a major pete, pretty well over the years and fox and friends weekend and you know, have socialized with he and his wife jennifer and i. i think that deference for the fact that he is a legitimate combat veteran. twice awarded the bronze star, one of the foremost advocates for veterans in our country. he's very popular among that community. can can he run a business with know, but i do know that everybod

colorado representative jason crow says the state's workforce is its strength. >> colorado data showsest number of aerospace employees per capita in the country. we cannot risk losing those highly skilled workers with the move and then having to rebuild that over 45 year period. representative mike rogers told alabama radio fm talk 106, 0.5 president elect trump plans to move space command to alabama during his first week in office in washington. i'm today some lot. still ahead on kron, 4 news at 4, the macy's holiday window display returning to san francisco. >> how you can adopt a puppy or kitten for free next. >> news nation tonight. just the small its conviction overturned. now, danny burns talks to the brothers who say they were paid to stage the hate crime with they think the actor should do now. dan abrams live tonight. 98 central only on news nation. news nation is news for all america. i'm just now joining in in dot com. and just in your zip to get news nation news for all america. >> san francisco puppies and kittens are making their iconic appearance for the macy's holiday

very much and breaking that news tonight, i want to go out front now to the democratic congressman jason crow, because he sits on the house intelligence committee. and i appreciate your time, sir. so can you just when you heard this trump's pick for dni was on this watch list. and you hear zach reporting the details and what the algorithm picked up, the matching with the national security information that they would have had. what's your reaction? >> what's your reaction? >> i wasn't surprised at all, erin. i've had questions since the very first moment i heard that tulsi gabbard was nominated because she has a long history of affinity dictators. the traveling to syria to making pro-putin and pro-syrian propaganda videos and interviews, some very disturbing conduct over the last couple of years. so it didn't surprise me at all. and frankly, this is why you vet people, right? you know, donald trump has a history of just doing things impulsively. and some people say they like it, right? they look at his rallies and they say oh, he speaks his mind. he's authentic. you know, he just acts by his g

back into my remarks and then afterward, i remember i was part of that impeachment team involved jason crow, great american patriot army ranger. and you know, val demings who of course is the former police chief from orlando. and jason said to mefterward. so i came, how did you remain so calm, cool and clected when all that commotion was going on? is that because you're from brooklyn? i said, no, jason, it's because i knew seated right next to me was the former police chief of orlando val demings. and you a decorated army ranger. and jason looked at me and said, well, i don't know about val, but i was getting ready to dive underneath t table. but, you know, i think in times of turbulence for me, least, you know, faith and growinup in the cornerstone btist church when my mom would take my younger brother and i, and that continues to be importt to me. and one of the things thataith teaches us is that, you know life is not a straight line. there are ghs and lows, there are ups and downs their peaks and their valleys. i had to learn that inially in terms of my n political journeys, we talked ab

colorado representative jason crow says the state's workforce is its strength.e highest number of aerospace employees per capita in the country. we cannot risk losing those highly skilled workers with a move and then having to reveal that over 45 year period, representative mike rogers told alabama radio fm talk 106, 0.5 president elect trump plans to move space command to alabama during his first week in office in washington. i'm today some lot. several cities across the country promising to push back and defy president elect trump's plans for mass deportations. >>news nation's xavier walton explores what this could mean for president elect trump's plans at the local level. >>if some city officials across the country keep their word once president-elect donald trump takes office, we could be headed for for one of these butting heads, a head on collision in the months to come and some of the sanctuary cities. let's start in denver, colorado, the mile high city tension could be high if all goes as the mayor there. mike johnson says a democrat says city police won

one last thing before i recognize ranking member jason crow. we have, i think, for whatever reason, we are put in the same place at the same time for the right reasons. i am going to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from leader scalise granting his permission to have one of our witnesses testify remotely today. and without. so ordered. i now recognize the distinguished ranking member from colorado, mr. crow, for his opening remarks. mr. crow: thank you, chairman. i want to start by thanking all of the witnesses for coming here willingly on your own time. provide really important information for this panel. for the american people as we seek answer that is they need -- answers that they need. political violence has no place in our democracy, period. we must be united in our belief as americans not as republicans or democrats that political disagreement is settled through rigorous debate, not violence. that is why this task force's investigation and today's hearing are so important. since the establishment of this task forc