please welcome representative jim himes. you're in the gang of eight which is the term for eight leaders in congress to get briefed on highly classified intelligence matters. >> congressman himes: one of the scariest gangs you can be part of. >> stephen: how did you get in? do you have to prove you can keep a secret? is there hazing? >> congressman himes: the leaders of the two intelligence committees and the two chambers. need to get elected and appointed. >> stephen: the senators and congressmen? >> congressman himes: schumer and mcconnell, the whole crew. >> stephen: on a scale of 1 to e biggest secret that you know blow our minds? >> congressman himes: 12. >> stephen: semiserious, really? the biggest secret you know would blow our minds beyond the ability to comprehend. >> congressman himes: the amazing thing doing what i do and it mostly happens man close doors, you see the threats that maybe you don't see every slow day. >> stephen: i don't want to see. >> congressman himes: you also see that credible people and assets

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let's get reaction now from a key democrat on the house intelligence committee, congressman jim himes congressman, thanks for joining us. now that we have all seen this truly stunning video, what is your assessment of this encounter? what do you think russia's goal was here? >> well, it's really hard to say, wolf, because it was such a colossally stupid thing to do. once again it exposes the russians as liars because there's video demonstrating the very aggressive actions their fighter jet took against our mq-9. secondly, strategically speaking, we're having a debate in this country about whether we should be sending f-16s and other advanced weaponry to ukraine. if that weaponry arrives, it will be a very, very bad day for the russians. i just don't know why they believe it's in their interest to down one of our drones over international water in enter national airspace. it's one of these things that adds to the last year in ukraine where you say to yourself, how is it possible that the russians seem to do exactly what it is they need to do to assure they lose in this conflict. >> the

jim himes and myself both made the plea and commitment we would work in a bipartisan basis. actually restored, to our committee, bipartisan work. reporter: thanks for joining us. >> thank you. reporter: really wants to bring bipartisanship to the committee. his response to the origins of the pandemic. we may soon be learning more when reports are declassified. chairman turner says the version of the story we have on record does not match whawe are going to find out. michelle: fascinating stuff. from security to diplomacy. joe biden open remarks to canada's parliament today before getting down to business. he spoke of the long-standing partnership between the nations and the need to work together on issues like climate change and trade. the leaders agreed a deal to stop asylum-seekers moving across the shared border via unofficial crossings. this is to limit an influx of migrants at an unofficial crossing between new york state and quÉbec. canada agreed to create a new refugee program for migrants fleeing violence in central and south america. to the debate over when is the r

. >> i'll talk to republican mike turner of ohio and democrat jim himes of connecticut.ning me for insight and analysis are nbc news senior washington correspondent hallie jackson. former homeland security secretary jeh johnson and usa today washington bureau chief susan page, and former republican governor of north carolina pat mccrory. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press with chuck todd." >>> good sunday morning. this may be the week where we saw the 2024 presidential campaign kick into full gear and not just on the republican side. president biden's decision to block a dc crime law caught many democrats off guard because it will be the first time in 30 years that congress has nullified a law in dc and as a democratic president and the democratic senate, but if you do it through the lens of political calculation it may make perfect sense that neither he nor his party with a lot of red areas could defend can afford to look soft on crime heading into 2024. republ

jim himes is on the house select committee. financial services were overseen. jim, great to have some time with you. in february you said that you were not quite there yet. do you feel that you have learned more for a decision yet? >> today was one of the moments where a witness was pete up, not able to answer questions. people expressing emotion. i said this before. i have worked a lot in national security and tiktok is not on my phone or anywhere near my phone. it is probably more accessible to the chinese government than most platforms. shouldn't be on anyone's phone. outright ban, this is a deep rest moment. the american people need to reflect on the equities associated with saying sorry the federal government is not going to let you use this media. my question is where is the limiting principle. what if we get really angry with belarus? we need to think about what we need to do about this. the ceo this morning offer the idea of moving servers to the united states, and think you said. they could contemplate an ownership change. before we get on the bandwagon

lawmakers are closing early i -- democratic jim himes as a member of the house intelligence committee. areas. >> should she typically speaking -- it will be a very, very bad day for the russians. so, i just don't know why they believe it's in their interest to down one of the into international water -- what they need to do to make sure that they lose in this conflict? >> the white house is a -- warsaw says it will send all the jets in the coming days. know a nato member has seven fighter jets, so far, rip -- despite repeated pleas by kyiv -- >> literally, within the next few days, we were handover as for a i can remember -- will be successfully handed over. >> the former soviet union and their allies used during the cold war, the step is stable -- in a new video, he said prisoners who served in wagner really commit crimes after returning to civilian life in the short term. he, claims they also changed in other ways for fighting partners. there was a reduced sense of self preservation if my time comes then, soviet. i just don't really give -- because you won't get me the out of here.

during the testimony we spoke on our show with congressman jim himes for his thoughts on an outright ban of the social media app. >> i've said this before, i work a lot of national security and tiktok is not on my phone or near my phone and people in sensitive positions because of what tiktok is probably more accessible to the chinese government than most platforms should be on anybody's who phone. an outright ban, this is a deep breath moment because the american people need to reflect on equities associated with saying sorry, the federal government does not going to let you use this media. my question is where's the limiting principle? caroline: one congressman not pro a ban, let's get to alex barinka who has been speaking to other congress people. what we think that showing from shou chew, did it persuade anything otherwise? >> the representative said deep breath moment and there were not a lot of those moments in the room. the fervor in the room i have to tell you was one of the most contentious hearings we've heard and did not seem like chu was pulling a lot of folks onto his si

mainstream media mocked republicans, any republican who suggested the lab leak theory, here's congressman jim himesems the nod to vote for this. >> we don't know the origins of the covid pandemic. so whatever is ultimately declassified, i would hope that my colleagues and the american people would approach that information with the humility that we need to approach something as serious as a pandemic. >> as we're talking about this week, former cdc director dr. robert redfield telling lawmakers that dr. anthony fauci froze him out. dr. fauci rejected that and also rejected the accusations from jim jordan who said he gave $9 million in research grants with scientists to side with the natural occurrence theory. >> the grant was reviewed by a peer review and put before an independent council and approved before the meeting ebb took place. so to assume that they were getting $9 million because of the fact that we tried to get them to change their mind is beyond ludicrous. >> so watch this bill now. it's heading to the president's desk. the white house today staying very vague about whether biden is actu

one of the lawmakers looking for answers, jim himes, congressman, welcome. >> that's right)pr(t&háhpraordinary measures put in place in 2009 were designed to last forever. let me also cut to the chase which is no, i don't think congress will act to lift the cap on deposits. i think there have been proposals, obviously, and the emergency activity, the emergency activity. i think there's some tough issues around this including whether -- who would pay and how could you insure every dollar of deposit. i can tell you there's a lot of policy issues, you know, not a lot of direction in an already divided congress, so i think that's going to be a lot less the focus of tomorrow's hearing, largely about what went wrong and what can be learned so that it doesn't happen again. >> well, i mean, learned so that it doesn't hap again, comes down to the fdic cap or lack thereof, right? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. i think you had a management team that was presumably well paid, experienced bankers that didn't understand something your 17-year-old in a high school finance class understand,

. >> do you support a republican bill that has been supported by jim himes, congressman who's a top democratbiden administration to declassify any information about potential links between covid and the wuhan virology lab? >> so i am not a security expert. based on my knowledge of colleagues who work in the national security sphere, my concern about that bill would be we do not want to release privileged information that helps us better at identifying and preventing future pandemics. >> all right, dr. megan ranny, thank you so much. >>> well, the daughter of a lot australian conservation and crocodile hunter steve irwin is sharing a very personal story about her battle with endometriosis. she's speaking about her ten-year struggle with the condition to raise awareness as the world marked international womens day. this is also endometriosis awareness month. she posted on social media how she endured insurmountable fatigue, pain and nausea. the disease impacts 31 million women worldwide. it can include heavy pain, menstrual bleeding and fur silt issues and most common in women in their 30s and

chris sununu as well as house intelligence committee chair mike turner of ohio and ranking member jim himesconnecticut. it has been nearly a year now since will smith's shocking slap of chris rock in front of millions of viewers at the academy awards. overnight rock gave his first extended response on his terms in a live netflix comedy special. nbc's janice mackey fryar has the highlights. >> reporter: a year after the slap heard around the world comedian chris rock finally had his say to an audience of millions. >> you all know what happened to me getting smacked by sug smith. >> reporter: using his long-awaited special, selective outrage, streamed live on netflix to take big swings back at actor will smith. >> and people like, did it hurt? it still hurts! i have summertime ringing in my ear. >> reporter: the slap, as you'll recall, when rock made a joke at last year's oscars about jada pinkett smith's appearance. >> will smith just smacked the [ bleep ] out of me. smith made a public apology. >> my behavior was unacceptable. >> reporter: and was banned from the oscars for a decade. rock w

democrat on the house select committee on intelligence chairman mike turner of ohio and ranking member jim himes of connecticut. thanks to both of you for being here, i appreciate so you've been vocal about the us needing to maintain a presence in the black sea. it sounds as though from orange reporting that the us has decided to back off a little. do you agree with that decision, and i hope it certainly it's temporary. the key is that we have to gain intelligence from the area to be able to give the information to the ukrainian so they can defend themselves, but also to get an understanding of what russia is doing in the area of crimea is an area where they're doing a massive build up and it's where they're operating the war. obviously that scenario where we need to gain intelligence were operating in international waters. that means we're certainly allowed to do so. so, um ranking member himes last fall, you went to ukraine. ah with the chairman here, and you spent 13 hours on a train together. you told the washington examiner that was, um you know, a good time bonding experience for the two o

plus, the ranking member jim himes will join the conversation. >>> also, a record setting win at therin the most successful alpine skier in the history of the sport. the olympic champ is our guest this morning. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. 'll replace, and recalibrate your advanced safety system. so automatic emergency braking and lane departure warning work properly. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ >>> live look at the white house at half past the hour. new this morning, chinese state media reports xi jinping invited vladimir putin to an event in china later this year for an international forum called the belt and road initiative. putin attended both of the previous forums held by china in 2017 and 2019. this comes as the two leaders hold a second round of meetings today in moscow. look at that. joining us now, national security council coordinator for strategic communications at the white house, retired rear admiral john kirby. i assume that the white house is watching this closely. what is the white house's response to this meeting so far?

on this important topic we are very excited to have a very special guest, congressman jim himes of connecticutthe ranking member well versed in these issues especially the need for a nonpartisan approach especially on matters like intelligence and the rule of law, welcome, sir. >> good to be with you, ari. >> i'm curious what you think about that split and what the speaker said, because if he didn't say that there would be a lot of people blasting him and demanding that he should and now on this perhaps low but necessary bar, he did. >> yeah, you know, it's just so tawdry, ari. there's a lot to talk about here but, you know, imagine if a democratic president had been accused of trying to cover up an affair, wait, you don't have to imagine that because what happened to bill clinton, the very same republicans impeached him when he was president and here the republican party has reached a point where they are defending somebody who was covering up an affair with a porn star and, oh, by the way, they are supporting a member of their party, george santos who lied about everything, who committed fra

bipartisan support in the house and it does so as a result of the leadership of the ranking member, jim himes. i appreciate his commitment to both declassifying information to the importance of this information concerning covid-19 and for the fact that we are working in a bipartisan manner to do so. this will be a very strong statement from this house today that we want to know the origins of covid-19. the american public deserve to know the answers and that we are moving to declassify the information that we have available. and with that i ask for support of senate bill 619 and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio yields back. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 199, the previous question is ordered on the bill. the question is on third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: an act to require the director of national intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of covid-19, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question