lee zeldin, congressman from new york is on the couch here.ou make of this breaking news. >> i didn't believe that they were lost in the first place. i could see them damning or damaging but not lost. whether it was forensic cell phone carrier or possession of the inspector general i really did believe these texts were not to be lost. i believe they are going to be very telling and as far as -- i mean strzok is also the person who interviewed michael flynn. there is just a lot to learn. >> sandra: here is what else we want to know what they are going to do with it i want to be clear also in this letter ron johnson and chuck grassley, we will provide copies of those text messages that we recovered from these devices to the department so that the department's leadership can take any leadership action it deems appropriate. melissa? >> melissa: interesting. now we are all dying to see what's in there. although what we have seen already has been so damning. you know, i don't know. i guess i want to see the rest. i do want to know what happened. i'm

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his mind judging from his twitter feed and with me now to discuss this and more is congressman lee zeldin. he is a republican from new york and he is a member of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman, a very happy new year to you and we certainly appreciate you spending your holiday with us. >> it's great to be with you. happy new year. >> happy new year. so i want to start with the protests that we've seen in iran. the president has responded to this. he tweeted and it was at the end of the tweet that really is sort of something they think is raising some eyebrows because he says time for change. it's -- it's a situation in iran where it's really unclear kind of who is leading the protesters, the it seems to be diffused as far as the organization. do you think it's smart for him to say time for change at this point in time? >> well, i do. i've been outspoken for years in favor of there being a regime change in iran. what's really important to note within iran is you have millions of iranians who want desperately want a free, stable, democratic iran and they're literally going

joining us by phone is congressman lee zeldin, republican from new york. congressman, you were on the train. how are you feeling? >> we just got off the train. we're moving over to buses. and the fact that there were more injuries that the train was able to stay on the tracks when at first the collisions took place, we thought something went wrong and the train started slowing down, i was grateful it was able to come to a full stop. that mitigated the possibility of injuries for those who were injured and especially for the driver who passed away. they're all very much in our minds right now. their families are in our minds. and just very grateful that train was able to stop. and also, because there were a lot of children on the train, that they're okay. they were quiet. they weren't -- it wasn't -- but they weren't screaming. they weren't crying. fortunately they had their parents with them to console them and they're okay. >> lawmakers' children, staffers' children? >> i'm only aware of lawmakers' children. you have many members -- you have almost all of

we have another one of your colleagues, congressman lee zeldin. we talked to you at the top of the hour. you gave us a firsthand account of what happened there. now that we are almost an hour into the aftermath, what are you hearing about the scene and what are you hearing about the plans for dealing with all of you, house and senate republicans, your aides, your family who are all currently still sitting on this train? >> i'm hearing that the train may be moved at some point over the course of the next few minutes. i don't know if the plan is to bring us to a local train station to get on a bus. as i mentioned when we spoke earlier, fortunately the train was able to stay on the tracks, which was the biggest thing to mitigate the impacts for those who were on it. but that's what we're hearing as far as movement, that the train may be moving here at some point over the next few minutes. >> and congressman, do you have any sense of where you're going to go? are you going to come back to washington? will the retreat be canceled? or will you board bus

joining us for the first time on the couch today republican congressman lee zeldin, member of the houseoreign affairs committee. u.s. army veteran and still serves as a major in the reserves and he is outnumbered. i feel like i should salute you

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congressman lee zeldin, what do you make of that?r would be certainly better advised representing his city to go down to the white house. he could have his political disagreements with president trump. we have important laws that are on the books. it is actually in the interests of protecting our country that we want to have consistency across our country. we want state and local governments working with the federal government like we do with homeland security and counterintelligence with all those homeland security concerns, that also applies to people who enter our country improperly and might have competing vision how to move forward. might be better to talk about as opposed to boycotting. neil: what he is saying in his tweet, congressman, the department of justice decided to renew racist assault on immigration communities. doesn't make us safer and violates america's core values. upping ante, a number about cities are, states like california effectively become sanctuary states, states like new jersey considering it. where is all

but steve congressman lee zeldin, republican from new york feels the same way.at out there. a path to citizenship for dreamers may morph into that. that is new. >> quite a huge thing to add to the debate here over immigration and we will see how it is taken. opposition amongst conservatives as it relates to ms d. the president ran a campaign that would have given a lot of people indication who are supporting them that they would be in favor of path to citizenship. he's in favor of it, what would that past look like and secondly, what does the overall bill look like because conservatives want to see progress as it relates to the border wall, chain migration, visa lottery, case law, no sanctuary for cities for criminal acts. stuart: the president talks about a path to citizenship. a path to citizenship and you can get the walls come in the lottery gone, chain migration gone for work done in those areas and a path to citizenship for dreamers. doesn't that bring the moderates of both sides and together with enough votes to get this done or if anyone is capable of pu