ideal with some of the same problems myself. >> we're talk with congressman louie gohmert, republican of texas, member of the judiciary committee and chairman of the natural resources investigative subcommittee here with us for the next half hour. john is in pence, a republican. john, good morning. >> i'm not a republican, i called on the independent line, i'm an independent. >> go ahead, john. >> yeah. i was surprised too. i listened to the whole thing yesterday. when comey made his statement. i thought he was building up to the fact that she should be indicted. so given that, and you being on the judiciary committee, are you going to now open a war criminal case against bush, cheney, rumsfeld and rice for lying continually for years about the war in iraq and the war in afghanistan? >> yeah. well, obviously you have fallen victim to things that were said about bush and cheney and rumsfeld. everybody including hillary clinton believed that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. he had killed thousands and thousands of people with poisonous gas, with weapons of mass destructio

congressman louie gohmert is with us, republican from texas.nse to what the president had to say last night? >> well, i'm glad he acknowledged that europe was supposed to have democratic values but if we follow the lead of our president and the lead of the head of france, as you have referred to his quote repeatedly, then we'll have to learn to live with it. and just try to propel out there our democratic values and maybe that will make them feel good. look, you know, stuart, you said it, i am proud that you have, you don't learn to live with terrorism, you defeat it. can you imagine 1940, darkest hours, darkest days in britain, churchhill stands up and says, we shall learn to live with them on the beaches. we'll learn to live with them in the landing grounds. we'll learn to live with them in the fields and the hills and the streets. they lose the war doing that. stuart: yes, but he is reluctant warrior. president obama is very reluctant war-time leader. he did not want to lead a war. >> well he is a warrior when it comes to firing up the troop

." >> congressmen louie gohmert g joins us that after fbi director james comey outlined hillary clinton quote extremely careless handling classified information while she was a state. first your reaction to that press conference yesterday just back well, i was amazed. as so many have said, he spent about 13 of his 15 minutes outlining a powerful case against hillary clinton and whyn she should be indicted, and then at the end, he ain't the string and pulled all back and said no good prosecutor would pursue that case. and he said there was no direct evidence of intent. i mean, i've been a prosecutor, judge, i know most of the time there's no direct evidence of intent. it's very rare that you have an e-mail or an overt statement i intend to do this. now, hillary may have had e-mails that stated that intent and that's why those were destroyed. we will never know. >> host: wanting to avoid disclosure rule? >> guest: absolutely. it doesn't have to be intent under a couple of different statutes because the requirement for intent to betray the united states. and, in fact, gross negligence is a

host: congressman louie gohmert joins us now.ey outline hillary clinton's extreme carelessness handling >> fight information. your reaction usher mark -- classified information. your reaction? guest: he spent 15 minutes outlining a case against hillary clinton and why she should be indicted, and then at the end, he yanked the string and pulled it all back and said no prosecutor would pursue that case. he said there was no direct evidence of intent. most of the time, there is no direct evidence of intent. e-mail or you have an a statement, i intend to do this. hillary may have had details that stated that intent. why that was destroyed, you will never know. it does not have to be intended under a couple of different statutes. no requirement of intent to betray the united states. a gross negligence with prosecution and extreme carelessness, which you said they down. for viewers spoliation. a legal adoption in some form in every state. if a party has possession of evidence in that evidence is destroyed, then the judge may that you m

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like, for example, congressman louie gohmert who immediately attacked president obama. >> this president gift. he has had the opportunity to bring us together, to be the uniter, not the divider. and every time he's had the chance to bring us together as a nation, when i would look to him, okay, bring us together, he would say the most divisive things. i wish that this president were like my favorite coach in high school. i played varsity football, but my favorite year was under coach willie williams. he happened to be a black coach, and he brought us together in a strong way. he used his race to bring us together and it was my favorite year. he was my favorite coach. >> seth: i'm not sure it's good sign that you had to go all the way back to high school to think of a black guy you liked. [ laughter ] and to use his race to bring you together? did you go to high school at "remember the titans?" [ laughter ] so there were some incendiary and counterproductive responses to the tragedy in dallas, but there were perhaps no worse response than that of former new york city mayor rudy giuliani,

coming up wednesday morning, texas republican congressman louie gohmert will react to the recommendationy the fbi that no charges brought against hillary clinton. and michigan democratic congressman brenda lawrence will talk about the flint, michigan water crisis, and the response to the orlando mass shooting, and the 2016 president will campaign. be sure to watch washington journal getting wednesday morning. join the discussion. on american history tv on c-span3, saturday afternoon at 1:50 eastern. >> memoirs you always have to be wary of, because not only are memoirs just by their genre bound to be self-serving to a degree, but they also -- most of these people did not want to disclose too much. and in some cases, they may actually try to mislead people. >> historians talk about the techniques used by the cia and russian foreign intelligence service together intelligence, dating back to the cold war and how that has changed since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. an examination of race relations in post-civil war memphis. >> many whites thought this is finally happening, a full-scale black u

let's get the republican's perspective from louie gohmert. what do you think of tim kaine on the ticket? >> i think if hillary clinton needed somebody to help her show that she truly is 100% establishment, she made the perfect choice. i mean, he was dnc chair during the wall street bailout. i didn't support it. and then i hear hillary clinton saying she's got the job of telling people how good she and obama made things for them. and you may have heard her yesterday he's trying to save doom and gloom. and i thought of kevin bacon, remember in animal house standing there going all is well, all is well. somebody needs to take hillary saying how good things are and put it against kevin bacon. all is well. it's in the well. and that's why trump is playing. >> of course we don't know exactly why she dhoez tim. but there is a lot of speculation that she thinks that her long experience in washington and his long experience in washington and virginia will pay off. that voters will compare that with donald trump who has never held collective office and

here to weigh in, texas congressman, a republican, louie gohmert.to be with you guys. >> it's great to have you too, congressman. a while back, when he was still running, you had endorsed ted cruz. >> sure, i was going all over the country for him. >> now you're a trump man? what do you make of the fact that ted cruz did what he did last week? >> you know, i had a lot of discussions with people. some people say, you know, ted being ted. if he had rushed out there and done a gushing endorsement, it would have looked phony. and one thing he didn't look was phony. so, i don't know. but i am proud of trump for inviting him. >> sure. >> i was talking to dennis c kucinich there in cleveland. and he's the other end of the political spectrum from me, but an honorable guy. he said one of the conventions, they called all their speakers in. he said, you've got your speeches now approved. you're standing on an elevator at the podium. if you're deviate one word from your script, the elevator goes down, the music goes out, we won't see you again. so anyway, this

and coming up wednesday morning, texas republican congress louie gohmert will discussion about the decision on hillary clinton. michigan democratic congresswoman will talk about the flint water crisis, the congressional response to the orlando mass shootings and the presidential campaign. watch washington journal beginning live at 7 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> our road to the white house coverage continues with the democratic national committee platform committee taking place live in orlando friday, july 8th starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern and continuing saturday, july 9th at 9:00 a.m. eastern. committee members will debate and vote on the democratic party's platform for this year's elections. live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >>> now, a panel of former government officials and journalists look into the causes of political polarization in america. we'll hear from former rnc chairman haley barbour, former clinton white house press secretary mike mccurry and brett stephens from the wall street journal. this is just over an hour. >>> well it is great t

. >> host: congressman louie gohmert, frequent guest on the "washington journal." thank you for coming by. come back again. >> guest: thank you, john. i appreciate your candor and the way you conduct things. thank you. >>> fbi director james comb quley appear tomorrow before the house oversight committee to answer members' questions about the bureau's findings and recommendations to the justice department. live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. here's house speaker paul ryan on the fbi findings. >> speaker ryan, are you confident in the fbi's investigation into secretary clinton, and do you feel that she got preferential treatment in this case? >> i'll let everybody be the judge of that. it looks like it to me. i'd say a couple of things. number one, i think director comey's press conference tomorrow raises more questions than provides answers. that's point under one. point number two, there are a lot of questions that have to be answered. and so, we're going to be asking those questions. i know the judiciary committee sent a letter i think last night with a n

. >> louie gohmert is with us until about 8:45 this morning. democrats. independents 202-748-2002.e're talk about the fbi director's recommendations yesterday. we'll also get into gun legislation making its way to the floor of the congress of the house this week. but we'll start with emily. alexandria, virginia, a republican. emily, you're on with congressman gohmert. >> caller: hi, good morning. i want to start by making a quick comment then i have a question for the congressman. my comment is my husband and i both live in the beltway in d.c. and every day we are entrusted with a certain amount of information that we were required under law to maintain and keep. if by any chance we were to make any gross negligence on behalf of any data we had. >> you would be toast. >> we would not only not have a job and not have clearance, but we might go to jail. now we have two little kids. so every day we think we need to stay aboveboard, not only for our country, but also for our children. so that's my comment. second, my question is knowing that that's against the law and yet anybody from

texas congressman louie gohmert, are you expecting hillary to announce her vp pick today?o do you think? >> i don't really care. it just doesn't matter. i think the vice president in her case really is irrelevant. in trump's case it made a difference. he is a big risktaker which helps foreign-policy. when saturday night live -- where is the red button? that was great because your enemies need to think you are unpredictable and that is why trump will make a terrific president when it comes to foreign affairs. with hillary clinton, come on. it doesn't matter. maria: people when they vote will vote for hillary clinton but they won't vote for her vp pick where trump's pick was more important. >> the stability he offered, the constitutional conservative, he bridged the gap between leadership and knowing his way and the ability to pass legislation and experience as a governor. obviously what he said the night before, how is that affecting your delegation for many texans, one party is not about ted or john kasich but the party and the direction of our country. what are your thoug