if there are two machines that has one name blocked out, the odds of mo brooks being blocked out one time is one in 26 squared or one chance out of 1-26 chances. if there is one machine that has one name blocked out, the odds that 11 machines are one chance in 26 to the 11th power. hence, the odds that my name, the only name was accidentally blocked out on 11 different machines, as "the washington post" would have you believe, are one chance out of 26 to the 11th power, or one chance out of 3.6 quadrillion chances. conversely, the probability that these 11 voting machines were rigged is 3.6 quadrillion to one. the evidence is overwhelming. there was no accident. the voting machines were rigged. who rigged the voting machines? in 1982, every single elected official with control over voting machines was a democrat. in 1982, i was campaigning in a hotly contested race to be the only republican legislator in the northern third of alabama. i was the breach in the democratic party dam. earlier in the campaign, the democrat, alabama's secretary of state, who is now serving hard time in fede

joining me now, congressman mo brooks. you describe yourself as pro-life and the president did something a lot of candidate haven't done before which the president announced multiple times a litmus test for this justice, that they would be an opponent of abortion, they would be pro life. he said it about five or six times. are you confident that this nominee meets that litmus test? >> well, first, my preference initially was bill pryor from the state of alabama but not getting bill pryor, i'm very happy with judge gorsuch. everything i've read about him is that he's highly qualified and is an excellent individual. with respect to the abortion issue, ain't judge on the supreme court who is going to read the constitution and apply the constitution and not try to create law that is not in the constitution and i think that's where the pro-life issue comes into play because if you properly read the constitution then you naturally fall down on the pro-life side of that particular issue and i believe judge gorsuch is right there

joining me now, congressman mo brooks. you describe yourself as pro-life and the president did something a lot of candidate haven't done before which the president announced multiple times a litmus test for this justice, that they would be an opponent of abortion, they would be pro life. he said it about five or six times. are you confident that this nominee meets that litmus test? >> well, first, my preference initially was bill pryor from the state of alabama but not getting bill pryor, i'm very happy with judge gorsuch. everything i've read about him is that he's highly qualified and is an excellent individual. with respect to the abortion issue, ain't judge on the supreme court who is going to read the constitution and apply the constitution and not try to create law that is not in the constitution and i think that's where the pro-life issue comes into play because if you properly read the constitution then you naturally fall down on the pro-life side of that particular issue and i believe judge gorsuch is right there

republican congressman mo brooks had this to said in a radio interview yesterday. >> i'll tell you, tonie are a, in my opinion, a significant number of congressmen who are being impacted by these kind of protests and their spine is a little bit weak and i don't know if we're going to be able to repeal obamacare now because these folks who support obamacare are very active, they're putting pressure on congressmen and there's not a counter effort to steel the spine of some of these congressmen in tossup districts around the country. >> keep in mind, this is just the first recess after the first month of donald trump's presidency. republicans haven't even proposed a bill on obamacare yet. congress will be back in session on monday, though, and democrats will be electing a new party chair over the weekend. the question is, where does the anger, intensity, mobilization and organizing that we saw this week go next? we'll discuss after the break. don't ever let anyone tell you you can't change. that is what life is. change. it's not some magic trick. it's your will. your thoughts become your wo

for more, i want to bring in republican congressman mo brooks from alabama. thanks for taking a few minutes. that's the divide i'm noticing in terms of the reaction. >> and is there a criminal violation on the part of the news media and publishing that information. there are lots of aspects of this i'd like to see the judicial system first look into it and make a determination as to whether criminal conduct is involved. i serve on the house armed services committee and the foreign affairs committee, if either decides that they want to conduct an investigation concerning russia and their purported involvement in the american election, i'm happy to participate, let's be mindful of a double standard. it's been quite clear that the united states of america, particularly under president barack obama was very involved in governmental matters of other countries. so we talk about a double standard here. with barack obama, he toppled the government regime in libya, he called for the toppling of the regime in assad and dedicated resources in that direction, and the uni

to talk more about all of it, i'm joined by alabama republican congressman mo brooks is with me heren the russell rotunda. thanks for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> you made an interesting comment on friday. i think you were back in your district in bam become. you said, you're not sure you've got the republican votes to repeal obamacare, you said especially with what's going on in your districts and what you're hearing from the people you represent. so, what do you think? can you repeal obamacare or not? >> well-being i think past speaker john boehner basically said the same thing. we have to get into what the meaning of the word repeal means. to me, repeal means you look at the statute by which obamacare was enacted and you write a one-word bill that says, this statute is repealed. a lot of people are using the word repeal to connotate an amendment to obamacare so that obamacare still survives, albeit in an altered form. language is important. to me, when people say they want to repeal when, in fact, they're amending, they're being somewhat deceptive. >> what do you want? >> i w

here's a congressman, mo brooks of alabama. >> there are, in my opinion, a significant number of congressmented by these kinds of protests. i don't know if we'll be able to repeal obamacare because those folks who support obamacare are very active, they're putting pressure on congressmen and there's not a counter-effort to steal the spine of some of these congressmen in toss-up districts around the country. >> our panel is here. >> well, i don't think it's about toss-up districts. some of these republicans are realizing even if they're in superred safe districts, republican safe districts, there are a lot of republicans who have been benefiting from obamacare over the past several years and the fact that the republicans had eight years to think of an alternative and they just wanted to be the party of no. and now they're just saying, we'll repeal it, we'll replace it, we'll do something with alliteration and it won't be enough. so they can't put a vote up because they don't have anything to give their constituents. >> but credit where it's due, if that was a candid statement that this republ

this is republican congressman mo brooks talking about obama care and those angry voters who have been packing republican town halls, let's roll it. >> what? >> these folks who support obamacare are very active, they're putting pressure on the congressmen. >> i don't know if we're going to be able to repeal and replace obamacare because our constituents are coming forward and yelling at us. >> let's be clear, i think there's a lot of people in congress that are not fighters like donald trump is, and also are weak republicans, they're not leaders, that's why you have people like john boehner who are no longer in office, because they didn't know how to fight for things. this president's been in office for 30 days and there's already people that are trying to undermine him in the republican congress. >> he staaid repeal and replacen day one. look at the polling numbers, this is why it may be a little bit difficult to repeal and replace, because the most americans ever are in favor of obamacare, 54 people approve, versus 43% who don't. and those who disapprove of it, only 17% want it compl

. >>> mo brooks, member of the house foreign affairs committee and armed services committee. being with me tonight, you know, we are just trying to understand what the president means, i mean, what's your response to donald trump. he says the media isn't covering these events, and then he said, you know what i mean. is he alleging a cover-up? the media is sympathetic with the terrorists? do you have any idea? >> well, i haven't talked to the president on this particular issue, it's hard for me to extrapolate from what i've heard from the folks in the news media, what his intent may be. if i had to guess, it would be something to this effect, he wishes people would stress more so than they have been, the types of terrorist attacks have occurred, and what may be the cause for those terrorist attacks, and how those kinds of things interrelate to the policies that president trump is trying to implement in order to better protect americans from those kinds of terrorist attacks on american soil. >> they just did supply this list of 78 attacks. they put brussels there, the paris att

. >> thank you, outfront, mo brooks from alabama., good to have you back. >> my pleasure. >> obamacare approval right now, at a record, really, pretty popular. the latest pew poll shows the with a 54% approval rating. of course the highest yet. are you concerned at this point about a backlash if obamacare is repealed? >> no, none whatsoever. people who are informed on the issue know that what the republicans are undertaking is a rescue effort of a leaky boat. this ship, obamacare is sinking. it's going to take a lot of people with it. it is going to degrade the quality of health care in the united states of america. and it is already costing regular working men and women of our country thousands of additional dollars in premium costs they were told by the previous president would be a $2,500 cost savings. as pple understand more and more, the bad shape that obamacare is in, more and mr. they're going to understand why a rescue effort is necessary. >> the thing is, it is really complicated right. i know you know. you know it is not si

you had an interview with mo brooks a little while back from alabama, if i have my geography right saying, mr. president, you campaigned on this speech. if they're doing more deportations, if the president is saying we're going to push forward on the wall, and if he does strike a more compassionate balance but he is tougher overall, this is -- i think this is -- you think he is going to get blowback or that's -- >> i think it's great for his base. you're right, the wall was probably not going to be a wall. it looks like it might be a fence at this point. it's probably not going to cover the entire border. paul ryan, as you reported, is going to go down there and survey that. yeah, i mean, when you see the visuals on tv as we've been showing them of people being taken into custody and eventually deported, people -- a lot of people like that. it's a campaign promise he is making good on. >> it underscores there is a division within the republican party. donald trump's base does not equal the republican base. there was a story in "the times" about kevin mccarthy, a congressman from californi

. >> one of those republicans, mo brooks, i believe, alabama, right, said that he is afraid some of hisive friends are losing their spine, his words, over this town hall meeting. >> that means there will be votes in the house committees first before it goes on to the floor. they'll probably get out of the committees. the question is can they not -- limit defections in the house floor to 20 republicans and there are 24 republicans who came from those hillary clinton districts that she won. what will they do if they feel a lot of pressure from their constituents? >> a big meeting at the white house today, and we'll see what the president says in that speech to you, and not just for the american people overnight. they look for help on that one. up next, the chair of the house intelligence committee faces tough questions on ties between the russian government and the trump campaign. we'll tell you what he said next. d. because it's here. cue the confetti. say hi to xiidra, lifitegrast ophthalmic solution. xiidra is the first prescription eye drop solution approved to treat the signs and sym

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