mr. hannah, is that true? mr. hannah: i don't have any -- >> that the germans warned from informationg this was not verified? mr. hannah: that is historically what was reported between their intelligence and the cia. that is what the germans claimed. transmit it got into secretary powell's speech. it was at best misleading and at worst, blatantly false and as a result thousands of people were killed and injured when this nation went to war based on this false claims. have any remorse about that? deepannah: i have great remorse about any american soldier lost especially if it is based on information we put out in good faith and our intelligence communities and communitiesigence around the world. we thought it was true and we acted in the best interest of the united states. just threw the information out. mr. hannah: that is not true at all, that is not accurate. >> gentleman -- >> the gentleman yields back. also -- it was revealed that mr. hannah worked for mr. powell. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it seems there's a

mr. hannah: sure. -- drafts. mr. hannah: if you hear them tell the story now, they say my draft was filled with inaccurate reports, reports that could be supported by the intelligence community. at the end of the day they throughout my draft. --retary powell that's not then spent four days with the intelligence community at langley doing a new draft saying he was -- which was primarily based on that. didr claim is that my draft not actually form the foundation of what he presented to the united nations. that, i aming heard sure that you probably said, let me at least listen to what he did say, is that right? mr. hannah: sure, yes i did, absolutely. ofwas there any mention weapons of mass destruction in your draft as compared to the final draft of secretary powell? mr. hannah: both of our dress were entirely focused on weapons of mass destruction. >> what would you say was the difference. a very disappointed with the information that you had provided him. he said it was a blot on his reputation and pre-much until the d

mr. hannah, is that true? john hannah: is -- well i don't have any -- william lacy clay jr.: did the -- the germans -- john hannah: i don't have an knowledge of it. william lacy clay jr.: -- warn from the beginning that this information -- information was not verified? john hannah: that's what historically is reported between their communications -- between their intelligence and the cia. that's what the germans have claimed. william lacy clay jr.: but it got into the secretary's speech -- to secretary's powell's speech. you know, your narrative was at best misleading, and at worst, blatantly false. as a result, thousands of people were killed and injured when this nation went to war based on those false claims. you know, do you have any remorse about that? john hannah: i have great, deep remorse about any american soldier that's lost, especially if it's based on information that we put out in good faith, that our intelligence communities and other intelligence communities around the world thought was true and

mr. hannah. you were named by the senate intelligence committee by name and singled out for your refusal to make yourself available to that committee when it was doing its work. was there less gravity to the issue at hand ten years ago involving you than there is today involving mr. rhodes? >> issues were very grave in both cases, i think. i think mr. rhodes actually is a more influential player than i am and he's been willing to talk about all of these issues so openly and with such contempt for so many people that -- >> well, we're glad to have you here today talking as well. i'm sure my colleagues ten years ago would have enjoyed having you. >> gentleman's time has expired. >> one good aggressive white house counsel deserves another, mr. chairman. thank you. >> gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. desanityis for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this is just -- i would think ben rhodes would be falling all over himself to come here. he seem

mr. hannah. i don't know mr. hannah and i don't know -- i don't believe i have ever met him before today. but based on the public record alone, let me say this. if our goal is to hear from an expert who actually promoted false, false white house narratives, then i think you picked the right person. but if our goal is to hear from someone who was not involved in one of the biggest misrepresentations in our nation's history, then you picked the wrong person. listening to john hannah criticize anyone else for pushing a false white house narrative is beyond ironic. he and dick cheney and their colleagues in the white house wrote the how to manual on this. the profound tragedy here is at thousands, thousands of u.s. service members from our districts were killed in iraq. and thousands more sustained terrible injuries. the american taxpayers have now spent hundreds of billions, billions of dollars, even by the most conservative estimates. unfortunately, you rushed to invite mr. hannah without consulting anyone. in fact,

mr. hannah is here to answer question. mr. rhodes is not here to answer questions that's what difficult about this meeting. >> thank you for your testimony and for providing valuable information to this committee. which sheds light on the deceptive manner in which the obama administration sold out the american people and the allies across the globe with the iran agreement. the facts each of you have laid out in your testimony, the administration bolics doubles down and tries to discredit anyone who disagrees with the false narrative, including me. when asked about ben rhodes's interview with the "new york times" magazine, press secretary josh earnest dodged and decided to lam bast several members of congress including me as liars. why? because i said that under the illegal iran deal and lifting sanctions iran would be able to access 1$100 billion that was frozen. the president of iran said his country would get $100 billion. despite the fact i said something similar, the white house is trying to brand me as a liar in attemptin

mr. hannah from new york, who craig -- mr. hanna from new york, who courageously supported it. i'm honored by the support and i'm honored by the position you've taken in this house over the past couple days. i yield back. the chair: any member claiming time in opposition? the gentleman from texas. >> i rise in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. sessions: mr. chairman, thank you very much. mr. chairman, i do respect the gentleman for his right to come and offer in an open rule in a different bill his objections to what occurred last night. last night, the house of

mr. hannah, let me get this straight. you drew up the false talking points for caolinpowell when he spoke. you wrote that there were weapons of mass destruction in iraq and that was what ended up in his speech and that you're here today to question someone else's credibility and somebody else's professionalism. am i getting that straight? >> not exactly. i'm not sure i'm questioning his professionalism. i'm questioning the tactics he used. we based our intelligence on the intelligence that was there. it was wrong. that was a mistake it wasn't any kind of purposeful desire to deceive or not give the american people what we -- >> you told us earlier in your

mr. hannah. i don't know mr. hannah and i don't know -- i don't believe i have ever met him before today. but based on the public record alone, let me say this. if our goal is to hear from an expert who actually promoted false, false white house narratives, then i think you picked the right person. but if our goal is to hear from someone who was not involved in one of the biggest misrepresentations in our nation's history, then you picked the wrong person. listening to john hannah criticize anyone else for pushing a false white house narrative is beyond

mr. hannah? mr. hannah: yes, it does. >> do you believe the administration withheld information about the deal intentionally? action as i do. >> you feel it is in disagreement with the agreement he signed himself? >> yes. the amendment was written in such a way to prevent this from happening and unfortunately the administration simply broke the law. ask i could not agree more. a gentleman from illinois, introduce a house resolution into the house passed that resolution that this deal was illegal. from the get-go, because the department of law and all information before provided to congress, including the side agreements. but it was not. there is one question that we need to ask and i will ask each one of you to answer this. do you believe this deal has provided iran a path to prove -- a path to creating a nuclear weapon? >> yes it does. upon the expiration of the controls and the administration went into this deal knowing the are really -- the iran government was not moderate. >> is yes. >> i do not s

mr. hannah whatever he wants to ask him. we don't have a chance to ask mr. rhodes the questions we want to ask because he didn't bother to show up. mr. hannah did. >> while the chairman yield? >> yes. >> i can say whatever i want to say in my opening statement yes you can. of the just be fair. that is my point. deirdre: there are investigations into the white house's message and question of the administration misleading the american public about the iran nuclear deal. welcome to "risk & reward." i'm deirdre bolton. we'll bring you more details on that in just a minute. first a broad-based market selloff. the dow fell to more than a seven-week low. it closed off the lows, still down triple digits. fox business's lori rothman with me from the floor of the new york stock exchange. lori, you saw a lot of action this afternoon. reporter: yeah a lot of trouble. on the 224th birthday of the new york stock exchange building as a matter of fact. what was the gift? a sharp selloff. there is the dow off 1% on the day. s&p down 1% and nasdaq as well. toughest day, worst

mr. hannah here? >> yes. >> well then, why didn't mr. couplings ask him the questions?e will have a chance to ask mr. hannah to ask a chance. we don't have a chance to ask mr. rhodes questions he wants to ask. he didn't bother to show up. >> would the chairman yield? >> yes. >> i can say whatever i want to say in my opening statement. >> yes you can, it needs to be fair. my point. just be fair. sandra: three gop senators are calling for the white house to fire rhodes, calling him disrespectful and deceptive. among other things, and judge, the gop senators mark kirk, john cornyn, john barrasso, three gop senators that signed that letter. they're calling on the white house to fire ben rhodes before he further tarnishes the office of the president. ben rhodes a no-show today. >> i doubt that subpoenaing him will make a difference, not one bit of difference in the world. executive privilege, interestingly is not in the constitution at all. it is a creature of case law. it has been created over the years by the courts to protect the separation of powers. it intended to, real

mr. hannah from new york, who craig -- mr. hanna from new york, who courageously supported it.'m honored by the support and i'm honored by the position you've taken in this house over the past couple days. i yield back. the chair: any member claiming time in opposition? the gentleman from texas. >> i rise in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. sessions: mr. chairman, thank you very much. mr. chairman, i do respect the gentleman for his right to come and offer in an open rule in a different bill his objections to what occurred last night. last night, the house of representatives passed the bill and today the gentleman's offering a limiting amendment that would turn back that amendment that we made. mr. chairman, several days ago the house armed services committee handled this issue. it was not sneaking something in. it was a straight up vote. it was a vote that was held in the armed services committee, and then the -- and it passed nd then the final vote was 60-2. mr. chairman, that is a bipartisan vote. that is a vote from people who viewed

mr. hannah whatever he wants to ask him. we don h

mr. hannah, for joining us. i want to get your reaction.a lot of people are watching this and asking a similar question, was it appropriate to kill the gorilla was was tranquellizing him not enough of an option? >> well, two miles from where the gorillas live, i started in 1982. when it comes to gorillas, we lt first gorilla ever bonn here. you're talking about an animal that is quite large. you have human life and animal life. obviously the decision was made. obviously the right decision was made. people there right now at that zoo are suffering that work there. this is part of their family. there was no absolute choice. there was no other choice. the boy is at home now doing fine. so what i'm saying is when you have an animal this large, you see him dragging through the water there, if you tranquellize the animal, it takes five or ten minutes for that drug to take infect. all kinds of things happen in five to ten minutes. i know guides in africa that take me to see the gorillas and the silver back will come through there and poke them in

mr. hannah from new york, who craig -- mr. hanna from new york, who courageously supported it.nored by the position you've taken in this house over the past couple days. i yield back. the chair: any member claiming time in opposition? the gentleman from texas. >> i rise in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. sessions: mr. chairman, thank you very much. mr. chairman, i do respect the gentleman for his right to come and offer in an open rule in a different bill his objections to what occurred last night. last night, the house of representatives passed the bill and today the gentleman's offering a limiting amendment that would turn back that amendment that we made. mr. chairman, several days ago the house armed services committee handled this issue. it was not sneaking something in. it was a straight up vote. it was a vote that was held in the armed services committee, and then the -- and it passed nd then the final vote was 60-2. mr. chairman, that is a bipartisan vote. that is a vote from people who viewed who are on the committee that they w

mr. hannah from new york, who craig -- mr. hanna from new york, who courageously supported it. i'm honored by the support and i'm honored by the position you've taken in this house over the past couple days. i yield back. the chair: any member claiming time in opposition? the gentleman from texas. >> i rise in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. sessions: mr. chairman, thank you very much. mr. chairman, i do respect the gentleman for his right to come and offer in an open rule in a different bill his objections to what occurred last night. last night, the house of representatives passed the bill and today the gentleman's offering a limiting amendment that would turn back that amendment that we made. mr. chairman, several days ago the house armed services committee handled this issue. it was not sneaking something in. it was a straight up vote. it was a vote that was held in the armed services committee, and then the -- and it passed nd then the final vote was 60-2. mr. chairman, that is a bipartisan vote. that is a vote from people who viewe

mr. cummings: thank you. forink all are witnesses being here today. surprised -- very surprised and shocked that you would invite john hannah to testify before committee as an expert witness. on the subject of false white house narratives. mr. hanna was vice president dick cheney's top national security advisor in the white house. helped prepare colinary of state powell's infamous state -- speech to the u.n., a speech that secretary powell has called a permit blot on his record. mr. hanna was identified by the as hisational congress "principle point of contact" in the vice president's office. were provided reams of false information about weapons of mass destruction. heworked with scooter libb who was convicted after the bush administration leaked the identity of a covert cia agent valerie plame. her husband, ambassador joe wilson had publicly debunked the administration's false claims about the iraqi nuclear program. libbyas the same scooter who told the fbi that it was askedble" that cheney had him to leak information about valerie plame's status. i do not know mr. hanna and i do -- i have note met him before today. if our goal was to hear from an e

mr. cummings: thank you. forink all are witnesses being here today. surprised -- very surprised and shocked that you would invite john hannah to testify before committeewitness. on the subject of false white house narratives. mr. hanna was vice president dick cheney's top national security advisor in the white house. helped prepare colinary of state powell's infamous state -- speech to the u.n., a speech that secretary powell has called a permit blot on his record. mr. hanna was identified by the as hisational congress "principle point of contact" in the vice president's office. were provided reams of false information about weapons of mass destruction. heworked with scooter libb who was convicted after the bush administration leaked the identity of a covert cia agent valerie plame. her husband, ambassador joe wilson had publicly debunked the administration's false claims about the iraqi nuclear program. libbyas the same scooter who told the f

hannah hazel gillroy, 20. glarnse rhoden, 20. christopher rhoden jr., 16. mr. peters: macon, georgia, december 12, to 1. derek jackson, 38. george henley, 34. corey, 25. dallas, texas, january , 2015. -- 4, 2015. max, 54. jose lopez, 21. norfolk, virginia, january 1, 2014. melvin, 32. marcus -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life and service of, ohio police officer sean r. johnson who passed away last week in a tragic training accident. officer johnson's dedication to public service was evident when he made the decision to join the air force right out of high school in 19 8. after serving in the military and earning the rank of senior airman, he was hired at the sheriff's department where he served until 1997. officer johnson joined the hilliard division of police in october of 1999 and he stayed -- would stay