mr. mccarthy: that will come up monday. reporter: why do you think he is deserving of censure? mr. mccarthy: three simple reasons. when you serve on the intelligence committee, it's dinner than any other committee in the house. -- different than any other committee in the house. because you will read and you will gather information and you will read items that members of the house can't have knowledge of. so when a member of the intelligence committee speaks about something, we call them to a -- hold them to a higher standard. we believe that has to be the truth because theart ones to see the information. which we cannot. what i have found with adam schiff, three times to the american public he has lied. he lied at the very beginning when he said he had proof beyond circumstantial evidence and we just went through a two-year nightmare because of that. tened from the chair to convey to the american public about a transcript that was so important, what he wished tpwhass it was not. it was so compelling that the speaker of the house, in a national interview with, believed what he said

mr. mccarthy: i say you read the letter. in the letter the president sent to erdogan, no, he's warning him not to do this. the president got a recommendation from the general of the joint chiefs to remove a number of troops because of what was coming that americans would be in harm's way. the president made a decision based on protecting these troops. the president is now with his administration using the full power of sanctions to try to stop and get a ceasefire. the president at the same time in this motion is making sure he's keeping a number of troops in a location to protect and make sure the homeland is safe. >> the topic of the impeachment inquiry come up at all? mr. mccarthy: what was talked about after the speaker left was came here, what is the plan to move forward. what's the concerns individuals have? these are individuals sit, our ranking members, chairs of armed services, it's a bipartisan, bicameral. the only thing that happened in this meeting was the democrat leadership got up and walked away. when there's a

mr. schumer: thank you, everybody. *-* also eader mccarthy answered some questions. mr. mccarthy: just been in a meeting. i see a pattern of behavior with speaker pelosi. she storms out of another meeting, trying to make it unproductive. the other democrats stayed and had a productive meeting. the general from the the joint chiefs, the secretary of defense, and the president in this meeting stated what his number one goal is, to make sure america is safe. we talked with the general. listened to the plan. very productive between the democrats who actually stayed in the meeting. unfortunately, the speaker tries to make everything political. her own statements weren't productive. to storm out of a meeting which i've watched time before in other crisis, is really not the ability of a speaker or the style of how a speaker should carry herself out. if she would be focusing on the issues that most americans are concerned about, her whole focus has to be on impeachment. we're sitting here talking about the security of america, when we don't even have our defense funding done. but

mr. mccarthy: exactly. reporter: you are saying the president is putting politics above security, what's your that?nse to mr. mccarthy: i thank him for his service. i thank his commitment to this he's wrong in this it we have differences of opinion, but more importantly, we have a rule of law. country, the entire world has the transcripts. that the stions was phone call. even if you ask the american even as you oll, ask scholars, nothing in that phone call is impeachable. president has a right. it was an open case. it wasn't about something in the future. t was something that transpired. all america wants to know why we had to go through the russian hoax. want to see not that in the future for any president to witness that, but quo. is no quid pro much what adam schiff said prior. said he adam schiff did not know where the whistleblower was and we found out later he did. he said there was quid pro quo. we have the phone call. none. is they have put america through a two-year nightmare just because they did

mr. mccarthy: elements. reporter: are you suggesting that paul manafort, who was tried and convicted in an american court was framed? mr. mccarthy: you literally took that from that? you literally are asking this question from that. that's nothing what i said. let's be honest in this approach. what i am saying is i want to know why we went through this for two years. i want to know where it came from. i don't know where it started. but what we know on the facts when you go through the mueller investigation, yeah, some of this was developed within ukraine. why shouldn't we ask that question? why shouldn't we ask that question to anywhere we know it? if we don't know the answer and you want to extrapolate something that was never said that is wrong. what i said is i want to get to the answer. bottom to the answer to the question. reporter: critical of democrats right now for a lack of transparency and the process, but the white house has said that they are not going to turn over any documents. the president pu

mr. mccarthy: every single day we work with another government to solve cases. what the president asked for was an open case that the attorney general was already investigating. it is nothing about the future but something happened. something that the entire country wants to know and get to the bottom of. we just went through two years of a nightmare. why did that happen? i believe you would be craving to know that answer. when we use taxpayers' money, i want accountability. this is precious money that is taken from hardworking taxpayers. i want accountability about it. and the ukranians did nothing for the money to be released. when adam schiff looked into the american public and lied that he did not know who he was and taking us down a new nightmare, haven't we learned from the first time? why would we do this? we are one year away from an election. [inaudible question] mr. mccarthy: one thing the republicans always believed on, show us the truth and we vote based upon the facts. when you ask every single democrat to justify everything that has happened down i

mr. mccarthy: it's not the language i would use. the democrats don't have due process, it's not fair to the process. this ot something that house has done ever in the past. think about for a moment. house, ocrat controlled the speaker set forth a process dealing with president nixon. a republican speaker set forth dealing with ss president clinton. now, we even change the rules in intel committee that you transcripts ad the if you are on the committee unless the big hand of the party is there to witness you. never has anyone been treated way. process.t let due in president clinton's case, his attorneys were there, able to cross-examine. able to put a witness list together. both sides had subpoena power. today. that is available so how could you even trust it, and why would you even go forward? sir. reporter: you said -- you wouldn't use that language. why? mccarthy: i don't agree with it. reporter: you talk about the adam schiff has told. ndependent groups have counted up thousands of lies that the president said, as recently as thi

mr. mccarthy: what was talked about after the speaker left was came here, what is the plan to move forward. what's the concerns individuals have? these are individuals sit, our ranking members, chairs of armed services, it's a bipartisan, bicameral. the only thing that happened in this meeting was the democrat leadership got up and walked away. when there's a time of crisis, leaders should stay whether they like what is said or not and actually work to solve a problem. to me that's the definition of leadership, not to run. thank you very much. reporter: the le announcer: house speaker nancy pelosi and house majority leader steny hoyer had more to say about their meeting with the president after returning to capitol hill, where they spoke to reporters for about 15 minutes. speaker pelosi: good afternoon. we just came from a most unsatisfactory meeting at the white house. the meeting was started by the president saying he never invited any of us there. we asked for the meeting, but i did not even go into that. house, as speaker of the reported to the president that shortly before the meeting

mr. mccarthy from california. rep. mccarthy: i thank my friend for yielding. thank him for his words and i thank the speaker. we lost more than just a member of congress when we lost elijah cummings. member elijah ess when we lost cummings. she talked about bringing calmness. have you served in this body that we have been this calm nd this quiet and this reflective? elijah's work is still good with us right now. enormous ummings had presence. times he'd be an adversary. he was a respected adversary, tough. he was he had such a presence on this impression aisle and that when we would sit inside committee, and maybe i'm breaking the rule, we are never supposed to talk about there, whenever we'd select a chair or ranking ember, this is the one committee we weighed who we went against. we spoke of e selecting an individual that can occasion, to be in debate with him, we'd look for strong. that's and every time someone would was selected, they'd come back to be very best friend of elijah cummings. it's a tough committee. it's a committee of accountability. it's a c

mr. mccarthy of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i thank the entleman for yielding. madam speaker, elections have consequences. our fellow americans used their vote to choose who will work for them. so i ask you-all a simple question. especially to my colleagues. is that what is happening here today? are we gathered these final moments before we depart for a week to fund our government? to pay our troops? are we gathered today to prove a new trade deal? are we gathered to debate the critical national security ssues regarding china or iran? that answer would be unanimously no. we are not working for the american people. those items would resemble the achievements of a productive congress. a congress that truly works for the people. but you know what this congress counts? this congress records more subpoenas than laws, that's the legacy. it is not just devoid of solutions for the american people, it is now abusing its power to discredit democracy. by using secret interviews and selective leaks to portray the president's legit

mr. mccarthy. >> you see a pattern of behavior with speaker nancy pelosi.ther meeting, trying to make it unproductive. the other democrats, they actually had a very productive meeting. >> kevin: and you probably know this, dany, dana, that has ben's doll that has been cancelecanceled. >> greg: it's better than being a first rate politician. a first rate politician, you are just a phony. but trump is a 12th rate politician. that doesn't even register, so it's actually a compliment. this is obviously the worst thing that has ever happened since yesterday when the worst thing that ever happened happened and then before that. the fact is, every day with these people, it's the worst thing. their hair is on fire all the time. you can see it from space. they are smoky heads are flaming. i don't care about it anymore. you can disagree with them about this. a lot of people do. but the fact is, this is who trump is. he is america's cabdriver. if you ask him, if you go, this middle east business. it's a bunch of. what are we doing there? no one gets anything done. it'

mr. mccarthy about turkey and the cease-fire that the vice president and secretary of state worked throughg at the white house with ten republican senators in the situation room also a briefing about turkey. way to connects together in some way, shape or form. the white house doesn't need enemies now. it needs allies, people like lindsey graham introducing a resolution at this moment. just sent out the text willing to fight for the president when it comes to impeachment. fight against democrats whether on process or eventually get to substance to be there for him and why i think the

mr. mccarthy said. absolutely right. it's not just a process. >> laura: she blew that off today. she's like, we don't need to do that in her little press availability today. she kind of just batted away concerns about making any formal resolution. it's like they want to have it but they kind of don't want to have it. the very curious like she is waiting for the poll to catch up to impeachment. i couldn't agree with you more on how they are handling it. they had this meeting yesterday on, i think it was white house aides and some conservatives in town and some aids on capitol hill. and he told the group according to "the new york times" that he believes mr. trump would want to see mitch mcconnell bring an impeachment votet to the senate floor. where mr. trump would be acquitted rather than move to simply dismiss the charges. what do you think about that? first of all, would that be wise of the president if this gets to the senate and actually put on evidence and supports to clear ois name? is that why? or would you say otherwise? >> well, it'se, a gutsy. if you can dismiss a case,

mr. mccarthy about turkey and the cease-fire that the vice president and secretary of state worked through. meeting at the white house with ten republican senators in the situation room also a briefing about turkey. way to connects together in some way, shape or form. the white house doesn't need enemies now. it needs allies, people like lindsey graham introducing a resolution at this moment. just sent out the text willing to fight for the president when it comes to impeachment. fight against democrats whether on process or eventually get to substance to be there for him and why i think the outreach is interesting. this is a blitz. sent to capitol hill to meet with republicans in the house. the president brining people in the situation room including staunchest critics related to the syrian action they understand stood more needed to be down assuage the concerns at a time they don't need republicans upset about anything. whether impeachment or syria. that element of it now. recognizing they need to do more to reach out and the idea of the messaging factor. i've talked to a lot of republica

mr. mccarthy of california, number two in the house. we'll air it and then talk about it on the other side. >> everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? but we put together a benghazi special committee, a select committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. >> annie, anybody talking about irony these days? >> you know, it's funny, this clip, i remember distinctly being at a dinner with some clinton donors that i was reporting on and i'm giving a toast to kevin mccarthy after this clip. i think this is what killed his chances at being the speaker. yeah, i mean, there's -- there's so many comparisons to do of, like, they said this during benghazi, now they're saying this. it gets old. you can play the clips of lindsey graham speaking at the clinton impeachment and now saying the exact opposite thing. i also think that's sort of what politicians do. that doesn't really knock my socks off. mostly i'm surprised at how much republicans are steering clear of any substantive defense of the president on the fact

he's been listening in to beinart a leader kevin mccarthy and what did you make of mr mccarthy's comments that you know that this investigation is an attempt to undo the last election and impact the next. look mccarthy and the republicans don't want to talk about the specific evidence relating to the ukraine dealings of the president and the phone call because the evidence is pretty damning so there are 2 lines of attack are going to be precisely what minority leader. mccarthy just outlined number one to say this is all part of a campaign that began from the beginning. to deal with it in my eyes the president because of his russia ties and the argument will be when that didn't pan out and the muller report didn't fully back up the some of the allegations that have been made against the president they move to the democrats and the president's critics move to the ukraine matter now of course. gets around the fact that it was the president's own conduct in the ukraine matter that brought all this up but put that aside that is going to be a major line of defense for the president going forwar

mr. mccarthy: we're expected to analyze sensitive information, to gain a more in depth understanding of the needs of the american people and the threats our country faces on a daily basis. that role is even more consequential for the members of the intelligence committee. who are entrusted with the privileged information that other members cannot access. you would expect them to focus day and night on securing our nation and promoting our national security priorities. but that has not been the case in this congress. under the democratic majority, the most basic responsibility of the committee have been neglected. instead, the house intelligence committee is using its time and resources to run a sham impeachment inquiry in secret. members of this chamber will be asked to take one of the gravest votes a member could take before seeing a single transcript from a witness deposition. the information members and the public hear is incomplete or intentionally distored by selective leaks. madam speaker, at what cost does this impeachment effort come? the democrats push forward with this sham partis

mr. mccarthy spoke beautifully, i thought, about the sentiments from both sides of the aisle about elijah cummings, respected known as a man of intellect and great civility and kindness. and yes, he could be tough. he was the son of sharecroppers and became a member of the congress of the united states. what a wonderful american story nd what a decent, good human being. elijah cummings. and he will be remembered as such. and i thank the minority leader and i thank so many members who have served with elijah on the minority and obviously on a committee as the minimum -- minority leader. who served with him spoke so highly of him. he was a very dear friend of -american first african peaker pro tempore, and served with such great distinction for 23 years in this house and we will miss him. and i thank the republican whip for mentioning his passing and how sad all of us are at that passing. and i yield back to my friend. mr. scalise: as we all remember him, it is that style. shows the example for all of us, you can be tough and fight for the things we believe in and we all ought to do that. h

mr. mccarthy of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i thank the entleman for yielding. madam speaker, elections have consequences. our fellow americans used their vote to choose who will work for them. so i ask you-all a simple question. especially to my colleagues. is that what is happening here today? are we gathered these final moments before we depart for a week to fund our government? to pay our troops? are we gathered today to prove a new trade deal? are we gathered to debate the critical national security ssues regarding china or iran? that answer would be unanimously no. we are not working for the american people. those items would resemble the achievements of a productive congress. a congress that truly works for the people. but you know what this congress counts? this congress records more subpoenas than laws, that's the legacy. it is not just devoid of solutions for the american people, it is now abusing its power to discredit democracy. by using secret interviews and selective leaks to portray the president's legit

mr. mccarthy. he said general millie was the one who ordered the troops out. hear that in the press conference. i would like to know who the remaining democrats were in that meeting yesterday. we need a copy of the transcript from that call with president trump and mr. erdogan. my feel is that this is exactly what president trump would do when he gets himself in a corner. he creates another click -- another crisis to deflect. i believe donald trump and mike and need to go. they need to go now. i called the white house yesterday and said they should both resumption -- both resign. host: about the letter that president trump sent to president erdogan, three days after they discussed leaving syria on the phone, that letter, according to bbc, and it was received by president erdogan, in this tweet, he rejected it and threw it in the bin. the letter was described as avoid of diplomatic grace. void ofvoid -- was diplomatic grace. the president has sent vice president pence and mike pompeo to turkey. here's the first picture of erdogan and pens meeting. this person n

mr. hoyer: i have worked with leader mccarthy and tried to be constructive because he tries to , be constructive. but i don't consider him an objective source of information on president trump. reporter: what does president trump's behavior toward you mean about working with him on usmca and other things? do you still work with him? ms. pelosi: it's not important in that regard, we'll do what we need to do for the american people. that has nothing to do with him. successfully achieve something for the american people but there is no reason not to do it because there is collateral benefit to him. again we're here for the american people. we are not here -- what it means to him. >> is there any doubt in your mind -- reporter: do you think future meetings with the president are no longer necessary because of the way the meetings have blown up in the past? ms. pelosi: we were invited to a meeting at the white house that the president immediately started off by saying that we asked for the meeting which we had not. that was a minor thing. it was not a particularly hospitable opening to the meeting, b

mccarthy. this is 20 minutes. mr. hoyer: today, my colleagues, is a sad day. it is a sad day for us. it's a sad day for this institution. and it is a sad day for america. we have lost a wonderlyful human being. -- wonderful human being. a good and decent human being. a human being who made a difference. for this institution, for all of us who knew him, were his friend, for his constituents, and for all americans. all of us in this house lost a respected colleague. it, long lost a dear ime good friend. he came in 1996 to this body. every time i ran for a leadership position my friend, elijah cummings, nominated me. the passing this morning of chairman delie gentleman cummings of the committee on oversight and reform was a painful shock to all who have served with him. it more, of course, to his family. dr. rocky moore cummings, his wife. his children, his three children . elijah was a profit of god -- ,rophet of god whose name means y god is the lord. elijah cummings was true to his name. he was the leader for our country, for our state of maryland, and we have the members, including

speaker pelosi, the president, and chuck schumer and kevin mccarthy and mr. mcconnell. got a two-year agreement for 2020 and 2021 for the total amount to be spent. we voted on got it passed. that meant the airport esper could go to work in a real way. the house appropriations system had been operating on a make believe number. petition they worked up passed 12 wills and adjusted for the agreement but the house got its work done. and before the end of the year. the senate on the other hand had basically not done much because we didn't candidate have the number didn't want to work without the number. they cranked it up in september. but nothing got done by the end of the month. so now we're operating under what's referred to a c.r. -- continuing resolution. terrible way to run a railroad. it simply says agencies can spend in the new fiscal year what they spent in the old fiscal year in the same way. they can't do a do away with the program they need to to do away with. can't start new programs they want to start. they are in autopilot until the congress gets work done and

mr. mccarthy: to be stewards of the truth. it is the truth that must guide our work. when the truth is contorted, twisted and disregarded, the american people lose. the fabric of the institution starts to erode. sadly, that is exactly what is happening with the house intelligence committee under the democratic leadership. it should not have to come to this. on numerous occasions, as outlined in this resolution, the chairman of the house of intelligence committee has used his position to mislead the american people. but this resolution is about more than the actions of one individual. when false evidence is entered nto the official record, -- or communicated directly to the american people, the people's house loses the credibility it needs to function properly. if the credibility is not restored, if the american people cannot trust that the process will be fair and that the information will be honestly shared, they will lose trust in the soundness of our system of government. this is what this resolution is about. and i want to thank congressman biggs for introducing i

mccarthy. this is 20 minutes. mr. hoyer: today, my colleagues, is a sad day. it is a sad day for us.t's a sad day for this institution. and it is a sad day for america. we have lost a wonderlyful human being. -- wonderful human being. a good and decent human being. a human being who made a difference. for this institution, for all of us who knew him, were his friend, for his constituents, and for all americans.

mccarthy. this is 20 minutes. mr. hoyer: today, my colleagues, is a sad day. it is a sad day for us. it's a sad day for this institution. and it is a sad day for america. we have lost a wonderlyful human being. -- wonderful human being. a good and decent human being. a human being who made a difference. for

mr. benz introduced leader mccarthy supporting for republicans democrats don't want to debate this likelyt have to debate it they don't want to have debate why they were making things up, right in front of committee why putting words in the president's mouth don't want to have to debate why they were meeting with whistle-blower don't want about to have to debate why doing things in secret. they don't want to have to debate why leak things i can continue the bottom line it will probably be party-line vote, and but we will continue to bring pressure as week. >> do people understand all this is going on behind closed doors because, you know they are continuing this impeachment whatever you call it inquiry show. >> i think real question is ultimately the people who he don't pay people aren't watching your show on daily basis or the other shows, it that is middle part of america, right, who are just just taking kids to school right now dropping them off they may hear you know pick up a little bit on radio or see something walking out to work. those are the people that really matter so i think

connell: former chicago police department superintendent gary mccarthy with us now. sir, mr. johnson said he skipped the speech i should say, i believe because of disagreements with the president over immigration but your reaction? >> i never would have waded into those waters at superintendent. i would try to stay out of politics like that. you know, my first comment, if you go to comedy club you don't heckle the guy with the microphone because you get beat up as a result. but the bottom line is i was raised a little bit different. i always have an american flag on my suit. my father was part of the regiment that raised the flag on mount suribachi in iwo jima. i respect authority whether you agree or not. i certainly didn't agree with president obama all the time. i can tell you that the civil rights division under his watch was greatest enemy to policing in the history of this country but i went to the white house a number of times. i met with him. you know, i expressed my opinions, gave him my ideas. it turn out the way i wanted it to. police chiefs should really be more i

to be prone to just giving away the store, which is why even mccarthy, who's kind of a squish on all of these things,pe immediately up. >> mrdent, you need to i think-- think what senator feinstein is asking here,lk when we bout just daca, we don't want to be back here two years later. you have to have security, as the secretary would tell you. >> but i think that's what she's >> no, no, i thi she's saying something different. >> narrator: to immigration hardliners, it was a reminder that the president could not ber ted. >> it seems, i think, perfectly apparent to me, and anyone else who observes this president, he, he's impulsive, um, he says things off the top of his ad. he, um, bears the impression of, like a couch, bears the impression of the last person who sat on him. um, it's just, whoever gave himr the last piece of advice, he goes out and sayit. >> i think i really agree with dick. i think it'll happen. >> thank you all. >> i hope we gave you enough te >> in an unusual move, cameras were rolling for nearly an hour on tuesday...>> the president ad open to comprehensive immigration reform. >> narrator: justwo days la

leader mitch mcconnell or kevin mccarthy on for sean hannity or rush limbaugh, when you listen to them support and defend what the president does, your reaction is what? mr. steyer: can we have televised hearings, so the american people can see? can we please allow the american people to get the direct evidence and judge for themselves? listen, i have been saying, i am a grassroots person. i believe in the wisdom of the american people combined. i believe in their courage, and their compassion, and i say, leave it up to us, let us see. i don't care what the people on fox news say. i don't care whether people -- what mitch mcconnell says. let the american people see for themselves, and make the decision, and see if you can stand up to that decision. steve: you weren't on the debate stage in september. you will be in mid-october in columbus, ohio. what can viewers expect from tom steyer on that stage? mr. steyer: michael in this, -- my goal in this, steve, is to present a positive vision for the future of america. i believe that has been missing. i believe we are still working off of the failed reagan vision of the united aides, and i believe -- united sta

the problem with what mccarthy said there is he said mr. vindman was wrong.'s sharing his opinion based on a phone call he was on. i don't know what could be wrong about something that he witnessed firsthand. basically what mccarthy is saying is i believe the president over you. now you could understand how republicans are struggling here because the president and the white house wanted them to kind of lambaste the process here for a long time. they did that, and now the president says defend me on the merits, which most republicans are not willing to do because they don't think the merits are deserving of defense at this point, and all they have is that democrats are behind closed doors conducting this impeachment inquiry, which was sustainable for some period of time but is becoming, according to my reporting and everybody i talk to less and less sustainable as time goes by. i mean, there's 60 days or so left in this calendar year. democrats feel and they say privately, they need to bring this into the light. they need to make a coherent argument in front o

. >> mark: andy mccarthy is a former f just the author of a splendid book, "all the collusion: the plot to rig an election and destroy a presidency." andy, mr. durham like you are is a federal prosecutor and presumably he wouldn't be put on this case if there weren't at least the potential for a criminal prosecution at some point. >> that's right, mark. we are all hammers and every fact pattern is a nail. the whole point of assigning a prosecutor to something is to look at it in terms of whether a crime was committed. i actually be quite surprised if anything in their day-to-day function in as it's been going on the last several months is any different today that it was yesterday. in fact, i've had a chance the last couple of months to go around the country and talk about the book. i think what would've actually surprised people is if you had told them the day before yesterday that durham was only doing an administrative inquiry. i think of what he expected that this was being looked at like a prosecutor looks at a case. >> mark: one thing that's new about this is we've heard all these reports about cia employees lawyering up. for the last

mr. president. great to have you both on tonight and president trump takes a stand for law enforcement in chicago. while the mayor and the police chiefrc protested the appearanc. what leadership. gary mccarthynd bernie kerik both hered to respond. >> the strongest supporter of law enforcement that this profession has ever seen the president of the united states donald j. trump. >> you're our biggest supporter in border control & we know all. support and help that we can so our agency really appreciates what do. >> laura: there was no welcome mat rolled outen by the leadersf that liberal city. still having a teacher strike going on there. eddie johnson refused to attend the event. it's being held in the city and doesn't go. classy and lori lightfoot responded by l tweeting. it's no surprise that trump brought his -- funny. what do you have to say to city leaders who boycotted the president of the united states. >> well laura the way that i look at it first of all i would never o disrespect the president just like i wouldn't disrespect any other human being. if you don't agree with the policies you need to respect the office. for instance i you met with president obama on a couple of occasion

mr. president. we've seen the transcript you released, and it's not good. maybe the only person who hasn't seen the transcript was house minority leader kevin mccarthy. >> whathis exchange? president zelensky says we are almost ready to buy more javelins from the united states for defense purposes, and president trump replies. i would like you to do us a favor, though. >> you just added another word. >> no, it's in the transcript. >> you said i would like you to do a favor though? >> yes, it's in the white house transcript. >> oops as rick perry might say. that deer in the headlights moment was awkward. it's only one step away from the hearsay defense we've heard. here's senator lindsey graham. >> it's all hearsay. you can't get a parking ticket conviction based on hearsay. the whistle-blower didn't hear the phone call. >> the merriam webster dictionary defines hearsay as the same thing as a rumor, unverified and unsubstantiated. the trump inspector general found the complaint was credible and urgent. it's been backed up by the call transcript. so it's not hearsay. there's the deep state dodge, which includes the accusation that the whistle-blower regulation

mr. president. thank you both for being on tonight. president trump takes a stand for law-enforcement chicago as we said the mayor and the police chief protested the parents. what leadership. two heavy hitters, gary mccarthythe chicago pd and bernie kerrick former nypd commission both here to respond. >> the strongest supporter of law enforcement that this profession has ever seen, the president of the united states, donald j. trump. >> mr. president, thank you for your support. law enforcement especially in this day and age, that is no small thing. you are our biggest supporter of border patrol. we know in this day we need all the support and help we can get. so we really appreciate what you do. >> laura: while law enforcement she prays the president today in chicago, there was no welcome mat rolled out by the leaders of that liberal city. still a teacher strike going on there. chicago police superintendent eddie johnson refused to attend the president's speech with an international association of cheap of bullies being held in a city and he doesn't go when the president as they are. classy. democrat mayor lori lightfoot responded by tweeting, how sweet. no surprise donald trump brought insulting, ignora

we had andy mccarthy thinking on if you think of the worst quid pro quo it may not be impeachable. still, 63 million people who voted for mr trump who think that the people should decide. you're the representatives of the people and the people are more important than the representatives. >> there's no question about it and i think it will be crystal clear and people will be able to judge based on the facts that are now being gleaned through the inquiry process. >> you're in the wonderful city of flint, michigan which i know and love. what are your constituents tell you about this whole process? >> well, they do want us to sort of get down to and make a decision. i think people are very concerned about it, but honestly, here in my hometown of flint right now most folks are sort of cheering the fa kt fact that uaw ratified the contract with general motors, that's what people talk about here, they don't talk so much about the issue of impeachment. >> i think you're right and sums it up for most of the nation. congressman kildee thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> with all of this impeachment drama in d.c., is wall stre

i thank kevin mccarthy, the republican leader, who has put me on his selection of the china commission and his strong support for this legislation as well. we have always believed, mr. speaker, that every person in china deserves better than the brutality so many endured every single day and the system attic violations of their universally recognized human rights. tragically under president xi, human rights throughout china has significantly worsened including the pervasive use of torture, religious persecution and human trafficking. solemn promises made by beijing are rarely kept and far too many leaders of the free world are far too eager to blindly accept fiction over fact. broken promises are the rule, not the exception and the people of hong kong are suffering because of it. during the 2014 umbrellas movement, the world saw the courageous people of hong kong demanding that beijing not reneg on promises made to ensure basic ights and authentic elections. despite the president's brutal crackdown on protestors triggered by an outrageous policy to facilitate ex tradition, the resolve, the courage, the tenacity and clarity of purpose of the people of hong kong shin

mr. schiff was lying about his contact with the whistleblower and possible coordination. they want to move this quickly to by impression there is impeachment inquiry. andy mccarthyment inquiry. no subpoenas are going out. this is all a show to give impeachment the impression but they don't do subpoenas or a full vote because it means people will have a conversation, there will be debates. the president wants clarity obviously. he is the most transparent president he has. he wants people on the record. it will create certainty and that will also help the economy and the frame of mind of americans going forward. stuart: i think it will. tammy, tanks very much for joining us. have a great weekend. >> you too. >> sure thing. check the big board. nice gain the market went up a little bit on our conversation with larry kudlow. right now we're up 188 points. 26,300 is the number. >>> remember this? a ceo went viral after promising to donate $30,000 to a vet if mr. trump retweeted him. well we're joined by that ceo, bill pulte, pulte capital ceo. bill, great to see you on the show. take me through this. you want to give away via twitter a million dollars. what is this a

mr. schumer: thank you, everybody. *-* also eader mccarthy answered some questions. mr. mccarthy: just been in a meeting. i see a pattern of behavior with speaker pelosi. she storms out of another meeting, trying to make it unproductive. the other democrats stayed and had a productive meeting. the general from the the joint chiefs, the secretary of defense, and the president in this meeting stated what his number one goal is, to make sure america is safe. we talked with the general. listened to the plan. very productive between the democrats who actually stayed in the meeting. unfortunately, the speaker tries

mr. mccarthy: just been in a meeting. i see a pattern of behavior with speaker pelosi. she storms out of another meeting, trying to make it unproductive. the other democrats stayed and had a productive meeting. the general from the the joint