two representative slotkin's representative slotkin's point, what is our handshake mean to the leadership in iraq? >> that's right. i think for me, five years ago, we were working on this, we were working with those early phone calls with erdogan, we were saying we were going to work with the kurds, we knew that this was going to be an issue that we'd have to come to reckon with at some point. i never imagined that it would unfold in the way that it has. i was in turkey just literally days before those tweets came out, and i think one thing that struck me in hindsight is that it just felt very clear afterwards that our ambassador, and other professionals working on this, had no idea this was coming. and i think that begs this question, where are the professionals in this process of deliberation and policymaking? that's something that worries me. we had the national security council, it was set up for a reason. it was set up to help institutionalize a process to think through very big issues, and do great challenges that we face. and it's meant to try and make sure that we are aware of the

slotkin's town hall, most of the people were supportive of her position, i believe. there were people in hot hats that yelled out and hollered, but they were the minority in that crowd. she handled it very, very well. they did this on the affordable care act and came out in town halls and made their voices heard but in stronger numbers. that was a strong response. slotkin wasn't that strong and the truth is -- >> i want to be clear on what we just watched, congressman. there were constituents there who were not wearing red hats and they were asking thoughtful questions and they had concerns. i just want to be clear about that. i do, unfortunately, congressman, i'm out of time, so we will, of course, see you again very soon. congressman steve cohen, thank you very much. >> brianna, i watched it, too, and she handled it well and they were not the majority in that crowd. but i think people will support congresspeople that support holding up their hoet oath in supporting the constitution, and that's what america is about. >> congressman, thank you. very good to see you.

i'm sorry, representative slotkin. >> that's quite all right. so i will be honest, i've been surprised how much this issue has resonated even in mid-michigan. the issue, i think, of the president having a conversation with the turks, with president erdogan, and then removing our forces, forcing the kurds to sort of flee the area where they had been working with us has resonated with people not because people have a ton of detail on who is involved with who and the history there but because i think there's a firm belief the american handshake has to mean something, and that loyalty has to mean something. and the pictures starting with or ending with today where we have american military vehicles being pelted with fruits and vegetables as they cross into iraq, i just don't remember a time when i've seen that in my lifetime, and i have my husband was in the army for 30 years. my stepdaughter is in now. those are wrenching pictures for us. but i think the thing that concerns me the most, we have a situation right now with the kurds that is devastati

to represent slotkin's point, what is our handshake mean to the leadership in iraq? >> that's right. i think for me, five years ago, we were working on this, we were working with those early phone calls with erdogan, we were saying we were going to work with the kurds, we knew that this was going to be an issue that we'd have to come to reckon with at some point. i never imagined that it would unfold in the way that it has. i was in turkey just literally days before those tweets came out, and i think one thing that struck me in hindsight is that it just felt very clear afterwards that our ambassador, and other professionals working on this, had no idea this was coming. and i think that begs this question, where are the professionals in this process of deliberation and policymaking? that's something that worries me. we had the national security council, it was set up for a reason. it was set up to help institutionalized a process to think through very big issues, and do great challenges that we face. and it's meant to try and make sure that we are aware of the consequ

slotkin of michigan. the chair: the gentlelady from michigan and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from michigan. ms. slotkin: i rise in support of an amendment to the shield act which takes a step towards solving a tough complicated outstanding challenge in preventing foreign influence in our electrics and that is closing loopholes that allow lobbyists of foreign governments to contribute to u.s. campaigns. no matter who we are or what party we are from, we don't want foreigners playing in our political process. d this closes loopholes so foreigners cannot buy ads for or against a candidate. that idea was simple particularly on social media. so why then if we are not letting foreign entities buy ads is it ok that lobbyists for foreign governments are able to contribute to candidates' campaigns and otherwise influence u.s. elections? there is some work to be done this, but in order to properly close these loopholes we need to understand what those loophol

slotkin has. but they are encouraged to handle each of these situations as they see fit in their districts. >> i want to go back to the post poll to show you the divided country. the house should vote to remove the president from office, meaning actually pass arlticles of impeachment. among voters, 49% say that. among independents, 49% says that. the challenge for the president is to keep people in your camp. a facebook ad, as a member of the impeachment defense task force, you will be a leader in defending the president against these baseless and offensive attacks. especially heading into an election year, yes, we need to hear what did ambassador sondland say. quid pro quo matters. >> for democrats, they're still trying to figure out how do we continue to build this case and convince independents and maybe even republicans to join us if the white house continues to stonewall and the interviews we do get is all done behind the scenes. how do we create those made-for-tv moments and bring people to

representative slotkin, you serve on the homeland security committee. one of the biggest homeland security issues we have is cyber security and, will hurd, you've been focusing on these issues for many years. what's the most important thing that congress can do and we as a coun country we should do to address what the intelligence professionals all agree is an ongoing campaign to interfere in our democracy and to may recollect make sure that we are best poised to respond to that and protect ourselves. >> i would love to start. it's how do you handle disinformation. so i held the first hearings on 2016 election security before the 2016 elections were over. the summer before the elections, i was calling for the russian ambassador to be kicked out of the country because of what we had at that point had already known the russians were trying to do and bob mueller in a hearing said -- i asked a question, you know, was this a one-time event, he said it's happening right now -- >> you're the only person who asked about that. >> well, look, again, you go back t

congresswoman slotkin, your reaction to that?ink isis having a caliphate that takes up big chunks of the state of syria and the state of iraq had a lot to do with us. them having a capital from which they can project terrorist attacks into our homeland, our european allies homeland has a lot to do with us and i think the russians don't like isis, but the idea somehow we're going to just be seeding territory, breaking relationships with allies and partners. it's one thing to do it now with the kurds. the thing missing it's also about future wars and future conflicts. we've reached out our hand and said fight on the front lines with us. for us. what is going to happen the next time we go to one of these partner grurp groups asand you' an al qaeda threat in western africa or asia. we want you to help and partner with us because we don't want american soldiers dieing on the battlefield. are they going to be so quick to hold out their hand and shake our hand? i think that's the thing that's missing from the conversation. it's not just

and next to him is congresswoman slotkin who was represented in 2018, and she serves on the house armed services committee and the house homeland committee and before elected, she worked for the cia in the middle east and served as acting assistant secretary of defense for the international security affairs where she and i spent many, many hours around the situation table. this is not going to be like that. and last but not least, congressman kim, andy kim representing the 3rd district of new jersey and elected to congress in 2018 and representative kim serves on the armed house services committee and the house small business committee, and before elected he worked on the house national security staff again with yours truly as an expert on the middle east, south asia and afghanistan and he served as a strategic adviser in afghanistan alongside generals david petraeus and john allen and so we are very lucky to have all of them here today and the citizens of texas, michigan and new jersey are fortunate indeed. i am the moderator for this. i'm lisa monaco, and in addition to the service at

. >> you hear these constituents shouting at alyssa slotkin.six other members of the freshman class in congress, all former military or cia wrote a join op ed and came out in support of an impeachment inquiry. and i wanted you to know from me -- i wanted you to know from me -- [ applause ] >> when you fell off the cliff for me is when you joined -- >> this is a serious thing. this could only be the third president in history toe be impeached. and to be impeached over something like this is really stretching. >> jeff zellenny is our senior washington correspondent. you know the congresswoman is listening to her constituents, might this sway her at all? >> the question is, all of these members of congress are facing this exact same thing and weighing the applause versus weighing the boos from a few people shows us one thing, it shows the country is deeply divided on partisan lines which we know already. it's one reason alyssa slotkin was one of the last democrats to say she supports an inquiry here. it may cause some democrats their seats and it

joining us is democratic congressman alyssa slotkin a former cia officer. all people with us. you are steeped in national security, in the cia, tell us from your unique perspective what you now know about all of the, for lack of a better word, great police work that led into getting him. >> sure. so we don't know, i don't have any special knowledge of the specifics yet because i'm on the armed services committee and hopefully we will get a briefing today or this week, but i think first and foremost, it just pulls together what has got to be months, if not years, of work by targeters in the cia, in the military, both uniformed and non-uniformed, pulling together threads to follow this guy and to get him. it's a huge amount of work and i have to say, i praise president trump for making that really tough decision. i have been in the room when similar type decisions have had to be made. it's always difficult if you're going to puts u.s. forces in harm's way, so i think, you know, it's the culmination of what it must have been a massive effort and i just sort of

congressman slotkin from michigan. we did see a bunch of these freshmen democrats in competitive races pulling in big numbers. many of them had over $1 million on cash on hand. the money that's in their campaign account at the end of the quarter that they have to spend about i believe it was 28 house democrats had over $1 million. one of them were freshmen. they have a lot of money to spend going into next year. host: any of these democrats look -- do any look vulnerable? did they not have good numbers? what are bad numbers versus good? guest: the bad versus good numbers depends on the district. if you are running in a place with an expensive media market you want to build up more money than someone who has a cheaper media market in terms of buying television ads. we did see a couple house incumbents outraised by their challengers, two california freshmen, rouda, and congressman t.j. cox were outraised by their republican opponents this quarter. which can sometimes be a warning sign. when it comes to congressman t.j. c

elissa slotkin's also raised a good amount of money.ch of these freshman democrats in competitive races pulling in big numbers. many of them had over $1 million on cash on hand. many of the money -- the money in the campaign accounts, it was about 28 house democrats with over $1 million. although one of them were fresh man -- freshman. >> any of these democrats look vulnerable? what are bad numbers versus good numbers? >> the bad versus good numbers depends on the district. if you are running in a place with a really expensive media market, you want to be building or money than someone who has a cheaper media market, in terms of buying television ads. we saw a couple house incumbents opponentsby their this quarter. it can be a warning sign. tj cox is facing a potential rematch against david fella dale. validate a brings his own list and already has name id and fundraising experience. seethe most part, we did good numbers across the board. minnesota's democratic congressman raised the least amount of the group we are looking at, focusing

>> slotkin won a district carried by president trump back in 2016.ber she was one of the freshmen who wrote the op-ed last week that kick started some of the discussion about moving forward on impeachment, she's someone that held out a long time, had not been in favor of the inquiry. she came out -- the town hall was striking. i covered town halls at any levels. this was 150 or so people packed into a restaurant. they wanted to hear her make her case. and the case the congresswoman made was this, this is a national security issue. you have the president of the united states going to a foreign government to ask for this kind of help it put it is president and the country in a bind, makes us owe something to that country. she even offered a hypothetical that is interesting in hindsi t hindsight. she said this is a republican president doing this today but what if ten or 15 years from now you have a democratic president or someone asking china for help. not expecting the same president would ask china for help the next day. i also asked whether she was

the bill also -- slotkin. the bill also also the honest ads at a bipartisan piece of legislation that takes an important step to provide more transparency to digital political advertising, including the ads that the russians targeted to americans to biling followers and engagement of unwitting american citizens. title 2 closes loopholes and gaps in the law that permit foreign nationals and foreign governments to influence elections. it codifies existing f.e.c. regulations prohibiting foreign nationals from influencing decisions about campaign spending. it requires the f.e.c. to conduct an audit of illicit money in elections and report its recommendations to congress after every election cycle. it prohibits foreign spending in connection with ballot initiatives and referenda and prohibits foreign spending in political advertising that promotes, attacks, supports, or opposes the election of candidates or in the case of foreign governments, political advertising during an election year about national legislative

democratic congresswoman elissa slotkin, who supports the impeachment inquiry, got heckled. president trump won her michigan district by nearly seven points. most republican senators have refused to criticize the president's conduct. this weekend, senator susan collins of maine cautiously joined mitt romney and ben sasse, the only ones to break ranks. collins criticized the president's outreach to china but won't say what she thinks of his communications with ukraine. >> i don't want to prejudge the evidence. plus, not all the evidence is in yet. >> david, let's go back to the second whistle-blower. we know the second whistle-blower has already met with the intelligence community's inspector general. house democrats are pushing this inquiry forward. they've subpoenaed the white house. will the administration comply? >> reporter: senior white house officials tell abc news they have no intention of cooperating unless nancy pelosi holds a full vote of the house. they say without such a vote, the white house is deprived of certain rights, including to have counsel present during

. >> michigan congresswoman elissa slotkin's announcement got a not so warm response. >> the most powerful man in the world reached out to a foreigner, a foreign leader, and asked him to dig up dirt on an american. >> not true. not true. >> impeachment also on the mind of constituents in max rhodes' district. it's the one red spot in new york city. >> we need to emphasize that this is a sad and tragic day for the united states of america. >> reporter: at a friday night town hall, the democratic lawmaker took questions about his recent decision to back impeachment. >> we are going to push and push and push so we make sure that we are holding this white house to a standard. >> his district includes staten island's richmond county. it's the only county in new york city that voted for donald trump in 2016. despite that, there was little evidence of any broad anger at the town halls this week, even among nondemocrats like roy russo. >> i think that's a political thing that he just almost has to do because he's a freshman congressman. i don't know how he can go otherwise. it's a political party

year are going back home to tell impeachment to their constituents including congresswoman elise slotkin who attracted a much larger than expected crowd yesterday. >> i did this not lightly, i did this out of judicious and thoughtful reflection and i did it because i believed it was the right thing to do based on my ineggity and oath of office. i appreciate your understanding. . there's a better choice. aleve pm. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid and the 12-hour pain-relieving strength of aleve that dares to last into the morning. so you feel refreshed. aleve pm. there's a better choice. hi. maria ramirez! mom! maria! maria ramirez... mcdonald's is committing 150 million dollars in tuition assistance, education, and career advising programs... prof: maria ramirez mom and dad: maria ramirez!!! to help more employees achieve their dreams. what are you doing back there, junior? since we're obviously lost, mom and dad: maria ramirez!!! i'm rescheduling my xfinity customer service appointment. ah, relax. i got this. which gps are you using anyway? a little something called instinct. be

and congresswoman alyssa slotkin talked about why this might have taken place. >> you have russians flying, syrians flying around, turks flying near their border and over into this safe zone. so it's the right thick to do to notify operationally those different forces so that there's no confusion, so we don't get fired on. think of that scenario, right, russian planes or helicopters engaging with american planes and helicopters you don't want that scenario. so deconfliction is something different than briefing vladimir put putin. >> the president said the gang of eight should have been informed but specifically about notifying russia, does she have a point? >> she's right on both points, making sure as our forces going in they weren't in danger from the russians and the syrians and at the sale time time, the pres absolutely should have informed the gang of eight. in his press conference yesterday, the president gave an awful lot of operational detail -- >> do you think it was too much? >> there were things that -- look, what i'm hearing from folks in uniform, the intelligence community is

sure, slotkin gets booed particularly but she defends her position and gets a raund of applause. and while it took a long time for these swing members to embrace this impeachment inquiry, not that they've embraced it, they really are defending him. another congressman took 15 written against on impeachment only. max rose in new york began his town hall by defending his position. so for now, despite republican pressure, we're not seeing them back off their position. >> the democrats are unified as well. they were not at the beginning. >> it's going to be fascinating to watch as we go through this. the substance is important, but we'll watch the ploks. next, our sunday trail mix and new questions for bernie sanders. full of flavor. color. full of... woo! full of good. ou can be too. try our new warm grain bowls today. order now on ubereats. it's what gives audible there'smembers an edge.ening; it opens our minds, changes our perspective, connects us, and pushes us further. the most inspiring minds, the most compelling stories: audible. doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacist-

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. >> listening to congresswoman's alyssa slotkin's town hall and the talking points about you can't trust or the cia or something that is really taking hold just as people believe there -- many more people are believing there is a there-there to the hunter biden allegations, that must be something you take personally. tell me about that. >> i take it personally. i was there and still care deep by about the fbi and still have confidence in the fbi and in the intelligence community. and so as americans we need to figure out a way -- the american people need to have confidence in these agencies. and we need to find a way to do that. that is why i've cooperated every time that i've been asked to -- with respect to an investigation or reviews and so on, i've offered my cooperation. because the american people need that. they need to have confidence in that and so does the president. because the right way to deal with this is not to send sort of quite frankly amateurs try to conduct an intelligence or law enforcement investigations, it is to refer it to the fbi. and let them do it. and let them

carriers use and third also considered and it will consider hr 28 81 and the beyond act with rouhani and slotkin which wig it with project allies with the 5g networks that the 5g networks are secure and work with the industry to guard against political influence. next we will consider the promoting of the united states leadership act in 19. the representatives will also consider hr 2063 and any frontier act in congressman and brooks. we will discuss house resolution five 75. expressing the sense of the house and all the stakeholders in the 5g and will consider the proposals which was introduced by representative flores and so. i want to thank all the witnesses were being here today and will recognize the participating in the circuit division and the institute in car navy at the university in pittsburgh which is my congressional district and got up somebody here on the panel. she served as acting secretary in the office of cybersecurity wins and the homeland security and established and lead a computer emergency response team and i want to thank her for a period of 40 subcommittees today. with al

. >> and representative slotkins comes one day after two republicans announced challenges to her seatessman max rose on the fence about pushing for an impeachment inquiry has made a definitive decision. >> i will not shirk my duty and i will not violate my oath. i will support and i will defend the united states constitution. and it is for that reason that i intend to fully support this impeachment inquiry and follow the facts. we have got to follow these facts where they lead us, and where we find ourselves today, the president has no one to blame but himself. >> and congressman max rose will be joining "morning joe" next hour. >>> the latest "politico" tracking poll shows americans support for impeachment hitting a new high. 46% of voters said that congress should begin impeachment proceedings to remove president trump. that is up three points since last week. 43% said they're against it. meanwhile, 58% of voters said they believe trump committed an impeachable offense such as treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. 38% said the president has proven he is unfit to se

let's discuss with elissa slotkin. she worked at the pentagon, syria and the risks there we must address as well. let's start with this instant issue of whether or not to have a vote. do you see it as a distraction or should it get some traction? >> i think -- i think it's a delay tactic, but i don't think the house of representatives would have a problem passing a vote. i think some of what happened in the past couple of weeks was a bunch of folks coming out who hadn't come out before like myself saying they would support an impeachment inquiry because of that very basic idea of the president reaching out to a foreigner and asking for information on an american citizen, so i don't think a vote is a hard thing to do. i think it's a delay tactic. but if they need to have it, i'm not against it. >> you know why they want it, a little bit is time, it's also design. as soon as you announce the vote. i would stand up and say what about my rights, who can i subpoena? can i call any witnesses here or is it just a democrat sho

three representatives will hurd, andy kim, and alyssa slotkin of michigan will join the conversation host bid the ncu school of law. you can find the events live on c-span.org or listen with the radio app. >> tonight on the communicators. texas representative eddie ber niece johnson on increasing the number of women and minorities in technology fields. >> we want to be in a position to furnish our own brain power. the only way we're going to ever be able to do that is to educate women and minorities in stem fields. and that comes in many categories. we've even coined a phrase more recently called blue collar stem. where no amount of ph.d.s or graduate degrees might even be necessary to have those skills to be innovative, and to be a good work force. that is producing some of the innovation. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> the new c pan survey in voting on elections found 60% of americans want to amend the u.s. constitution and elect by popular vote rather than the electoral college. 38% want to keep the current system. while only a third of republicans support the chan

schakowsky: i would like to yield three minutes to congresswoman slotkin on this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from michigan is recognized for three minutes. ms. slotkin: thank you, madam chair, thank you, congresswoman schakowsky and congresswoman spanberger. i rise to speak inport support of my bill, the benefit act, which is incorporate in the bill today. it started with a simple request from seniors in my district. people want to know how much a prescription dill wil cost before they pick it up at the drugstore and deserve to know that it's the best possible price they can get. this bill does that very thing. it provides medicare patients with the information they need about the cost of the prescription, whether there are generic alternatives, as well as the best pharmacy for the best deal before they even leave the doctor's office. right now, here's how the system works. a patient goes to the doctor gets a prescription and walks out. then they take it to a local pharmacy, fill it, and pick it up. it's right to then at the counter in front of everyon

let's bring in congresswoman slotkin, a former pentagon official and c.i.a. analyst.your view should speaker pelosi have been notified in advance about the raid? >> first of all i think this was a good thing so we should mark that time that this was a positive, positive thing. that said we do have a tradition in our country whether you're a democrat or republican president of informing the gang of eight. the top eight leaders across the house and senate when something very big and very sensitive is going on. so i think that the president should have done that in a bipartisan fashion. that said i understand and was part of different administrations where we were also worried about leaks. he should have notified the top eight officials. >> jon: he did not notify any republicans in advance as far as we know. we understand that he did tell richard burr and senator lindsey graham about the raids. he didn't give republicans advance notice. >> i hope that's the case. i'm an army wife and worked in the military my entire life. before those guys and gals got on the planes and

three representatives, will herd of texas, andy kim, and alyssa slotkin join the conversation hosted by the nyu school of law. you can watch that live here on c-span3 and live online at cspan.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >>> tonight on the communicators, texas representative eddie bernice johnson, chair of the science, space and technology committee on increasing the number of women and minorities in technology fields. >> we want to be in a position to furnish our own brain power. the only way we're going to ever be able to do that is to educate women and minorities in the s.t.e.m. fields, and that comes in many categories. we've even coined a phrase more recently called blue collar s.t.e.m. where no amount of ph.d.s or graduate degrees might even be necessary to have those skills to be very innovative and to be a good workforce that is producing some of the innovation. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> the new c-span survey on voting and elections found 60% of americans want to amend the u.s. constitution and elect the president by popular vote rather than th

in august, congresswoman slotkin said, people in my district are wanting us to pass bills. and they fear if we go down this path of impeachment we won't be working on the things that affect the live -- their live, their pocketbooks, and their kids. in september, congressman max rose said impeachment will not fix our roads and bridges, or lower the cost of drugs. the truth is, impeachment will only tear our country further apart. and we will see no progress on the enormous challenges we face as a nation. democrats said their majority would be different. they promised the american public if they entrusted them with majority they would act it. that they would put people before politics. madam speaker, the polls we see today that more people can tell you what the investigations but can't tell you anything that has been accomplished. they have broken their promise to solve problems. r for all americans and pass legislation. madam speaker, there are 22 legislative days left on the calendar. 22. in that brief time we have a lot of work to do. but we cannot fulfill our responsibili

congresswoman elizabeth slotkin. good to see you this morning.your reaction to an absolutely stunning wild day out of the white house. the rebuke from your body, the house of representatives of the president's policy as it pertains to turkey and syria, where do we go from here to somehow salvage what's happening in northeast syria? >> yeah, well, it was a really strong showing of bipartisanship yesterday, that was one the most bipartisan votes that we've had since i've been in congress since january. so that was a strong signal to the president that, you know, republicans and democrats don't agree with this policy. where do we go from here? it's definitely -- it's definitely going to be a challenge. and i think per your conversation you were just having, there's one conversation about, you know, betraying the kurds and, you know, sort of saying to the world that the american handshake doesn't mean something. but it speaks to a bigger sort of problem for the future, which is, you know, how are we going to engage in these parts of the world? the wh

you to know from me -- i wanted you to know from me -- >> reporter: democratic congresswoman alyssa slotkin supports the impeachment inquiry getting mixed messages at home in michigan. democrats subpoenaed the white house but senior white house officials tell us they will not cooperate unless the speaker first holds a full house vote authorizing this impeachment inquiry. the white house says without that they are deprived of certain rights like having a counsel present for some of these depositions but the speaker is adamant saying she is not required under the constitution to have a vote before proceeding with this investigation even though every other impeachment process has had this vote. >> every presidential impeachment process has had one of these votes and the speaker is under more pressure. >> reporter: the speaker notably has not ruled this out. notably says she could consider having this vote. under the constitution she says she does not require her to do this. >> okay, mary bruce, thanks very much. >>> the house impeachment inquiry ramping up the next few days. several state depa

alyssa slotkin in michigan's eighth congressional district.he is one of these national security democrats who had to be pushed along on this impeachment until she decided she wanted to support it. republicans are looking for a candidate in that seat. mike bishop the former republican incumbent a lot of people want him to run and he does not seem all excited about doing it. republicans did get, there been a number of candidate announcements over the past week in some places. washington's eighth congressional district that is kind of a classic swing district the democrats captured in 2018 after failing to capture it in previous elections. there are 31 democrats in districts that donald trump carried in 2016. the republicans need to win about 20 seats to in the house back. and those 31 trump district democrats are the ones you think they would target because, i mentioned the nationalization of politics. if the president could win reelection and he well knows district he might be able to care enough republicans to victory to win the house. another

democrats taking the impeachment fight to the communities they represent, michigan congresswoman elissa slotkinr position to support president trump's impeachment in her home district yesterday. her defense comes one day after two republicans announced challenges to her seat next november. and new york congressman max rose who had been on the fence about pushing for an impeachment inquiry announced his decision, as you saw, at that town hall in staten island yesterday. congressman rose joins us now. he's a member of the house veterans affairs committees and he's a veteran of the war in afghanistan prosecutor and recipient of the bronze star and purple heart. good to see you this morning. >> thanks for having. >> he what knocked you off the fence on this? >> immediately when seeing this tissue was clear it was a grave national security crisis that we had to get to the bottom of. and in the process, what we saw over the last few days, though, was clear obstruction from this administration that led me to believe that we have got to elevate this to that of an impeachment inquiry. with that being sa