congressman tim burchett is leading the charge in congress to take unidentified aerial objects in the sky seriously. why the government has been involved in a cover-up for decades. >> my gosh! the wind is 120 miles to the west. look at that thing, dude. veteran homeowners. prices are going up fast.

>> martha: congressman tim burchett accuses the feds of covering up info on ufos in the sky.had pergram on what to expect tomorrow. hi, chad. >> good afternoon. bipartisan lawmakers are suspicious that they think the government is hiding something. ryan graves is a former navy pilot. he's seen weird things while flying training missions. he testifies tomorrow. >> you have objects that are performing low speed maneuvers like stationary and high winds and in the same breath, they're accelerating to mach 2, that's not something that we can do. we're not seeing something to be able to survive in. it's too quick. >> the marquee witness is david rush. he's a former intelligence office and whistle-blower. he claims the government is hiding what could be a space craft from someplace else. and he believes the military may have in its possession alien remains. lawmakers were intent to hear from grush. >> i was struck by the sheer amount of detail. i was able to contact him and hear directly from him in a lengthy phone call interview. after speaking with him, i was convinced the america

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host: at our table this morning is republican congressman tim burchett of tennessee, also a member of the transportation and infrastructure committee, serving his third term in congress. let us talk about the hearing. many in the media were referring to it as the ufo hearing, but the words used yesterday was unidentified aerial phenomena on, uap. witnesses say ufos are no joking matter, would you agree? guest: one hundred percent. i hope to spearhead that, we had excellent witnesses and my staff did a great job getting folks prepared. we have some of the best pilots in the world in our military. those tictac, like the little candy, what they are shaped like , we had one of the gentlemen chase ufos, i believe his wing man filmed them. just incredible testimony. host: what did you hear? guest: that we are not alone. these are craft we do not have any idea how they function, basically. they have no heat signature, they can do speeds that are unheard of. if there is a human in there, they would be dead because of the geforce. they would liquefy their bodies. they are just incredible. we h

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elizabeth: well, look who's here, or congressman tim burchett from house transportation.hark sightings in florida and long island, roller coasters gone haywire. it took a tourist to call out cracks on a roller coaster in north carolina, riders left hanging upside down for hours in wisconsin, and u.s. air travel is getting more chaotic. thousands of delays and cancellations. does this administration have a handle on this? >> absolutely not, liz. and for the record, sharknado was probably one of the best movies of all times and got snubbed by the academy, of course. [laughter] pete buttigieg is once again showing he was way out of his league, ma'am. i was a mayor, we balanced budgets, not raise tax, pay down debt, pay cash for schools, things like that in knox county. all he did was raise taxes, and he checked a box, and this white house has put him in position, he's way with over his head. he's a champion up show. he rides his bike a quarter of a block into the office after his security guards let him out of the suburban, and he wants the blame the weather? give me a break

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tennessee congressman tim burchett and south carolina congresswoman nancy mace said the biden administration is getting a pass every time there's something strange going on with the president biden or his family argument regarding his administration with the white house, no one can never seem to find an answer. president biden and his family were away from the white house in the days leading up to the discovery on thursday, the secret service closed its investigation after no fingerprints or dna turned up connected to the cocaine and surveillance footage of the staff and tour group area did not identify a suspect. it is deeply frustrating. this is on the most secure locations in the world. of the best law enforcement officers in the world. anyone who visits the white house has to give identifying information. and pastor security. and while staff members are fingerprinted, tour groups are not. i'm satisfied that the secret service and the white house are. >> on top of democrats including maryland congressman jamie raskin called the investigation thorough but remain concerned about how the dru

congressman tim burchett says at a hearing next week, lawmakers will hear testimony from david grush,ment has a taxpayer funded program that recovers and stores crashed. >> alien spacecraft non-human exotic origin vehicles that have either landed or crashed. >> we have spacecraft that from another species. >> we do? yeah. how many? quite a number. >> the pentagon says an investigation has found no verifiable information to substantiate russia's claims. lawmakers will also hear from david fravor, a retired navy commander who recorded this video in 2004 showing a tic tac shaped object over the pacific. oh my gosh, dude. >> wow. look at that. oh, man. look at that fly. >> skeptics believe the sightings could be advanced drones or optical illusions. the military intelligence officer leading the pentagon task force on ufos says they're analyzing more than 800 cases dating back decades. >> i have a full range of hypotheses. there's on this end of the spectrum. it's advanced technology that's coming from an adversary right in the middle have all my known objects, balloons and drones and bird

. >> reporter: tennessee republican tim burchett believes the pentagon is withholding evidence of terrestrialncounters. >> i want transparency. quit with this redacted stuff and let's get it out there. >> reporter: former intelligence officer david grush will tell congress tomorrow that he was denied access to information on a secret government ufo crash retrieval program, something the pentagon disputes. astronomer seth show stack said the pentagon would have little incentive to cover up ufo encounters. >> why would they do that? and almost invariably the response is, well, the public couldn't handle the news. that's -- that's totally bonkers, right? >> reporter: but new york democrat kirsten gillibrand says more transparency is critical. the increasing number of objects in the sky could be a threat to military aircraft. >> these pilots, they see it as urgent for a national security reason to have domain awareness. they could crash into these objects. >> reporter: congress, which for years has avoided this topic of unidentified phenomena, tomorrow will give it a big and bipartisan platform.

. >> reporter: tennessee republican tim burchett believes the pentagon is withholding evidence of possiblesparency. just release all the files they have on it. quit with this redacted stuff and let's get it out there. >> reporter: former intelligence officer david grusch will tell congress tomorrow that he was denied access to information on a secret government ufo crash retrieval program, something the pentagon disputes. astronomer seth shostak said the pentagon would have little incentive to cover up ufo encounters. >> why would they do that? and, almost invariably, the response is, well, the public couldn't handle the news. that's -- that's totally bonkers, right? >> reporter: but new york democrat kirsten gillibrand said more transparency is critical. the increasing number of objects in the sky could be a threat to military aircraft. >> these pilots, they see this as urgent for national security reason to have domain awareness. they could crash into these objects. >> reporter: congress, which for years has avoided this topic of unidentified phenomena, tomorrow will give it a big and bi

. >> tim burchett called the hearing featuring military pilots have seen strange things will find for the us. he thinks the government has something to hide. >> where they still covering up the kennedy assassination? >> one former intelligence officer confounds the military has pieces of a craft not from earth and may hold remains of an extraterrestrial pilot. >> i was struck by the detail and after speaking with him i was convinced the american people needed to hear from him directly. >> congress mandated the military document claims of uso's in last year's defense bill. >> we are not saying what they are and what they are not. we are saying there is something our pilots are seeing. it has had an effect on our training operations. >> reporter: a lack of transparency suggest the government hides other things. >> what else are we going to give them authority to not tell the american people because they're interested in controlling and keeping us in a bubble. >> orson welles 1938 radio drama war of the worlds freak people out so much they crashed cars and jumped out of buildings. >> i a

tim burchette said the word murder.e been thinking about that, who is willing to hurt or kill and why? >> that is a very good question temperature is very puzzling. we are talking about information of something that came from outside the solar system. it has nothing to do with national security unless some people have interest of using that knowledge for their own commercial benefits. that is only thing i can think of and the fact that the u.s. may have in possession such material means it should release to the scientific community. scientists like myself can make sense of it and explain it to the public. >> todd: focus on the science part, my big takeaway is we are not alone whachl is your takeaway from your experience perspective and personal experience? >> national security purposes, quite natural for them to notice things unusual. astronomers look at the sky and focus on distant objects, they don't wear about what happens near earth. it is not unexpected and it's surprising the government was hiding information and

tim burchett says the witnesses back up claim of ufo crash retrieval program operating in the classified world and the government denial of it. >> they keep saying aliens don't exist. they continuously block things, the pentagon squashes witnesses. nasa backed down on us. we have three dynamite witnesses, professionals, military people that are there and saw what they saw. >> todd: wednesday is the day it gets exposed. that is scary. to soccer. switzerland shutting down the philippines. throw out the record books when they get together at the fifa world cup. securing 2-0 win. >> and the save and the follow and another save. bachman. the one to finally put it away, switzerland doubles their lead. >> todd: even i could have scored that last goal. i could have. i played first team all conference soccer. canada ending in a tie after nigeria goalie stopped a penalty kick. i couldn't do that, i was a goalie. and against vietnam tonight, champs looking to secure fifth world cup title. watch team usa on fox, coverage 7 p.m. eastern. that match starts at 9:00. let's do it. gavin newsom just slapp

. >> reporter: tim burchett of tennessee may want to have field hearings next. there was a staggering crowd outside the hearing with hundreds of people waiting to get in. some of the crowd showed up at 4:30 this morning. neil: what i didn't understand, talking about unidentified aerial phenomena, several congressmen talking about the idea of left us go to these places. they could. are they forbidden to go? >> reporter: depends on your intelligence and security. some of these numbers are not members of the armed services committee. some people have asked questions. we should be seeing these things. this is an extraordinary exchange that happened a few minutes ago. eric burlison, a freshman from missouri asked david gresh, whistleblower who claims to have information that we might have some things that aren't from this earth. 's question was of this. has any of the activity you have encountered with uaps been aggressive or hostile? he said what mac i know of colleagues of mine that got physically injured. burlison said by the uaps or the government? rush said both

adversaries like china or russia says tim burchett. >> it would be over. ufo skeptic. >> i think if we would have found a ufo i think the department would say they would want to request more money. >> the subcommittee will come to order. andre carson shared the first hearing on ufos in 50 years. he is concerned how people may react if we are not alone. >> we saw what happened with the war the world. we saw what happened with radio programs in the 30s of folks are jumping out of buildings. >> chuck schumer wants to create a special agency to declassify ufo information as part of this year's defense bill. on capitol hill, fox news. jon: joining me now one of the witnesses who will be testifying to congress on wednesday. former navy pilot and cofounder of americans for safe aerospace ryan graves. brian, what do you expect he will tell this congressional investigation? >> well, i will be looking to share the experiences that i have as a pilot. i will be looking to share what has progressed in this conversation since 2014 timeline when we first started spotting

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calling for speaker getting select committee in your piece tonight ryan graves and congressman tim burchettfor being here tonight and so, mr. graves, start with you there been dozens of movies countless movies be made about your post people laugh it off, and is clear after this hearing that there is a serious issue here and if you are indigenous to help the stigma around what is happening in the military when people see this, do you think that you furthered it under those goals with the testimony this week sue and i think it for the fiscal this weekend a big white, and congresses talking about this in a way that they have not before i think even some of the members that didn't that hearing themselves start your was said sweetie as a congressman, but that is, and italic washington dc, work nobody agrees on anything except specialists public is present was pleasantly bipartisan when it came to a lot of the questions that were asked about these programs and this topic, do you think that is the case. ryan: yes and that was my intention all along and we had jerry and garrett moscowitz is a dear

have voted for the bill, but voted against it, because of the change, and it is not sure what tim burchett said with a man ri kruting in the military base or what, and he did not say specifically, but those are the issues that won over the folks on the far right and folks that would have typically voted against, but they liked the social issues, because they believe that they are violating the federal law for reimbursing people for abortion issues, and that is why senator tommy tuberville is holding up senate appointees in the military. so this is a big fight in the months ahead, and it is a significant bill and one that passes year after year, and setting the military policy, and can they reconcile in the two chambers and get the white house to pass it into law, and the way that the speaker of the house deals with the narrow majority and work with the far right members, even if it cost them democratic support. >> i wanted to ask that, manu, and the context there, and manu is standing outside, because after this vote, that is when the members head for the exits, and you can see the cars th

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on a near daily basis, sometimes coming as close as 500 feet congressmembers jared moskowitz, tim burchett and anna paulina luna all claim the intelligence community and elements within the military. >> have worked to keep information. we do have about you. ap encounters secret. they are. >> they do exist or they don't exist. they keep telling they don't exist but they block every opportunity for us to get a hold the information to prove that they do exist when they take at face value. the numerous roadblocks that we've been presented with, it leads me to believe >> that they are in g hiding information. i look for to bring this topic to light. we asked if there were more pieces of actual physical evidence, pictures or videos of peas. >> either in the air or on the ground that the pentagon i've seen better quality salute lee 100% and i may be released. so will there be physical evidence of you a piece presenting to the american public at the hearing next week? the committee members response. >> and this specific group of house members couldn't stress enough. how much opposition they face j

let's listen to congressman tim burchette. >> they do not know who did it and that is the most ridiculousmeone walks in the white house, most secure building in the world, actually, and can place something in a locker, what if that was a biological entity or an emergent that would mature over a few days and it would -- could -- you know, there's a lot of questions. >> reporter: lawmakers did say that they learned some additional new details about the investigation the key to the cubby was missing, none of the suspects were drug tested, that they obtained the information about the visitor logs from a presidential request, whether republicans will continue investigating this nancy maze says their plates are full and do not anticipate looking into this further. >> maybe cocaine gate is over. >> melanie zanona live on capitol hill, thank you. >>> another state election official sat down with the special counsel investigating trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this was first on cnn. federal prosecutors interviewing the michigan secretary of state for several hours in march. a democ

maria: tim burchett asked if anyone has been murdered as a result. we asked him about this earlier.s. >> the hearing was significant for several reasons. it put this on the congressional record. as of right now, most government classified material on ufos is strictly limited to the armed services committees and the intelligence committees in both the house and the senate. so what burchett did with this hearing, he allowed representatives who were not on the house intelligence committee to come and hear for themselves the information that is out there. so he's kind of opening the door a little bit and getting more lawmakers intrigued on the subject and that's good flus for those who do want more transparency going forward is that peaking the interest now could only serve to bring more transparency to the issue. maria: it was stunning when he said the technology that we've witnessed is more advanced than anything we've ever seen. >> that's the crazy part. if we learned anything in the past couple years, the government's not very efficient, they're not good allocating our dollars which

committee members, including tennessee, republican tim burchett and florida democrat jared moskowitz.tress. either way the american people deserve to know taxpayers are paying for programs that are keeping this information secret. moscowitz argues avoiding answers creates distrust unnecessarily. censoring things are over. classification is what leads. >> to all of these sherry's. but earlier this week, national security council spokesperson john kirby said the federal government has to strike a balance between transparency and national security. we're not saying what they are. >> what they're not. saying that. something our pilots are seeing. we're saying it has had an effect on some of our training operations. and so we want to get to the bottom of. >> and lawmakers plan to hold that hearing next wednesday in washington. i'm jessi chore. >> still ahead here, pg and e crews are working with the hayward fire department to brush up on their emergency responses. we'll take a look at the drills that they're doing to prepare. plus, why netflix executives say one of its ad free plans is not

congressman, i want to start with you, representative tim burchett says he's 100% sure the federal governmentments about ufos, do you agree? >> oh, i think tim is right. there's definitely information that the u.s. government is keeping, not just from the american people but from congress. i mean you're talking about satellite imagery, you're talking about pictures, radar data. these pilots are interacting with these things in realtime. these are legit pilots with decorated backgrounds who are coming forward with whistleblower status, you know, testifying in hearings under oath of what they interacted with. you know, there's some video of that. but listen, i was saying in the hearing, you know, when a russian jet interacts with one of the american drones, and damages its propeller, we get immediate video of that. we get immediate pictures that gets released to the american public and world to show what happened. but when there's a uap, we get nothing. the idea that we use the same technology doesn't pass the smell tess. >> congressman luna, i want to play an exchange you had with a former int

and tim burchett of tennessee, i don't care about that, it doesn't amount to anything. of former obama administration administration and scott jennings who was a special assistant to president george w. bush. i mean, scott, a lot of those names that i just read are republicans who were in districts that president biden won and voting on something that is basically meaningless just symbolic, or would send a message, doesn't help their campaigns. >> yes, you might get into a situation where it fails. i mean what if he puts that on the floor and you don't expunge it? i talked one house member he's and maybe the first one might get expunged, i'm not sure about the second one, the optics of this are all bad, and then you take on the political empirical data we have witches voters are thinking about donald trump in the things he did and what he represents. we lose elections just like we did in the midterms, all these people want to look forward, these votes will be looking backwards going into a presidential cycle that's not the disposition the party should take. >> do you th

tim burchett, i don't care about that, it doesn't amount to anything.es of that republican conference. which makes me more interested in the dynamic between mccarthy and trump, behind the scenes, how it works, how transactional it is, what's your sense of things? >> transactional is the perfect word. first of all, that is fascinating. i haven't seen it set up like that. mike lawler, he's one of the more moderate members. he helped republicans get the majority bng elected from new york and then of course you have among the most conservative on the right there, and that tells you everything you need to know. they don't want to deal with what happened in the past, even those who are among the most fervent of supporters of donald trump, maybe the most fervent are like, okay, let's do this pau because it will make him happy. for the most part no. there's so many reasons why thigh don't want to do it, not the least of which it doesn't do anything. you can't -- you both know this, you can't expunge an impeachment. it would just be effectively a sense of congre

tennessee congressman tim burchett believes the government is hiding something. >> we have had a heckaring. we are done with the cover-up. >> bipartisan lawmakers are suspicious of their own government. >> rumors tend to flourish in places whereby the federal government is silent or not transparent. that's a scary thought that they don't trust us. >> lawmakers tried to review photos and talk to pilots who saw things. but the military stymied them. >> they were hiding images and information. >> two navy pilots who say they spotted strange things in the sky will testify at an upcoming hearing. a third witness is whistleblower and former air force intelligence officer david grusch. he claims the military has possession of a nonhuman spacecraft and potentially the remains of an indu extraterrest. doubts it belongs it like china or russia. >> if russia owned it wouldn't be battling in ukraine it would be over. >> kevin mccarthy is a ufo skeptic. >> i think if we had found an ufo i think the department of defense would tell us because they would probably want to request more money. >> the s

to medium hubs, provisions the safe aviation flight enhancement act introduced with my friend tim burchett from knoxville. . directed the f.a.a. about minimum seat size as mandated from the 2015 f.a.a. re-authorization. language developed with senator lujan regarding aircraft cabin temperature standards, provisions for the emergency vacating of aircraft cabin act that would work with senator duckworth on. the mobility aids onboard improvement lives introduced with senator thune to improve air travel for passengers with disabilities. and the prioritizing, accountability and accessibility of consumers act on disabilities as well. as you can see, i work with folks from both sides of the aisle and from both houses. that's what we needed to do and that's why this bill is good and why it's going to pass. so i appreciate also the bill addresses consumer concerns related to reimbursements, when there are significant delays or canceled flights, family seating is permitted and airline operation plans. all of the above are steps in the right direction to protect and accommodate passengers and also en

host: at our table this morning is republican congressman tim burchett of tennessee, also a member of the transportation and infrastructure committee, serving his third term in congress. let us talk about the hearing. many in the media were referring to it as the ufo hearing, but the words used yesterday was unidentified aerial phenomena on, uap. witnesses say ufos are no joking matter, would you agree? guest: one hundred percent. i hope to spearhead that, we had excellent witnesses and my staff did a great job getting folks prepared. we have some of th

to medium hubs, provisions the safe aviation flight enhancement act introduced with my friend tim burchett from knoxville. . directed the f.a.a. about minimum seat size as mandated from the 2015 f.a.a. re-authorization. language developed with senator lujan regarding aircraft cabin temperature standards, provisions for the emergency vacating of aircraft cabin act that would work with senator duckworth on. the mobility aids onboard improvement lives introduced with senator thune to improve air travel for passengers with disabilities. and the prioritizing, accountability and accessibility of consumers act on disabilities as well. as you can see, i work with folks from both sides of the aisle and from both houses. that's what we needed to do and that's why this bill is good and why it's going to pass. so i appreciate also the bill addresses consumer concerns related to reimbursements, when there are significant delays or canceled flights, family seating is permitted and airline operation plans. all of the above are steps in the right direction to protect and accommodate passengers and also en