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to leader mccarthy, whip scalise, conference chair cheney, nrcc chairman tom emmer, leaders all, it isreat to be back at the house republican conference retreat just 416 days from when we elect a republican majority in the house of representatives and reelect president donald trump for four more years. and i want to thank you all for the warm welcome. and i bring greetings from a friend of mine who i spoke to this morning, who spoke to you last night. and i've got to tell you, i hope you saw that enthusiasm and the support. and i'm here to tell you once again, as he told you last night, president trump and i are absolutely committed to seeing a republican majority back in the united states house of representatives after 2020. and we love this leadership team. we really do. these are all friends of mine. as steve said, i served with so many of you in this room, and i've served with you in this capacity now, and i just admire each and every one of the men and women in this room. but i'll tell you, if there is anyone in america who has worked harder for this republican majority -- as the

[applause] nrcc chair tom emmer. tom, thank you, tom. bill ferguson.ip great job. you, great job. aisles and want to proudly welcome our newest republican congressmen, people that thought a big fight and they are winners. they reacted so incredibly under pressure the world was watching. a lot of people were hoping for the opposite outcome but many more people were hoping for the outcome we had. a man who was not expected necessarily to win, then he was brutal and brilliant and did a andt job, now soon-to-be now congressman dan bishop for many years. thank you, dan. what a great job. what a great job, dan. man who fought so hard, and he was supposed to win won little tiny bit and he by a lot of points, it was a big victory and i want to congratulate you, greg murphy. he will be with you folks for a long time. they are special people. north carolina, thank you. it was some crowds that turned ,ut, like people never expected and it was a great evening of television. i would not say the fake news was too happy with the outcome of that is ok. we did it and worked togethe

trump: nrcc chair tom emmer. tom, thank you, tom. [applause] thank you, tom.ef deputy whip drew ferguson. great job. thank you, great job. i also want to proudly welcome our newest republican congressman, two people that thought a big fight and they are winners. they reacted so incredibly under pressure. the whole world was watching. a lot of people were hoping for the opposite outcome, but many more people were hoping for the outcome we had, a man who was not expected necessarily to win, washe got into gear and he brutal and brilliant, and did a great job. now, soon-to-be and now congressman dan bishop for many years. thank you, dan. dan, thank you. what a great job. [applause] pres. trump: what a great job, dan. and another man who fought so hard, and he was supposed to win by a little tiny bit, a couple of points, and he won by a lot of points. it was a big victory, and i want to congratulate you, greg murphy. he will be with you folks for a long time. they are special people. north carolina, thank you. there were some crowds that turned out. they turned ou

. >> chad: tom emmer is a republican congressman from. make no mistake, it will cost them with the majority in 2020. sean. >> sean: all right, good reporting. now, more reaction. house minority leader, kevin mccarthy. first, let me get your reaction that we now have the inspector general pulling the lid on the whistle-blower. also the revelation that there was no quid pro quo involved in this, but this person had a political agenda. i'd like to know what the agenda was. i'd like to also know how did anyone get to listen in on a president's call to a foreign leader and leak it? what foreign leader will ever trust talking to a president in the future? >> kevin: i don't know why democrats are excited. first of all, they just made america weaker. this is similar to all those attacks on the president. they've been going after the president even before he was elected. don't worry, we have an insurance policy so he can never win. and now, a whistle-blower who didn't even hear the conversation. what nancy pelosi did was nothing. she didn't bring

i want to read you a statement from tom emmer who is a republican congressman from minnesota.chairs what is known here as the nrcc which is the national republican congressional committee. and from his perspective and, this is what the congresswoman was referring to, this is a field day for the republicans. he said for the past three years this socialist democrats have been in obsessed with impeaching the president and back filling the reason after-the-fact. they are so localized that they are willing to plunge the unites states into an crisis. now this is the unanswered question. the reason that democrats were unwilling to do if their toe into the impeachment water is they want all of these districts with moderate democrats who are resistant to democrat road trump districts. it will be very touchy politics, charles, if democrats are to retain the house. and if the public perceives this isn't a bridge that's not too far. now make no mistake, this is about intelligence and this is about the alleged transgressions but, this comes to policies and the political sides are so engage

. >> tom emmer is a republican for minnesota, he chairs what is called the nrcc, national republicane and what he said today was "democrats have lost their sanity and remaining credibility with the american people. make no mistake, backing impeachment will cost democrats their majority in 2020." so republicans are going to try to flip this on people like jeff landrieu in 2020 i also spoke with kurt schrader, a moderate democrat from oregon, one of the most conservative democrats in the house and asked him what he thought after nancy pelosi made her announcement. he said i don't know, i'm going to have to think about that, but he said i don't want to tear the country apart. martha. >> martha: chad, thank you very much. on the hill. here are now exclusively on that and other big stories today, senator marco rubio, a member of the senate foreign relations committee. senator, good to see you tonight. thank you for being here. obviously a few things to talk about but i want to get your reaction first to this decision by nancy pelosi today. >> first of all, the term impeachment has lost al

stuart: tom emmers, thank you for joining us. for reaction to the release of this transcript and we're getting some. susan, what have you got for us. susan: as we mentioned with the whistle-blower complaint from the inspector general of the intelligence community to doj, department of justice, what they found, relying on established procedures set forth in the justice manuel doj in the criminal division reviewed record of call, based on the facts there was no campaign finance violation and that no further action was warranted. all relevant components of the department agreed with this legal conclusion. and the department concluded on this matter. stuart: that is interesting because you would expect some political reaction. we have the department of just at department of justice saying no criminal violation. susan: no criminal violation. this zeroed in to possible campaign violations not tied to foreign aid. the company crowdstrike was mentioned in the phone call, it is a publicly listed company. had a successful ipo this year. do