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Watching the house today on c-span. if youd tuned into c-span and know whats going on in congress today, mackshine waters is there saying the trump administration is going to do russias bidding then 10 seconds later the c-span feed of the house floor for the first time ever in the history of the c-span feed gets overtaken, gets hijacked by -- you see that down in the lower left-hand corner, see what it is? "rt." that stands for russian today. russian today is the bonkers state-funded russian new...

In real life on the floor of the house today. stock? maxine waters, california democrat giving this speech saying if you get rid of this oversight the trump administration can come in here and instead of acting in americas interest they can act in wall streets interest. they can act in russias interest. im amazed that the republicans would do this. we now know that is what she was saying on the floor of the house. thats what you would have seen if you were there live. but you werent there live, ...

Could that just have been on his computer? but, no, it happened, it happened for about 10 minutes today. as of tonight, c-span says it still cannot account for how this happened. they can confirm this has never happened before in the history of the the c-span feed. but that happened toy. as did the lights out and por cut in the other hearing. so welcome to your whole new world. who knows what any of that was about. our congressional producers -- nbc news congressional producers tonight tell us i...

>> to ensure that i dont -- we dont end up with a light turn out again i wont redo my second half of my statement. >> so it eventually all came back. they moved to a different hearing room, they set up microphones and everybody woke up but still nobody knows why the lights went out and the power all went out and the c-span camera got drunk and passed out and couldnt figure out who it was for almost an entire hour at the cia hearing. but for the record that power cut did happen as soon as senator...

Ultimately the camera gets its bearings visually and sits like there like this for about 10 minutes with no audio before this happens. >> to ensure that i dont -- we dont end up with a light turn out again i wont redo my second half of my statement. >> so it eventually all came back. they moved to a different hearing room, they set up microphones and everybody woke up but still nobody knows why the lights went out and the power all went out and the c-span camera got drunk and passed out and coul...

Made floor speeches, which are not permissible. >> right. >> that was heard at 1:00 in the morning by whoever else besides me was watching on c-span or seeing it on "rachel" the next night. their votes dont count. >> democrats are still trying to figure this out. the one, if you think, and i think they seem to -- i think they decided their strategy was to score political points, not try to actually stop anybody. look at the jeff sessions confirmation. you could say that the democratic base, if y...

Happened. i was just watching c-span and it got taken over by rt. and when it first happened, when we saw that tweet from him we were like could that possibly be a glitch? could that just have been on his computer? but, no, it happened, it happened for about 10 minutes today. as of tonight, c-span says it still cannot account for how this happened. they can confirm this has never happened before in the history of the the c-span feed. but that happened today. as did the lights out and power cut i...

Of pennsylvania. there hasnt been a formal announcement but it was overheard saying that on c-span and teaching at university of delaware, his alma mater. he has a lot to look forward to. it is the end of this chapter of public service at his age. you saw the younger generation, cory can booker in what he did at an unprecedented way, a lot of people in washington are saying thats the opening of of the 2020 democratic primary campaign. so, youve got the next generation already looking at what com...

Who is americas friend and who is not. and they want to kind of explore that. >> rex tillerson is among those forced to defend him. the guy that received the friendship award. >> and thats one of the things they want to explore. and its not so much getting whacks at donald trump, its trying to figure out where this administration is going. and if the people hes putting into these positions really understand whats going on in the world. if they dont, rex tillerson, go down. >> walk me through thi...

Arthel: mr. trump is a master at staging, and do you think that during the news conference, susan, that the president-elect will make a public case for those cabinet choices, that he knows will get pushback from the senate hearings? committee? hes done that at various rallies. hes brought his nominees up on the stage, and hes enforced them fully. -- can endorsed them fully. i think part of the issue here is what can democrats do to slow things down. certainly, they want the stage themselves if t...