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Being a felony just because you do it in front of the cameras. >> let me get your reaction to what congresswoman rashida tlaib said at the move on rally last night. congressman elijah cummings had to say this a few minutes ago about that. >> ive said that we will reclaim civility. you cannot accomplish very much of anything unless you have civility and show respect for your colleagues, and i think those kind of comments do not take us in the right direction, so i would say that they are inapprop...

Her reaction in the hallway about her new colleague. >> she represents a group of people who have strong feelings. she had strong feelings and she expressed it. that is what is great about the caucus. we are diverse and we come together to get things done. impeachment would tear this country apart and you have to have facts, but you have to have responsibility for oversight. >> and comments from elijah cummings who is also looking at oversight chairman. >> one thing i have said about my committe...

Introduced articles. i have never used any words that my 9-year-old daughter shouldnt hear. i think its important that we are very methodical about this, that were calm, that we have civility, and that we base it on the legal analysis such as the one ive published about section 1512b3. thats the way we can mobilize the country, and its going to take many months of additional work before we have the country mobilized to move forward. thats the style i would use. >> all right, congressman brad she...

Congress of today that we were stronger together than wiper separately and we funified ourselves to be able to talk about the message and what we were trying to accomplish as women and veterans to bring back sanity and civility to washington. >> one of the things you were asked to do as a new member of congress is clean up the mess from the last congress anamely the partial government shut down. you are representing a swing district in pennsylvania, previously held by republicans. you obviously ...

And he doesnt have around him the support staff, the support team, sorry, in place before with secretary mattis and with chief of staff, john kelly, because those three folks were very close over an arc of their life, a career together. so the chairman now has to be able to step up. the point that john is making, in terms of the civility between the relationships that exist, between the military and civilian control is absolutely crucial. military folks understood that. >> not only is the presid...

Politician and certainly as president has thrown out all of the rules in all of the rule books and he sort of gains his advantages that way. nancy pelosi will meet him on that terrain and match him toe to toe. nancy pelosi is saying we will throw out all of the rules about decorum and civility and institutional respect. all we have is a justice department guideline that came about in the watergate era and the clinton era that you dont indict a sitting president. but there is no law about that. a...

Actually call for civility and decency and for perhaps trying to maintain some semblance of moral leadership in the world. this is what hes asking for and this, i think, could be the opening for republicans to find a way to communicate with this president. what do you think your former boss is doing? >> well, right. this is the essence of leadership. i think it is something that m.i. mitt romney excells at. hes going to do it in a decent, civil way as you have indicated. and if people are able t...

His piece was about civility. his piece was about american moral character. no more than that. and he was asking for you to call this president out and hold him accountable on these issues and these issues alone. this is an opening for republicans. >> i think thats a great point youre making. i remember so many times when i was with a small group of rebels gr going after newt gingrich. openly, publicly, some of the other republicans would attack us, but behind the scenes we would talk to them an...

Orb kha or character, thats a vicious downward spiral. if we focus on the tone, the language which is something that needs to be improved, brianna, it does and thats something we can agree on and the policies as well. >> i wonder what you think about jerry falwell, jr., a prominent evangeli evangelist, president of liberty university, he says evangelicals may be immoral for not supporting trump because his policies have helped so many people. youre shaking your head. what do you think. >> thats ...

Your home? >> two times. >> it was shocking, would have never expected it. >> as police got closer to the truth -- >> he says, "i think i know who did it." >> the truth got closer to home. >> he just told me, "hold on. its about to get a lot more crazy." >> reporter: you wont find mayberry r.f.d. on the map. but if close neighbors, good schools, and just plain, old civility is what youre looking for in a place to call home, you could do worse than settle in grovetown, georgia. tamara baldwin has...