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A time to do our work, so that we can have a positive and comprehensive hearing on the man who may well be the deciding vote for many of americas futures. >> mr. chairman, i renew my motion to adjourn. i ask for a second. >> second the motion. >> mr. chairman, i ask for a vote. i ask that we -- >> i dont -- >> -- reconvene and have a vote. >> were having a hearing. it is out of order. were not in executive session. thatd be the proper forum for entertaining motions. >> i ask that we reconvene in...

Indicted 12 russian nationals for hacking into the democratic national committee. the democratic congressional campaign committee and several state election systems. this indictment is a remarkable piece of forensic work. this latest indictment can be seen as the equivalent of the phoenix memo about 9/11. it is a warning. we must heed it. yesterday in helsinki, president trump says he does not believe it. he sided with putin over his own intelligence community. this is a catastrophe in the makin...

Committee voted against us when we asked that this be reviewed before it was released. it was only done on a cursory basis. the justice department also asked, before it was released, to be able to come address the entire body of congress in an executive session, to discuss their concerns about its accuracy and about its attacks on sources and methods. the republicans refuse to accept that vote as well. >> let me ask you something else on behalf of taxpayers everywhere. were paying the tab for th...

Thats been done, not just to the integrity of the investigation but the trust and the relationship between congress and these intel agencies. thats going to take a long time to repair. so were willing to work with justice. the white house was not. the republicans on the intel committee voted against us when we asked that this be reviewed before it was released. it was only done on a cursory basis. the justice department also asked, before it was released, to be able to come address the entire bo...

It was only done on a cursory basis. the justice department also asked, before it was released, to be able to come address the entire body of congress in an executive session, to discuss their concerns about its accuracy and about its attacks on sources and methods. the republicans refuse to accept that vote as well. >> let me ask you something else on behalf of taxpayers everywhere. were paying the tab for the house intel committee. everyone we have on the broadcast says its beyond toxic and th...

Gave his opinion on this, this reporting in "the post" says the dni dan coats was opposed to this. the justice department has been public about their concerns. do you anticipate the fbi director and others coming before your committee -- are you going to ask for that? >> we already asked for it. we asked specifically in a committee meeting the other day, on i think tuesday that -- it was tuesday. we asked that the committee go into executive session to discuss inviting the fbi director in front ...

Mr. rosenstein? does it appear to you to be constructed in that way?up a pr rosenstein? does it appear to you to be constructed in that way? >> it could be. it could be used. thats all i can say. >> do you anticipate bringing -- we now know the fbi director gave his opinion on this, this reporting in the "post" says the dni dan coates was opposed to this. the justice department has been public about their concerns. do you anticipate the fbi director and others coming before your committee -- are...

Year. all i can do is sound the alarm and ask the right questions and make sure the american public knows what is going on. it is as important to conclude here, this is the president of the united states acting to defend himself legally and politically at the expense of our national security and complicit in that is the speaker of the house and chairman nunes. >> if, i mean, he says look, we are investigating, we have over sight of the fbi and investigating them, wouldnt they want christopher wr...

This testimony by simpson, that fusion received its backing from a republican billionaire? >> well, let me say first, the substance of this, anderson, bothers me less than the process. >> how so? >> well, it doesnt bother me that the american people are presented the facts of the testimony. i had not seen the testimony before this. im not happy with the process. if i had been the senior senator from california, i would have asked to have the whole judiciary committee come together in an executiv...

And to speak something -- your other guest just said, whether or not he can prove that donald trump knew there was collusion, that doesnt mean the end of this. if he cant prove that, there are still other potential crimes here, other potential jeopardy for members of the trump administration, for the president himself, particularly on the obstruction of justice question. >> and nick, finally to you, reflecting on what ken said here, what will that mean if the house were to wrap up this particula...