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Talking about draining the swam. you can see the campaign commercial if charlie rangle faces a trial, especially if convicted. >> gregg: republicans are already out there with it. heres what john boehner said yesterday. take a listen. >> as i said before, this is a sad moment for our institution. and this isnt about rangle rankle, this is about speaker pelosis most glaring promise shes broken when she said was time to drain the swamp. i think speaker pelosi owes the american people some answers ...

Well. a lot of republicans would say exactly as you pointed out, that was the man who for a long time was chairman of the ways and means committee that writes the taxes we have to pay and hes accused of not paying his own taxes so they would say, its a bit of a white wash. having said that im sure democrats would be happy to have that be the issue and not have a trial in september if they dont make a deal. its not clear, because some republicans on the committee are saying the time for deal maki...

First, new developments today in the ethics case surrounding democratic congressman rangle. a bipartisan panel recommended a possible punishment. its a reprimand in front of the full house of representatives. were told a decision could still be months away and rangle faces 13 counts of misconduct, ranging from inappropriately accepting favors from donors to failing to report income and paying taxes. he can avoid trial if his attorneys reach a settlement. today the 20 term democrat says that hasn...

Republicans will use it. heres what ink i think its persuasive. with the tea party and the polls, 11% approval of congress, is just a tremendous public dissatisfaction with the way business is done in washington. and to the degree the democrats were elected in 2006 to clean up the mess and change what republicans had done for a dozen years, if you get a rangle trial, let alone a conviction, taking it further than where we are, you can see republicans saying, maybe we were the problem in the past...

That will embolden them. >> 15% of inmates in california prisons for violent crimes are illegal immigrants. >> gregg: david david, great to see you. >> youre going to join us tomorrow. >> you got it. one of the longest serving congressman in washington in a battle for his political career. were going to break down the case against new york democrat rangle with chris wallace and take a close look at what a trial might mean for democrats come election time. thats next. and by the way, you can ...

Morning. >> gregg: as it stands now, the case goes before yet another house panel for a full public trial. molly hen enberg is live with more. how is the reprimand going to go over on the hill? >> this is just a recommendation at this point, that idea for punishment will have to go before the full ethics committee and full house in addition to looking at the 13 violations and evidence behind it. a represent manned is the least of the three officially recognized punishments. reprimand, censure, e...