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What a message. a new congress gavels in at noon. set to neuter the ethics office that watches over it. you heard that right. republicans usher in a new era of power with congress and the white house and after president-elect trump promised to drain the swamp, last night behind closed doors, republicans voted to end the independence of the independent office of ethics office. they require the office to refer complaints to law enforcement or house ethics committee. the mets you a measure would al...

Thought that this office was unfair and allowed anonymous complaints to go forward, started investigations on flimsy evidence. but it was stronger than having the members police themselves. >> eric: thats a great point, under the old rules, or what could be the old rules, they could basically investigate anything, they had to make the findings public, they had to report within 90 days, and they could take anonymous tips. now this new complaint office apparel he doesnt do any of that. >> usually ...

Created in the wake of some very serious congressional investigations leading up to its creation. now some problems came with it. the investigations werent made public. they came often through anonymous tips. this riled up lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. some concerns about whether this was being done as political payback or digging dirt off before elections. this has existed -- this consternation about this committees has existed for awhile. this is the first time weve seen a major move n...

The house republicans did? >> no. i havent discussed this with him. >> you dont know his -- you sound like youre favorable toward it. >> i didnt say that. joe asked me the question is it inconsistent with draining the swamp. im trying to explain based on what i know and read and reporting to reporters around the table why this happened. of course the leadership opposed it as well. >> leadership opposed it because it does weaken that sort of scrutiny that frankly congress ought to have to me, and...

>> a lot of people. >> of course. anyone that we knew who had a relationship with her. >> maybe leahs p.r. campaign helped because -- >> we had some anonymous tips, people saying that they saw her at this location. >> but not a single one of them led to nailah. by now the detectives believed they were dealing with a serious crime, and yet -- >> shes missing. technically there hasnt been a crime committed. >> that makes it somewhat awkward when youre looking into it. >> but anyone that we knew sh...

>> we had some anonymous tips, people saying that they saw her at this location. >> but not a single one of them led to nailah. by now the detectives believed they were dealing with a serious crime, and yet -- >> shes missing. technically there hasnt been a crime committed. >> that makes it somewhat awkward when youre looking into it. >> the only one that we knew she had contact with, the boyfriend she was in wisconsin with the weekend before she went missing, they were all interviewed. >> that ...

>> maybe leahs p.r. campaign helped because -- >> we had some anonymous tips, people saying that they saw her at this location. >> but not a single one of them led to nailah. by now the detectives believed they were dealing with a serious crime, and yet -- >> shes missing. technically there hasnt been a crime committed. >> that makes it somewhat awkward when youre looking into it. >> the only one that we knew she had contact with, the boyfriend she was in wisconsin with the weekend before she we...

Mia oliori and detective greg jacobson who, right away, scanned nailahs phone records and found something alarming. just after 10:00 p.m., the night nailah vanished, her cell phone made three calls to 911. >> chicago emergency. >> no voice, no struggles could be heard. no background noise with the exception of some light music in the background. >> i guess it could be kind of eerie to hear that, huh? >> yes, it is. is the person physically unable to complete the conversation and just able to dia...

Who, right away, scanned nailahs phone records and found something alarming. just after 10:00 p.m., the night nailah vanished, her cell phone made three calls to 911. >> chicago emergency. >> no voice, no struggles could be heard. no background noise with the exception of some light music in the background. >> i guess it could be kind of eerie to hear that, huh? >> yes, it is. is the person physically unable to complete the conversation and just able to dial a 911. >> so the investigators set ab...

>> maybe leahs p.r. campaign helped because -- >> we had some anonymous tips, people saying that they saw her at this location. >> but not a single one of them led to nailah. by now the detectives believed they were dealing with a serious crime, and yet -- >> shes missing. technically there hasnt been a crime committed. >> that makes it somewhat awkward when youre looking into it. >> but >> the only one that we knew she had contact with, the boyfriend she was in wisconsin with the weekend before...