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Two, transfer this evidence to the judiciary committee for their consideration later. and then, three, among other things, we need to have staff-led questioning in the open hearing, something which currently is not the norm in most public hearings. >> so in the public hearings, the questions are going to be, what, from attorneys on the staff as opposed to from members of congress? >> i think it's going to be primarily led by staff. i think one of the problems that your viewers might notice with our public hearings is that most times we as members each get about five minutes of questioning. and...

Two, transfer this evidence to the judiciary committee for their consideration later and then, three, among other things we need to have staff-led questioning in the open hearings, something which currently is not the norm in most public hearings. >> so in the public hearings it's -- the questions are going to be, what, from attorneys on the staff as opposed to from members of congress? >> i think it's going to be primarily led by staff. i think one of the problems that your viewers might notice with our public hearings is that most times we as members each get about five minutes of questionin...

With the syrian kurds. >> this is going to prove to be a shameful chapter in american history in the region. it's creating a chapter here where the only real winner is russia. let's walk through this for a minute, if we can. president trump said the reason he abruptly announced the withdrawal of american troops who had been serving alongside and protecting our kurdish partners in northern syria was because he wants to end the forever wars and bring our troops home. in the same week he announced the deployment of 3,000 more u.s. troops to defend saudi arabia. he's not pulling us out of the regi...

There were times when i first got dropped off at school in switzerland when my dad was going to berlin to be the legal adviser to the high commissioner there was germany, i didn't know where switzerland was -- i really didn't -- was not prepared for the abruptness of my parents getting in a car and driving off, and there i am. so i write about it. i think i cried for three weeks. i was miserable. i wanted to go home -- homesick. i got through it. and i look back on, okay, that kind of toughened you up. i'd been to a bunch of schools. by the time i was in the eighth grade, i think i'd been to s...

Obviously this relationship has broken down. but what more do we know what prompted the president to suddenly say you've got to be out bijy january 1st? >> i think on the face of this, it is pretty vindictive. i think we know that over the past few days there have been a lot of press reports about mattis. there have been leaks coming out of the pentagon. there's been a lot of negative press about how trump, you know, got along with mattis. so it's not surprising to me that mattis is now out earlier than he said he was going to be out. but the abruptness of it all and the optics of it all has l...