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Today, it must have been a difficult thing to watch, watching the way this is supposed to be done, watching the way this is supposed to be handles while your chairman is out there saying the democrats aren't serious. the democrats don't want to do this job. >> good evening, lawrence. i did watch that press conference with envy. but also a sense of familiarity. our chairman and ranking member just weeks ago for working hand in hand. so were all the republicans and democrats on the committee. we had a pledge to follow the evidence. we had a productive open hearing as we went down an investigativ...

But we do know that at least on this day, if sam ervin could have seen what we saw today, he would no doubt be proud of the man who now holds the senate seat that once was his. >> i'm sorry that my distinguished friend from florida does not approve of my method of examining my witness. i'm an old country lawyer. i don't know the finer ways to do it. i just have to do it my way. >> joining us now eric swalwell, member of the house permanent select committee on intelligence. congressman, thank you very much for joining us again tonight. i can imagine if you were watching the leaders of the senat...

>> he wants public hearings on classified information. whenever someone says they want public hearings about a classified matter you know they aren't serious, so congress is capable of investigating. we did it in the committee i was on 99 out of our 100 interviews were done in private. the democrats are more interested in the politics than finding out what happened. >> shannon: ben cardin is the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee. thank you for being with us. we have multiple congressional investigation ongoing and the f.b.i. is investigating. why do you think something s...

Say that some of the political parties aren't serious, but they put more people with larger resumes. shameless plugs. >> i have a piece in this week's "atlantic" and the first of three pieces coming out on the big trip i took to new zealand. >> you were in new zealand too long. >> sorry. >> today, north texas giving day. if you do your charity today the community foundation will give a match. >> very nice. >> my husband at politico. look for his byline for the most insightful writing in all of washington. >> he's the most insightful writing. >> is there any doubt? >> this is a tough week for e...

Burgla burglary, it is a 12-person jury. still, because of the boundaries put on who gets in your jury pool, that jury is never representative of your client, right? >> that is true. at the end of the day, you have to have say to yourself, there are 30,000 trayvon martins in america every single year. the number one cause of african-american males age 15 to 19 like trayvon was is gun violence. it is an epidemic. until our leaders get serious about solving this in washington and our states, there's going to be more and more every year. >> it's not that our leaders aren't serious. it's that a sm...