intelligence committee chairman adam schiff notified the republicans of the schedule for public hearings. house rules allowed the minority party 72 hours after that scheduling announcement to submit their witness list. chairman schiff and the democrats on the committee have essentially veto power through a committee vote over any witnesses that republicans might want to call. traditionally the minority party is usually accommodated when it asks for witnesses. but the republicans are no longer a real congressional governing party. they are simply chaos creators. and their witness list will tell us just how much chaos the republicans will try to create. chairman schiff has told the republicans in writing that their witnesses must be relevant to the issue being investigated, which is president trump s request from the president of ukraine for an investigation of joe biden. some republicans are insisting that the whistle-blower be called as a witness. but those same republicans
carried out the crime would hold that responsibility. steve? sarah, what s it going to take to stop these killings from happening over and over and over again? you know, i think if we had a good answer to that, i think everybody in the country would support it. if anybody knows the answer, i think certainly this administration would be all ears. the president spends every single minute of every single day looking for the best ways to protect the safety and security of americans. and we re going to continue to do that. john? is the president going to give a speech on immigration this week? and what are your what are you thinking about options in terms of closing the border? we ll keep you posted if there s any scheduling announcement on an address of that topic. i m not aware of that at this time. and a lot of jewish leaders in the pittsburgh area says that the president s visit is not welcome, unless and until he denounces fully and forthrightly white nationalism. does the
that responsibility. steve? what s it going to take to stop these killings from happening over and over again? i think if we had a good answer to that, everybody in the country would support it. if anybody knows the answer, i think certainly this administration would be all ears. the president spends every minute of every day looking for the best ways to protect the safety and security of americans and we are going continue to do that. is the president going to give a speech on immigration this week and what is he thinking about options in terms of closing the border? we will keep you posted if there is a scheduling announcement on that topic. i m not aware of that. 11 jewish leaders in the pittsburgh area said that the president s visit is not welcome unless and until he denounces fully and forthrightly, wight nationalism. does the white house believe this president has done enough? the president has denounced
of other nations but after that will just come home. i don t have a scheduling announcement for you today. obviously this is not a positive development and we have a wide range of interests with the russians and evaluating the utility of a summit. reporter: the president made clear releasing edward snowden would have a negative impact on u.s. russia relations but also suggesting he doesn t want to ove overreact. says punishing russia over snowden isn t worth russia s help on global issues pointing to a stark treaty and land to help us get equipment to troops in afghanistan and negotiations over iran s nuclear policy although officials concede russia could be a lot more helpful dealing with the syrian civil war. on capitol hill the reaction ranges from anger to frustration to quiet anger from members of congress who think snowden is a hero. lindsey graham blasted vladimir putin saying americans in
gesture that all but tells the white house, your move. we are extremely disappointed that the russian government would take this step. reporter: acknowledging the obama administration received no advanced notice from the russians, white house press secretary jay carney said u.s. officials will continue to make the case for snowden s return. carney hinted, big changes could be coming. in little more than a month, president obama is scheduled to attend the g-20 summit in st. petersburg, russia, and just before that, a face-to-face meeting with russian president putin in moscow. will the president not go to moscow now in september as originally planned? i don t have a scheduling announcement for you today and we are evaluating the utility of a summit. reporter: but on capitol hill, the statements were already flying from both parties, urging the president to get tough. some calling for a change in venue for the g-20 summit. is it a slap in the face of all americans, senators j