WEBVTT 00:00:00.168 --> 00:00:01.367 CONFIRMATION PROCESS AGAIN, THOUGH. THAT’S REALLY ALL THEY 00:00:01.369 --> 00:00:02.326 THOUGH. THAT’S REALLY ALL THEY CAN DO. 00:00:02.337 --> 00:00:03.436 CAN DO. >> YEAH. OKAY. JULIE SORKIN, 00:00:03.471 --> 00:00:04.995 >> YEAH. OKAY. JULIE SORKIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM CAPITOL 00:00:05.006 --> 00:00:06.330 THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM CAPITOL HILL. JOINING ME RIGHT NOW WE 00:00:06.341 --> 00:00:08.041 HILL. JOINING ME RIGHT NOW WE HAVE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN 00:00:08.075 --> 00:00:09.075 HAVE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN MADELEINE DEAN. CONGRESSWOMAN, 00:00:09.076 --> 00:00:10.233 MADELEINE DEAN. CONGRESSWOMAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY FRIEND. SO 00:00:10.244 --> 00:00:12.579 GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY FRIEND. SO YOU WERE AMONG THOSE LAWMAKERS 00:00:12.613 --> 00:00:14.180 YOU WERE AMONG THOSE LAWMAKERS HIDING FROM RIOTERS IN THE 00:00:14.181 --> 00:00:16.015 HIDING FROM RIOTERS IN THE GALLERY ON JANUARY 6TH, AND NOW 00:00:16.017 --> 00:00:17.741 GALLERY ON JANUARY 6TH, AND NOW WE’RE SEEING KASH PATEL, A 00:00:17.752 --> 00:00:19.719 WE’RE SEEING KASH PATEL, A LONGTIME TRUMP LOYALIST WHO HAS 00:00:19.720 --> 00:00:21.754 LONGTIME TRUMP LOYALIST WHO HAS SUPPORTED JANUARY 6TH RIOTERS 00:00:21.789 --> 00:00:23.723 SUPPORTED JANUARY 6TH RIOTERS RIGHT HERE ON THE CUSP OF BEING 00:00:23.724 --> 00:00:25.391 RIGHT HERE ON THE CUSP OF BEING THE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI FOR A 00:00:25.393 --> 00:00:27.718 THE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI FOR A TEN YEAR TERM. WHAT KIND OF 00:00:27.729 --> 00:00:28.985 TEN YEAR TERM. WHAT KIND OF FEELINGS RUN THROUGH YOUR MIND 00:00:28.996 --> 00:00:30.687 FEELINGS RUN THROUGH YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW? AND THOUGHTS. 00:00:30.698 --> 00:00:32.556 RIGHT NOW? AND THOUGHTS. >> AND IT ALSO REMINDS ME OF THE 00:00:32.567 --> 00:00:34.968 >> AND IT ALSO REMINDS ME OF THE LEADERS YOU JUST SHOWED 00:00:35.002 --> 00:00:36.526 LEADERS YOU JUST SHOWED MCCONNELL SPEAKING, THUNE 00:00:36.537 --> 00:00:39.362 MCCONNELL SPEAKING, THUNE SPEAKING. I CALL UPON THE 00:00:39.373 --> 00:00:40.974 SPEAKING. I CALL UPON THE LEADERS TO RECOGNIZE THAT KASH 00:00:41.009 --> 00:00:42.333 LEADERS TO RECOGNIZE THAT KASH PATEL DOES NOT HAVE THE 00:00:42.344 --> 00:00:44.668 PATEL DOES NOT HAVE THE CHARACTER, THE INTEGRITY, THE 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:46.046 CHARACTER, THE INTEGRITY, THE UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR 00:00:46.047 --> 00:00:48.115 UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW. HE DOESN’T HAVE 00:00:48.149 --> 00:00:51.274 THE RULE OF LAW. HE DOESN’T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO RUN THE FBI. 00:00:51.285 --> 00:00:53.320 THE CAPACITY TO RUN THE FBI. LET’S REMEMBER WHAT THE FBI IS. 00:00:53.354 --> 00:00:56.680 LET’S REMEMBER WHAT THE FBI IS. IT IS OUR LEAD LAW ENFORCEMENT 00:00:56.691 --> 00:00:59.550 IT IS OUR LEAD LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, 38,000 DEDICATED PUBLIC 00:00:59.561 --> 00:01:00.961 AGENCY, 38,000 DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO WORK AT THE FBI, 00:01:00.962 --> 00:01:02.796 SERVANTS WHO WORK AT THE FBI, WHETHER THEY’RE AGENTS OR 00:01:02.831 --> 00:01:04.832 WHETHER THEY’RE AGENTS OR ANALYSTS, SUPPORT STAFF, 00:01:04.833 --> 00:01:06.767 ANALYSTS, SUPPORT STAFF, SCIENTISTS, TECHNICIANS, YOU 00:01:06.768 --> 00:01:09.627 SCIENTISTS, TECHNICIANS, YOU NAME IT, MOST OF THEM VERY 00:01:09.638 --> 00:01:10.670 NAME IT, MOST OF THEM VERY DEDICATED TO PROTECTING US 00:01:10.672 --> 00:01:12.873 DEDICATED TO PROTECTING US AGAINST DOMESTIC TERROR, 00:01:12.874 --> 00:01:14.174 AGAINST DOMESTIC TERROR, INTERNATIONAL TERROR, PROTECTING 00:01:14.175 --> 00:01:16.943 INTERNATIONAL TERROR, PROTECTING US AGAINST CRIME, VIOLENT CRIME, 00:01:16.945 --> 00:01:19.980 US AGAINST CRIME, VIOLENT CRIME, DRUG CRIME, CARTELS, AND SO MUCH 00:01:19.981 --> 00:01:21.448 DRUG CRIME, CARTELS, AND SO MUCH MORE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT KASH 00:01:21.449 --> 00:01:24.384 MORE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT KASH PATEL CALLED THE JANUARY 6TH 00:01:24.386 --> 00:01:26.878 PATEL CALLED THE JANUARY 6TH RIOTERS POLITICAL PRISONERS. 00:01:26.889 --> 00:01:29.046 RIOTERS POLITICAL PRISONERS. WHAT HE HAS ASKED FOR IS 00:01:29.057 --> 00:01:30.114 WHAT HE HAS ASKED FOR IS RETRIBUTION, AND HE HAS CALLED 00:01:30.125 --> 00:01:32.225 RETRIBUTION, AND HE HAS CALLED FOR IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN 00:01:32.260 --> 00:01:33.717 FOR IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AGAINST. LET ME SEE HERE HE 00:01:33.728 --> 00:01:35.863 AGAINST. LET ME SEE HERE HE WANTS TO COME AFTER ANY 00:01:35.897 --> 00:01:38.465 WANTS TO COME AFTER ANY ANTI-TRUMP CONSPIRACY. I SUPPOSE 00:01:38.467 --> 00:01:40.224 ANTI-TRUMP CONSPIRACY. I SUPPOSE THAT MIGHT EVEN INCLUDE ME, 00:01:40.235 --> 00:01:42.403 THAT MIGHT EVEN INCLUDE ME, SINCE I SERVED ON THE SECOND 00:01:42.404 --> 00:01:44.095 SINCE I SERVED ON THE SECOND IMPEACHMENT AS ONE OF THE 00:01:44.106 --> 00:01:45.873 IMPEACHMENT AS ONE OF THE MANAGERS, A SAD, SOLEMN HONOR 00:01:45.907 --> 00:01:49.500 MANAGERS, A SAD, SOLEMN HONOR THAT I HAD. IT’S NOT TOO LATE, 00:01:49.511 --> 00:01:51.135 THAT I HAD. IT’S NOT TOO LATE, SENATORS. IT IS NOT TOO LATE FOR 00:01:51.146 --> 00:01:54.282 SENATORS. IT IS NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU TO STAND UP. JOIN MITCH 00:01:54.316 --> 00:01:55.416 YOU TO STAND UP. JOIN MITCH MCCONNELL. MITCH MCCONNELL, 00:01:55.417 --> 00:01:56.817 MCCONNELL. MITCH MCCONNELL, PLEASE BRING WITH YOU FOUR, 00:01:56.818 --> 00:01:59.710 PLEASE BRING WITH YOU FOUR, FIVE, SIX, TEN OTHER SENATORS 00:01:59.721 --> 00:02:01.121 FIVE, SIX, TEN OTHER SENATORS BECAUSE WILL YOU SLEEP BETTER 00:02:01.123 --> 00:02:04.382 BECAUSE WILL YOU SLEEP BETTER TONIGHT, SENATORS HAVING PASSED 00:02:04.393 --> 00:02:08.286 TONIGHT, SENATORS HAVING PASSED AND APPROVED THIS PERSON FOR FBI 00:02:08.297 --> 00:02:10.188 AND APPROVED THIS PERSON FOR FBI DIRECTOR, I KNOW I WON’T. I KNOW 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:12.300 DIRECTOR, I KNOW I WON’T. I KNOW MY CONSTITUENTS WON’T. WE WANT 00:02:12.301 --> 00:02:14.502 MY CONSTITUENTS WON’T. WE WANT SOMEBODY WHO RECOMMENDS AND 00:02:14.503 --> 00:02:16.561 SOMEBODY WHO RECOMMENDS AND STANDS BY THE RULE OF LAW. 00:02:16.572 --> 00:02:18.029 STANDS BY THE RULE OF LAW. >> LET’S HOPE YOU ARE NOT JUST 00:02:18.040 --> 00:02:19.731 >> LET’S HOPE YOU ARE NOT JUST SHOUTING INTO THE WIND ON THAT 00:02:19.742 --> 00:02:21.233 SHOUTING INTO THE WIND ON THAT ONE, BUT LET’S TURN NOW TO 00:02:21.244 --> 00:02:22.133 ONE, BUT LET’S TURN NOW TO UKRAINE. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP’S 00:02:22.144 --> 00:02:24.912 UKRAINE. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP’S RECENT COMMENTS BLAMING UKRAINE. 00:02:24.947 --> 00:02:26.438 RECENT COMMENTS BLAMING UKRAINE. I’M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT 00:02:26.449 --> 00:02:27.915 I’M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN, BLAMING BLAMING UKRAINE 00:02:27.916 --> 00:02:29.607 AGAIN, BLAMING BLAMING UKRAINE FOR RUSSIA’S INVASION AND 00:02:29.618 --> 00:02:31.652 FOR RUSSIA’S INVASION AND FALSELY LABELING ZELENSKY A 00:02:31.654 --> 00:02:32.978 FALSELY LABELING ZELENSKY A DICTATOR. AND YOU’VE CALLED THIS 00:02:32.989 --> 00:02:34.889 DICTATOR. AND YOU’VE CALLED THIS A RISK TO AMERICA’S NATIONAL 00:02:34.923 --> 00:02:37.181 A RISK TO AMERICA’S NATIONAL SECURITY. WHY? 00:02:37.192 --> 00:02:39.594 SECURITY. WHY? >> BECAUSE IT SIMPLY IS IT. THE 00:02:39.628 --> 00:02:42.520 >> BECAUSE IT SIMPLY IS IT. THE PRESIDENT’S STATEMENTS ARE SO 00:02:42.531 --> 00:02:45.123 PRESIDENT’S STATEMENTS ARE SO EXTRAORDINARILY DANGEROUS. THEY 00:02:45.134 --> 00:02:48.293 EXTRAORDINARILY DANGEROUS. THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY SO GROTESQUELY 00:02:48.304 --> 00:02:51.162 ARE OBVIOUSLY SO GROTESQUELY UNTRUE, THAT I THINK ALL OF 00:02:51.173 --> 00:02:54.065 UNTRUE, THAT I THINK ALL OF AMERICA HAS TO STAND UP AND CALL 00:02:54.076 --> 00:02:55.076 AMERICA HAS TO STAND UP AND CALL THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE. WHAT 00:02:55.077 --> 00:02:58.079 THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE. WHAT THEY REVEAL IS THAT PRESIDENT 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:00.615 THEY REVEAL IS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS QUITE WEAK, THAT HE IS 00:03:00.649 --> 00:03:03.050 TRUMP IS QUITE WEAK, THAT HE IS IN OBEISANCE TO PUTIN. HE IS 00:03:03.052 --> 00:03:04.886 IN OBEISANCE TO PUTIN. HE IS SPOUTING LANGUAGE THAT PUTIN 00:03:04.887 --> 00:03:06.254 SPOUTING LANGUAGE THAT PUTIN WOULD SAY, CAN YOU IMAGINE? 00:03:06.255 --> 00:03:08.413 WOULD SAY, CAN YOU IMAGINE? WE’RE COMING UP FEBRUARY 24TH. 00:03:08.424 --> 00:03:10.459 WE’RE COMING UP FEBRUARY 24TH. MONDAY WILL BE THE THIRD 00:03:10.493 --> 00:03:12.651 MONDAY WILL BE THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THIS HORRIFIC SET 00:03:12.662 --> 00:03:15.320 ANNIVERSARY OF THIS HORRIFIC SET OF WAR CRIMES BY RUSSIA, 00:03:15.331 --> 00:03:18.133 OF WAR CRIMES BY RUSSIA, DIRECTLY BY PUTIN AGAINST 00:03:18.167 --> 00:03:20.268 DIRECTLY BY PUTIN AGAINST UKRAINE. WE’RE 46,000 UKRAINIANS 00:03:20.269 --> 00:03:22.627 UKRAINE. WE’RE 46,000 UKRAINIANS HAVE DIED, CIVILIANS HAVE DIED, 00:03:22.638 --> 00:03:24.639 HAVE DIED, CIVILIANS HAVE DIED, CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED, 00:03:24.674 --> 00:03:25.898 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED, THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN HAVE BEEN 00:03:25.909 --> 00:03:28.533 THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED INTO RUSSIA. AND BY THE 00:03:28.544 --> 00:03:32.180 ABDUCTED INTO RUSSIA. AND BY THE WAY, MORE THAN 800,000 RUSSIAN 00:03:32.215 --> 00:03:34.316 WAY, MORE THAN 800,000 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. 00:03:34.317 --> 00:03:36.418 SOLDIERS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. SO RUSSIA IS LOSING THIS WAR. 00:03:36.419 --> 00:03:38.343 SO RUSSIA IS LOSING THIS WAR. UKRAINE IS PREVAILING IN A WAY 00:03:38.354 --> 00:03:40.422 UKRAINE IS PREVAILING IN A WAY NO ONE EXPECTED. AND YOU KNOW 00:03:40.423 --> 00:03:42.291 NO ONE EXPECTED. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK? TAKE A LOOK AT 00:03:42.325 --> 00:03:43.725 WHAT I THINK? TAKE A LOOK AT TRUMP’S DEMEANOR WHEN HE SPEAKS 00:03:43.726 --> 00:03:46.051 TRUMP’S DEMEANOR WHEN HE SPEAKS ABOUT PRESIDENT ZELENSKY. HE HAS 00:03:46.062 --> 00:03:49.665 ABOUT PRESIDENT ZELENSKY. HE HAS AN ANGER THAT IS VERY HARD TO 00:03:49.699 --> 00:03:50.923 AN ANGER THAT IS VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND. IS HE JEALOUS OF 00:03:50.934 --> 00:03:52.558 UNDERSTAND. IS HE JEALOUS OF THIS PRESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN SUCH 00:03:52.569 --> 00:03:56.228 THIS PRESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN SUCH A HERO DURING A WAR TIME, AN 00:03:56.239 --> 00:03:57.673 A HERO DURING A WAR TIME, AN ALLY OF OURS WHO IS SIMPLY 00:03:57.707 --> 00:03:59.298 ALLY OF OURS WHO IS SIMPLY TRYING TO PROTECT THE 00:03:59.309 --> 00:04:00.666 TRYING TO PROTECT THE SOVEREIGNTY OF HIS COUNTRY AND 00:04:00.677 --> 00:04:02.577 SOVEREIGNTY OF HIS COUNTRY AND THEIR PRECIOUS YOUNG DEMOCRACY. 00:04:02.612 --> 00:04:05.571 THEIR PRECIOUS YOUNG DEMOCRACY. I CALL ON THE PRESIDENT TO 00:04:05.582 --> 00:04:07.749 I CALL ON THE PRESIDENT TO REVERSE COURSE ON THIS LANGUAGE 00:04:07.750 --> 00:04:10.719 REVERSE COURSE ON THIS LANGUAGE AND CLARIFY, AS ONLY AN AMERICAN 00:04:10.754 --> 00:04:12.955 AND CLARIFY, AS ONLY AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT CAN DO, THAT IT IS 00:04:12.956 --> 00:04:15.448 PRESIDENT CAN DO, THAT IT IS RUSSIA WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 00:04:15.459 --> 00:04:16.715 RUSSIA WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO UKRAINE 00:04:16.726 --> 00:04:19.184 WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO UKRAINE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, AND 00:04:19.195 --> 00:04:21.797 OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, AND UKRAINE HAS TO BE AT THE TABLE 00:04:21.831 --> 00:04:23.355 UKRAINE HAS TO BE AT THE TABLE TO NEGOTIATE PEACE. THIS IS NOT 00:04:23.366 --> 00:04:26.225 TO NEGOTIATE PEACE. THIS IS NOT A PROPHET FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 00:04:26.236 --> 00:04:27.993 A PROPHET FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IN TERMS OF AN ECONOMIC DEAL. THIS 00:04:28.004 --> 00:04:30.039 TERMS OF AN ECONOMIC DEAL. THIS IS ABOUT THE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE 00:04:30.073 --> 00:04:32.174 IS ABOUT THE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE DEMOCRACY. I WAS WITH UKRAINIAN 00:04:32.175 --> 00:04:33.575 DEMOCRACY. I WAS WITH UKRAINIAN AMERICANS IN MY DISTRICT LAST 00:04:33.577 --> 00:04:36.836 AMERICANS IN MY DISTRICT LAST NIGHT, A HOUSE PARTY OF 25 OR 00:04:36.847 --> 00:04:38.071 NIGHT, A HOUSE PARTY OF 25 OR MORE WHO ARE SO GRAVELY 00:04:38.082 --> 00:04:40.906 MORE WHO ARE SO GRAVELY CONCERNED. THEY ARE WONDERFUL 00:04:40.917 --> 00:04:43.085 CONCERNED. THEY ARE WONDERFUL AMERICAN CITIZENS AND PATRIOTS. 00:04:43.086 --> 00:04:44.353 AMERICAN CITIZENS AND PATRIOTS. THEY ARE GRAVELY CONCERNED OVER 00:04:44.387 --> 00:04:46.178 THEY ARE GRAVELY CONCERNED OVER WHAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE. 00:04:46.189 --> 00:04:46.689 WHAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE. >> I’M SURE THEY WERE GLAD TO