Rachel Maddow

He is the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

Congressman, it's really nice of you to make time to be here this evening.

Thank you.

So we've just seen the images from that solemn event at Dover Air Base, that dignified transfer of the remains of the seventh US service member to have been killed in this war.

We have just spent the last few days, the weekend, including today, watching the economic

shock of this war and its repercussions resonate all around the world in ways very large and very small in multiple countries all over the world, if not every country in the world.

The ramifications of what we're doing are deadly and very, very wildly serious.

Do you think you understand why we have done this, why Trump started this war?

Do you believe Marco Rubio when he gave you that explanation?

I mean, I hear you that it's at least somewhat consistent and that at least he might be the one person in the administration who said the same thing twice rather than iterating some new version of an explanation every single time they're asked for an answer about it.

But does it strike you as plausible that that is the reason that we did it?

As bad a reason as that is, do you think it's true?

What do you make of the reports that Russia has been providing targeting information to Iran to help them in killing American service members and targeting American military and other infrastructure in the Middle East?

Democratic Congressman Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

Sir, thank you for your time this evening.

It's really good to have you here.

All right, we've got much more news ahead here tonight.

Stay with us.

This was Texas today, a delegation of Democratic members of Congress, Congressman Joaquin Castro of Texas, California Congresswoman Nanette Barragan, Julia Brownlee and Sarah Jacobs, Massachusetts Democratic members of Congress, Catherine Clark and Jim McGovern, and Congresswoman Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania.

They were all in Texas today.