I know Congress has been briefed as whole. I mean, the president had to hold this very tight and so there's a circle of individuals who need to know who have the ability to make decisions, but you have people like, honestly, Tlaib and Ilhan Omar that you can't brief Congress as a whole because those individuals you just simply can't trust.
Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog. This morning we start with the news that president Donald Trump's top Cabinet officials on national security, Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio, are due on Capitol Hill to brief members of Congress amid investigations into US military vessel strikes in the Caribbean. The briefing from the defense secretary and secretary of state comes as questions mount over the escalation of military force and deadly boat strikes in international waters near Venezuela.