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STREET.
THEY ARE WAITING FOR EARNINGS
FROM APPLE WHICH ARE EXPECTED
AFTER THE CLOSING BELL.
AND WE TURN NOW TO THE
CONGRESSMAN WHO WENT MISSING OR
DID HE?
REPRESENTATIVES HAVE MISSED A
LOT OF THOSE THIS YEAR AND
REPORTS INDICATE HE HASN'T BEEN
SEEN IN WEEKS, AT HOME OR IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
HE JUST RESURFACED AND BLASTING
REPORTS THAT HE HAS BEEN MISSING
IN ACTION.
LET ME BRING YOU IN.
IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU HEAR
ABOUT A CONGRESSMAN
DISAPPEARING.
WE ARE USED TO SEEING THE RUN
TOWARDS THE CAMERAS.
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
>> THEY JUST ISSUED A PRESS
RELEASE SAYING THAT HE WAS
TESTING THE MEDIA TO SEE IF THEY
NOTICED WHAT WAS GOING ON.
THEY SAID THE CONGRESSMAN
RETURNED FROM A 10-DAY OFFICIAL
CONGRESSIONAL VISIT TO EGYPT,
ISRAEL AND RUSSIA WHICH HE TOOK
WITH STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.
THE PRESS RELEASE SAID HE WAS
WITH THE MEDIA AND CONDUCTED
PRESS CONFERENCES WITH EVERY
CITY HE VISITED.
THE PRESS RELEASE SAID THIS.
"REPORTERS KNEW I WAS ON AN
OFFICIAL STATE DEPARTMENT TRIP,
BUT REFUSED TO ADMIT THE TRUTH
BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE SPOILED
THEIR BIZARRE STORY.
WE DECIDED TO HOLD OUT AND SEE
HOW LONG THEY WOULD PRETEND THEY
DIDN'T KNOW I WAS ON OFFICIAL
BUSINESS.
WE CALLED E-MAIL TO SEE IF THEY
WOULD VERIFY ANY OF THIS AND
THEY HAVE NOT PLAYED ON THIS.
THEY SAID THEY WERE FIRST IN THE
HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
AND TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH
THEM.
WE CALLED THE OFFICE TO SEE IF
THEY CAN EXPLAIN THIS FURTHER
AND WHY HE HAS NOT BEEN ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
17 STRAIGHT HOUSE VOTES HAVE
BEEN MIA FOR TWO WEEKS.
MY COLLEAGUE REACHED OUT TO THE
OFFICES OF OTHER MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS WHO ARE IN THAT
DELEGATION.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GIVE
US MUCH DETAIL OTHER THAN THE
CONGRESS MEN ARE SAYING THAT THE
DELEGATIONS LEFT ON JANUARY
16th.
THERE MAY BE INDICATIONS THAT
CONGRESS MEN JOINED THE
DELEGATION A COUPLE OF DAYS
LETTER, BUT GOT BACK TO THE U.S.
YESTERDAY.
>> I'M STILL GOING BACK TO
TESTING THE MEDIA.
I'M SCRATCHING MY HEAD OVER
THAT.
YOU REACHED OUT TO THE STAFF.
WHAT ABOUT THE FAMILY?
DID THEY THINK HE WAS MISSING?
>> WE TRIED TO GET ANSWERS AND
WE CALLED NOT ONLY THE
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE, BUT THE
CAMPAIGN OFFICE IN TEXAS.
NONE OF THEM GOT BACK TO US ON
THIS.
WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT HIS FAMILY
KNEW AND DIDN'T KNOW AND WHAT
THE STAFFERS KNEW AND DIDN'T
KNOW.
>> HE IS NOT RUNNING FOR
REELECTION.
HE IS CHALLENGING THE SENATE
SEAT.
ANY CHANZ HE COULD WIN?
>> SHE NOT GIVEN MUCH OF A
CHANCE AND HE IS BEHIND IN MOST
OF THE POLLS AND DOESN'T HAVE AS