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>> peter, what are you hearing is motivating the white house? its my understanding that its his poll numbers and the fact that hes being blamed that are sort of getting -- getting under his skin. a lot more than the human calamity of the shutdown. >> well, one of the things thats really interesting about this shutdown, of course, its not a complete government shutdown as weve had at times in the past. because its a partial shutdown, about a quarter of the government, we havent seen as early as w...

Sure that aircraft dont land on parallel taxy ways. something that we had close calls with in the last few years, apparently that program is halted. this is not an abstraction about people you dont know not getting paid, this is people responsible for your safety on a day today basis. >> yes, i just got off of the phone with them and there is 500 faa in factors making sure your plane or your kids plane is safe, theyre on the job but theyre not getting paid. a lot of furloughed investigato invest...

Dismissive and we realize for not just the 800,000 people but government contractors as well. >> when the president says people have to re-adjust. the amount of americans who dont have $400 of disposable income -- >> right. >> in case of an emergency is staggering. >> remember during the hurricanes how we talked to people who wont leave and we asked them why and they say they dont have the extra money for the tank of gas are the hotel rooms or the groceries? like this is real for americans. this...

>> harris: a lot of news breaking this hour. we were see what the right abstraction to some of it is. the judge in the michael flynn sentencing agrees to delay the sentencing process. they will have just an update hearing on march 13th. it was really interesting. republican congressman peter king of new york joins me now. before we talk shutdown, lets talk michael flynn and get your first reaction now. >> first of all, he had an outstanding career is general. i was on the intelligence committee ...

Abstraction. its not just something that you create so you can say you did something, you tried to do something that would matter to him. now, in this case i think one response would be, for example, to show that this water way is international water way and you move pretty quickly to organize to go to as way of demonstrating what the russians have done isnt going to be respected. simply doing sanctions is not enough. the fact is putin is someone who is quick to use his -- his force but only in ...

Concerned that there is an imminent constitutional crisis that i had the opportunity to prevent and i would find a way to allow this bill to become law quietly. instead he is going to come to the floor likely and block us today. i wish we werent having this confrontation, i wish we could simply move forward and protect this investigation which is in everyones interest. its in the presidents best interest. its in the countrys best interest. so im puzzled by why the majority leader continues to do...

>> so to talk about pro-choice that was one of the key things they pushed. >> this is why she became secretary of education i know people were complaining for other reforms that were necessary because she was very focused on school choice but she has done as much as she can but why double trump got this issue because he thinks of it as an intellectual abstraction but parents do what is best for their kids. >> liberals are weapon amazing the deadly california fire blaming president trump and clim...

>> so to talk about pro-choice that was one of the key things they pushed. >> this is why she became secretary of education i know people were complaining for other reforms that were necessary because she was very focused on school choice but she has done as much as she can but why double trump got this issue because he thinks of it as an intellectual abstraction but parents do what is best for their kids. >> liberals are weapon amazing the deadly california fire blaming president trump and clim...

And are expected to be reduced even into 2019 to 2%. >> just to be clear. this is really important when people -- gdp is an abstraction for a lot of people. >> it is a simple call collision at the end of the day. >> without population growth -- >> you cannot grow. >> the presidents -- immigration adviser miller -- >> steve miller, why. >> theyre not even in favor of increased what they would call legal immigration. >> cut it in half, actually. >> thats not good for gdp either. >> no. this is rea...

An online network of climate change activists. bill, thank you very much for joining us. weve been trying to get you on, i know, all week. we appreciate you -- >> its good to be with you, katy. >> i read your article and it made me drop everything that i was doing and wonder why we arent screaming about this from the top of a hillside. the world is shrinking, in your estimation, and not actually in size. its not as if the world is getting smaller, but the places that americans or humans are able...