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They have retained attorneys after repeatedly trying unsuccessfully to raise concerns about being assigned to freedom of information act requests. the congressman letter cites quote credibility allegations that the state department has required high level career civil servants with distinguished records serving administrations of both parties to move to performing tasks outside their area of substantive expertise. at the very least, the congressmen charge, this is a waste of taxpayer dollars. at...

Congress has been unable to deal with this through several administrations. and clearly the comprehensive thing is not in play for the reason that dan says. it complicates negotiations. we need to solve one piece of the puzzle and move on and do other things later. paul: the way ive look at immigration politics for a long time, the defendant has a veto over restrictions and the right has a veto over anything that legalizes anybody. so you end up with the status quo. the deadline of the dreamers,...

With the federal government. this is not how the obama and clinton administrations ever behaved with the conference of mayors or the mayors from across the country. and certainly as mayor benjamin continues to speak with one voice, when you attack one ma r mayor, you attack all of us. and we are making sure we protect our citizens in our communities. >> now, let me go to you, mayor benjamin. you know, this is not -- because i know many of the mayors that didnt go. i know you and i worked togethe...

Administrations where there may be a mirror image effect. >> congressman, bill foster, thank you very much for coming in and talking to us today. >> thank you, sir. so one of the things i know you might be sitting at home a little worried about maybe dealing with somebody who is sick in your home, flu season. it isnt even at its peak yet and they say it is the worst that theyve seen in a couple of years and its not over yet. were going to talk about what you can do in just a moment. now you ca...

Congress has been unable to deal with this through several administrations. and clearly the comprehensive thing is not in play for the reason that dan says. it complicates negotiations. we need to solve one piece of the puzzle and move on and do other things later. paul: the way ive look at immigration politics for a long time, the defendant has a veto over restrictions and the right has a veto over anything that legalizes anybody. so you end up with the status quo. the deadline of the dreamers,...

Strongest fighters on the ground. you could give them a lot of the credit for the fact that isis really has been all but decimated in syria. they are still isis fighters but they have lost their caliphate, their ground and their stronghold due in large part to this ypg force. >> they are incredible allies. a quick reaction from lachlan and alaina whether they are following this story. has this been on your radar? >> it has. i wish i could say i was an expert. i have been focused on the domestic ...

Young undocumented immigrants. so that really speaks to the urgency at play here, as democrats and even as some republicans, as weve said, see an all-out push to discredit or get rid of the special counsel. >> thank you for the great setup, we appreciate that, well see you again later today. stephanie hamill, an adviser to president trump, and peter emerson, a member of three democratic administrations. stephanie, why arent more republicans expressing concern over the reports saying president tr...

Know we should be terribly surprised if that winds up being the case. >> jen, you were white house communications director under president obama. i wonder what you would have done if you told reporters if you told the american people something and i -- this happened in prior administrations, and then found out what you said was totally false. how would you handle that, just as an individual, in that situation. >> well, look, there are times that are certainly not as significant as this where you...

Anything. you need to follow the evidence and the base needs to take off the blinders and just find out what is really going on right now. >> alice, what do you make of the responses we have heard from the white house so far because ty cobb didnt deny it, he told gloria borger, out of respect for the investigation, im not -- were not weighing in on this. jim acosta went to rex tillerson in davos and rex tillerson said i know nothing about it. what are you hearing about inside the white house on ...

Presidency-ending move or the beginning of the end. to barbaras point about the saturday night massacre, it was the firing of archibald cox by president nixon that sort of began the ends for him. this paragraph also pertains. barbara, i want your reaction to it. another option that mr. trump considered in cushions with his advisers was dismissing the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and elevating the number three official rachel brand overseeing mr. mueller. what do you think about the pos...