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You. obviously, the markets have endured the worst december since the great depression but they dont tell us everything about whats happening in the economy. so when you look at this drop, what does it tell you about where things stand with the economy at large? >> great question. i think weve seen really strong jobs numbers and gdp kbroet. the economy has been growing strong for the past year. on the one hand, maybe we can endure this 4,000 or 5,000 but what we have to watch is this is going to...

Knows how effective they will be, and you have congress representatives blasting the agency, and for this to be the second tragedy to be happening in two months, the very agency, though, this custom and border protection agency that is tasked with protecting the border is furloughed, and that seems to be making an affect as well. >> the death of a second migrant child at the border does highlight the stalemate over the government shutdown. theres no end in sight. >> good morning, erica. no end i...

Welcome back to "reliable sources" im brian stelter. i counted it up and president trump tweeted about so-called fake news more than 210 times this year. almost always referring to real and reliable news outlets. he said 60 minutes was take, "the new york times," the ap, cnn, numerous polls, he even questioned nbcs broadcast license. are we getting numb to this? is that a danger? ben douglas and sara are still with me. ben, is it a risk, this constant poison the president spreads about the news ...

>> its a narrow conception of american views in the world. he was also saying if you dont come after us directly and go after others, have at it, boys. its such a narrow view of the potential of the world to have adverse affects on the united states and it almost undermines his own philosophy. if you believe in making america great again its not obvious to me how that can happen in a world thats unraveling. mr. trump seems unable to see that connection. >> lets talk about the specifics. the syri...

He was also saying if you dont come after us directly and go after others, have at it, boys. its such a narrow view of the potential of the world to have adverse affects on the united states and it almost undermines his own philosophy. if you believe in making america great again its not obvious to me how that can happen in a world thats unrafg. mr. trump seems unable to see that connection. >> lets talk about the specifics. the syria decision. i have never thought the u.s. has had a very solid ...

Is like to be furloughed for years and never get a paycheck because of what washington dc has done with policies, what the obama administration to do the economy of this country but when it comes down to this, the scary monster of a government shutdown it isnt scary at all. the markets respond well when the government shuts down. >> what about that? but for the hair on fire media hysteria, the earth. spinning on its axis of the government shuts down, most americans would yawn. >> there really is...

At today, the president is not the gearen tore of our security, but the prime driver of the chaos in the united states and around the world. >> mcconnell says i am particularly distressed. thats is mcconnell speech for holy crap. i have to say what the political ramifications are, i heard from a republican staffer on the hill that says this makes impeachment more likely. i dont need to tie this into the russian investigation right now, but the ripple affects of this are that republicans are shak...

Syria and withdrawing potentially u.s. troops from afghanistan, thats not just a trump proposal. i mean, its possible, if a different democrat, not hillary clinton, but if a different democrat were in the white house right now, he or she might be making that proposal. >> president obama wanted to do it. >> and this is actually what helps him resonate with a broader swath of the american public, is the fact that a lot of these proposals are simplistic. now, those of us who have worked in policy a...

Or angry or concerned about staffing that people are coming and going, the latest the defense secretary. you think he bears any responsibility for whats going on? >> you know more about this than i do. my comment was going to be, as far as the interest rate hikes, the trade issue. the instability is on the trade side. the president said trust me, im going to work out better trade deals and the market is getting nervous on resolving what will happen in china long-term because our economies are li...

Saying we have no compelling american interest to be involved in a syrian civil war, and we are rightly getting out. but we have an absolute interest in defending our own border. thats america first. that was the crux of the 2016 movement. was we are not going to be any more -- we have our policy dictated by globalist interventionists who want to defend people all over the world, but wont defend american citizens from an onslaught of illegal immigration. it doesnt -- >> if you think -- listen, y...