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Manhattan bringing this indictment. she was the woman who helped arrange that meeting and attended that meeting at trump tower in which she was promising basically dirt on hillary clinton from the russian government. shes indicted in an unrelated case to the campaign. a case that pre-existed the campaign. but could there be some linkage here? >> well, one thing that it certainly shows, lawrence, that is relevant to the trump tower meeting and the issues at the heart of the mueller investigation,...

A quick update on whats happening right now on capitol hill. the house has just passed the second of two bills to end the government shutdown. it is expected it does not include funding for the presidents wall. finally tonight, we also want to show you a sight that is certainly new. the items that were used during todays swearing in ceremonies, there was an eastern orthodox bible, a quran and other religious books. while atheists were given copies of the constitution. the pew research center say...

Its clear that that was not so well received. when nancy pelosi said progress, maybe they just restated their obvious position which is the wall funding. no money. >> the other thing that stuck out was leader schumer referencing a specific case and example, a fire dispatcher whose wife is pregnant and who needs a loan for a house and the fha cant approve it because the government is closed. he said in upstate new york. that is where moderates and conservatives are. thats a message to the preside...

Capitol hill. the house has just passed the second of two bills to end the government shutdown. now its expected it does not include funding for the presidents wall. finally tonight, we also want to show you a sight thats certainly new. the items that were used during todays swearing in ceremonies. there was an eastern orthodox bible, a koran, and other religious books. all atheists were given copies of the constitution. the pew research center says this congress is slightly more religiously dif...

Federal workers who are furloughed or working without pay are democrats. what backs that claim? go ahead and ill have a follow up. >> frankly i dont know where he got the information from. i madimagine given the demograp of washington d.c. and the areas in the immediate surrounding counties its probably true. >> but the vast majority of federal workers do not live in the washington metropolitan area? >>m i >> buttia just tried to support it. why twd it be relevant -- why would it matter the poli...

Most of the workers who are furloughed or working without pay right now, president trump says are democrats. what backs that claim? >> even if -- >> finish that, then i have a follow-up. >> i dont know where he got the information from. i dont know if thats true or not. i imagine giving the demographic of registration data of washington d.c. and the surrounding counties. >> but the vast majority of federal workers do not live in the d.c. metropolitan area. >> fair enough. im not going to come ou...

If we had a cabinet official or high level official coming in, that would have been planned weeks in advance torque the criticism that it had something to do with syria or the shutdown, its almost impossible to plan something like that. it would have been done at the highest levels many weeks in advance. i think that this is one of those things, often theres times where we look at something that the president did and you see a lot of stuff in the media i think its being overblown. this is one of...

On a trip like that, if we had a cabinet official or high-level official coming in, that would have been planned weeks in advance. it would have been done at the highest levels many weeks in advance. and so i think this is one of those things, often theres time where we look at something the president did and you see a lot of -- sometimes i think its being overblown. this is one of those cases. im in the reserves and i do not speak on behalf of the military. and we dont bring our partisan affili...

Officers, and also noncommissioned officers have specific rules they have to follow. you have to maintain your political neutrality and commanders on the scene should be very careful about over displays by their troops of political affiliations, so this was probably something where the president caught got by some folks that were very enthusiastic in seeing him and he signed their hats, and thats all good, and the problem is it shows a particular degree of partisanship that should not have happe...

Standing the next several days until next thursday when the new congress convenes, chris? >> mike viqueira, thank you for that update. congressman connelly from virginia, good to see you. >> you, too, chris. >> you have 55,000 federal employees in your district? >> something like that, right. >> what is your response to the presidents claim that most of the people not getting paid are democrats? >> what an absurd claim. i mean, i have no earthly idea what percentage of the federal employees in...