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Country, children who are caught up in this in horrible ways, and the look that that gives us in a moral sense. should we be responsible for that? we are, because we are a beacon of light. >> katie: but you cant discount that the president in the white house and the term campaign made "the wall" the biggest part of their promises. yes, border security in general, which -- the kind of dropped "wall" from the languages over the couple of days. after he vowed to shut the government down over the wa...

And were coming to you live right outside the federal courthouse in washington, d.c., as we await more details on the sentencing of the presidents former national security adviser michael flynn. michael flynn has just spoken in court, were learning. i want to bring in shimon prokupecz to learn what has happened. the judge in the case spoke, emmett sullivan, saying he was concerned that michael flynn was not warned about the repercussions of lying to the fbi and he didnt have counsel present. >> ...

Judge sullivan says, the more you assist the government, the more you help yourself at time of sentences and what is this? >> this is what we discussed on your show ten minutes ago. why did he plea to this? because he could have been charged with worse crimes and now it is on the record, and judge sullivan doing what judges do, and this is good for flynn, because this is muellers pr prosecutors saying that we think that we could have indicted flynn on these other crimes that we indicted this wee...

The idea that the judge is mad that michael flynn is a traitor. number two, michael flynns lawyers have been arguing that he wasnt sure, wasnt supposed to lie to the fbi, which flynn walked back, which the judge simply mentioned that he could be mad at. number three, the judge knows a lot more than the rest of us know. what do we think motivated him? >> you definitely have the buckets. i mean, in terms of that middle one, that hes mad about this -- it seems that the defenses strategy backfired h...

Children, including his daughter and son-in-law, were getting closer to criminal activity. >> let me read to you, as we talk about criminal activity, the fact that this corporation you know got this immunity suggested that they needed some kind of immunity. heres a federal prosecutor arguing -- >> i understand that you worked there a long time. im sure there are people you do like and love there. but what is your view at the end of the day here? do you think that ami did act in concert with the ...

Our colleague joe scarborough with the astute observation that its mind-blowing to see a republican president call for a break-in of dnc headquarters. and rudy giuliani changing his story once again. not claiming that the payoff scheme that yielded a guilty plea from michael cohen and a nonprosecution agreement from the parent company of the national enquirer didnt happen but saying that hes arguing in the alternative, whatever that means. watch this. >> according both to cohen and to pecker, ag...

Republicans were unable to come up with a health care bill that could pass both the house and senate. another question is if congress congress -- if its called something else or will they are from scratch. lawmakers in both parties didnt have a clear answer to what that may look like. >> i wouldnt say we couldnt unite on any data, but this is a very difficult issue in the closely divided senate. one thing i think well get united on is medicare for all meaning medicare for non. if democrats want ...

I guess it would have been well about another month. >> ed insisted to police he had into idea where heather was, but he did give them a big clue. he told investigators, in fact, he spoke to heather on the phone the very night she disappeared. he we heard something on that call alarming then. even more alarming now. >> i called her, she answered. and immediately i could hear kind of arguing. >> ed said he we heard a mans voice in the background during that call. but whos voice was it? hes been a...

Disappeared to talk. but before he could say much to her, he said her phone rang. >> and so shes like well, this is a call i have kind of been waiting for. i said, well, you know, i really got a pertinent matter to discuss with you, if there is anyway you could possibly have them call you back. >> what was the pertinent matter? >> it was letting her know that i discovered she had been having an affair the entire time. >> was that who was calling her the person you -- >> i kind of got that feelin...

With senator chuck schumer and nancy pelosi in the oval office over the question of the border wall, pushing to fully fund his long-promised wall. its an issue front and center in the fight to avoid a partial government shutdown that he is proposing. crucial departments like the tsa and homeland security could be affected just days before christmas if both sides dont reach an agreement next week. what could happen? david marcus, news editor for the washington examiner. that was just a fascinatin...