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A fight just like the president. even though this train has come under scrutiny and criticism, its still their dollars in california for other projects and its not to be used for a wall. and that it did come shortly after the announcement of a lawsuit. and so its going to be increasingly more difficult for those remaining republicans in california to back up the fact that hes calling back the dollars. >> im told we have kristen welker back with us. you were going through some of the reporting. y...

Getting ready for this hit. still havent heard back. i was looking at twitter and saw good reporters that have good intel tweeting that think think this idea will basically be a more scaled back version of what republicans have been -- or trump has been demanding at the white house. theres talk about pathway to citizenship for dreamers. that would be a huge deal for democrats if they could get that, if republicans were willing to give that. thats a big deal. of course, the border wall is part of...

That g-20 summit, but the big question right now though, will president trump raise the issue of russian interference in the election? so far, we are told by the white house the agenda for that meeting has not yet been set, tom. >> cecilia, thank you. next tonight, the white house taking action against north korea by pressuring china. the administration blacklisting a small chinese bank that it accuses of laundering money to north korea for its nuclear and ballistic missile systems, cutting of...

Proposed travel ban on muslim immigrants. with us the senior pastor of first corinthian church and from washington d.c., writer for the investigative fund. sara, you first. this came out as a weaker proclamation than expected, so much so the alcu said theyre not swinging. they thought it was going to be geared more toward the lgbtq community in terms of what some of the religious institutions are raising against having access to them or fairness for them. >> yes. it is a much more scaled back ve...

Melania trump and i think you see that with her approval ratings soaring above her husbands by far. so i think well be seeing a lot more of her. i think the fact that she has a skeleton staff, its about four people, which is incredible because michelle obama had a staff of 24 people in the east wing. so you see the scaled back version of what shes going to be doing compared to her predecessor but i think well be seeing more of her this summer when she moves here. >> its also sometimes an unfair ...

People, which is incredible because michelle obama had a staff of 24 people in the east wing. so you see the scaled back version of what shes going to be doing compared to her predecessor but i think well be seeing more of her this summer when she moves here. >> its also sometimes an unfair comparison because it often takes first ladies a long time, more than we kind of remember, to figure out kind of how they are going to fill the role. i mean, michelle obama didnt instantly come up with the in...

Is going to be a multiday rollout of immigration-type things. tomorrow it seems that hell be focused on border security. later in the week likely on thursday also focusing on visa and refugee programs, particularly some country where is he says and this administration says are hotspots for terrorism. of course this is part of a skilled back version if you will of the ban on muslims. so this is still being developed in terms of how they will be shaped. for the next couple days his immigration ord...

He wants to make sure other people dont do that so he can vote against it. this has been a difficult thing for the house republican caucus. they wanted to come up with an alternative that was a dramatically watered down, scaled back version of the violence against women act, but to the embarrassment of the republican leadership, they found out they couldnt even get the votes for the scaled down version of it. so they had to come back and say, fine, well work with the democrats and do this and br...

How many times do we hear him say this in the last couple years? >> millionaires and billionaires can afford to do a big more. we can close corporate loopholes so oil companies arent getting necessary tack breaks. >> eric: i was shocked when i learned that facebook earned $1 billion and not only did they not pay a penny in federal taxes but getting a refund of half a billion dollars. full disclose sure, im a facebook shareholder. but trillions in debt. trillion dollar deficits. why havent we hea...

How many times do we hear him say this in the last couple years? >> millionaires and billionaires can afford to do a big more. we can close corporate loopholes so oil companies arent getting necessary tack breaks. >> eric: i was shocked when i learned that facebook earned $1 billion and not only did they not pay a penny in federal taxes but getting a refund of half a billion dollars. full disclose sure, im a facebook shareholder. but trillions in debt. trillion dollar deficits. why havent we hea...