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The time please consider the following policy. there are people on both sides of the aisle, different backgrounds, that come in to see the president and ask could you consider this and keep an open mind. thats what the president was doing. >> i have two questions. one foreign policy and one domestic politics. first, last wednesday the kremlin outlawed the open russia movement. the premier opposition group to the ruling regime in russia and the following day security forces were forcibly closing ...

Back home. thats a healthy part of democracy. thats something our framers saw. so to some degree thats a healthy part of it. we feel very confident about where we stand. jennifer? >> sean, the president opted not to continue obamas tradition of pulling an easter prayer event. was that a scheduling issue? what was the thought process there? >> i really dont know. i know we wanted to do this national prayer breakfast this sunday. i think youre gonna see a lot of folks represented. i dont know enou...

Liberty in 1903 that she took on the meaning she has today. since then, give your your tire, your poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free. a fancy way to say there aint no party like an american party because an american party dont stop. well just like they accidentally nt out the invite to the people, some hosts are trying to take the invitation back. >> w cant let these people come into our country. >> and most of us sharing in that plus one. yep, once again, our country has developed a ...

Possibility. >> people ask the president all the time, please consider the following policy, and he has an open mind. there are people on both sides of the aisle, different backgrounds that come in and see the president and ask him, will you please consider this, will you keep an open mind on it? frankly, i think thats what the president was doing. >> john izzy. >> thank you, sean, thank you, john. i have a question on foreign domestic politics. last wednesday the kremlin out lawed the open move...

There are many who decided for a number of reasons to go back ho home. to some degree thats a healthy part of it. sean, the president did not want to continue the tradition of an easter day breakfast. what was the thought pros with. >> wepd him to do the freezer fair. i dont know how far back it went, but each president is going to have their own traditions, and i think this is one, theres a lot going on. it i see hi of standing minority backgrounds here at the white

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An issue in sanctuary cities in texas? you have people of all different ideological backgrounds. whats the problem like for you? >> quietly an issue. travis county we have a sheriff saying she wouldnt turn over people to the federal government. she has made it a bigger issue than it would have been. weve focused on it a long time. a good step forward. >> shannon: the house and senate in texas passed a couple of versions back and forth. one lawmaker on a hunger strike. critics say if you make it ...

>> absolutely. i heard people on the hill they saw my piece with you last week. they were getting phone calls, messages on their facebook page. this was people power. you were able to help us share this story and veterans groups across the country shared our stories. we use the #defend the g.i. bill. youll hear stories from veterans saying keep your hands offer our g.i. bill. especially in a time of war its off limits. if were going to send people to war we should pay for our g.i. bill and not n...

One bottleneck can be the office of government ethics that has to review their financials, and the bottom neck there, you have 20 or 30 people in that pipeline for the trump administration. at this point for the obama administration, you had more than 200 because they had just named more people and put them in the nominating process. >> and they also have much more complex financial backgrounds. >> it is really thoking. the office of government ethics rates them 1 to 5. obamas was one to two. th...

>> okay, but senator, the reality in front of you is, this threat from the trump justice department that cities like chicago will no longer get federal funding unless it becomes a nonsanctuary city. it drops sanctuary city status, so what do you think chicago should do? >> well what chicago does and every city does is to share information when they arrest people, fingerprints, for example, with the fbi, so that they can check the backgrounds of individuals. but listen, we have an important respo...