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Rules. he also has told worried subordinates that he will pardon them of any potential wrongdoing should they have to break laws to get the barriers built quickly. nbc news correspondent julia ainslie is with me, philip rucker also with me, former foreign disaster assistance chief under president obama, and reason magazine editor at large also with me. phil, the post reporting strong words here, president trump suggesting aides ignore the law. what more can you tell us about what the presidents ...

>> amid all of this, theres other news involving the president. "the washington post" reports that attorney general bill barr has booked a $30,000 christmas party at trumps d.c. hotel. the paper also reports on trumps new directive to fast track a border wall, and he wants it black, and he wants it by election day. quote trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast track billions of dollars worth of con...

Track a border wall, and he wants it black, and he wants it by election day. quote trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast track billions of dollars worth of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land, and disregard environmental rules, according to current and former officials involved with the project. he also has told worried subordinates he will pardon them of any potential wrongdo...

Welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." "the washington post" reports trump to trump said that hell will pardon them to any potential of wrong doing should they have to break laws to get the barriers built quickly. joining me now is our washington post reporter, anne gerend. >> making jokes of something like this is unusual. any sense of what laws he may have been referring to or jokingly about reconstructing

Completing her latest cancer treatment justice ruth bader ginsburg, keeping her promise to appear at the university of buffalo. >> i did not withdraw when my own health problems presented challenges >> reporter: receiving an honorary degree and acknowledging her notoriety. >> it was beyond my wildest imagination that i would one day become the notorious rbg i am now 86 years old, yet people of all ages want to take their picture with me. amazing. >> reporter: also reflecting on her decision to a...

Making a huge difference for those the kids, helping us to close the achievement gap between the white kids and kids of color. how do you strike that balance? we want kids to learn together in diversity. we want to break down barriers and we want to make sure we have academic strength and were positioning kids for their futures in a world where education dictates more in history. ill come back with my thoughts on how best to handle them. >> by the way, i spoke to somebody that talked about your ...

Have to construct barriers. it is costly. then at a time when theres issues of heightened security, national security, this is not only going to cost us but the president is going to make money off of this at his facility that you have said. >> one update on where we are, we have live pictures of a porking lunch from g7. its tape playback, we have video of it, the working lunch. were told as of a few moments ago president trump isnt inside, nor has there been an actual meal served. >> macron is ...

>> oh, do a donna summers song. >> i think they lived out a lot of their fantasies as gay boys. hollywood was such a big influence on both andy and halston. >> i was born in the midwest. >> i was born in the midwest. much of your life was probably involved in going to the movies on saturdays and sundays. >> you were at a dinner party and you could have one person to the left and the right who would that be? >> halston and elizabeth taylor. >> why? >> theyre both wonderful. >> they werent society...

>> i think they lived out a lot of their fantasies as gay boys. hollywood was such a big influence on both andy and >> i was born in the u.s. most of the life was involved in going to the movies on saturdays and sundays. >> halston. they are both wonderful. >> they became a new kind of society. suddenly, you know, gays were part of society. many more jews were part of society. a lot of those barriers just fell down. >> he had his entourage. victor hugo was a fiery,

>> we want to pay the illegal worker wage. and you have got to pay the american wage. you cant pay the $8 an hour and take advantage of the illegal. >> its wane extraordinary thing. you can hear the republicans start with a working wage. but for donald trump we could not be having some of these conversations because it breaks the barriers in both partys orthodoxy. >> the top of the show, its pro work. that means something and the president takes that seriously as well. honestly it doesnt feel li...