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Listen. >> the base issue is getting to the bottom of what the russian interference was and what the relationship was with associates of the trump effort. so that is the big elephant in the room that has gotten to be dealt with in the most approve why it way. is the white house going to have the ability to stabilize itself? this is not just international issues brewing around the world, all kinds of problems, but the domestic agenda here. the big issue right now is dealing with this russia issue...

Saying that this sort of turmoil is very disturbing to him. what are your questions this morning? what are some of the questions you think congress needs to get to the bottom of? >> joe, as you mentioned, its hard to know where to start. the base issue is getting to the bottom of what the russian interference was and what the relationship was with associates of the trump effort so that is the big elephant in the room that has got to be dealt with in the most appropriate way. the american people ...

Florida. were expecting three stops there, hillary clinton hitting this issue hard, not shying away from it at all and trying to put the focus on both donald trump as well as the fbi director, erin. >> all right, joe johns, thank you. "outfront" now, jackie cusinich. keith boykin, former clinton white house aide. jeffrey lord who served as white house political director under president reagan. angela rye, former congressional black caucus. and criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor, pau...

And the presidents answer is gun control? the presidents answer is releasing jihadists at guantanamo? thats the reason that the country is on edge. yes, the world is in trouble, but it usually is. the difference is we have a president who is not asleep at the wheel. hes not at the wheel, hes somewhere else. >> well turn to gitmo in second. he could have done this back after sandy hook, couldnt he? when democrats joined with republicans to vote against the legislation up on capitol hill, they pro...

And the presidents answer is gun control? the presidents answer is releasing jihadists at guantanamo? thats the reason that the country is on edge. yes, the world is in trouble, but it usually is. the difference is we have a president who is not asleep at the wheel. hes not at the wheel, hes somewhere else. >> well turn to gitmo in second. he could have done this back after sandy hook, couldnt he? when democrats joined with republicans to vote against the legislation up on capitol hill, they pro...

Republicans are already saying theyre going to push this and force obama to sign this or theyll have a government shutdown. the polls on this issue is with the republicans, not with the president. >> so the public doesnt want to take any chances. >> but its a republican base issue, a couple rupe were alarmest. thats how the republican base works. something catches fire, all of the republicans are jumping on board. what they are suggesting here is a very bureaucratic difficult things to do when t...

Is from the members of the sleeper kretz who are actually plotting against us who carry passports like those people who apparently did all the hell last weekend. >> 2200 refugees have sum from syria in the last five years. actually mike at chertoff wrote a her with napolitano today, saying he thinking the current policy is very rigorous. mike at chertoff a rep serving under bush. that said, this is not going away. you know the government funding runs out december 11th. republicans are already sa...

Clinton. i agree that abortion is not a primary issue for most women today as they go through their daily lives worrying about how to feed their kids or get a job out of college or the like. the reason why it continues to matter is it becomes a respected issue. and the way that men talk about it, when scott walker talked about, you know, threatening the life of a woman to protect a fetus, when marco rubio says that about a rapist and the impact on women, thats for many women just a, you guys don...

Discovered it. theyre not going to vote for it. >> democrats messed up. they didnt do something really basic which is read the bill properly to find what is known as hyde language which has been in spending bills to prevent federal dollars, taxpayer dollars to be used for abortions. there have been some internal back and forth. theres been on this issue for months and months in which republicans kind of relented and said we wont do it at the last minute they snuck it in. democrats didnt notice. ...

So this is not a base issue, and the opposite of that is that it is absolutely energizing for democratic base, because certainly so many activists on the ground who have pledged to get arrested over this issue if it were to go forward so it is energizing the the democrats and so not so much the republicans. >> i think that it is going to help the republicans this issue, the stalling of the pipeline, and naings to the affordable care act, it is going to make it harder for democrats to win in nove...