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The white house has come down but for both sides now this is a base issue. democrats know trying to block trump on a signature promise is pop you wlar their voters trump known being seen as backing a way from a wall is critical. >> whats your sense going into the new congress? >> its appropriate the meeting is in the situation room because its quite a situation. i think trump has respect for pelosi and i think he wants to deal with her -- theyve been back and forth this week, who is a better for...

Brett kavanaughs numbers being milquetoast and about a third of the public, including a third of republicans, didnt have a strong feeling about whether he should be confirmed or not. post the hearing republicans are rallying around him. trumps voice of support contributed to that. however, the other thing thats happening is independents are turned off by this whole thing. we did a poll. we did dial tests last thursday during the hearing. among people that did not have an opinion on kavanaughs co...

Illegal immigrant before upstate new yorkers. >> that tells me plain and simple they are worried. democrats have this enthusiasm and economy is not motivating their base, they need to use that to try to intrude republican rally the base issue to turn out voters. >> that seems smart actually, the talking about the culture issues and national anthem, that seems to me like you look at the data, wages are still stagnant for a lot of people. unemployment rates are low in the trump areas, people are n...

That carrot and the stick analogy, whether or not the president becoming tough is enough to answer back to the swamp. i mean, look, you have both chambers with republicans saying no shut down before midterm. >> lisa: i think president trump is doing this because the democrats are in the minority and charged up for the midterm elections and trump knows immigration is a huge base issue. what president trump is trying to do is get the republican base up charged up and ready to vote in the mid-term ...

American people have been after decades and decades of crisis after crisis including the most current one, being completely ignored. you talk about them getting comfortable in d.c., we talk about the swamp becoming the jacuzzi, the hot tub, sitting around, hanging out. doing nothing. so the bottom line is, the president did run on us to get elected in 2016. it is a base issue but also an independent issue and leading up until now, we had this immediate crisis happening right now, i was listening...

This as a base issue, immigration. and the polling to a certain extent bears that out. i think my question is, is the number of those republicans shrinking as this presidency wears on? >> that may be true. i dont know. the problem i have with it is i think the base is pretty well locked down at this point. to be honest with you, the stuff the republicans would want to run on, economy, ending regulation, judges, thats really good for the base as it is on the republican side. and you dont have to ...

That is that what you were suggesting? >> well, yes. i mean, im not suggesting there is a conflict of interest in any business world that would be a conflict of interest. its just a matter of whether you know it would impact his decision making or position on these issues. he has in the past taken some strange positions. for example, after tiananmen square he was one of the senators letting trade continue with china despite human rights violations and voted in that manner. he has had votes with ...

National guard troops to the border. hes barely sending more than president obama did in 2010 and not as many as president bush did in 2006. >> charlie, the whole base issue with the president, we put scott pruitt in that bucket because you could make an argument, its pretty clear, if pruitt werent popular with the base hed probably be gone. >> i think thats true. the president number one, identifies with pruitt. the press is going after pruitt. the press is going after me, so i think he identif...

That people in industrialized countries will see the facts and hear the truth film and that they give more attention to base issue. one general young is no longer allowed to show his film on chinas strictly controlled internet but hes convinced his work has helped raise awareness and the country about the need for change. and now its time for global ideas this week we visit the rain forests of ecuador home to a wide variety of little known delicacies reporter michelle knight and hannah traveled ...

In fact, were not going to reopen negotiations on illegal immigration until they reopen the government and give you our soldiers and your families the benefits and wages youve earned. >> im sorry. we got the wrong tape there. gene, what do you make of this the fact that theyre brutally using this, saying the soldiers are not getting paid, but the politicians were? >> well, a lot of tough talk. this was a base issue for trump. and whenever -- when he met with schumer, for example, and made a wall...