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Right, a lot of this is about turning the finger against the investigators. again like bill clinton did. ken starr was the issue not bill clinton that he wanted americans to focus on. just as today donald trump and donald trump jr. want to focus on the conduct of the fbi and robert mueller rather than the president. as you pointed out, we didnt hear a lot of defense of the president and the things that he was accused of on wednesday. >> talk about base pressure though. john boehner and then paul...

Has been thrown around. i do think that number will get reduced. i do think there will be some funding for it, which will anger the democratic base. >> there will be an argument about what you call it. is it funding for the wall, is it border security. but i think the base pressure on the president has been pretty unrelenting, whether its ja nancy pelosis newest funding propos proposal. what are you hearing from fellow republicans? do they feel theyre going to have to make some movement? is ther...

>> yeah, i dont think they trust him one whit. i think they snookered him. i think they put him in a box on this and he tripped up himself and the republicans. i think -- chuck and nancy did not just fall off the turnip truck. they know exactly what they are dealing with. and they are trying to figure out ways to, first of all, increase the divisions within the republican party, and boy did they succeed in doing that today. and secondly, see if there are ways, big ways, little ways in which they...

Trust him one whit. i think they snookered him. i think they put him in a box on this and he tripped up himself and the republicans. i think -- chuck and nancy did not just fall off the turnip truck. they know exactly what they are dealing with. and they are trying to figure out ways to, first of all, increase the divisions within the republican party, and boy did they succeed in doing that today. and secondly, see if there are ways, big ways, little ways in which they can get something that the...

Bynum. there are all kinds of opportunities on infrastructure, on trade on, health. but it has to be bipartisan. and hes right. i think were making more progress, not as much as i think we would like but were making some progress on the senate side. i havent seen any indication that theres that need for bipartisanship. >> both of you are bipartisan senators, in hindsight, it is easier to be on the outside to say this is how you fix this problem. gridlock is only going to get worse even if it inc...