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About animous, this is not abou keeping people out, this is about doing whats right. i do believe there has been a hard line on tariffs, and the hard line on tariffs is going to make the farmers start to react on that. >> they were furious when it was put in. is the president willing to pick that fight with his base. even though he says give me my wall money, is he willing to be pro-business? >> the republican leaders in congress absolutely do not want a big shut-down fight over immigration week...

Long-term strategy in syria is. and just how well thought out the strikes were. tim kane, democrat from virginia, who ran in the last election saying that trumps decision to launch air strikes against syria without congress approval is illegal. he says we need to stop giving the president a blank check to wage war. today its syria, but whats going to stop him from bombing iran or north korea ext? senator john mccain, republican from arizona, had a different response. he applauded the president ...

The -- that director mueller is not doing a thorough investigation. i assure you hes doing a thorough investigation is as evidenced by the stopping of russian oligarchs and seizing their phones and going through their suitcases. the notion that hes not doing an investigation is not -- wont hold water. what happens in that investigation, if its given to the attorney general, that he issues a report based upon that? and a lot what i think will happen, you cant -- mueller is a constitutionalist, ca...

To turn those people away, democrats? youre going to let them not get their right to stay in this country, democrats? and what are they going to say to that? >> i think they said it already, which is no. they see donald trump wants to cut legal immigration. he wants to do away with family unification through the lottery system. donald trump is anti-immigration. and thats what youre picking up on. the question is, how does his base react. theyre not even interested in what the presidents offering...

Votes to to govern in a stable way what we will see in the next weeks is some struggle within the s.p.d. . the party base is basically a lot of people in the party base especially the young ones are against a new grand coalition and therefore the party leadership will have to make a strong effort to get these people on board. its important point out yesterdays dont to vote on this right yes absolutely and there is a there is a theres theres no guarantee it goes through them. very true. though ju...

And this take taking a knee has at least put a spotlight on the issue. >> listen, if you listen to the town hall before this, the conversations and peoples opinion, the way they feel about it, much more nuanced than the president. even the nfl and the players have nuanced perspectives. the president is very one-sided. its this way, my way or the highway and if you dont see it this way, then youre wrong. how does the presidents base react when they hear these words? >> i think in their day to day...

Fact that these players are saying they respect this nation. they are loyal. theyre patriots. but at the same time they want to bring attention to injustices to include issues of police-involved shootings that have been happening. we listened to spike lee a little while ago. he was ahead of his time and do the right thing. i mean, this has been going on really this policing issue with blacks in this country has been going on since slavery. and were in 2017 now. and this take taking a knee has at...

Towards the united nations, a more conventional message you expect from a more conventional president, how does his base react? >> just fine. the next day donald trump will put out a tweet to appease them on another issue. the way donald trump runs his base. the base that will never leave him because he will never forget them. i expect him to be presidents tomorrow. i expect him to be presidential every day, but i do expect him to be presidential tomorrow and not have a speech that will please t...

Look, i didnt expect donald trump to win. i think most of my colleagues didnt. so we didnt expect to be in this situation and given how difficult it is to get to a consensus, it was hard to force that. >> talking points there from senator toomey, huh, robert costa? >> the senators i speak to on capitol hill dont want to move forward with this legislation. they know its unpopular and theyd like to see democrats shoulder the blame for some of the problems with the affordable care act and they know...

They know its unpopular and they would like to see democrats shoulder the blame with the affordable care act and they know that democrats would love to run against republicans in 2018 on this health care bill. there is a real reluctant if they cant figure out how. maybe to shelve it and force the democrats. >> what will the base do if they punt? my gut is they punt. how will the base react? >> if they punt and prop up obamacare it will be really ugly. the structural problem they have is a factio...