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And say $800 million more the wall. some absurdly low number. he cannot in good faith sign that. >> reporter: if talks ultimately go nowhere, an aide has said house democrats are prepared to fund a bill to keep dhs open through september. its unclear, theres no indication senate republicans would take that up and put it on the presidents desk. >> all right. boris sanchez at the white house. thank you. joining us now is democratic congressman john garamendi, member of the house armed services com...

That. the second battleground is the international area. theyre trying to get control of the assets that the government of venezuela has internationally. not only the oil company and energy company that is owned by the venezuelan national company. the control of scity citgo is important. its in the military bases is the third area. the top officers are well. they are corrupt. some of them are drug traffickers. some of them are strongly incentivized with money and other incentives by the governme...

That tension is going to deal because it is -- again, there is a starving country waiting for it. so its going to be part of that. the new government is try to go get control of the assets that the government of venezuela has internationally. there is an energy company that is owned by the venezuelan company. the control of citgo is an important legal and financial battleground. the third is in the military bases wean the top officers. the top officers are well, you know, corrupt. some of them a...

Bezos, i think on of of that alex, by the time this story comes out, david pecker already entered into a federal agreement which he admitted to some of the shadier aspects of the national enquirer journalism including the catch and kill story. why even after admitting to that, why are you continuing to engage going after jeff bezos and more importantly sending letters to him that may or not be but having the appearance to be extortion and blackmail. >> you are right, legally there is questions o...

Of optimism there. what are the best options here for republicans over the next four, five days? >> you know, here we are again in the same position we were in about a month ago. you mentioned. look, i think this comes down to this being a battle of the bases. you know? nancy pelosi said she would not give, not even $1 to any such wall and then president trump on the other side who must deliver on the wall for his base. for the sake of his own re-election in 2020. i think what youll see here at ...

Point known. >> this hearing is pointless. well have plenty of signs, plenty of theatrics. bring your popcorn. i think maybe we set up a popcorn machine in the back. >> igniting a federal firestorm. >> before your decision not to recuse yourself on december 19th. >> whats the basis for that question, sir? >> yes or no? >> i again what is the bases for your question. you say its your -- >> im asking the questions, i only have five minutes. please answer yes or no. >> no, im going to -- you are as...

Security advisor michael flynn has pled guilty to lying to the fbi, correct? >> that is a true fact, yes. >> trumps longtime personal attorney michael cohen pled guilty to lying to congress about the trump real estate organizations moscow project, is that true? >> i believe that was one of the bases for his plea agreement. there were several other reasons that mr. cohen pled guilty. >> trumps campaign foreign policy advisor george papadopoulos has pled guilty to lying to federal investigators ab...

Want to be clear. i agree with the fbi. >> i am sorry -- i diplomat hear yo didnt hear your statement. >> on a daily basis and dynamically as required by those threats. i have seen it and based in my intelligence briefing that i participated on and daily bases, i know that the fbi and other federal law enforcement agencies are adequately resourcing these threats and all the other threats we face. >> sir, i am running out of time. we got to continue to look at homeland security because i believe ...

Security advisor, michael flynn, has pled guilty to lying to the fbi, correct? >> that is a true fact, yes. >> trumps long-time personal attorney and concigliary testified to lying about the trump moscow project. is that true? >> i believe that was one of the bases for his plea agreement. there were several other reasons that mr. cohen pled guilty. >> trumps campaign foreign policy advisor george papadopoulos, has pled guilty to lying to federal investigators about his contacts with russian agen...

Will come down to semantics, will it have wall in it our not. how do you please your bases. good to have you here, thank you, sir. tension at a congressional hearing. republican hmatt gates of floria used the hearing to being a differencely campaign for the presidents border wall and it didnt go over well with some in attendance. >> hr-8 would not have stopped many of the circumstances i raised, but a wall, a barrier on the southern border may have. and that is what were fighting for. we haven...