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Congressional committee requests when appropriate. however, that appears to be contrary to the requirements of the global act. that comes as adel al jubeir who said mistakes happen. he warned about any linking to saudi arabia or to the crown prince to khashoggis murder saying quote our leadership is a red line. he reiterated the latest saudi explanation for the murder that it was a quote rogue operation which is an idea that president trump actually first floated several days before the saudis p...

I got you this wall. i always said we were not going to punish the kids brought here. were going to get the bad people out of the country and were still going to do this, and this is a victory. he could do a deal like that. spin it as a vibltctory. hes skilled in pr. but the steven millers, ann coulters of the world -- >> he keeps blinking, and that criticism, i agree, he could also say drones, the flying wall. look at my flying wall. you could spin a whole lot of things if hed act consistently....

Of people even inside the white house who were amazed at the comments of wilbur ross had made and didnt feel like they were helping the white house at all in their argument that the government shutdown is worth it for the border wall. the white house is sitting back and watch to go see these votes and seeing which one ends up more popular on capitol hill. >> quickly, back to the blinking and the presidents tweet last night, do we know any -- do we have anything on why he blinked so politely? >> ...

Who you might have to use at a trial at some point, going off and testifying in another forum. i suspect the mueller team will do anything they can. it may be difficult in the senate subcommittee to constrain that testimony. >> thank you, joyce vance. up next, it looks like president trump has finally met his match in washington. he has backed down at state of the union, blinking in the staredown with nancy pelosi. remember that after she took the gavel again, her daughter said im quoting here...

Weeks. she is now saying she will give upwards of $5 billion, her allies and aides are telling us this but no wall money. she doesnt want any money for the wall but shes willing to talk about border security. then you have this incredible standoff. republicans were daring nancy pelosi to disinvite formally from giving the state of the union. nancy pelosi did it without blinking an eye and the president backed down. it does reestablish pelosi as the -- it establishes her primacy on capitol hill, ...

>> bret: that would be something if president trump delivered the address from the senate chamber for the first time. >> it will be a sad symbol of the fact that partisanship in the country has reached the point where the president can only be welcoming a chamber that his party controls. on the other hand there are some of us who have long thought that the state of the union under presidents of all parties have gotten out of hand. >> bret: i said our colleague brit hume is very happy about the s...

Taking. some new hostages were thrown in today. these daca recipients whose lives were upended due to trump, and now he is saying, ill take that back. well, it is a nonstarter for the democrats for those reasons. >> is this the president blinking? given that he does have ann coulter criticizing his plan and other conservative media outlets. he is not giving them with a they initially wanted. sf first, dont forget supreme court is not taking up the her on court ruling which has prevented the pres...

Now they dont have any money at all. when you talk to republicans, how do they justify linking, giving people back the pay they have earned, that they are still earning working for free, linking that to a fake border crisis theyve got to know isnt real. >> they seem to be completely aligned with the president on this point. they say this is -- the democrats are the ones obstructing a deal on this. >> the house of representatives -- >> the president already said he owns the shutdown. i dont think...

Democratic strategist and a former republican strategist and editor and writer for house united. so sherry, lets just start with you. is it just more posturing from both sides or are we making some progress here on day 29? >> look, i think trump realizes that he had to to something. his numbers are tanking. hes getting down into nixonian numbe numbers. he was at 24% when he left the white house. donald trump had to blink. i dont think hes going to get everything he wants but he had no choice. he...

He stormed off a week or so ago apparently pounding the table. he cant do that any more because of the public opinion of polls. he doesnt care about federal workers or humanitarian crisis at the border. he doesnt care at all about the people desperately trying to escape horrible situations. he cares about himself. he cares about his poll numbers. even though thats a 3% drop, that 3% drop is everything to him and the more it drops, the worse its going to get. there have been several news reports ...