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Brilliant thing. he called paul ryans bluff. called someone tolls get the agenda item accomplished he needed accomplished. he took party politics out of the equation and focused on what the american people expect of the white house, which is, you know, checking boxes. getting things done that have been promised. steve: sure. absolutely. steve, you look at what has happened here as actually revealing the fact that there are now three parties in washington, d.c. >> yeah. and i do believe that or i...

>> leland: do you agree with the analysis that this was a bluff by the democrats that the president fell for? >> i think elements of it, could democrats would not would not have stood in the way of funding harvey victims. i think there definitely was presumed at room to sort of push the deal along the lines, particularly given the republican agenda. somehow, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer walked out of there -- i dont know about everybody else being happy but they certainly were. they got everyt...

About the leader of russia as if he somehow is going to know more than the leader of the united states, how to deal with north korea, is kind of remarkable and shows that vladimir putin is essentially winning this argument here. i think this whole conversation goes back to the idea that steve bannon in that interview said there really is no military option for north korea. >> the american prospect prior to him resigning? >> yeah, calling the bluff and saying that the u.s. is pretty much bluffing...

Bargaining chip. other than the president agreed to the bargaining chip and a lot of republicans felt the democrats were just bluffing. the president has basically caved, folded to their bluff and thats where we are. >> leland: this came from our john roberts, a source telling him it would appear president trump saw them heading toward a stalemate, asking essentially the same question heather asked, what was the goal line? republican, democratic, the presidents own goal line that he wasnt going ...

Chris lu is here. assistant to president obama. its great to have you as well. lets just start right there with harvey funding. congressman, if the funding is needed desperately, obviously, these are two things that are -- theres a good argument both need to pass and need to pass quickly, a debt ceiling increase and emergency aid for harvey victims. do you think tieing them together is smart? >> i dont think its necessary. i dont think its a deal killer either. i think they out to quickly get th...

Because he stood up and for years they didnt want to make that challenge because they were afraid what the courts would say. challenge steve bannon. challenge the hard 2%, and what youll find is they dont have the power that they want you to think they have. i mean, this is what donald trumps been doing wrong all along. 80% of americans support d.r.e.a.m.ers. 20% oppose. and want them deported, and donald trump is siding with the 20%. so the some point its just like kurt flood, free agency in ma...

They will be met with a military response. is it a bluff? would we use a massive military response? >> jesse: i would not want to make mad dog any more bad than he already is. thats a dangerous game that north korea is playing. even nikki haley looks like she wants to hop into a g52 and fly over. they are messing with fire and fury. to use the presidents language. it turns out we want to make sure the chinese enact some sort of energy embargo against north korea. oil and fuel. its about time. i ...

Not what to make our immigration system more fair or 800,000 young people in this country who are following the rules and trying to make the country better but how is he going to reconcile the ill conceived, irresponsible promise he made on the campaign trail. so, chris, when president obama was grappling with this decision what he took on was a broken immigration system and said im going to use every element of my presidential authority to try to fix it and im going to use this executive author...

In the world. >> juan: jesse come over the weekend, defense secretary mattis said if pyongyang asked,r they will be met with a massive military response. is it a bluff? would we use a massive military response? >> jesse: i would not want to make mad dog any more mad than he already is. thats a dangerous game that north korea is playing. even nikki haley looks like she wants to hop into a g52 and fly over.. they are messing with fire and fury. to use the presidents language. it turns out we want ...

As were giving these young people who are american in every single way but their papers, an opportunity to succeed in this country and make it better. david jolley was on the program last week where its almost like the president has called the conservatives bluff. you wrote this back in 2012, in both health care and immigration context, eric holder and president obama are lacking in constitutional awareness or so have politicized the justice department its no longer a reliable indicator of the l...