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John, who feels better about this confrontation in the white house and the oval office? >> no question, democrats. you just heard the president say, thinking out loud as he sometimes wants to do, fine, you want me to take the blame, if we dont get what we want, i will shut down the government and take the blame. you could basically see chuck schumer trying not to smile. he looked at the cameras like, did you get that? and this is not good for the country or administration. remember, republicans ...

Would do a continuing resolution on the homeland security bill where the wall funding is and pump. >> >> thats the way you deal with this. nancy was right about something. >> go on. >> she said you dont have the votes, mr. president. shes right. i can tell you there are not 218 republican votes to pass what would be a mini bus or omnibus appropriations bill. there never were. house republicans always need some house democrats to pass a bill like that and the senate you need 60 votes there. clear...

On fox, why not? >> right. >> and so when donald trump is sitting there and the leader -- >> just to be fair, she did say the facts on his cards were wrong. she pushed back. i take your point. she announced at the end she didnt want to embarrass -- >> im saying, schumer is saying, hey, indiana north dakota. why not say you deployed the united states military to the border for a publicity stunt? hey, mr. president, were all old enough to remember, wasnt it mexico going to pay for the wall? why ha...

President, himself, began to chafe against the restraints kelly put on the office. the two of them, their relationship barely exists at this point. the president wanted nick ayers. that was his choice. there wasnt a choice "b" as weve been reporting. despite his bluster on twitter, there are a number of people, perhaps ten people who want this job, theyve had really hard time finding someone to take the position. as soon as a name enters the short list, that person usually scrambles off it. cong...

Of america, the trade embargos. that is directly hurting farmers and ranchers all over this country. >> as you just said, president trump has an uncanny ability to keep all eyes on him. he certainly can command a rally. he is a big presence in a room. how do you win against that? >> oh, you know, its funny. hes a big presence in the room but its all based around a bluster and, really, in basic ways hes kind of a bully. you step back and look at him. you grow up a skinny kid with thick glasses wi...

Of bluster and not really something we should be worried about. the president is not a criminal. thats what republicans generally feel. >> adrian we have independent senator angus king who is raising this concern. take a listen. >> i dont think theres evidence yet available to the public where there could be more or less a consensus this would be an appropriate path. my concern is that if impeachment is moved forward on the evidence that we have now, at least a third of the country would think i...

The last ditch efforts by the republican majority in their final days to run cover for donald trump as he continues to be part of the mueller probe. it was a joint closed door session of the oversight judiciary committee, and my former boss who i worked for for five years, to watch him go out there and talk about this as if this was some sort of justified procedure, completely contradicts what they used to stand for, for all their talk and bluster about transparency during the obama years, they ...

His escort. then, of course, he sits down and so much ink has been spilled over the last 24 hours on those he did and did not greet. what is going on there? >> you know, i think -- and this is putting him on the couch, so were both sort of speculating here. i think clothing for donald trump is armor. why didnt he just leave the coat, the over coat in the back of the seat. hes worn the same outfit since the 80s. its almost like hes been cryogenetically. thats his approximation of it. its almost a...

Interesting thing about him because for all of the bluster and all of the bravado and the bragging, hes a deeply insecure person. and so these costumes he wears insulates him from that. and i thought it was extraordinary at this event in the national cathedral with all of the pomp and circumstances involved in it, he couldnt just strip that off and leave it be. then he ends up sort of crumpling it and giving it in the hands of the surprise military attache. at >> when the reading started it is s...

Of the seat. hes worn the same outfit since the 80s. its almost like hes been cryogenetically. thats his approximation of it. its almost a cartoon, cartoonish version of that, but it alternately gives him security and it allows him to keep people at a distance. and thats really the interesting thing about him because for all of the bluster and all of the bravado and the bragging, hes a deeply insecure person. and so these costumes he wears and thats really the interesting thing about him because...