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Have a hard time talking -- >> well, thats a perfect entry into my next question. it is people like you that would probably raise their eyebrows as to what his outgoing chief of staff told "the los angeles times" today saying that its not a wall, its never really been about a wall. do you believe the chief of staff, or is that one of the reasons hes leaving? >> im glad you asked. look, i have enormous respect for general kelly. ive been invited with him into a lot of conversations in the white h...

Campaign chairman for donald trump. so its an extraordinary connection. >> yeah, matthew, good thing you were there to ask those tough questions. also pretty remarkable that deripaska used the term "fake news" in his response to you. terrific reporting. matthew chance, thank you, live from moscow. with us now to discuss this, former u.s. assistant attorney for the southern district of new york, also a cnn legal analyst, and knee deep in all the reporting on this russia situation. i mean, what yo...

This art of the deal -- >> well, guy, it never actually did pass the house. the house passed a different version. >> they passed a bill that had no border wall funding. and thats all reporting. we dont know what he was considering or not considering. thankfully he came down on the side of -- >> he says the vice president told senators. we know that. the vice president told senators he was going to -- >> it wasnt public. >> look, heres the point. the promise for the wall was a foundational promis...

Well, okay. now lets have a deal. lets cut a deal. >> i believe in the deal, but -- >> you got to give something. >> what mcauliffe was saying was no deal, no negotiation. thats the opposite of leadership, guy. this is the problem with the democrats getting control of the house. their agenda is antagonism, resistance. resistance is not governing. >> you dont know. they havent even taken office yet. >> they were for the wall before they were against it, to channel john kerry, because they voted f...

Barriers on the border which is something they can do. you will see exactly that part of what the military does so well. defensive positions. you funnel people toward a particular entry point then can you deal with them there. that supports the border agents as well. i will say this. they say all the time a military guy replace as border guy. anybody who knows headquarters. if you have a border patrol guy who has been in headquarters for years and suddenly an army guy shows up, is he not well-se...

Out there. >> looks like youre trying to jump back in. >> no. i just -- i agree with marie. this is -- i wish we would be talking about, you know, the wall, which i dont like. im a border former governor. north korea. >> we can talk about the wall. >> its a terrible idea, by the way. >> you wanted an opportunity to say that. we can talk about the wall. $1.6 billion going into -- >> mexico was supposed to pay for it, not u.s. taxpayers. >> and ill tell you something about illegal immigration. one...

Want my tax money to go there. we have enough problems here. the government has got to regulate stuff. we cant be spending this money." >> why is it in los angeles, for example, when you talk about is it 600 million is the purported figure now? you dont talk about the amount of money, the receipts that the bodega owner gets, the taco stand gets, the target store gets, the wal-mart gets. no. that money is being paid by these undocumented people in terms of sales tax, they pay social security tax....

To entitlements. so the person is going "i dont want my tax money to go there. we have enough problems here. the government has got to regulate stuff. we cant be spending this money." >> why is it in los angeles, for example, when you talk about is it 600 million is the purported figure now? you dont talk about the amount of money, the receipts that the bodega owner gets, the taco stand gets, the target store gets, the wal-mart gets. no. that money is being paid by these undocumented people in t...

Whats more complicated is building a building thats 90 stories tall. >> isnt it a waste of time and money. >> by saying the border wall is a waste of time and money as mr. ramos did at the end of that sound bite, he is editorializing. not simply probing for answers. thats the key. jorge ramos has now become an advocate for people who enter the u.s.a. illegally. and that has superseded his job as a journalist. he is a man who wants amnesty for illegal aliens and not only that he doesnt really wan...

We have enough problems here. the government has got to regulate stuff. we cant be spending this money." >> why is it in los angeles, for example, when you talk about is it 600 million is the purported figure now? you dont talk about the amount of money, the receipts that the bodega owner gets, the taco stand gets, the target store gets, the wal-mart gets. no. that money is being paid by these undocumented people in terms of sales tax, they pay social security tax. the numbers that they -- >> bi...