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This is the end result of it. one hopes there are leading lights on capitol hill, some republicans. does mitt romney of utah really want to tell utah ranchers the federal government can come in and build ranches -- i mean fences on property in utah? its going to rain environmental lawsuits. there is not a major group in the country not ready to go in to fight along the border and national wildlife refuges and the like. i think its good politics in a sense donald trump gets out of this hole, but ...

He didnt do it. he did a big government shutdown. hes going to be blamed for it. this is the end result of it. one hopes there are leading lights on capitol hill, some republicans. does mitt romney of utah really want to tell utah ranchers the federal government can come in and build ranches -- i mean fences on property in utah? its going to rain environmental lawsuits. there is not a major group in the country not ready to go in to fight along the border and national wildlife refuges and the li...

This is the acting attorney general of the united states. >> yeah, and look, the ethics officials are there for a reason because thir the ones familiar with these rules and it is their job to make these recommendations. its not the job of people you hand pick to make the recommendations. reporters asked today who are these that are on this committee. doj refused to answer the question. this entire thing is really -- its hard to overstate what a kind of open, brazen act of corruption it is for th...

Ethics advice you were given. this is the acting attorney general of the united states. >> yeah, and look, the ethics officials are there for a reason because thir the ones familiar with these rules and it is their job to make these recommendations. its not the job of people you hand pick to make the recomme recommendations. reporters asked today who are these that are on this committee. doj refused to answer the question. this entire thing is really -- its hard to overstate what a kind of open,...

Foundation. some have approached this through the cynical prism of self interest. >> she continues, i know that governments operate not on feelings, but mutual interests. they must ask a fundamental question. if the democracies of the world do not take steps to bring the perpetrators of the brazen act, what moral authority are they left with? a check of cnn business. asian stocks surged on optimism with the end of the trade war with china. bloomberg reported that president trump has asked offi...

Dramatic step. im not quite clear on how they talked the president into it given his, you know, going rogue against all advice and praising putin and not bringing this issue up with putin. >> well, a couple of points. kudos to theresa may, whos the former home secretary, the homeland security secretary of britain, who i think worked hard to persuade a coalition of countries -- were the biggest contributor here, but there are 14 european union countries plus canada, to go along with this. second ...

Theyre the enemy. it is us against them. come out and vote. they want to see vote turnout over 70%. maybe they get it by putin pointing and saying, this is another example of western bias against us. >> there has been strong reaction on the republican side. washington is quiet today. everybody is home. ben sasse and john mccain sent a letter tomat matitis and pompeo saying the u.s. should lead a response. im quoting, sadly this attack will not be the last time russia tries to silence those again...

Comes to global commerce and the chinese say this plan will include a great deal of countries including of those countries you mentioned, those controversial leaders who are here in beijing today. and now theres still much work to be done to make this plan into a reality but it is really counter to the america first kind of proposals youre seeing for president donald trump. china appears, according to economists, to be taking that gap and trying to push its agenda on world trade. ana? >> interes...

Brazen thing. if youre of a certain generation your mind does flash back to the water gate time. i think there are a lot of differences but the fundamental l act of a president firing a law enforcement official who was conducting an investigation that might touch on some of the presidents associates and the presidents campaign is reminisce santa. i thought it was a pretty brazen act. >> comey said this in his fair well letter, he said i have long believed that a president can fire an fbi directo...

>> a growing memorial, flower, candles, to see where this took place, what exactly happened. its really hard for a lot of people in the community to believe. i was there all day and theyre just stunned. an outrageous, brazen act. this assassination, the police commissioner called this an assassination. it was an am burg bush. it was an attack on the uniforms of these police officers. and even in this community that sees a lot of crime, this particular act was hard to believe. >> msnbcs adam rees...