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Or so. where you have a president from one party and a house of representatives controlled by another party and not much get done at least legislatively you see the president through pushing executive authority to its very limit and sometimes pass that limit hence you see a court battle over where that authority ultimately lie and you see the president go abroad to try to get signature achievement were seeing that right now with donald trump and his trade battles abroad. so this is not an uncomm...

Sort of drop in the bucket. the president said the other day, martin, that he was running the most transparent administration in history, its not particularly transparent if youre not running a sort of neutral arms length competitive bidding process for a wall which, as we were just saying a moment ago, maybe you dont even have congressional authority to build out. but then to also, the indication that a contractor might be getting favorable treatment because they also have a relationship with a...

Where you have a president from one party and a house of representatives controlled by another party and not much get done at least legislatively you see the president through pushing executive authority to its very limit and sometimes pass that limit hence you see a court battle over where that authority ultimately lie and you see the president go abroad to try to get signature achievement were seeing that right now with donald trump and his trade battles abroad. so this is not an uncommon stor...

Infrastructure week always seems to be some kind of disaster, doesnt it? remember the presidents last big infrastructure project, that was his border wall, the one he shut down the government for for 35 days to get that, his border wall? well, it turns out just 1.7 miles of wall, 1.7 miles have gone up so far. with the $1.57 billion congress appropriated last year. some builder this president is, huh? some dealmaker. the big question tonight, was the presidents tantrum today, his refusal to work...

>> i would not call him a builder. >> when he got to wash he wanted to do infrastructure. but he did tax and health care. but he wanted to do infrastructure. that is what his heart is at and i think the american people look at nancy pelosi and say, you dont want to work with donald trump. you wont work with him on the border or u.s. m.c. and infrastructure and your obstructing because you cant give donald trump a win even if it is a win for the american people. >> that will be the question for t...

You know this, when you cut a deal whether in congress or business, it is about trust and relationships. and so here nancy pelosi is going to come over and cut a $2 trillion deal on infrastructure with donald trump. >> that was never going to happen. you know they dont have the money. you know that -- >> listen. but youre going to talk about it and say there is a cover-up going on and think that donald trump is going to love you for. >> that it was nancy pelosi who blew this meeting up. and i wi...

Infrastructure matters and it shouldnt be an either/or but it should be a both and work together. >> you know donald trump is a builder. >> no, i dont. >> the first thing he did -- in new york -- >> hes a marketer. >> he has build buildings in new york city. >> hes had other people build some things and develop some things. >> ooze a builder. >> i would not call him a builder. >> when he got to wash he wanted to do infrastructure. but he did tax and health care. but he wanted to do infrastructur...

Intervention, the obstruction that the administration has engaged in -- as they say, the cover-up is frequently worse than the crime. >> john? >> this is the flip side of the total destruction strategy the president is pursuing. shes talking about echoes of nixon. for the president to kick off donald trumps no good, very bad day is incredibly self-defeating politically. this infrastructure -- his aides may not like it but his campaign proposed a trillion dollar infrastructure plan. this should b...

Im a very capable person. well see what happens. i can tell you this, let them get in angst out of their belt. we can do things so quick it will make your head spin. one thing they can do is approve the usmca to take care of our farmers. its every industry. every industry. they can approve the usmca so we can take care of our farmers, industries, the auto industry. one of the beautiful things -- [applause] one of the beautiful things about the usmca -- i used to talk about this as a private pers...

Gone up so far. with the $1.57 billion congress appropriated last year. some builder this president is, huh? some dealmaker. the big question tonight, was the presidents tantrum today, his refusal to work with democrats on anything, was that a declaration of war? and if so, what happens now? the senate democratic leader chuck schumer says "to watch what happened in the white house would make your jaw drop." ill ask him about it right away, right after this. its tough to quit smoking