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Focus. number one, i think he has to control immigration period. thats the issue that propelled him to the top. >> give us a day. when does the first shovel go into the ground for building the wall? >> i suspect it will go in the ground probably in april. hell make the proposal certainly by early february. theyll have to get it to the senate. it will be something to watch. remember, donald trump is not a fa than sere. hes not a guy that sat down on wall street and invested. hes a builder. hes bu...

Focus. number two, i think he has to control immigration. >> all right. >> period. >> on that note -- >> that issue propelled him to the top. >> on that note, give us a date, when does the first shovel go into the ground for building the wall? >> i suspect it probably will go into the ground in april. he will make the proposal certainly by early february. theyll have to get it through the house and senate. theres actually some money they could repurpose. it will be interesting to watch because, ...

Thats defense spending. thats why you never can get a deal. the sequester was an accident. you have donald trump in the face of lockheed martins ceo and sending a message to everyone else in the industry. theres a lot of money here to be made. part of it is the waste, the low ball bids that always end up coming in significantly above and significantly late. this is a man whose own business -- you cant do that. of course, he gained prominence with an ice rink in new york city that new york city c...

Sign a pledge so faithless electors could potentially face perjury charges. >> colorado law was written with the presumption that people would fall the law. >> reporter: michigan binds its electors. a builder among them. >> my imperative is to do what the voters in michigan indicated, and that is to support donald trump. >> i dont know what moral imperative means to some of these people calling me. >> reporter: for the never trumpers to prevail, 37 would need to abstain. only nine have voted for...

Demonstrated in the state of texas is there are multiple strategies to secure the border. sometimes its wall, fencing, sometimes high technology, sometimes it is adding more border patrol agents. theres a region in the state of texas that has a beautiful national park or state park that would be a great visual where it can still be secured in that particular region, maybe where a wall may not be necessary but other strategies will be necessariment the bottom line is what we have to do is secure ...

>> they vowed to make electors sign a pledge so faithless electors could potentially face perjury charges. >> colorado law was written with the presumption that people would fall the law. >> reporter: michigan binds its electors. a builder among them. >> my imperative is to do what the voters in michigan indicated, and that is to support donald trump. >> i dont know what moral imperative means to some of these people calling me. >> reporter: for the never trumpers to prevail, 37 would need to ab...

What thats all about, because reagan didnt have the history of being able to adjudicate those kinds of decisions. but he was a very good judge of character. trump is exactly the same way. if you look at a developer or a builder, they have a vision, but theyre not really the architect. they dont know how to draw. theyre not the plumber, theyre not stringing the hardware, theyre not the carpenter, theyre not laying the concrete. so i think what works with trump is reality. its not flattery, and it...

Our leaders as the democratic leader in the house. chuck schumer is now the democratic leader in the united states senate. those are two of our leaders. when you have -- but thats why who the dnc chair is and what their focus and priority is important. they need to organize. they need to be able to rally people together. they need to raise money. there is just no doubt that we need resources to win elections. they need to communicate effectively and be a consensus builder and put a strategy team...

That has been achieved. what does history tell us? >> history tells us it is incredibly difficult to roll back accomplishments, particularly when they are supported, like the climate change initiatives. the overwhelming percentage of the american people support vigorous action on climate change. let me give you an example. franklin roosevelt, of course, was the great builder of the liberal state. heically new deal programs including social security. the republicans came in under eisenhower and e...

Did. it can be done. every country in the world that matters to us, go to europe, you got in france going 300 miles per hour, you dont even know youre moving. the zurich trains going up and down the mountains, you dont even know youre doing it. in japan you put a coke on the table and it doesnt even rattle when youre going 300 miles per hour. china the same. why are we riding around in these buckboards, this amtrak joke? why are we like that? >> isnt that the kind of -- thats the kind of thing t...