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Movies, except this time the fbi is the crime family. As with all crime families, the head needs Somebody Someone is holier than thou. Called behind his back, cardinal jim comey. The consiglieri Andrew Mccabe, violating any statute that got in his way. And his button man, peter strzok. They are getting off in their fight to save the country from donald trump. Sounds farfetched, doesnt it. Its not. There is a core group of arrogant, corrupt, lawless individuals who felt they and not we should dec...

Exactly -- sorry, brooke. i think i lost you here. >> can you hear me, abby? >> reporter: its not clear what president trump meant by that. hes referring to this conference report. the problem is if president trump decides all of a sudden that hes going to change or add to this bill, it could be a serious problem. republicans and democrats have been haggling over this for weeks. they would have to go back to the drawing board to get buy-in for whatever president trump wants to add to it. there i...

Among his supporters. well see how it plays out in about a half hours time. >> we should also point out nancy pelosi has to be careful because she hasnt completely locked down that speakers gavel yet. so something to watch for. also doesnt want to have to have a tough border wall fight early in any potential speakership. geoff bennett, thank you. last hour nbcs garrett haake asked paul ryan about the presidents tweet that he said he can order the military to build the wall. ryan, surprise, sur...

Started with congress appropriating money to invest in dealing with the poverty and violence in those three countries. it was $750 million. the number has been going down in the two successive years. it needs to go in the different direction. as long as these circumstances exist, these push factors are always more compelling than any level of border security. >> there are those who will point out the split screen here, which is the president sending troops to the border to deal with a caravan th...

Example but in terms of the immigration debate it allows him to say look, this is why i am so passionate about this wall. this is why you need to get this wall passed. and i have to say i think there is as much a focus here on republicans in congress appropriating that money as there is democrats. and because they know back behind the scenes that president trump might call them out if he doesnt think theyre supporting his narrative on this. >> jon: and those who do not support the presidents nar...

Pressure will force the fbi to come clean if they want to remove the suspicion surrounding not only what happened back under hillary clinton email investigation, but whats happening under the mueller investigation. judge jeanine: tom, hopefully public pressure? whats the public going to do, come out like a lynch mob? public pressure doesnt help. we need someone with a grand jury or authority of law. >> the fbi cant spends a dollar without congress appropriating it. we are suing in court. frankly...

Come clean if they want to remove the suspicion surrounding not only what happened back under hillary clinton email investigation, but whats happening under the mueller investigation. judge jeanine: tom, hopefully public pressure? whats the public going to do, come out like a lynch mob? public pressure doesnt help. we need someone with a grand jury or authority of law. >> the fbi cant spends a dollar without congress appropriating it. we are suing in court. frankly we get documents congress cant...

Pressure will force the fbi to come clean if they want to remove the suspicion surrounding not only what happened back under hillary clinton email investigation, but whats happening under the mueller investigation. judge jeanine: tom, hopefully public pressure? whats the public going to do, come out like a lynch mob? public pressure doesnt help. we need someone with a grand jury or authority of law. >> the fbi cant spends a dollar without congress appropriating it. we are suing in court. frankly...

Needs protection should get protection. theyre working for the american people and working for the government. what is the solution here? just a matter of congress appropriating more funds? >> well, i think there was an expectation last fall when this problem was first raised after a contentious election cycle. 1400 secret service agents had reached their caps. they were maxed out in annual pay and overtime. that prompted congress to approve a one-time fix to ensure that all those 1400 would be ...

Members of the administration, who in past administrations have not had protective details do now. i think the head of the epa has one, i think the secretary of education has one, as well. is that correct? >> theres a lot about this administration obviously is different. i think what is different really for the secret service, the way it was explained to me, is that theyve never had this type of an arrangement where you have adult children who have business interests as far flung as they do. and...