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Happening at the senate. whats your reaction to the special counsel, to bob mueller being appointed as special counsel on this very specific case? >> i respect the decision. hes a good choice in terms of respect among members of both parties. hes a seasoned former fbi director. i dont know what caused the appointment. i havent seen any evidence of a crime yet. bottom line is i respect the decision. this pretty much shuts congress down. now i think the public will be one of the biggest losers of ...

The funding for planned parenthood or well shut the congress down, would you give in, would you surrender? >> wed be talking. just like as he said, the president was willing to talk to iraq without pre-conditions. willing to talk to iran without pre-conditions. but he wont talk with a republican without pre-conditions? this is a red line president who decides that hes not negotiating ever. thats his strength. because what we need to have, because if all of this -- what we need to have, its not a...

Politics, our people were played last night as a pawn, and thats why people hate washington, d.c. thats why they hate this politics. last night it was my party responsible. both parties can take plenty of responsibility over time, but last night, my party was responsible for this. >> and -- >> 66 days. >> -- like i said before, you have peter king, frank lobiondo, who is a lowkey guy. theyre outraged because they have seen the suffering in their state. >> well have peter coming up. >> saw the su...

Go to the vince lombardi rest area. anyway, the republicans did find a way. i mean, do the keystone pipeline and theyre going to do the payroll tax cut. you cant say theyve always been recalcitrant. they say okay. you want us to do something that politically we dont want to do because we dont think it works economically? all right. well swallow that, mr. president. but you need to do the keystone pipeline which you dont want to do philosophically because we believe itll create jobs. thats the bo...

Patrol. >> i have discussed it with anybody who will listen. i have several people from congress down, state and federal representatives down and have offered to cut them down myself just to get them out of the way. they have been a thorn in our side and they have been used widely by the drug trafficking organization or the human trafficking people to come across there. it creates challenges for us and the only thing that have visible there that protects the united states is a couple of cameras ...