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Youre weak and trump reversed course. what that means now is that trump cannot go as far as to offer citizenship which would be a possible way out of the crisis because he fears more than the democrats, more than those federal workers who are unemployed or without pay, he fears people like ann coulter and james carafano, when he said this is amnesty, vice president pence said, dont worry, well never give them a path to citizenship. >> democrats say theyll only negotiation border security once th...

High crimes and misdemeanors have not been laid out in the constitution there had been too modern day congresses who have decided that high crimes and misdemeanors does equal the very least, obstruction. >> absolutely. >> it was the house judiciary committee in 1974. it was the judiciary of the house itself in 1988. they both proceeded on these grounds to impeach presidents for obstruction of justice. i dont see what the argument is. >> congressman, you introduce article of impeachment already a...

Immigration, this border piece would be perceived as more sincere. neil: but wed never get to that point. how many times under different administrations and congresses have we looked at a comprehensive plan and then it falls apart. >> obviously this isnt the answer either neil. neil: youre right about that its like one of my diet resolutions how far are we into the new year? what would abraham lincoln do? this government shutdown phenomenon its a fairly recent thing in the post world war ii era,...

Veterans to social security and on and on. neil: youre right. weve gone to the well where you should down the government under both administrations and multiple administrations and congresses. and you talk about you guys had the run of the table in the obama administration and you agree more than you disagree. in your case there are serious and comprehensive i am gra i s gos-- immigration reform and theres a lot more commonalty than the wall. why couldnt it be included in a daca agreement or som...

The opening. this is an issue and a problem that has existed among multiple administrations, so its a problem that has been here for a while. and because previous administrations and other congresses werent able to put together a plan to actually get operational control of our border, were in the situation that were in right now. and -- >> you dont use the word crisis, though. just in terms of numbers of people being apprehended. its record lows compared to what it was in the 70s and 80s and up ...

President is is saying? >> i will say this. there is 400,000 people that have come through this country illegally last year. theres about $67 billion of l illegal drugs that come through our r ports of entry and through our mail as you alluded to in the opening. this is a issue and a problem that has existed among multiple administrations so its a problem that has been here for a while. and because previous administrations and other congresses werent able to put together a plan to actually get o...

So i think i can only guess why it hasnt been said i hope it was not a sort of. you know mistake or improvisation because those kinds of diplomatic flaws are simply you know unexpected from a country like the united states is it possible to work around the white house in a situation like this maybe to work directly with the u.s. congress and with its members such as ms pelosi i mean is that how you deal with this current administration. we always work with members of congress because we are both...

And then the minute they say you will be, its just unfortunate. i did offer a second proposal in our caucus. [inaudible] [laughter] >> will give the glass half ful full. >> and we can just get this spirit going we could fix it all. i really appreciate it a new congresses sworn in.

And then the minute they say you will be, its just unfortunate. i did offer a second proposal in our caucus. [inaudible] [laughter] >> will give the glass half ful full. >> and we can just get this spirit going we could fix it all. i really appreciate it a new congresses sworn in.

A trump administration that was very white very old a little bit male and now we as you said have one of the most diverse congresses in the history of the country a signal that a lot of voters in many places in this country are not happy with the way things are going and this is going to reframe that youve heard from lawmakers really on both sides of the aisle saying this isnt working things arent going the way they should the government isnt functioning as we see because of the government shutd...