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You said he gave on the wall first. he certainly indicated enough for mike pence to give the impression to all the republican senators up there, he was going to sign a government funding bill and live to fight the wall fight another day. he had indicated that perhaps there was, you know, last spring there was a moment with syria, and he indicated perhaps there is a different way to go about this. now he just tweeted it out. hes doing this in defiance of his secretary offense defense, who clearly...

Schumer talking about how you cant reprogram funds within the government. >> the administration cannot reprogram funds appropriated by congress for the full wall without our ascent. to do so would violate congresses article i powers. they cannot do it on their own. the house and senate will not approve a wall from reprogrammed funds or anything else. it wont happen. >> dana: this reminds me of the commercials for ups or fedex. you said this and i said this. when they are talking about border sec...

That is in the congresses court right now. the house passed several bills. over the years to authorize the construction of the wall. when you look at the mass of illegal immigrants. there came to at the southern border right now. by mob action. you realize how important a wall is not just to protect law enforcement that are putting their lives on the line. but also to protect the lawbreakers whose actions would otherwise force it. >> isnt the department of homeland security one of the agencies t...

That theres very little social interaction. its all, youre my political ally or my political foe. and its important for people to know each other, know their families, to live in washington and to communicate with each other. >> senator, when you were in the senate, you passed major bipartisan legislation clean water act, family medical leave. ive got a list of all of the congresses in which you served and list of remarkable bipartisan achievements that occurred there. what changed? and do you k...

>> one of the most influential partners in the response to the hiv and aids crisis has been the united states emergency plan for aids relief. here tonight to make an extraordinary announcement is the u.s. global aids coordinator, ambassador debra burks joined by dr. aaron. give him a round of applause. >> thank you. hiv with the generation across africa and much of the world. in 2000, there was a voice that stood up. that voice of nelson mandela went across the oceans to our halls of congress an...

Lets not forget that most analysts have concluded that this agreement is not that different to the original nafta despite the few concessions that you just mentioned to us and on top of that we also have to remember that the agreement still has to be approved in the national congresses of the u.s. canada and mexico and by the way mexico elected a new government that is also going to have a new president who will be in power from tomorrow hes not even here at the conference right now and he is no...

Congresses in modern history. no time to have a rookie sitting across the table from mitch mcconnell and donald trump. theres movement through these midterm elections from some of these people who made promises, democrats saying its time for a new generation of leadership. what do you say to those young people voted into congress and want to turn the page. >> lot of people voted. i look at it from two levels. first and foremost from a presidential level. one is, when george mitchell faced off ag...

Hes done. president trump knew there was not going to be any push back. now he knows there is going to be push back. it is going to be serious push back. thats what the american people want. i dont know what will happen. were going to be very careful with issuing subpoenas. i dont want people to think the first day i walk in there were going have 30 subpoenas going out the door. not going to do. that were going to do it very carefully and make sure that its done with integrity. >> you did not ha...

Huge deal for democrats across the country. i also think you cant ignore the role that race played in midterm elections. based on some of the rhetoric we have seen come out of white house there were people who decided diversity is needed to congress. as you see gop shrinking is becoming increasingly older and more of a white male party, i think the counter balance theyll have trouble reconciling with one of the most diverse congresses this country has seen. youve got native americans coming to c...

Infrastructure, the dream act, wants to do background checks and reduce the cost of prescription drugs. republicans never brought those bills forward. we will conduct the investigations that republicans wouldnt conduct. >> can you do both? i remember last night before they even called the house we heard democrats were demanding president trumps taxes. and i thought to myself, i want to see his taxes too, but if health care is what people voted for, thats not what democrats are leaning into. so n...