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When we asked people what they needed and where they needed it. furthermore, on this back and forth, this was mick mulvaney, the presidents acting chief of staff on friday on that issue. >> democrats have simply shut down the discussions. they did not even counter us. we went back to them by the way after the second $1.3 billion and picked a number less than 5. so actually came off of our a $5 billion slightly. they instead of coming up from their $1.3 billion left. sandra: perhaps you can use t...

Overseas. the corporate tax rate went from 35 to 21%, it has spurte spurreo much growth. the job seekers, job holders, job creators have all benefited on the trump economy. he will do what it takes to keep the economy fortified. sandra: its grea great to havu here. one other subject. on syria, the president has said, he has defended his decision to pull troops out of syria. what has been done by this administration to ease the concerns of our allies in the wake of that decision? >> well, the pre...

Us to a higher growth platform. sandra: theres been a lot of talk about the presidents open criticism of the federal reserve and i just -- i know you just mentioned the risk to the markets that the federal reserve poses with these interest rate hikes. the presidents been critical of the hikes, saying the only problem our economy has is the fed. and hes been critical since he took office. it was a couple years ago, he said th fed is obviously not independent. how does that open criticism from the...

Strong holiday sales and concerns over the future of the fed chair. well make sense of the recent market volatility with an economist. plus deaths on the border, two children in just over two weeks. >> certainly this is an absolutely tragic situation. sandra: what changes need to come to care for the thousands of minors showing up at you our southern border. and -- >> our presence in syria was not open-ended and was never intended to be permanent. sandra: president trump defends his decision to ...

Understood, judging from what weve heard from the president of the new york fed. and then second, the fed has to realize that it cannot keep a really important policy tool on automatic pilot. that it needs to be more sensitive to whats happening. and i think that the fed can regain control and we can stop the self-inflicted wounds. sandra: do you think the presidents criticism of jerome powell and his actions as the federal reserve chairman, are they warranted? >> no, i think the president has a...

Going to take to secure the border. ill give you one example. in law today there are prohibitions that stop the president from building the wall in certain areas where frankly we have the most porous parts of the border. we need to remove those legal limitations. theres limitations that stop him from building the wall in certain ways. theres cheaper, more cost effective ways of building the wall. the president cant do that today because the law blocks him. the law says if theres a lower cost and...

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National zoo. sandra: rich, thank you. joining us now, kellyanne conway. kellyanne, nice to see you this morning. thank you for coming on the program. at a time where we are told the president is working on shies ts shutdown standoff on an hour by hour basis. what has changed in recent hours? >> ive spoken with the president. he said hes ready to receive a counter offer from the democrats. its been many, many days since the house passed its $5.6 billion for border security. its not restricted to...

But we do know from the dhs statistics that a number of women are saying theyre being assaulted. a number of people are saying theyre being assaulted. the number of children and family units that our customs and border patrol are being asked to absorb is overwhelming the system. we have a congress that failed to close a loophole. they could close the loophole and not close the border. sandra: it sounds like theres room for compromise on the part of president trump. when i hear language from you,...

Individuals who were rescued by c.p.b. sandra: the president has been tweeting about that as well, pointing fingers at democrats for what happened at the border and the loss of the children. >> it needs to be a nonpartisan issue. security is everyones business. its dismaying to watch the democratic senators who instead of coming to the table and talking about border security for this nation, sandra, running in 2020. clearly talking about again 202. sandra: the shutdown continues, the standoff co...