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This first year of trump is going to mean for the Republican Party in the long term, for conservatives . Do they have the same home that they used to, or is the party irreparably changed . I think long term, the chances are high that the Republican Party, it cant recover or is broken apart or this is the beginning of a breaking apart for them. The brand of what it means to be a conservative or conservative republican is kind of lost. And whether conservatives in particular can ever get back to, ...

Matter. were continuing to be fully cooperative with the office of the special counsel and will continue to drive the same message that weve been driving over a year. there was no collusion and well continue to be cooperative until that comes to a full conclusion which we hope is soon. >> so nothing has changed in terms of willingness -- >> again, ill refer you to his legal team. they would make that determination. >> what is the reaction to learning that he is not a target of the special counse...

Conjunction with his legal team and make you a determination and i would refer you to them -- were continuing to be fully cooperative with the office of the special counsel and will continue driving the same message that weve been driving for over a year that there was no collusion and well continue to be cooperative until that is -- comes to a full conclusion which we hope is soon. >> so nothing has changed in terms of his willingness to answer questions? >> again i would refer you to his legal...

Republicans say to each other in their caucus meetings? its not being snide here. they are walking into one of the greatest off year landslides in u.s. history and on all of these wedge issues that drive turnout, theyre with the 5%. i dont get it. >> i think the question, joe, is whether those issues are going to drive people to vote. i mean, i think that if thats one thing -- >> yes. >> theres one thing that americans should take away from the news events of the last few weeks, the tragedy that...

>> well, i think i have got to clarify what the deal is, because it wasnt that -- we are going to very much try to reach a deal. in fact, im involved in negotiations, i had two meetings yesterday, one this morning, again this afternoon, to try to work through the border security and daca question so that we can have an agreement. but mitch mcconnells agreement was if we dont have that agreement before february 8th, then hes going to bring a bill to the floor on a neutral basis, i think he used t...

We talked about s hole for six days. six days. and i think most people dont even care anymore since friday night. and quite frankly i dont think the democrats want a deal on daca. daca is something very important to democrats as they go into the 18 elections. it fires up the base. keeps the reflection off of them and on to the president. they can call him everything they want. i think a lot of it is totally untrue. but this is a way to keep their base going. a deal with daca helps the president ...

Side need 60 votes to pass a spending bill through which means they really need the support of about 9 democrats depending on who republicans end up voting for. so they have some wiggle room here. as negotiations continue tonight, many want to see other things added to spending bill, not just daca. many say they want extension of the chip extension, childrens health insurance program money thrown in there. will that be enough to woo the senate democrats? still outstanding question. but thats sen...

It. to me, and i think most people i was in a dinner today, burger king, all over the place last five days, nobody is talking about this. everyone is talking about whether daca or immigration deal will get done. and ultimately thats what hell be judged on not what he said and people say he meant. but i think again right now the democrats really dont want a deal. because this is very important. more so to republicans to get a deal done on daca i think. because just like president clinton is hero ...

Immigrants or minorities, from what he said on the campaign. and sometimes its become harsher. so comments in the oval office important for a range of reasons but also off the cuff and really reflect not him read frg a speech but what his view is a lot of the tenets of immigration reform and daca and other things sochlt what is his actual gut view? i think its more telling to hear what he has to say off the cuff than prepared remarks or speech or what his spokes people are saying. >> isnt that w...

>> it is clear that congress has at least until march at a minimum and possibly even longer to reach a compromise that resolved the daca question. there is no reason why congress should hold government funding hostage over the issue of illegal immigration. >> out front on capitol hill. and sunlen obviously getting down to the wire, crucial moment, any chance democrats listen to mcconnell? >> many democrats, erin, already clearing their line in the sand saying no i wont spend for any spending bil...