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Of constituent support, especially in early states, you to jump in now. i think the notion that we should sit back and wait is not well thought out. i also want to say the field is strong right now. we have some really strong contenders in the race. it seems to be a little egotist cal in my view if you think im going to wait for somebody to do something silly or foolish and then get in and be the white knight in shining armor. >> let me be the devils advocate. you have eight democrats who have o...

Here is our plan. if you want to reject it, fine. then you are the ones who have rejected it. that will be the starting position. for democrats, they dont want anything that, you know, supports president trumps pledge of a concrete wall, but certainly they have expressed an openness towards border security and in light of the tragic deaths of these two children whose families were attempting to bring them across the border, there is now a re-examination of the procedures for taking care of, you ...

Were concerned it might be stolen on bush, they immediately called the fbi. take a look. >> somebody had stolen it, evidently, from the bush campaign. and mailed it to my close friend tom downey who was going to be bush -- the bush stand-in in debate prep. it wasnt mailed from moscow, but it was mailed from texas. we immediately turned it over to the fbi. and tom recused himself on the whole debate process. >> seth, how does that figure into the analysis? >> sure. i mean, that can be aiding and ...

She said i had spoken to a recruiter a number of months ago and i was not able to sign up. she said i love this country, i want to serve my country, this is the only country i have ever know known. id like to see her find her pathway to citizenship. if she can do that through the military, we want to help her with that. >> some democrats say the problem with your proposal is the limits it puts on legal immigrati immigration, family reunification. you have to get to 60 votes. anything is going to...

>> all right. so back with me once again, victoria, charlie and kimberly. great to have all three of back with us. president trump said republicans want to fix dhaka. what needs to happen this week so that both sides can come out a winner you think? >> i mean, who knows? look. we are going to have an open debate process in the senate. something that we have not seen in a very long time. and something that one long time senate aide to me could get, quote, ugly, given the fact that immigration ref...

Are. >> to peoples whose lives are literally hanging in limbo, who are wondering about what their status is in this country, who are in this sort of excruciating position right now, we should say the president of the united states put them in and which the republican party is sort of voting to defend in its own way, when they say to you we wanted more. we want youd to fight harder for us. we feel let down and betrayed by this, what do you say to that? >> what i say is we have a vote. were going ...

When they say to you we wanted more. we want youd to fight harder for us. we feel let down and betrayed by this, what do you say to that? >> what i say is we have a vote. were going have that vote. hopefully well come up with a deal before february 8th. in fact, this afternoon a group of senators, both democrats and republicans came together again with discussions on concrete ways in which we can move this legislation forward. so were going to make that happen. and were going have that vote. and...

There. >> reporter: good morning, john. the debate clock continues ticking at 10:30, and thats when it started in earnest on the senate side late yesterday, they got 20 hours. 16 1/2 hours left to go after the debate process, and thats when it goes to the full floor for a vote. republicans need 52 yes votes on the senate side. there are six republicans who still have concerns over the tax plan. what are they? what are the obstacles here? lets take a look at the fiscal trigger. thats the idea tha...

You can put 218 outcome of the majority will rule. we can respect each other in the debate process. >> juan: absolutely. i hope thats the message people take away. i think we need more of it. oftentimes it seems like division and anger rules the day. what it comes down to is i think americans do honor each other. i love it when scalise, he did an interview with "60 minutes" he talked about what the doctors did with him. he said in humorous terms they put humpty dumpty back together again. he des...

Senator cruzs plan to offer across state lines marketing. i thought that was a deal breaker among republicans. you had commandments, if you will for what they want in a health care bill. >> kennedy: to your point and the ambassadors point, you are right. we need more free market in health care and youre so right about the involvement. >> john: i love hearing kennedy say that im right. >> kennedy: i know in your heart, you are very libertarian when it comes to issues like this because it has been...