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Kate Bolduan gives a fresh take on todays top stories. Letting him ask about obstruction but doing so in written answers and limiting inperson questions to questions that dealt with things that events that happened before President Trump was inaugurated, focus on the potential collusion questions and nothing about obstruction of justice. All of these debates over whether they will sit down are going on while giuliani is saying President Trump does want to sit down with him, he is expressing inte...

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>> reporter: well, this is really part of what were seeing as a full-court press from the administration to maintain this unity between the u.s. and allies and partners. two sources familiar with the discussion say this is in the discussion phase. the vice president, if this goes forward, would travel next week to poland and romania, who are key allies in all of this and it comes after weve seen, just in the last 24 hours, president biden speak with president zelenskyy of ukraine. we saw preside...

The security committee, bernnny thompson, he said that theyre going to have a counter offer to president trump that includes at least or more $5.7 billion for border security. border security is a phrase thats picked on purpose, not necessarily meaning that would be money for a barrier. it would be more of what the president is asking for border security. this is a discussion phase and there is also an idea bubbling up in the senate giving green card to daca recipient which would be much more se...

Consideration about cost savings. the issue of cost savings and the $115 million that would be saved annually is something that we saw in the proposal as part of the reasoning here. that is one factor. of course, many are wondering, is that cost savings at the end of the day worth the potential risk. >> whats tsa saying? >> we took this question to him. we asked them about the decision making process. we do know that they have told us that this is not a new issue, which we have reported. this id...

Areas where they disagree. its increasingly clear that the big stumbling block is still a question of citizenship for dak ra recipients, whether and how to allow it. so while theyre close, there is this big stumbling block. conservative house freedom member described this to me as he was leaving. >> obviously, there is no bill. theres certainly a lot more input then has taken place. were not in the discussion phase. thats a very big difference. >> a lot of these republican lawmakers tried to des...

In a discussion phase which is good. i hope they would be talking to everyone and really hearing what voters are thinking about this. and representatives and senators are saying. thats what hes supposed to do. just kind of getting ideas and seeing what he likes and what he doesnt like. the nra has made it clear in terms of increasing the age. well wait to see what else comes out. there are more of these listening sessions. this is just the first one. >> appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank ...

Just, just speaking for me personally, anyone who knows me would accuse me going easy on anybody. i dont think nra members can react to something that hasnt happened yet. >> you think its just talk from him? >> it could be. i think hes entertaining both sides. >> he does tend to agree with the last person hes spoken to whether its dianne feinstein or republican. you dont believe he really wants to raise the age limit to 21 or you believe he does but other people will influence him not to do that...

I mean, thats his whole career. and, again, on taxes, i think theres a deal there to be had. it may not be massive and the biggest in history, but i dont -- i wish we could skip this jam-down phase and move to the bipartisan discussion phase, and i think we could get something done. and he could claim success. >> senator angus king, independent of maine, thank you so much for your time. always good to see you, sir. >> yes, sir. thank you, jake. president trump still focused on hillary clinton ...

Effect. i dont know what -- i dont know where that goes. i think president trump is transactional. he likes to do deals. i mean, thats his whole career. and, again, on taxes, i think theres a deal there to be had. it may not be massive and the biggest in history, but i dont -- i wish we could skip this jam-down phase and move to the bipartisan discussion phase, and i think we could get something done. and he could claim success. senator angus king, independent of maine, thank you so much for y...