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>> theyve been stagnant for the last ten years. >> and theyre very little right now. >> now theyre starting to increase. youll see more of that with this good economy were starting to see. >> thats the hope. it does take me back to something that president trump put very much into the mainstream dialogue many years ago before he was running for president. he said it to me personally when i was at abc news more than once, stop talking about that unemployment number. it is irresponsible. how about...

Work. if youre an able-bodied adult, you should have to do something to get taxpayer money. democrats support, republicans support, independents support. lets get that done. more importantly it will help people trapped in the welfare system get to a better position in life. i think were all for that. thats why its an 80% issue across the country. >> are you extending the kelly understanding of humanity. do you believe people who are on welfare are lazy? >> no. i believe we should incentivize wor...

Support of gay marriage. he said, you can do that and still know how to talk to working class americans, working class democrats. it was very clear to me he thought about your question a lot, meaning he was thinking about how he would position himself in 2020 and the marriage of that, where the party is and where the party needs to be, meaning getting those trump voters back or something that is on his mind big time. >> of course, demure when chris asked him directly about 2020. he said theres a...

On just that emotional moment, the humanity that you both discussed, i think that that is something, the vice president reached out to you when your father passed away, and your family. this is something that people dont realize. because of his horrible experiences, he does all the time -- i cant tell you how many senators, staffers, people who barely know him say, i just got a call from joe biden because my father died or my sister died. its kind of unbelievable the way he uses that experience ...

Because he learned a lot more about having people around him. other than that circumstance maybe, have you ever seen where a president has their own hand picked people from the doj in rosenstein and boyd, and his hand-picked fbi director, whom he picked to be a cleansing agent, come to him and say, dont do something, and he did it anyway? >> yeah, you know, chris, its even worse than your premise because, you know, bay of pigs is geopolitical. there are a lot of factors bearing on the problem. t...

Every two cities in europe are designated as european capitals of culture last week i told you about the maltese capital letter to david putting the dodge city of you biden in the spotlight the city with about one hundred ten thousand inhabitants is looking forward to a year of cultural events discussion and debates and who better to tell us about it that came hempstead thank you very much for coming in to full extent to us what is designation by the this started back in one thousand nine hundre...

Of this issue to show that its very important and they did it without the government shutting down and then the president welches on his promise to look at the issue seriously, donald trump loses. because the fact of the matter is this is a moral issue. and the durbin and their allies wanted to raise it to the publics attention and the presidents. they did it by the only way they could do it which was to slow and end the budget process. >> and then they relent because they feel the president is ...

Somebody who a lot can argue after that is a racist. >> yeah, i think -- i just want to say something. to senator durbin, thank you. thank you for your service. thank you for your courage. and thank you for your determination. he has been a leader and a fighter and he is working with republicans. i told snorkelly today, you know, you guys make it sound like durbin and -- that he came with a left wing proposal. i thought it was unprecedented what he was willing to give up to unleash the hostage h...

>> reporter: oh, boy. about a year ago i learned to stop taking bets on this sort of thing. i just talked to a couple republican senators who were very pessimistic, but that said, they dont usually get its act together until the deadline feels very real. so ask me again toll. >> furloughing government employees is never anyone wants the backlash from that. so i imagine people might want to get something done at the last minute. garrett haake, thank you very much. joining me now is congressman gu...

>> at this point, i know there is a deal on the table. i know that for me i -- at this point im really -- im frustrated that republicans are still saying that this is what is happening and were blaming this and this. there is a deal. it may not be a perfect deal and right now it may not be what i would have wanted five years or ago or what i want in ten years. but right now we need a solution. i think at this point it is moving forward on it. it is coming to consensus on it and just moving forwa...