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We just want steel slats and thats what we wanted for a while. no, thats not true. it was a concrete wall during the 2016 campaign and it has been one up until now and now the president is trying to act as steel slates are something different. but its something heef khes come up with and theyre not. >> i do think that this purported national emergency the presidents talking about could be an exit strategy. he could say -- because he signaled this before the shutdown occurred where he said, well,...

As nadine was saying theres really no way to know exactly what trump wants. senator lindsey graham and trump and even nick mulvaney earlier today were trying to says it not exactly a wall, its not exactly a concrete barrier. we just want steel slats and thats what we wanted for a while. no, thats not true. it was a concrete wall during the 2016 campaign and it has been one up until now and now the president is trying to act as steel slates are something different. but its something heef hes come...

Fridays meeting that he prefers the term strike. you know to government shut you. shutdown. why? what does this mean? >> i actually am not sure what it means because a strike would assume that the workers being furloughed right now are doing so by choice. this of course is something that has been placed upon them by the government right now. and congress and the white houses inability to reach an agreement to fund things going forward. i would actually say, you know, when we didnt know if there ...

Rigor of government and governing. first of all, you had that cabinet meeting this week. you look around the table. how many titles begin with the word "acting" around that table, starting right there with the attorney general in the center of the picture. eric lip ton of "the new york times" said this on social media today. as of thursday, d.o.d. will be run by a former senior bowling executive. epa is run by a former coal lobbyist. hhs is run by a former pharmaceutical lobbyist. and interior w...

Shutdown that has, in fact, impacted dhs operations? >> well, ayman, a short answer is that he doesnt have to go to congress to get this. he can go to dod and make this request, and in all likelihood it will go through just like the previous request to send the troops that have been down there for months now. they were supposed supposed to be coming home at the end of this month, but under this new request they would stay until september. we are paying close attention to what happens today. ther...

In fact, were talking about airports where a wall wouldnt do anything. >> so misleading at best. lets talk about this razor wire or whatever you want to call it on top of the existing wall and the troop movement. whats going on there? >> right. ive been down to the border, seen them hanging this concertina wire. they would expand this and talk about this today. theres a meeting between dod and dhs officials. and this isnt something that the president would have to get congress to approve. dod co...

In the center of the picture. eric lipton "the new york times" said this on social media today. as of thursday, d.o.d. will be run by a former senior boeing executive. epa is run by a former coal lobbyist. hhs is run by a former pharmaceutical lobbyist. and interior will be run by a former oil industry lobbyist. welcome to 2019. and, bill, thats part of the optics, part of the problem. >> yeah. i mean, people like -- when rick and i would say to our republican friends, this is not going to end w...

Around that table starting right there with the attorney general in the center of the picture. eric lipton "the new york times" said this on social media today. as of thursday, d.o.d. will be run by a former senior boeing executive. epa is run by a former coal lobbyist. hhs is run by a former pharmaceutical lobbyist. and interior will be run by a former oil industry lobbyist. welcome to 2019. and, bill, thats part of the optics, part of the problem. >> yeah. i mean, people like -- when rick and ...

In ferences the 2016 campaign at some point, although weve hs before. yet the investigation goes on. our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is her life to take us in-depth on the important events and key people who change the course of this probe. >> good evening. documents, text messages and congressional testimony reviewed by fox news show eight days in may 2017 right after the fbi director was fired, they are pivotal period with no hard evidence of collusion, senior fbi and d...

Gentlemen, welcome. this guy, replacing james mattis, major general, hes got no government experience. no policy experience. and he is not a veteran. what is your take on? >> well, first of all, happy new year, katie, hi, jack, good to see you. look, the traditional role of a deputy secretary of defense going back, oh, 20 years, has been mr. inside. and the secretarys been mr. outside. and most, in fact, some of the most successful senior administrators in the dod have been budgeteers. one comes...