they ve had a lot of what i would almostal enthuse a. for just wanting to have be able to get to the bottom of it from their own branch of government. there s pride in their branch of government, which i think is healthy. clarence, why don t the republicans just sort of duck it on capitol hill and say now there s a special prosecutor, we re going to let mueller do that and we re going to do these other things? and they have an out. there is a concern that they might not they might be prevented from having certain witnesses or evidence because the special prosecutor wants those exclusively. but at the same time, on capitol hill, they have a saying, use it or lose it. the clout on these committees is very valuable. if they don t take action, folks will say, why do we need you for? right before i came here, i went to democratic leadership because i wanted to make sure i have my facts straight. the thing that s missing in
sometimes stokes fear just like donald trump does. now the question is, is that appropriate? i would say that on one hand fear if you re a leader, you want people to be afraid of things that might actually happen. you need the american public to give you the political capital to do the things to anticipate future attacks and to be prudent. on the other hand, you don t want a country that is where everybody s running around afraid of something that, again, statistically you re probably more likely to have chris knows. you re more likely to have all sorts of hit by a meteor. peculiar things. people aren t afraid of a white guy coming into your community and blowing it up. that s not the fear. the fear is muslims. the president played on it in his election. it plays to political advantage. that s why they can t show any threat assessment that justifies the ban. the ban is justified by the fear, not the facts. abby, matt, thank you very
in this country and therefore there was no reason to allow it to stay in place until you do have a show of proof. well, i would i would say what isis has said. they ve said they re actively trying to exploit this program to get bad people in this country which will do us harm. that doesn t give you the threshold of imminent threat. look at your stats. look what is happening. terrorists saying they re going to exploit our program. imminent threat shows proof of that infiltration, shows actual threat to you, actionable intelligence. you have none of that. chris, remember that this is consistent with legislation that passed the house of representatives a little over a year ago that 47 democrats supported. the president said he would veto it, but 47 democrats said after the terrorist attack in paris and san bernardino that this kind of policy made sense especially in light of what isis has said, that they re actively trying to exploit the program. so this is entirely consistent
who truly deserve it. we want to check them out before they get here. you do check them out, you want to say you re welcoming but you are banning them without it s a pause. it s a pause. the president calls it a ban. he says call it a ban. he tweets that it s a ban. it s a ban, congressman. you re running away from the word. 90 day pause, 120 day pause. it may be a short ban, it may be a short pause, but it s for a specified period of time to make sure that people coming into this country are thoroughly checked out. what does it tell you that you re not even comfortable saying what it is. what does that tell you about the policy if you re not even comfortable saying it? you wanted to call it three different things before i got you to saban. no, i want to call it what it is. checking people out before they get into this country to make sure we keep america safe. tell me what s wrong with that. why are you so opposed to making sure people coming into this country that 47
probably duck it. congratulations to you. thank you. good tahao have you here. you ll remember the first interview i did on cnn with you said to me, when there were 17 individuals on the stage, where do you think donald trump is going to fair out at the end of the day? i said not only is he going to win the primary, you ll remember, i said he will win the election, as well. i just felt that confident at the time that he s the right man for the time. something you ve been consistent with and also a little bit of an explanation for some of the trouble you get yourself in is your passion about who trump really is. most of the time michael calls me is to correct an assertion that is an unfair knowled. which trump do you get? some suggest it s a jekyll and hyde. will he say i will get business back to work and i ll be there for you. whatever you need, i ll figure out how to get it.