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This country dont want criminals and people that have lots of problems and drugs pouring into our country. so i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it n down. im not going to blame you. the last time you shut it down it didnt work. i will take the mantle of shutting down. >> sounds like a promise. or the larger promise of the shutdown, we have folks to talk about it real clear editor a.b. stoddard, former obama advisor van jones, trump campaign aide michael caputo and david penn -- l...

Country safe. but keeping them honest, this stuff has nothing to do with president trump. >> that was may of 2017. we have been following it since then, and to this day, nothing really has changed. no new construction. some could begin shortly. none yet. and certainly nothing like the president has claimed, much of the wall is fully renovated or built. what the president said is just not true and the same goes or this claim that hell take responsibility for the shutdown just a few weeks ago. >> ...

Kushner and his wife, ivanka pushed to fire flynn. a source close to kushner disputes this account. it is not clear if the fbi plans to talk to kushner, but investigators believe he would provide information to assist in the probe. kushner was unaware of the fbi interest in him and has not been contacted by the bureau. john and alisyn. >> thank you, joe. lets dig in with the panel. we have jeffrey toobin and ron brownstein and editor a.b. stoddard. great to have all of you. jeffrey, one of the p...

The president is still running the country like a brand instead of a team. it is a transition that he has not made from his time in business through the campaign to the white house. ea even though he had every legal authority to fire the fbi director, he hasnt bothered to explain it. he made it all very personal. not about the country. i think that if he wants to enjoy broader support for radical moves or bold moves, he has to learn. this goes for pieces of legislation and his agenda. he has to ...

Interrupting the election. it was interesting contrast, a.b. a man so worried about power wound up getting caught up the way he did. >> right. we know that james comey because of the way he acted both in july and then october before the election in november. really sullied his reputation. he was above everybody in d.c. because of that exact anecdote you described. he stuck his neck out and wasnt influenced by politics. he was a man of integrity and took the risk all those years ago in the hospit...

You talk to republican members of congress on capitol hill, they will tell you on the record, they dont like the comey firing and how it was handled. they are concerned about the facts concerning comey. this comes from republicans in safely red states that like donald trump. they are not silent. i think what they are trying to do is communicate through back channels to senior members of the staff. can you guys try to reel this guy in. i dont know why they bother. you cannot reel him in. this is ...

Special prosecutor. where is the howard baker of 2017. >> schumer referring to the senator who asked during the watergate stan ccandal. >> we have our panel david gregory and david drucker and a.b. stoddard. it is worth noting, we tried to get schumer on the show, but we invited all of the republican leadership. hear me? we tried to get dozens of republican lawmakers to come the show. we are often chock full. not right now. we are over this weekend. lets discuss. david gregory, yes, it is a pick...

You see the limits of that even in a district like georgia. >> a.b., lets look at the data in terms of what mr. trump accomplished so far. he signed 24 executive orders which are more than president obama. whom donald trump used to criticize mightily for signs executive orders and doing that end run around congress. about the same, i believe -- well, no more than predecessors. in terms of executive orders. he signed a lot of presidential memorand memorandum. obamacare. not yet. building the wall...

Trump coalition. this is a district that is not strong for him. he relies on working class whites. it is a district where republicans make hay. democrats still are vulnerable from the attack from president trump and others in the district. they are liberal. they will raise taxes. they will increase regulation. it will be total liberal government. there are still a lot of republicans out there who may be soft on trump, but they dont want to put a democrat in there. >> a.b., explain how this is a ...

Deficit spender. they are in the trap. you heard him say if we get health kacare approved. we need approval. tell your members and lawmakers we need approval. we have to move on to tax reform. he knows he can talk about gorsuch and lots of executive orders. 64% decrease in crossings at the border. dakota pipeline. keystone. this lasts a few months. people who voted for trump have to start feeling change. they want a tax cut and they want to know what is going on with health care. they want somet...