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His figure leaf on the wall that he can then use to say he got the wall. theres so much wall there already, finish the wall. that is not at all -- the wall on the southern border he was. p you saw ann coulter and others really lashing ought at on him. it will be interesting to see where his allies are and how signal republicans, especially the ones in 2020, theyre supposed to decide how the funds are spent and keep the funding bills covered until the end of the fiscal year, and they also dont wa...

Senator, it also means you could offer him a figure leaf, right? because not defining it. give him an figure route there pb and have it be a compromise for us to move forward. hes very difficult and thats why mitch mcconnell is no where to be found. >> confirmation hearings for william barr start shortly. sir, you have met with the attorney general nominee yet? if not, what sort of concerns do you have this is breaking down on party lines? >> i havent met with him. i have requested a meeting wi

I do think what the democrats can say is look, weve been reasonable. well allocate money for border security, not for the wall. thats what were willing to do. thats a logical compromise to say well do some plus-up for additional border security but were not going to pay for this wall. people know the democrats dont control the entire government. what they can do is say we have a different agenda. we have an agenda to rebuild our infrastructure. we have al agenda to secure voting rights for the a...

Government. >> when he goes back in march, is the judges sentencing contingent on how much more he cooperates? is that the deal? >> thats what the judge suggested. i think thats a figure leaf to well have the tongue lashing, well slap you around some and see you another day. mueller said hes just about done but there are these new charges he could be a witness if he went to trial. youve gotten your lecture now, you sit in the corner now and ill see you in march. >> and the crux is why did he lie...

>> i think youre going to have to -- >> yeah, i think theyre going to have to see more on the russia collusion side than they have already. i dont think this campaign finance stuff is going to roust any republicans, a lot of republicans dont -- >> were not going to stand up to the president about his words? >> the crime -- >> i understand what youre saying, but that to me is a figure leaf theyre hiding behind. hes still saying what hes saying. that the fbi is full of a bunch of democrats and -- ...

I tend to believe there was no backroom deal. nancy pelosi is very good at showing you how her power work and thats what we got shown. here is the deal, though. i dont think any of us doubted. she said she would be a transitional figure way back in the day. there had been talk for months that she would agree to two years, in this case four years, that shell have to put some kind of limitation or term on this. we saw what happened. in the end, no one was running against her. >> do you disagree? >...

Satisfied or not satisfied with how much work was done. i think most members of the public assumed going forward that the fbi would do a full investigation including talking to people who could corroborate dr. ford, the failure to do that ought to leave some concern in the minds of all of us and the senators who will vote on this. and so if it is perceived as a figure leaf or some sort of pretext, then i think it could undermine the confirmation of brett kavanaugh and leave a stain on him and th...

More questions later today. he is going to have that cabinet meeting. is he in a mood to talk? well have to wait and see. he is undoubtedly going to get follow-up questions about how sincere the walk back was. >> no kidding. thank you. the presidents comments didnt do much to calm the storm over at the capitol. while he tried to pull the helsinki 2.0, there was a lot the president has not said so far and did not say in the roosevelt room. he did not clear up the remark where he said both the u.s...

When i saw nikki haley walk out, what it said to me as somebody whos outside of this looking in, is we dont want to hear the palestinian side. were only interested in talking to israel and while every u.s. administration has been very heavily pro-israel, democrat and republican, same, in this case, theres not even the figure leaf of saying we want to be an honest broker. what message now does the government of israel have? do they now believe themselves to be in full alliance with the united sta...

His anger tonight over the fbi raid of his attorney michael cohen. anger, sources fear, could push him over the edge. osha, let me ask you, maggie hagen reported tonight in the "new york times" and she tweeted, trump is angrier than hes ever been, including the two news cycles. what that translates to is unclear, but mboth trump and cohen believe this is really mueller and that farming it out to sdny was a figure leaf. both sources say that this has crossed the red line that trump laid out for m...