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Considering. >> dana: all right, mr. chairman, thank you very much for joining us. we certainly send our prayers to the victims there in san bernardino. thank you very much. >> thank you, dana. >> dana: joining now to discuss is chris starwald. chris, first lets talk about foreign policy. we are 81 days into the administration. as we all know, foreign policy can really get to the front burner and push everything to the back. where do you think we are in 81 days? >> america first is taking on som...

U.s. this is something thats been in the works for a couple of years. republicans reeling from last weeks health care debacle shifting gears, looking to tackle two other big pieces of legislation. listen. >> lets go with tax reform first. i think we have an opportunity to marry that with infrastructure. >> i told them they should start with infrastructure because its easier to assemble a bipartisan coalition. >> first thing they autoought t is open up the issue of infrastructure. you can get a...

Can come in and who to keep out, brianna. >> leila, lets talk about president trumps plan to build the border wall along the border with mexico. lets listen to what vice president pence had to say about this this morning. >> were going to build a wall. >> whos going to pay for it. >> were going to enforce the laws of this country. well, they are. >> what is the reaction there, leila, in mexico city? >> you know, as ive been talking to people today, its very clear that president trump last night ...

31 past the hour. im alex witt at world headquarters. heres what were monitoring right now. donald trumps travel ban sparking reaction nationwide and around the globe, in fact. here in the u.s. more than a dozen protests scheduled this afternoon. one under way in texas as we gave you a look at dallas-ft. worth international airport. sarah dallof is i atlanta where travelers were detain last night. we know that the travelers have now been freed, but that is certainly not stopping the protesters f...

Of seven could certainly expand as its been said several times. thank you very much, kelly odonnell from the white house. adam reid is following the protests there. lets talk about what youre seeing there. what are you seeing? >> alex, good afternoon. were seeing a bunch of detainees being released just within the last hour, good news here. the department of homeland security says they will continue with the deportations to make america safe and secure and thats despite the judges decision las...

Allies. lets get right to msnbcs lucy cavanaugh. lets talk to you in britain ady elsewhere, what do you have? >> tremors is a gentle way of describing it. including theresa mays own party. theresa may is in an awkward position after her white house are white house visit perhaps trying not to alienate mr. trump. her spokesman issuing this muted statement saying that look, americas immigration policy is americas business, but, we do not agree with this kind of approach and it is not one that we wi...

Did applaud the president when he made some of these comments, but my understanding is that this was kind of a self-selecting group that you would volunteer to come in on a saturday so its perhaps conceivable that people who supported the president came in. but its incorrect to say, one, its incorrect to say there was a five-minute standing ovation. that is less important. what is more important is the fact there were some cheers does not eliminate the fact that the president has had a public --...

Republicans have no plans to replace the affordable care act with a big health care bill. he said instead they will do small bills piece by piece because they believe a big bill like the affordable care act will collapse under its own weight here. this is just one more piece of the puzzle here of the difficulty republicans have unraveling this big bill. but if he gets his way, it will not be a big bill replacing it but a series of smaller bills which of course will not please many people here on...

New reaction. this of course after the united states slapped russia with unprecedented new sanctions, punishment for its alleged interference in the 2016 election. >> in syria, its 9:00 a.m., and we are keeping a close eye on a nationwide cease-fire. russia and turkey brokered the truce. is he far it appears to be holding. more on that in a moment. >> first lets talk about the u.s. president barack obama, who did promise that he would sfon to russia about this alleged hacking in the u.s. electio...

Congressman johnson, well be monitoring and watching and hoping as well as doing other things to show our active right as citizens in this country. thank you for your time. >> thank you. now lets bring in former federal prosecutor paul butler. thank you for being here, first of all. >> good morning, reverend. >> as attorney general, jeff sessions would have influence over civil rights, voting rights, immigration. how will he change the priorities of the justice department? >> reverend, first l...