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Not being paid and the rest of the country. thats a long way of saying i dont know and i share your question. >> james, i want you to get to your third point because its equally important. tell us the third point. >> the third point is that there really is not any crisis except, number one, the political one for trump and the humanitarian crisis of people being trapped by this. i first did my long cover story for "the atlantic" about the border in 1983, during ronald reagans first term. and even...

By reince priebus and departing current chief of staff general john kelly, he or she will face many challenges as the trump administration moves into the second half of the presidents first term. curt bardela, a huffington post columnist and geoff bennett covers the white house for us. thank you gentlemen for being with me. geoff, we heard from deputy press secretary a few minutes ago. what did he have to offer on the chief of staff position? any new insight? >> reporter: he didnt say anything t...

Of news. mark meadows is sending signals hes not at all interested. and mulvaney and mnuchin are also signaling they might have a hard time getting to yes if asked. to your question about the back story on airs, sources say the talks between them broke down over the time frame. the president wanted airs to commit to a two-year deal to fill out of the rest of the presidents first term. ayers already promised his wife they would take their family back to georgia at the end of the year. the talks b...

Agree on? that is the question. joining me on set, michael steel, former spokesman for john boehner and senior former advise to jeb bush along with my panel. hi guys. >> hi. >> michael, senate ma jojority leader says i dont think its going to come to a shutdown. i think lawmakers will go able to avoid it. heres the question. how? >> i dont think they can. look, the first rule that they shut down is the side that loses it is the side that seems to be rooting for a shutdown. so you always say your...

Continued, that was started by reagan, and it set off a boom, one of the greatest in american history. it lasted into his sons first term. that is something that he is not rrped for the way he should be. >> the biggest beneficiary was president clinton. >> one of the most interesting things we see is people that have big losses, is that sometimes -- i dont besmirch them, and i understand it must be very tough to lose a national electi election. >> he dealt with it with self-depp indication, and ...

Gaining the confidence of people who could put him places, hence to the u.n., chairman of the republican national committee, ambassador to china, head of the cia, which speaks well of him. it means a number of presidents and others found him a repository of talent that they needed. >> george, do you think that those variousingses -- barbara bush famously joked that her husband couldnt keep a job, because of the many positions he held through his life. do you think that served him better than pot...

That the president has been eyeing the chief of staff for the vice president strimike pen. it has been said that he was planning on keeping john kelly around here at the white house until at least 2020, the end of the presidents first term. so a lot of balls in the air. and were waiting to find out what the president says next. >> yeah. i suppose one lesson of the trump white house is that folks can be on the plank for months and months. jeff sessions was until he did finally go. what about the ...

Violence and poverty, but immigration is the old stand by and he is calling on it as new numbers show a tiny window of opportunity for republicans to thwart a democratic wipe out. a new poll said democrats hold a big advantage when the question is voting for congress. the big advantage to women. the presidents job approval number is at a new high at 45%. a big democratic lead and stronger president captures uncertainty in the back half of the presidents first term. he prepares to return to the c...

Shown throughout her entire tenure in the trump administration, and definitely i would say that this is calculated. why is still the question that were looking at. but shes going to be -- shes relatively unscathed by this bruising experience in serving in the trump administration. shes actually burnished her credential and will be viable t go into the private sector. shell be setting herself up well for 2024. >> let me ask you about turnover. "the new york times" out with a piece that says "top ...

Wont be cheering committees. midterms are very tricky. >> with respect to the house in this particular year, given that this is the presidents first term. what i have to tell you, you are absolutely right because this is what it comes down to her. he comes down to the november 18 midterms. we are experiencing a paradigm shift in this nation unlike anything i have ever seen or read about. and that is the upending of the criminal justice system and the constitution. you talk about it all the time ...