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Yet. here is what lindsey graham said in a statement why democrats wont support a wall. they hate president trump more than they want to fix problems, even problems they have supported in the past. democrats will do anything to defeat trump in 2020. is this about hating the president? >> no. keep in mind, republicans had majority in houses and congress and the white house the past two years and wasnt an emergency then. now the democrats have the floor and its an emergency. this is an excuse to f...

Border. its all about elections, its about politics. they are more concerned about giving this president a failure on the border than they are about protecting the border. and its just -- to put the political ambitions ahead of their number one responsibility protecting this country and securing our border, its all new low by the democratic leadership. todd: tom with that as a back drop the president saying yesterday he would prefer not to declare a national emergency and build the wall. senator...

Declare a national emergency. i have the absolute right to do it. it says as clear as i can. >> the real concern i have is what precedent is this going to set. this border security is donald trumps priority. we dont know who our next president may be. it may be a president whose number one priority is dealing with climate change. he says, i dont care whether i have the support of the congress, im going to direct these funds to address this, because i feel it is a crisis. >> republicans in alaska...

Antidepressant use in the 25 wealthy countries and the u.s. was far ahead of every other except for iceland. they compared the other children with german and dutch kids. american children take three times psychotrophic drugs to fight adhd and twice as many antipsychotic drugs. we dont have data for every country worldwide but it seems possible that american children and adults are the most medicated group in the world. why is this happening and is the country doing anything about it? to the exte...

The country doing anything about it? to the extent that the country is we look for a new drug to fix problems. legalizing marijuana is very popular. a lot of republicans is behind it. the downside is suppress. they are happy about the tax benefit. there may be medical benefits to marijuana. there may be. probably are. but there are downsides. once its illegalized everywhere there will be another drug that is touted as the fix. like micro dosing for l.s.d. at some point we begin to wonder is it a...

Fighting. a lot of investigating on behalf of democrats in the house. its going to be a lot of dysfunction. >> leslie: i dont agree. i think there are areas like infrastructure and trade that you can have bipartisan support. historically, if you look at the polls, the americans like a divided congress. >> melissa: they like a divided congress, but they dont want to see it grinding to a halt. as he its fair to say it impacts everybodys lives, that immigration has fallen apart. whether its because...

The daca kids lose. the democrats lose. look, his leverage is going down, not up. every day this goes on, a day closer that nancy pelosi takes the gavel in the house of representatives. the democrats, i think, we know trump is wont move. democrats are also pretty intrai intrangent and want to win this. if they want to fix problems, they can start to own that position. they have an opportunity here that the president isnt filling. theres a void to be filled, and wouldnt it be nice to finally see ...

Salman. that relationship is based in what donald trump talked about. billions of dollars of business or arms deal was saudi arabia. lets -- deals with saudi arabia. lets not forget the united states looked and we heard from former secretary of state rex tillerson. saudi arabia is the key u.s. ally in the region. the country, the united states, president trump, looks to help fix problems in the region. if you are looking to president trump waiting to see his response to the details as they emerg...

Rather than playing political games. we could have gotten it through the house but that doesnt work if we cant get it through the senate and democrats have made it clear that they dont actually want to fix problems. they just want to talk about this all the way i guess for some reason they think this is a good issue for them although it isnt. and frankly, i think its outrageous that democrats have not come to the table and tried to help fix this problem. margaret? >> thank you, sarah. there was ...

The house but it doesnt work if we cant get to it the senate. the democrats have made it clear that they dont want to fix problems. they just want to talk about this all the way i guess -- for some reason they think this is a good issue for them although it isnt. frankly i think its outrageous that democrats have not come to the table and tried to help fix this problem. margaret? >> there was a report that that kind of maybe was on the table -- >> that sounds solid. >> the president would invite...