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So let me just say this. i will agree with you that the presidents fixation in his rhetoric on talking about the wall and all of the aspects of the wall and what the wall can do to help is his priority and he reflects that in his rhetoric. but the reality is, what the president has said when he put forth his proposal a few weeks ago and as he has said so at negotiations and is willing to put daca on the table and put the temporary folks on the table, to put additional funding on the table and na...

Its a wall. >> the 147th time hes undercut his own advisers. not surprising in that sense. it does speak to the nature of his presidency, the stream of consciousness, watching tv, responding to something he sees on tv. also the fixation he has on getting this wall which has become so self-reinforcing that hes boxed himself in now. it will be hard for him to do what i think a lot of folks thought he would do last year which is ultimately declare a victory somehow. get some money for border securi...

That persists through secrecy. it is time that we pay people what they are worth and not how little they are desperate enough to accept. hes not in the russell building. hes not on the floor of the senate and 800,000 people dont have their paychecks. everyone deserves justice and everyone deserves equal protection and prosperity. >> predictable fixation only on aoc style my underestimate her policy appeal. elsz west warren and kamela harris are running on similar platforms, starbucks howard schu...

Doesnt have pedigree, just tweeting, saying anything he wants, no filter, no boundaries and is getting all of this attention and it has a dual ratcheting effect. on one hand she does inspire other young, very liberal progressive democrats but she also gets constant attacks from the right. there is a fixation with her and a ratcheting, the more attention she gets the more beloved she is by the far left, the more shes attacked by the far right and it keeps going and going and going. heres a person...

And saying anything he wants all the time. he is no filter or no boundaries, he gets all of his attention. it has a dual effect. she only one hand does inspire and enliven other young, very liberal, progressive democrats. she also gets constant attacks from the right. there is a fixation with her. there is a ratcheting here, the more attention she gets, the more beloved she is by the far left. the more she is attacked by the far right and it keeps going. heres a person -- go she just, literally ...

That are substantial. its in the areas of the border where everybody agrees its needed. its based on a plan that experts put together saying what are the top ten priorities for the border starting with texas where you have 100 miles of fence despite the fact that its 1,200 miles of the 2,000 border. its reasonable. >> neil: do you think the president made enough overtures that democrats should respond? they heard funding for a wall and they said no, even though thent presidents counter was secur...

>> the fixation on the word wall. there is so much we are is a country united on. if we can reframe the conversation, we are seeing a lot of talk around the edges including from the president to be about these barriers, what it looks like, something different, knowing it cant be a 2000 mile-long concrete wall, it is physically impossible solution that is never going to happen and it is not going to work on its own. we have to have that technology, increased manpower so there is a total trap we a...

>> katy hill is a democrat who says she is in favor of a barrier. >> there is a fixation on the word wall. there is so much we are united on. it is about border security. there cant be a 2000 mile long concrete wall. it is simply a physically impossible solution that really is never going to happen. it is not going to work on its own. >> she has said, quote, there is not really any doubt that some kind of physical barrier is necessary. why didnt democrats show up yesterday? >> because they are u...

Ukraine and belarussia in their orbit. but im concerned that the fixation on russia not obscure the danger from china. >> i want to ask you some china questions as well, and i want to ask you about your role on the presidents advisory board. but sticking with russia for a minute, does putin have any long-term idealogical alignment with the u.s., or does he have other objectives trying to sow discord broadly here? >> im not an expert on this area, but i think there are -- you know, i think there ...

Their economys long-term prognosis is nowhere near chinas. i also feel that part of what russia is up to is trying to hold on to ukraine and belarus and their orbit. i am concerned that the fixation on russia does not obscure the danger from tribe. >> i want to ask you some china questions, as well. i want to ask you your role on the presidents advisory board. sticking with russia for a minute, does putin have any long-term ideological alignment with the u.s.? or does he have other objectives tr...