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People. because all the polling, and this is p 601 here, shows that fortes find the president is more responsible for this shutdown 55 to 32% than democrats. rachel, you cover congress. youve been talking to people there. frank and john were just asking any sign anyone will budge here? there were bipartisan groups of senators meeting last night. any movement there? >> tbd at this point. theres a group of senators including lindsey graham whos a top ally of the president and just a couple weeks a...

>> barr did not say muellers report was supposed to be fully public. >> but he also said trumps lawyers wont be able to get connections and the whole idea is to get as much information to you as possible. >> my goal and intent is to get as much information out as i can consistent with the regulations. >> clearly the president would not have nominated bar if he said he might recuse himself from the mueller probe once bitten you get shy of a second session and barr said as much. he also defended h...

Distract the media and americans from focussing on this incredible story. and as incredible as the story is, it is consistent with the pieces of information that weve learned over the last 18 months. there was another "new york times" story a few months ago that said rod rosenstein had actually suggested perhaps jokingly, maybe not, about wearing a wire when he was in the presidents office. so clearly there are real suspici suspicions, there are real suspicions and we know now they were investig...

The white house is -- this is not a winning argument for them. theres not a clear path for them to save face and get out of this. and the american public is starting to get angry and really hold them responsible. people in the white house, you know, i talked to a bunch of folks yesterday, people are not sure how this is going to end and how the white house and the president are going to get themselves out of this box. >> and speaking of this box, betsy, i have to ask you, it seems like the presi...

Americans. if you think these folks are just numbers, listen to folks. a young girl who disappeared after the murder of her parents has been found alive. police are set to provide an update. >> its a remarkable story. a potential battle is brewing in the special counsels probe over obstruction of justice. cnn getting new information about what robert muellers investigators are focussing in on. and steve king of iowa is feeling the heat from republican leaders in congress after his racist r...

Defending why we are funding such an agency at all. right now were seeing death. right now were seeing a violation of human rights. this is systematic. it is wrong. it is anti american. >> martha: here now charlie hurt opinion editor and david brown former senior advisor and a democratic strategist. david brown let me chart with you. according to go our information she just voted at part of the last funding measure to support ice. so you know she certainly seems to be against this horrible inhum...

Immigration has been a problem for 25 years. just like infrastructure and medicare and social security and travel the country with bill clinton trying to talk about it. talk about a different age. when a republican senator travelled with a democratic president and they thought they needed to start focussing on this already. does he want a victory? can he convince the country this is a crisis? this is a painful personal moment for that mom and these federal workers. if this were a national emerge...

For 25 years. just like infrastructure and medicare and social security and travel the country with bill clinton trying to talk about it. talk about a different age. when a republican senator travelled with a democratic president and they thought they needed to start focussing on this already. does he want a victory? can he convince the country this is a crisis? this is a painful personal moment for that mom and these federal workers. if this were a national emergency, wouldnt the republican gov...

Granular. keep that coming. >> chris lu, youve been through this as well. well hear from betsy what is happening today and what will be in front of us. what is your take away for today? >> for starters, democrats would be smart to follow the mantra do no harm when it comes to the mueller investigation and not to duplicate the work hes doing. unfortunately because theres been so little oversight the past two years there are a lot of opportunities for them. you should be focussing on oversight tha...

Diversity. given all that, i still think a star is born is going to win best picture drama. the movie has made more than $200 million. its a huge box office phenomenon. its bradley coopers directory debut and its of the five films nominated probably has the strongest review. i think it will be a big night for a star is born and propel the movie into oscar season next month. >> yeah. the big push for diversity extended into the best musical and comedy category with 2 of the 5 focussing on diverse...