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$5.6 billion. thats what he wants. and yet he also tweeted of pelosi, border security and the wall thing and shutdown is not where nancy pelosi wanted to start her tenure as speaker. lets make a deal? so hes trying to make a deal at the same time hes saying hes not budging from $5.6 billion and undercutting vice president pence when he offers $2.5 billion. >> right. and with undercutting vice president pence on that offer, what we see there is what weve seen throughout trumps presidency. is what...

>> right. republican congress has dealt with their own chapters internally. we will see this in democratic congress as well, it will be 3 fold, not twofold, the traditional pelosi liberals that are going to be facing off against two others, democrats in red states or purple districts who are very concerned about the partys push toward socialism by the third group which is the small cadre of highly progressive liberals that are very aggressive. heather: getting all the coverage from the mainstrea...

Venture capital only goes -- 80% of it only goes to three states. there is the agenda to get that private capital back into these states so that we can have private sector jobs being created? look, the government has its responsibility, but as democrats weve also got to be for growth and business and new job creation and startups and entrepreneurship so that the construction trades can build buildings for these new factories and these new buildings that will house the work. you know, weve got to...

Continue to distract his base and keep the blind fold on. >> thats a shell game of having worked in congress. in the beginning, the shutdowns do not have huge scaleable consequences. partly because the federal government is built to run in exte extenuating circumstances. we have been covering this and we will continue to do so. people will start running out of food this week. farmers by next week will lose disaster assistance. that affects a lot of people who got hit by a disaster. then take the...

Way to govern? >> no, its not governing at all. one school of thought on donald trump side, the extreme conse e conservative side, i doesnt want government to function any way. they love to sabotage it in every way. >> its like a bonus. its not working. great. >> theres been a history of that going back to the civil war. what also is happening, netflix is discouraging people from taking the bird box challenge. that is walking around trying to function with a blind fold on. its too late for donal...

Probably the most uniquely positioned, certainly where the democratic party is right now. she comes from a big state, already democratic, so she doesnt bring a new state to the fold, but shes got a big base to draw from, including fund-raising. i think shell be appealing to the democratic base. >> identity politics is rich for the republicans to talk about identity politics because the presidents and gop are the greatest identity politics with their white working class and their support from rac...

Fold. well see where it all goes. but a brave and remarkable move. but still very much unfolding which i think is why he landed where he did. but one of the main themes, story lines of the year, certainly. >> when does the inhouse debate about the selection process begin. how long does it go on? how many meetings are there? >> its been nonstop pretty much 24 hours a day for three months. we start with a terrific meeting of the entire staff at the end of september where we, people around the worl...

>> so we have a lot to discuss. first, that tweet, i saw you raising your eyebrows. what did you think about that? >> i think its very tacky. power whisperers. we dont need to be acting this way. this is how a small country would act. >> is it the timing of it, making light of something so serious? >> i dont know what theyre trying to say. but its really unprofessional. and whoever did that should really be reprimanded. >> lets talk about the shutdown. democrats are planning to vote on thursday,...

Him? what are the chances that the president corrects kelly and graham later tonight. will we see a tweet tomorrow morning? whats the possibility of that? >> i think thats entirely possible. i think this is, my sense is this is wishful thinking on the parts of people like graham and kelly. both of whom have been much less part of the physical wall construct that the president created during this campaign to help get himself elected. the idea that the president is willing to give on this piece of...

Enemies? >> not necessarily. us ground forces may be leaving but you mentioned airpower. the united states will still have airpower and ground forces. leland: is the us going to start on us forces if they take on the kurds and russian forces? >> john bolton is on his way early next month and will be talking to the turks. we dont want our nato allies work against their interest, a lot of consultation, that is going on. >> the turks of not been the best ally in the world. >> they are nato allies, ...