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Something. people may say this is just verbiage because it puts the honous now on republicans and the white house to do something about daca. now the democrats -- >> thats true because it wasnt a back-door deal that was said in private. this is something he put out before the american people. >> i agree with ron. its just the nature of our government. its often a winner take all system. the republicans control both houses of congress and the white house. if they dont want to help daca recipients...

The president wants immigration reform and they are obviously far apart on this. but mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader called this a manufactured crisis. and he said this earlier. lets listen. >> who pays the price for that? healthcare for needy children. training and resources for our men and women in uniform. care for our veterans who came home and survivor benefits for families of heroes who did not. rick: the veterans the real 1 percenters. >> there is one thing about this governmen...

Mentioned the daca demand and the president wants immigration reform. and they are obviously very far apart on this. but meanwhile, mcconnell, the senate majority leader has called this a manufactured crisis. he also said this earlier. lets listen. >> who pays the price for that? healthcare for needy children. training and resources for our men and women in uniform. care for our veterans who came home and survivor benefits for families of heroes who did not. rick: the veterans, the real 1 percen...

>> here we go again. were back to s hole and this situation. i want to say one thing in defense of the president. this language of obstructionist loser will appeal to his base. this is not fwoing going to change the deeply po larized country. this will be the latest example -- >> it doesnt help with the democrats. establishing a deal. thats what i meant. >> it doesnt. its a danger more for independents who thought he was going to change. >> hes in trouble with. >> hes in trouble with them. it wi...

They may pass the house but i think youre right. the senate as a whole different ball of wax. they need democrats to support it but i think theyve lost mitch mcconnell, mitch mcconnell has lost two corepublicans, maybe three. >> bret: lindsey graham, rand paul and maybe others. >> mccain and cochran arent necessarily going to be there for the vote. youre starting with 49 which is a problem. >> bret: what does this mean about the ability of republicans to control the white house, the senate, and ...

Do you think thats a possibility? >> i actually do. i had not read her piece but i think i understand what jennifer ruben is saying. if the democratic party goes full bernie, hard left, and the republican party stays where it is, that opens up a lot the space in the senate. i noticed this for sometime that there are many people in both political parties who are, you know, who want to go about their lives and are not obsessed with politics and they are working and doing their best and they want t...

Government function is on the line with added division over defense spending and disaster aid and health care for children. the deadline is 39 hours from now to get it done. at least one house republican dares to hope the house and senate can hash things out in a day and a half. charlie dent saying it would be an act of political malpractice after a successful tax reform to shut down the government. suzanne malveaux, you are there and you talked to these folks, and are they going to get it done?...

Journalists. he just cannot survive. theres no oxygen for him unless hes in the center of the ring. and so sometimes its the press, even when when he say we made a mistake. >> when we come back, the latest statements from judge roy moore surfaced over the weekend, comments from 2007 saying eliminating every amendment after the 10th would help government function. his campaign is saying he doesnt actually believe that he wants to eliminate all those amendments. well hear from cornell professor ne...

Mistake. weve got to get a break in. when we come back, the latest statements from judge roy moore surfaced over the weekend. comments from 2011, saying that eliminating every amendment after the tenth would help government function. somebody said that to him. he said thats where a lot of the problems have come from. his campaign is saying he doesnt actually believe that he wants to eliminate all of those amendments. well hear from professor cornell west on that idea next.

Including the time when he was campaign chairman of the trump campaign, he, manafort, gates, together with others -- >> together with others. >> together with others. i mean, that is a very pregnant question, about who are the "others," that they will allege, are the other unindicted co-conspirators in this case, conspired to defraud the united states. so, you know, you have the campaign chairman and a senior member of the campaign charged with defrauding the united states at precisely the time ...