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>> this tells you the presidents base is getting smaller and spaller. also in that poll, muellers numbers have tanked, too. and i think the american public is fed up with all of the noise around this investigation and the presidents tactics are working to some extent, but not to enough. and if we need to look to the proof of that, lets take a look at the midterm elections. thats what the voters were frustrated about. theyve had enough with donald trump and they want to see government functioning...

>> go ahead, david. >> i will tell you how it affects the government, when you have the defense secretary who has troops on the border, when you have stuff that you think is crazy going on, thats not a government functioning well. things that are boring like eternal process and things like that, it matters a lot, especially when theres a crisis, an attack on the country or a natural disaster. you want decisions to be made well. here you have a president who is ranting and raving about not being ...

The idea oh, they are still supporting trump. for me the question is on what given policy. are they helping trump appease putin or are they trying to push trump in the right direction on putin? i dont think it makes sense youre still on trumps side, hes doing these bad things you need to quit. the job of everybody whether its somebody in the administration like pompeo or boll on the or conservative commentators to push trump in the right direction. to oppose trump is a meaningless idea. >> ill p...

Problem, which is that children need to be reunited with their parent if they were taken at the border. >> i just want to put a fine point on it, i think what is also being expose here is government incompetency. clearly they dont seem to have the tools or the will or the competence to be able to accomplish this task or otherwise the numbers would be going in the reverse direction. so this is a clear competency test of government functioning. >> thats precisely what i was going to point out. dav...

Working across the aisle with republicans to keep this government functioning. i think everybody across party lines wants to see our military funded. they want to see the chip program funded. >> one of the reasons we dont have a deal is an apparent disconnect between mitch mcconnell and the president. why would the two of them have a disconnect? >> i dont think theres a disconnect. >> mcconnell said exactly that, i do not know what he wants. >> the president said he wants to work with the d.r.e....

People. wants to continue building unity by working on more issues involving both parties especially cutting taxes for hard-working americans. last week in north dakota he invited democratic senator heidi heitkamp up on stage to weekend her during his tax reform event in her home state. tonight hell host senator heitkamp along with colleagues from both parties. senators donnelly, hatch, manchin, and toomey to discuss achieving more tax reform. ahead of the dinner this evening, secretary mnuchin ...

Wasting? >> i think the democrats are wasting their political capital with their own base, and especially with independence it will need to turn out in 2018 or 2020. with all of the stalling tactics overprocessed, they are not going to stop any of these nominees peer they are not going to stop neil gorsuch. they may get the filibuster removed, but really in the end, they are not going to be remembered, i dont think an given credit in the next election cycles for a few days of stalling. there is ...

Donald trump whos made campaign promises for big military spending, big infrastructure spending. this is the deficit hawk who now works for at least in business the self-described king of debt. >> yeah. its interesting you should say that. hes a -- deficit hawk is a nice euphemism and being polite. he voted for a government shutdown. this is somebody who has been one of the biggest members of the freedom caucus, kind of making war on the whole notion of government functioning as weve known it ov...

I wont do that because i think thats fiscally irresponsible. im the only real fiscal conservative because im willing to look at spending across the board. >> it seems like this -- i can only imagine being a candidate and trying to keep control of even the intellectual reality of this campaign. because what it seems to me is a battle of who can be the furthest removed from government functioning, the furthest removed from the details and the requirements of the government. if you are a preacher, ...

Industry that our city is famous for, we need the action the president has taken. >> critics say illegals should be arrested and deported and this comes as the governors of 17 states have sued the obama administration over the executive order, saying it is illegal and that it encourages illegal behavior and only encourages even more illegal immigration. neil? >> thank you, eric. time running out for the house to take up that massive $1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. the c...