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Out of these promises, why wouldnt you come here. if you have an illness and you live anywhere in the world why not come to the united states to get free medical care, the finest medical system in the world. its gonna cause this country to collapse. >> is a very interesting point because actually from a republican perspective, if you think there may be a certain element of complacency which is well, even if you get president biden or one of these people, whoever, they cant do that much harm beca...

Because it looks like they might hold on to the senate and the senate can stop them from doing the most extreme stuff and whatever and youve got the gridlock congress whos divided or as much as weve had up till now on immigration but then youve got the reverse of the point that weve been discussing this evening which is president trumps been able to do a lot of good on his own so a democratic president could do a lot of hom harm on their own. >> the reason you have to take such a hard stance and...

And there is now dna testing that shows the children are not part of family units. and so i think that is where the administration wants to focus and say, look, we have to focus on the smugglers in these orgsz. we understand that what some of the children are being put through is horrible but theyve been unambiguous about the fact there is an emergency at the border and they are in desperate need of additional resources and unfortunately right now there is a gridlock congress and we just havent ...

Let that sink in for a moment and lets go back to our panel. i want to ask you about your predictions for 2019. joe? >> in a perfect world, the government back open and infrastructure get done. the greatest likelihood is transfixed by the fueler report and like wise by the democratic house. >> amy? >> i see a rocky road ahead for president trumps trade wars. i dont think theres an easy path. i also think we are going to have a long, divisive democratic party that lasts until late spring of 2020 ...

Compared to a year ago and now the chinese government is taking steps to boost bank lending to the private sector. all of this an off shoot of the trade war its having with the united states. so you put all of this together, there are reasons that investors are cautious. dont forget, of course, we have the big post mid-term election rally. everybody was cheering, a gridlock congress, lawmakers cant hurt us. guess what, neil? the euphoria is wearing off. >> neil: incredible. a moody bunch, the in...

Possess a weapon. no weapon is taken from anyone. the purpose is to dry up the supply of these weapons over time. >> ive watched the slaughter of so many people and ive met with so many victims over the years. and in congress nobody wanted to touch the issue. and the last several years the massacres were going on more and more. and going through it, i kept saying, whats wrong with all of us? how many people have to be killed before we do something? >> i will never forget the sights and sounds of...

Looking at those kinds of things. but, those kinds of things im hopeful the white house sees a path to move the country forward. >> do you think immigration and they can move in the senate? >> well, i think immigration can move on the senate. a number of these, we have a way sometimes of getting over the 60 votes or speeding up the process and the house still doesnt move on it. i feel good about it getting through the senate. if it doesnt get through the house, the president is going to use the ...

That they participated in in this last election. we need a grassroots effort to try to support republicans who want to do the right thing. we need to convince them that theres a price to pay if they do the right thing. and weve got to take on the nra to try to debunk this myth that if you cross them theres a political price to pay. in fact, the opposite was true in the last election. the nra barely could win elections around this country. they just arent the force that they once were. >> senator...

Re-elected and i still have the majority, we can do it with a simple majority at the beginning of the congress. >> think the president would go along with that? >> damn, betcha. >> would you make that commitment if barack obama and the democrats keep the senate, if barack obama gets re-elected and you keep the senate? >> i dont know how many people watch c-span on every given day but ive said so before everybody there. thats what i would do. >> turns out a lot of people watch c-span and if anybo...

Described a number of the filibuster reforms that harry reid agreed to with mitch mcconnell. wow. harry prooed. yeah. this was the day everybody had been wait forget in terms of changing how the senate operates. and if you hear sad trombones, thats why. on election day this year americans voted overwhelmingly to re-elect president obama four more years. that same day people also voted to re-elect senate democrats and to send a large number of them to congress, more than the re z republicans. mor...