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>> that was then and this is now. ted cruz has a beard now. things change. look, this was a hostage drama. you could see in mitch mcconnells face yesterday that he was sort of grudgingly stepping forward and endorsing this idea of an emergency declaration. he understands what it means down the line. as josh described the worst case outcome for the republicans would have been another shutdown. they were going to avoid that. this was the price of it. what you will see here, as we have seen in the ...

Amount of tension here today. these are big votes and its not entirely clear what the president will do. >> dana: what is the pitch for support from democrats? >> reporter: for one it keeps the government open. avoiding another partial government shutdown. some argue this is the way congress is supposed to work. negotiate and even compromise. >> checking our borders should not be an exercise in partisanship. im glad this bill supports common sense investments that focus on technology, infrastruc...

And $1.7 billion increase in overall funding for the department of homeland security. but the deal was just the first hurdle. coming up next is the vote and already key voices on the right, both within the media and on capitol hill say the deal isnt good enough. house freedom caucus chairman mark meadows a close trump ally tweeted that the deal isnt serious and, quote, congress is not doing its job. and while the president says another shutdown is not likely that does not mean that he approves. ...

Provide $1.37 billion for 55 miles of fencing. thats less than the $6 billion appropriated last year and a drop in the bucket for the $5.7 billion the president has been demanding. how is this a deal? >> like a lot of deals, its about the art of what is possible. here in washington, youve had democrats and republicans come together. they are giving him money. they didnt do anything crazy or drastic when it comes to ice or limiting that kind of situation. so we saw earlier the president grumbling...

Officially publicly released. so as we try to explain to our colleagues, the republicans on their side, democrats on our side, whats in this bill, its a good bill, its not perfect, its a bipartisan bill, and we have to govern. for those who are even thinking of a shutdown, as weve heard some grumbling around there, lets remember the 800,000 workers who are just getting back to work who havent been able to take care of their family, who havent been able to pay the rent. this is serious stuff. and...

Also complicated things a little. >> does anybody think its any coincidence that on the eve of my potentially being elevated thats when this uncorroborated smear comes out? does anybody think thats a coincidence? >> do you think governor northam is behind this allegation coming out now? >> i have no indication of that. >> you seemed to suggest that earlier. >> i did not suggest that. youre great reporters. and youll get to digging and youll make some connections, and as i said earlier, facts mat...

Intelligence committee today. democrats have been grumbling that they were dragging their feet. how soon could we see a vote to release the panels transcripts to mueller? >> i hope soon. i know thats one of the top priorities of chairman schiff as well as all the members on the committee. we also have michael cohen coming next week before the committee. theres a lot of work that we have to do because we want to be a committee that protects the future because we know the russians are just as inte...

>> well, yeah, whitaker is coming to congress next week. but the president should just allow the investigation to continue. and then when its done, make sure that its fully transparent and released to the american people. >> the gop announced their roster to sit on the house intelligence committee today. democrats have been grumbling that they were dragging their feet. how soon could we see a vote to release the panels transcripts to mueller? >> i hope soon. i know thats one of the top prioritie...

Later tonight our jake tapper moderates the democratic presidential town hall with senator kamala harris who launched her campaign yesterday with a speech in oakland, california. her speech never once mentioned the name donald trump but obviously his presence loomed large over the race and separately theres already a grumbling about a spoiler for the democrats, former starbucks ceo howard schultz says hes considering running as an independent, potentially splitting the antitrump vote. joining, t...

But we should remind everyone, this is a very long process. with the ups always come downs as well, and thats what tests and makes a candidate, to see how you climb up from those moments. john, as i talked to iowa voters here, hearing a lot of comparisons to a candidate, a junior senator, some 12 years ago, barack obama. he announced on the 7th, 2007. he was not the frontrunner at the time but was certainly viewed as someone whose star was on the rise. but then he had some tough months as well. ...