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Up on saturday. a big joint session address coming up in ten days before congress. there are real datapoints and judge gorsuch has gotten a firm confirmation date in march. there are real potential priptive, leadership moments for the president to grab control back of the narrative. i they want he went into yesterday thinking that would be part of it. >> it seemed what he did yesterday objectively could not have expanded his base. he didnt rebut any of the facts that are out there that are hurti...

Taxes this 25 billion u.s. for a thing that is not going to work. there are great better solutions and right in congress its a proposal on the bill presented by senator kennedy and senator mccain, number one, lets see after those 8, 10, 11 million undocumented who they are, what they are doing and if they have a job and if they are loyal to united states and they have not committed crimes, let them stay because u.s. economy needs them otherwise whos going to pick up the apples in washington stat...

Significance of that ballyhoo that we lived for over an hour yesterday. some have problems with it, some dont. sunlin has reaction. all are distractions by it. >> reporter: this is must see tv here on capitol hill, chris, a number of house republicans were working in the house watching the press conference as it unfolded all together. sources describe they were glued to their tv and described reactions in varying levels of dismay and shock. one republican senator telling john king this is someth...

Multiple reports. i have seen classified briefing, have had no classified briefing, weve been shown nothing that shows that there were multiple individuals with multiple contacts. i do think it is of tremendous concern to every member of congress and we look forward to getting details as to what is happening with the leaks of classified information. we go through a tremendous amount -- tremendous number of safeguards when it comes to dealing with classified information. and yesterday when some o...

Plan in march. you have seen presidents in the past in both parties use that bully pulpit to layout what they are trying to accomplish, guide congress a little bit how it wants to go. he did put a date on the calendar, no doubt about that, but where was the ability to move the country that moment of come follow me in this way on obama care repeal and replacement. >> i see. >> we put together a word cloud of the words that he used most during his 77-minute press conference. obviously this is fun ...

Between the united states and iran that has been very bad since the hostage crisis in 1979. for people to just flat-out say this doesnt work or that theyre going to derail it in our congress, i hope people dont mean it because what they need to do is to study what is a really important agreement. >> joining us now one of the crucial players in this process going forward, republican congressman ed royce, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. mr. chairman, thank you so much for being wi...

Outsider rocking the establishment. i was in iowa talking to voters last week who say they are considering donald trump. and what they like about him is not the typical politician thing. listen to what one voter told me. would anyone at this table vote for donald trump? >> yes. >> why? >> hes a very shrewd businessman. i think he would be able to at least guide congress in a little bit better way to maybe perhaps pay down the $18 trillion debt that were incurring. >> youve met him. >> yes, i hav...

Is that we had legislation that i and elliot engel, my ranking member, passed through the committee, bipartisan legislation that passed the house 400-20, which would have used the devices that the treasury department has helped us develop that would have given the ayatollah an actual choice between economic collapse or real compromise on his nuclear program. that was the approach we in congress were pushing. the sanctions were always opposed by this administration, including the sanctions a coup...

Over, among them are rapists and murderers. when you hear a candidate use words like that, does it make you stand up and listen, or does it make you shake your head? >> it makes me shake my head. and i think to myself this man has all this money and he is on this platform just spewing such ignorance. i believe that he is saying what a lot of people are too afraid to say. its not a pc thing to say. that doesnt mean that hes saying a fact. it doesnt mean those people are believing what is true. >>...

Are rapists and criminals and murders murders. when you hear a candidte use words like that does it make you stand up and listen or does it make your shake your head? >> it makes me shake my head. i think to myself this man has all this money and he is on this platform spewing such ignorance. i believe that he is saying what a lot of people are too afraid to say. its not a pc thing to say. that doesnt mean that hes saying a fact and that doesnt mean that those people are believing what is true. ...