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I was hearing pushback from the white house when we first heard about this memo. if this was so alarming, why didnt he go to capitol hill and tell somebody about this? and that was criticism that we heard not just in the white house but elsewhere. i was talking to a couple of people who are trump allies, people who are very steeped in sort of how you prosecute obstruction of justice and all the things that go along with it who said james comey did exactly what he was supposed to do. he followed ...

Health care and tax reform. i think early on, they gave the floor to the congressional republicans. weve seen how thats gone. when it comes to the principles and policies of repeal and replace of obamacare and where we can find unity, covering pre-existing conditions, lots of things republicans agree on, you need to see the leadership from the white house. i think it needs to be stronger. i think vice president pence is fully capable of being that person to represent the white houses view and br...

Sources have described some serious jockeying inside the trump team. comparing it, at least one source, to a knife fight, and a game of thrones. lets bring in our political panel. sara murray, youve covered this campaign and the president-elect from the very beginning for his quest to the presidency. a lot of folks are saying they really didnt think they were going to win, and as a result, theres a little turmoil going on right now. >> i think thats part of it. i also think a lot of the folks in...

Who are crossing our southern border. it doesnt sound like hes any closer to getting the money, does it? >> it doesnt. there is a lot of pushback. there is a lot of analysis of how this $3.7 billion really breaks down. you heard governor perry over the weekend concerned there is not enough for border security, in addition to what it is therefore housing these kids around the country. you had the hhs secretary meeting with governors and hearing pushback from democratic governors, like john hicken...

64 million for judges and attorneys. and 300 million to help reintegrate in their own country and immediate campaign to stem the flow. to tell them not to come. realistically what are the chances something like this can pass congress? >> keep in mind a bill and a half of it does hit on border security, things like surveillance flights. so that seems to be answering that piece the republicans have been calling for. border security is what we need. the question, youre right, is this going to pass?...

And the remainder will pay for the judges and lawyers for the kids to go through that process. now, the question is, the president also wanted to expand the authority that the department of homeland security has to speed up the process in general. but, will congress pass this? already were hearing pushback from republicans saying well, its too much money. its just a band aid. wheres the accountability. heres one. >> you dont need that amount of money. the appropriations committee is looking at t...

Aggressive plan for dealing with this border situation. its a lot of money theyre asking from congress, nearly $4 billion. even more than originally expected. about $2 billion of that will be to house and care for these kids awaiting this legal process of asylum that they go through. in some cases it takes years ago, but that process is required by law, even though in reality, most will likely just be sent home. another $1.5 billion will adjust border security, and enforcement. and the remainder...

Joining us mark murray. lets talk about the cbo report on the health care law and its impact on the work force. >> well, tamron, political reporters almost have to dust off their macro economics textbooks from college. what this report was talking about was the labor supply and not labor demand. that means the labor supply, total number of workers out in the work force and under the health care law there are peoples because of the subsidies you end up getting, because of the exchanges, where peo...

Stakes are so high and so fatal in this instance. >> i want to come back to you on this question, ron, because for obviously so many of us who are observers of this, it feels like what happened here is that zimmerman racially profiling trayvon martin, but we are hearing pushback, oh, that cant be possibleb because in fact, sym zimmerman himself has latino or background of heritage, and what is happening there? are people understanding this as influence or inflections of race? >> yes. in a word, ...

And thats a very powerful combination for the 2012 elections. >> based on that profile, that demographic profile, and whatever research you have done on electoral issues, what are you seeing as the most powerful message that democrats have going into the 2012 campaign season. what are democrats going to be strongest running on? >> i think democrats will be strongest running on, it is time for this economy to work for the 99% of us, not the 1%, not the wealthiest 1% who dont pay their taxes. not ...