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Add to that. trump operates off this idea that if he just what they say own the libs, if he shoves it in your face it will be beneficial. and clearly theres no strategic imperative here which is advanced. we were talking about this earlier. something he could have done was take a second trip himself abroad to say thank you for your service, im so sorry the governments shut down but you keep doing what youve got to do. he didnt do that. he stayed at home. one thing he could be doing is talking to...

>> i mean, theres not much to add to that. trump operates off this idea that if he just what they say own the libs, if he shoves it in your face it will be beneficial. and clearly theres no strategic imperative here which is advanced. we were talking about this earlier. something he could have done was take a second trip himself abroad to say thank you for your service, im so sorry the governments shut down but you keep doing what youve got to do. he didnt do that. he stayed at home. one thing h...

Could pressure nancy pelosi into caving in earlier than we have seen. there would have been a relatively quick shutdown and once the speaker -- new speaker came in and took power, theyd come to a deal. neither side is moving and doesandoe doesnt seem any imperative to move. >> government has a lot of responsibilities over safety, security, over food, all kinds of things, airplane travel. we have air traffic controllers, federal employees, all those people under stress now financially, in additio...

>> i was calloused to the suffering of families who want to be with their loved ones. people want to be reunited with their families. >> she apologized for speaking out against gay marriage. >> i regret that. i remain committed to fighting for lgbt equality. >> pedal or work from a relatively moderate for a democrat is now wondering out loud if america might want to abandon the u.s. constitution, quoted by "the washington post" as saying, cant an empire like ours with over 170 countries around t...

>> thank you. thank you, mr. barr. i take it as a positive that your grandson has gotten out a pen and a pad of paper to take notes during my questions. im also impressed by your daughters and they all chose to go into public service. employees at the justice department, as you know, are furloughed or are working without pay. ive talked to a number of them at home and its an outrage. very briefly, what do you have to say to them? >> i, uh, i would like to see a deal reached whereby congress reco...

No, definitely not. i mean, and i dont see that happening anytime soon. >> because we had heard that there were a group of republicans. >> yes. >> who are quite uncomfortable with the government shutdown and that they have had a confab behind closed doors and theyre trying to anything out something palatable to democrats. >> they. lindsey graham and several other republicans met yesterday with jared kushner and theyre trying to figure out a way out. some democrats, i think, are involves tangenti...

Its mixed. >> park avenue. >> thank you for that. i think probably any avenue. in midtown would be applicable. it doesnt matter what people are saying to him. its what he believes and he is firmly confident that this is the right thing to do for him politically. and thats what a republican senator who was in the private meeting with him told me today. its not that he is necessarily arguing that its the right thing to do for national security, although he has said that. that he is in a good place...

That sort of deal was on the table last year and it got torpedoed. it certainly was a deal that was a whole lot better. it did come with a cost to the very republican base that he was trying to placate and keep his promises to which is allowing legal status, even citizenship to dreamers. his base went ballistic and he pulled back. so what makes it different now, unclear whether he learned a lesson or feels that now he could kind of face that head on if he keeps the promise for the wall especiall...

That on budget reconciliation they passed a tax cut that way. they confirmed judges with 50, 51 votes. they changed the filibuster rule for supreme court justices. they could have gotten the wall. if it was a priority-p if it was one of the three or four things that mike pence would have mentioned there as the top agenda items, they could have done it. and they didnt. i mean, thats the deeper lie i think, underneath all the little falsehoods and lies and questions about terrorists at the border ...

Billion magically is a necessity, a priority, an imperative for the u.s. to commit to and not just -- and right now. not sort of lets have a normal budget appropriations debate over the next several months. lets see what number we come up with. let the republican senate pass 5.6 and send it to the house. no. it has to be done now. suddenly. after having not been done for two years. >> bill kristol has agreed to stick around with us over the break. and when we come back, well show you what trump ...