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>> well, i think sam is right. this could go on for quite a while. and its because of what kelsey just said which is that weve moved past a normal situation where you could split the difference, right? its not like one side is saying zero, the other side is saying five, so lets do 2.5. if its immoral on one side and imperative on the other, it has to be a wall and not just border security, theyve both staked out positions that are hard to reconcile at this point. >> sam stein, were going to talk...

His political argument, the wall is necessary for the countrys significant. >> peter, in the not insignificant calling around from "the new york times" that you guys do, which side seems to feel the urgency? is there one? >> well, i think sam is right. this could go on for quite a while. and its because of what kelsey just said. weve moved past a normal situation where you can split the difference, right? its not like one side is saying zero, the other side is saying five, so lets do 2.5. if its...

And thats why he ends up with the subpoena from the committee. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> the newly enpowered house majority votes to reopen the government and includes a package for border security and not a dime for the border wall that trump said over and over mexico would pay for. i wanted to pick up on the dynamics of this showdown. you worked in harry reids office and have been through these back and forths. one of the asymetries that happened in a shut down is republicans by a...

Thats maybe not even the point, right? if youre going to choose to raise your voice and then you choose to raise your voice if you think its a moral imperative, but joan, the problem is here, for some, is in a sense the hypocrisy, right? november 2016, trump and romney photographed together at a fancy restaurant when romney was auditioning for secretary of state, and romney once described trump in this way. >> after he was elected president, it was very much my hope that he would rise to the occ...

This, he cant give in because it would show weakness. nancy pelosi has said that she believes that the wall has become a symbol for the presidents manhood, and whether or not thats true just on the pure politics of it, each of them has only a political imperative to keep digging in at this point, and i think it will be harder and harder for each side to come out of their corner and tip a toe into the pool of compromise. >> our reporting that we said in the opening there is the president told sch...

Get in on the 2016 race. it was cruz first. the senators all got in first. cruz, paul, rubio. then jeb bush and donald trump got in in june. hillary clinton announced in april. i think bernie sanders right around the same time. were in announcement season now, arent we? >> of course. and people are already making trips. people are already working on putting their staffs together. making those kind of early telephone calls to activists in early primary states. and we know were going to have debat...

Cornell. its interesting here. i want to put up when candidates get in on the 2016 race. it was cruz first. the sitting is that rights got in first. cruz, paul, rubio. then jeb bush and donald trump got in in june. hillary clinton announced in april. i think bernie sanders right around the same time. were in announcement season now, arent we? >> of course. and people are already making trips. people are already working on putting their staffs together. making those kind of early telephone calls ...

For 420,000 federal workers going without pay. on monday, our coast guard, 40,000 members of our coast guard, are going to go without pay. thats a branch of our military. its imperative for president trump to back down from bragging about and taking credit for shutting down the government. its important to remember this wall is supported in most polls by 30% of the people, 33, 35% of the people. and of course the premise of it was mexico was paying for it, was a lie. so i think its really impera...

They need to raise money. they want to get staff in place. they dont have necessarily access from past campaigns like bernie sanders or beto orourke, they dont have access to a lot of money right out of the gate. so i think there is an imperative to really get going quickly. >> lets talk about bernie sanders, matt. bill press, a talk show host, an early backer of bernie sanders back in 2016, this is what he told "the new york times." he said quote, ironically, bernies agenda for working families...

For describing whats going on at the border aside from tragedy, its complete chaos. >> when you mentioned public policy gong back to it. we know the democrats are vowing to hold hearings on the two migrants death, but the question is, steven, is there any policy they can change and what can they do? >> finally will there be oversight. there will be questions that must be answered, but let me get to the broader issue. i think victoria is so correct. look. every nation has the right to manage and ...