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Really dont want to deal with this. they are proposing a two-week extension, a continuing resolution, something like that, and they want to throw the hot potato at the new speaker, nancy pelosi, and theyre trying to persuade trump thats a great way to start the year. you can have a big fight with pelosi. they just dont want to deal with this. >> yeah. >> i think thats the missing part of the story. republicans -- a lot of republicans dont really have any interest in this wall either. >> yeah. yo...

The answer is probably not. that doesnt mean he did it. that doesnt mean he didnt do it. it does mean theres a way, using the fbis vast resources, to get answers to some of these questions and to either confirm or refute the allegations against judge kavanaugh. it puzzles me why they wont do that. >> the fbi would need the white house to request it because its a background check. theres a lots of people who keep saying that the fbi has no reason to do this and that they have no place to do it an...

Do. >> why do you think the president refuses to say anything negative to vladimir putin? >> it puzzles all of us. i can tell you its not just that he wont say anything bad about putin, but he does say disparaging and belittling things about our allies. we saw that at the g7 and again at the nato summit. then we see it, you know, with regard to the russians and what hes willing to do in terms of praising dictators, speaking fondly of them. it just is puzzling to awful us. >> do you think russia ...

Deliver a searing floor speech tomorrow. hes going to compare the presidents attacks on the media to the rhetoric of the notorious 20th century soviet dictator joseph stalin. flake clarified the remarks he is planning to make it. >> joseph stalin was a killer, our president is not. it puzzles me as to why you would use a phrase so loaded and that has such deeper meaning, the press being the enemy of the people. that is a big concern. what this president does, the most powerful man in the world h...

Leader. moments ago he talked to christiane amanpour and denied his speech is to compare trump to the russian dictator. >> im in no way comparing president trump to joseph stalin. stalin was a killer. our pr our president is not. it puzzles me why you would use a phrase so loaded and steeper meaning the press being the enemy of the people and so that is a big concern -- >> political analyst and historian and douglas brinkley, cnn presidential historian. thank you both for being here. you heard t...

Innocent, it puzzles me that his best friends in the media are trashing a good and honorable man. >> im not trashing a good and honorable man. what im saying to you, is that in the end, if bob mueller were here and being honest, he would say i dont need this static. and as good as andrew weisman or peter strzok may be, i dont need this. i think hell be fair about coming to his conclusions and only prove the facts of the investigation. you dont have to be -- it doesnt have to be peter strzok. >> ...

Laws been elected president of the united states. >> we just heard essentially graham saying perhaps this is bogus. perhaps there was a discussion or perhaps there wasnt and kislyak said there was this discussion knowing he was being monitored by u.s. intelligence and wanting to throw them off. what do you think? >> it fits "a" theres the fact that american intelligence agencies are included russia tried to tip the election in trumps favor and theres this broad question about why the embrace of ...

Struggles with the great lies of hitler, and the axis powers and that second world war, and after that the great struggle with civil rights and the great conflict in the nation with our wars, vietnam. weve been through a lot. and i must say that as triumphant as we have been on so many levels, i assumed by the time i got this far, america would be in a much happier place. but to now find used in midst of more conflict than we deserve, more conflict than both of us thought would be here today now...

Triumphant as we have been, on so many levels, i had assumed by the time i got this far america would be in a much happier place. but to now find us in the midst of more conflict than we deserve, more conflict than most of us thought would be here today now, this way, it puzzles me. >> and you can see more of that great interview tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. eastern on "politics nation." up next, the win of the week. ♪ ♪ ♪ take on the mainstream. introducing nissans new midnight edition.

Climate change skeptics to put it on the ballot. the point of view gets across. one of the best ways is to defeat donald trump. the best way is make sure hillary clinton wins florida. >> i dont know if you heard kasie hunt. the appeal al gore could have there. coming up with younger folks. when youre out with progressive groups the idea that climate change is an issue. is al gore the sexy name to bring millennials out? is this the right calculation for clinton? >> youre younger than i am. if you...