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Dont stand behind this president were not going to stand behind you when it comes to the wall. this is the defining moment of his presidency. its not just about a wall. its about him being treated different than every other president. >> graham was pretty clear on his position on this one. but youre talking to republicans on the hill. how real are these divisions that you are seeing? >> reporter: the divisions are very significant particularly about whether or not the president should declare a ...

The national emergencies act was intended to address. >> susan collins there, senator collins m ca collins making clear where she stands on the president dei declaring a national emergency. our garrett hake has been working the hallways of the capitol of what is going to be a long day for you. tim scott was more ambivalent about it. he said, hey, its the presidents decision but there is republican resistance to the idea? >> reporter: i had a long talk with john cornen. hes more or less right. he...

To get through. the other thing is that earlier this week, andrew miller who is a stone association who is fighting a grand jury subpoena, his lawyer said the grand jury says they still want his testimony. that suggests theyre looking at possible charges maybe against rau roger stone. all of this could take a great amount of time. its not going to happen as quickly as we want to. >> what are you working on some. >> a week ago "the new york times" reported my governor, larry hogan of maryland mig...

Government, everything fraumom treasury department, irs and transportation department. we should open the agencies. right now republicans are mostly in line with the president. jared kushner, i am told by a source familiar with the matter is making the case that after the presidents speech tonight and after he goes to the border on thursday, public support will grow towards the republican side. mike pence, the vice president also expected to come up to capitol hill to meet with house republicans...

Nothing. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell completely silent. majority whip john cornen -- >> i dont know the facts. >> the facts. house speaker paul ryan punting to his spokesperson who said, quote, we need more information than is currently available at this point. then theres this from the longest serving living senator orrin hatch. >> naturally it makes you very concerned but you know, the president shouldnt be held responsible for the actions of people who hes trusted. >> and the point...

Something. and im glad these republicans have come forward and thats helpful, but its just the beginning. >> well, doesnt it have to be more than a strongly worded statement because i say that because the senate majority, john cornen said there are talks on capitol hill to reaffirm the assessment that russia interfered in the election. >> sure. >> have you heard this? >> i have heard them talk about it. i love to just take senator mccains statement and vote on that. that would be a good idea. bu...

To this is multifaceted. the problem with the debate is if you talk about anything other than gun control, you are called complicit and a child murderer and making excuses on that front. thats not the case. you have to do several things, and when you do, gun control stuff like fixing the system as we did in 2007 post virginia tech, you end up is state governments not compelled to put things in the data base, people who are not putting mental health flags into the data base, creating a data base ...

You can tell. what should we be watching for over the course of the next hour? >> were looking at whether or not more senate democrats will come out in support of this house c.r. there will be this vote at 10:00 and they need 60 votes to move forward to a final vote on this bill, and right now they dont have those votes. they are looking at a failed vote in this instance. you have four senate democrats who have come out and said they would vote for this measure, but that means they need at least...

Theyre focussed on growing the economy, creating better jobs and in this regard, the president, his team, and the congress are starting to put points on the board, important points. i think thats where the american people are focussed. those kind of issues. not the inside beltway issues that gets a lot of attention. >> let me ask you about north korea, youre on the senate armed services committee and obviously alaska has concerns about north korea and their missile abilities. president trump say...

Senator number two john cornen said theyre in a good place, theyre trying to finish issues and theyre going to get that eventually. perhaps by tonight, likely by tomorrow, right now, that looks at least somewhat in doubt. or at least, wolf, they need to figure some things out before they actually finish this vote that again, was not supposed to be a problem for republican lead percent. >> yeah, sent it back to committee, that would be a very, very big deal. major setback for republicans. well st...