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Talking past one another because we already know what each side wants and what each side wont give. for democrats, they will not give any funding for the border wall. and it seems as if the rank and file is right behind the leadership on the democratic side, in that demand, and as we know, as far as the president is concerned, he wont sign any legislation to reopen the government, unless there is funding for that border wall. how much funding? 5.7 billion dollars. interestingly enough, arthel, l...

Right now, arthel, they are not talking to one another. arthel: you know, john decker, lots of things to go over, but a couple things i want to point out. we know the president promised his base during the campaign that hes going to have that wall. he also said mexico was going to build the wall. you know the democrat wills keep hammering that -- you know the democrats will keep hammering that. now he wants the taxpayers to pay for this to the tune of 5.7 billion. hold that on for me. also its v...

Says mueller investigation has been going on for way too long and thinks it will wrap up in may, whats your take on that when things will wrap up? >> an interesting one, after all he got the whitewater case over the course of 4 years, it took him 4 years to wrap up investigation. that gives you indication of how long investigations can drag out. no one knows where we are in terms of the mueller investigation except for mr. mueller and his team and based upon what happened toward the end to have ...

President to those activities with michael cohen. eric: john decker, good to see you on tv side today. >> appreciate it. eric: thank you. arthel. arthel: six, that is how many opportunities the air force had to warn law enforcement of texas mass shooter according to government report, the defense departments inspector general says despite devin kellys conviction, enlisted mans fingerprints were never submitted to the fbi. this allowed kelly to buy firearms from licensed dealers and use them to k...

Arthel: john, ultimately is this to please the president in some way? >> oh, absolutely. you know, you hear the president, he rails against james comey, it seems almost on a weekly basis. hes urged the judiciary committee to continue their investigation of james comey and his part in overseeing the investigation into hillary clinton and her e-mails, so theres simply, i think, mr. goodlatte is following through the wishes of the president and lets not forget loretta lynch, the former attorney gen...

News radio white house correspondent, attorney, john, apart from being short on time, ho house republicans have a strong legal strategy and who would face legal jeopardy in this case? >> well, this is going to be a difficult thing for house republicans to get their way on, arthel, and the reason i say that is because this is a lame-duck session, very little gets done in lame-duck session and if, indeed, james comey does not comply with the subpoena, if he challenges this subpoena, its going to t...

That determination as to whether or not to hold james comey in contempt in congress. arthel: john, talk about for us the political gains and consequences for members to have house judiciary committee and the gop as a whole? >> well, as it relates to what republicans want to do, they want to bring this issue forward, they want to gain more information with that and keep in mind that james comey has said that hes more than willing to meet with the house judiciary committee, his only objection is t...

Microscope, does anything stand out to you, youre a former u.s. attorney and mr. whitaker having been given the job by president trump or any legal conflicts of interest at play? >> you know, im concerned about some things that he said early on and maybe during the time that he was a tv pundit and he made comments sort of prejudging the investigation without having the evidence in front of him, those things could come back and haunt him down the road and theres some concerns about that. at one p...

Editor for the wall street journal and fox news contributor joining us. john, thank you for being with us. >> good afternoon it is great to be here. >> the market crumbled last couple of weeks. a lot of discussion about china and tariffs. it might have played a role in wondering whether the president mabel to turn this around if its true. >> innocently big issue for investors right now. you mentioned this g 20 summit of world leaders coming up in argentina. the president is supposed to meet with...

Years. aside from that, i dont see much room for compromise, i see a lot of jockeying among both parties as they prepare for the 2020 presidential election. arthel: yeah, but the new comers on the democratic side i was reading that they want to make some things happen and they dont want this gridlock thats been there in the past. they are there for that reason. okay, john decker, attorney general and fox news radio white house correspondent, thank you. >> thanks a lot, arthel, have a good day. a...