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Congress to go to afghanistan to meet with our troops there. it sounds like its a junket. the fact is it doesnt matter where they are, if they are willing to negotiate, they can negotiate, and if they are not, they can take trips around the world. at this point, neither side seems willing to negotiate. until they get serious and can agree, and there are such obvious compromises to be made. unless both sides are willing to compromise, this is going to go on. where they are is the least important ...

Political sense. she understands that. >> sean: leah, talking about literally they all took their vacations for christmas. they didnt stay and negotiate for the furloughed employees. 10 days in and then have you got other democrats taking a lobbyist-paid junket to luxurious resort in puerto rico. looks like they were having fun. then have you nancy going away and in that seven day period that means those 800,000 furloughed employees would not get another check. she seemingly doesnt care about th...

It doesnt even make any political sense. she understands that. >> sean: a larry, talking about literally they all took their vacations for christmas. theye didnt stay and negotiate for the furloughed employees. 10 days in and then have you got other democrats taking a lobbyist-paid junket to luxurious resort in puerto rico. looks like they were having fun. then have got nancy going away and in that seven day period, that means those 800,000 furloughed employees would not get another check.he she...

The corner, bites his lip with a tear in his eye. hes going to come out swinging. i thought it was not only appropriate, i thought it was very revealing. a seven day junket right in the middle of a shutdown. it shows that they really dont care about 800,000 government workers. they care about themselves, and they care about stopping trump. it was also very, very funny. >> bill: you would disappear die with lindsey graham. heres his quote. "one sophomoric response does not deserve another. plainl...

Us any closer to a deal. >> ben, you know the facts here. lot of these facts must be jumping out at you like the nature of this, the fact it was going to afghanistan. hardly a pleasure trip for the paris air show. they werent bringing their spouses with them. you know a real one, verses a junket. this was not a junket. >> this is actually an insult to the american taxpayer. because congress has to fund to the tune of billions of dollars our efforts in afghanistan and nancy pelosi as speaker, its...

You make of the latest -- the latest piece of news on this? >> tit for tat and with regard to this particular trip, what i find most significant, the itinerary. afghanistan. to the president its a p.r. event. im surprised he didnt use the word junket in that letter that he wrote, but to nancy pelosi, to democrats, to supporters, its a war zone. he prevented her from going to a war zone. that will probably pun intended trump the outcome in this part of the debate. >> michael smerconish, we watch ...

Letter who announced with the trip was, egypt, afghanistan, brussels. it is not uncommon these type of trips over a recess. they were supposed to be out all of next week and now, no vote scheduled until wednesday. so its not rare numbers overseas on things like this. i did talk with one member getting on the bus, this is definitely not an excursion. that is the length at present used and definitely not the junket. >> how much longer will they leave elected representatives from we dont know where...

Hispanic caucus bold packed retreat. the democrats where reportedly there to survey the damage of hurricane maria and talk with various union groups. remember that tidbit. here is senator robert menendez. hes taking a very personal interest in the local recovery efforts. lets dominic looks like instead of helping hurricane victims, hesg himself to a hurricane on the rocks. mm. this is a liberal packed junket paid for by lobbyists so that congressmen and senators can frolic in the tropics with ce...

>> sean: time for "hannity" watch on the >> sean: in time for our hate trumps watch. does the only show to report that 30 democrats were out -- ari fleischer and sean spicer. you guys have both been able to do jobs and i would lose it on the podium. it wouldnt be pretty. it would be me and a cost. that was coverage of the junket with lobbyists, but its so predictable if you will. >> i remember why i started in washington, d.c., as a press secretary on capitol hill in the

So far weve seen a tweet with spikes at the top, weve seen steel slats. this isnt just semantics. there are professionals who could help the president develop a model that meets the need if he would actually listen. this is a political junket. this is not an actual in-depth look at applying resources to meet a threat. >> sam vinograd, thanks as always for your expertise. the number of furloughed employees, federal employees, i should say, either furloughed or working without pay, is actually g...