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Is that all -- is that enough? i mean immigration reform is a legislative thing. is the president being, i dont know criticized for doing something that the congress should be deal with. >> well, look, in my view, on the legislative front, i dont think he tried hard enough. i really think that there is a priority at the hands of the president, he will try really hard. he will, you know, not only campaign on it when hes trying to run for president, but campaign on the actual issues when he is pre...

Congress, lets push reset together and figure out how we can compromise a whole range of things that we have talked about. >> bret: we will listen into the action as weve cost over the top of the hour. president biden minutes away. our special coverage of the state of the union address, his first continues in just a moment. ♪ ♪ >> bret: a live look at the u.s. capital. we are just moments await now from prison joe biden and his state of the union address. the first official day of the union ...

Than upholding constitutional principles that drive the idea of impeachment, youre not going to see much change. i think that "usa today" poll that susan has been involved with sets the -- has the opportunity to set the real tone here. there is an undercurrent out there in the country of people who are sick and tired of the way this game is being played. in fact the fact that it is treated like a game that has real consequences for people i think is really annoying. and so that leader who emerge...

Those texas retirements could be a piece of a larger more fundamental problem for republicans under president trump as the party looks to regain control of the house next year. axios notes texas, which holds 38 electoral college votes is becoming a more competitive state for democrats across all levels of government. for more im joined by michelle goldberg, columnist for "the new york times" and shermichael single tonight, political consultant. were talking about republican requirement. so ill s...

Have stopped any of the last few years worth of these mass shootings, which is a problem. >> but it seems at least possible expanded background checks could have made a difference in this weekends mass shooting in odessa, texas that took lives of seven people and injured more than 20 others. according to law enforcement officials, the shooter failed to pass a background check in 2014, but was able to purchase his weapons from a private seller. thats a transaction that under texas law does not re...

This is going to represent a source of backlash against republicans and strength for democrats in 2020. >> yeah. well, i mean, while you were talking, something dawned on me. really, a lot of republican fundraisers and a lot of gatherings, this issues come up, steve. and a lot of republicans will be open to really extensive universal background checks. mothers. think about all the school shootings. and its going to take a grassroots effort. someone like that that is going to stand up and say no ...

Other than trumps hard-core base, i think trumps hard-core base, theyre not going to move from anything. trump actually has got the power if he goes to mitch mcconnell and says look, ive got an idea, lets push more, push more restraints on, you know, putting these guns in the hands as he said mentally -- >> these are the red flag. >> no. nobody wants those people to have guns. >> but the other question i have here too, christina, were talking about background checks. we talk about this. every ti...

Very bad day. this comes after a group of documents against cohen saying he acted against laws at the pths presidents behest. lets bring in our panel right now. well start with the vice president for national security. also very familiar with congressional oversight. mika, what is going to happen now? should democrats, potentially some republicans move forward in the threat thats been brought up by some and say yes, lets push for impeachment based on the revelations that may or may not be in tho...

>> bret: jonah? >> picking on something more that michael said. secretarys peter navarro came out and said that secretary bret came out and said that they have the same interest. we have a different agenda in syria. we have a different agenda in the middle east. one of the things that concerns me about all of this is that it feels like the third round, now, this russian reset mentality. george w. bush came in, said he conceded to vladimir putins goals. the obama white house had a disastrous atte...

>> picking on something more that michael said. secretarys peter navarro came out and said that secretary bret came out and said that they have the same interest. we have a different agenda in syria. we have a different agenda in the middle east. one of the things that concerns me about all of this is that it feels like the third round, now, this russian reset mentality. george w. bush came in, said he conceded to vladimir putins goals. the obama white house had a disastrous attempt to reset thi...