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February 13, 2019
Its not enough. its not what we need and i want to see actual action. i think we ought to do a two-week clean zr and force these people in the room to do their job. >> thats what we did the last time after a shutdown that was so bad for people. i just feel like -- >> thats why a two-week -- another two weeks, we fund everything we need to fund. nobody will have any issues. lets force everybody back into a room and lets go find the resources we need to do our job. >> youre not going to do that in...
February 13, 2019
Everything, its going to give you something and if you dont vote it i dont see a better alternative. whats the chance that you come to a place where you can be comfortable saying yes? >> i need to see significant resources for both the physical assets that are needed and i need it to be well above the baseline which is currently this deal. its not enough. its not what we need and i want to see actual action. i think we ought to do a two week clean zr and force these people in the room to do thei...
February 13, 2019
Reality where trump says something that patently not true and we all react to it. and not just people sitting here on tv, the united states senate, the congress. and its ridiculous. this is the -- they lost leverage at the midterms, which was about immigration because of trump. and now theyre folding. and if they want to call it a victory, thats great, but if they also want to say the sun rose in the west this morning, thats great too and their people will believe it. >> tiffany, theres an inter...
February 13, 2019
40,500? thats whats current law. and so its basically status quo. theyre not really getting anything at all. its a stalemate. and so, but thats a loss for the president. >> senator santorum, do you understand the thinking on the white house on that? to the congressmans point, of why not have done this when the republicans were in control? >> well, because the republicans werent in control. you had to get votes from chuck schumer and the democrats in the senate. and in many respects, im not sure ...
February 13, 2019
Current law. it is basically status quo. theyre not getting anything at all. it is a stalemate. thats a lost for the president. >> senator santorum, did you understand the thinking of the white house on that. why not have done this when republicans were in control. >> you had to get votes from schumer and democrats in the senate. i am not sure he would have gotten as good of a deal because democrats and the senate were in a position to block and then blame the republicans because quote, they wer...
February 13, 2019
Manafort to tell the full story. so this is sort of their last chance to exert a lot more leverage on him in order to get him to be more forthcoming. now, facing decades of jail time wasnt enough for manafort to tell the truth in the past. maybe its too much to hope for in this case. the question here is why. why would you risk your plea agreement? what is so important to hide? >> this document that his lawyers released the first words in the document. >> well have the judge come in. they laid o...
February 13, 2019
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February 13, 2019
Legitimate asylum and we would need those extra beds. it is an important one. heather: should the president sign it? some say sign it and declare a national emergency but other people argue if you declare the national emergency and sign your give leverage to democrats in the future for national emergencies. is that trading into dangerous waters? >> you had presidents like obama. president obama declared bird flu. it was serious. there have been all kinds -- rob: nothing this political. >> it is ...
February 13, 2019
The plan. >> melissa: democrats say the president doesnt have much choice. with another shut down such a kick in late friday if the deal gets rejected. >> we believe that the president took a major political hit over the trump shut down. that he recognizes the folly of shutting the government down as a bargaining chip or a leverage point imposing negotiations. thats not how we do it in the unit states of america. i dont think we will go back to that. there will be a revolt in the country if it h...
February 13, 2019
But himself. i think thats leaked into this at this point where it was just the democrats fault but now hes going to be able to -- and this is typical trump because hes never responsible. hes going to be able to blame both parties here, and i think thats what were going to see a lot more of here. but the interesting thing about this is every deal theres an opportunity and in this case he absolutely blew the opportunity, i think, between the few days before the first shutdown and the week before ...