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Full fills that prophecy. >> so that is this from the presidents chief of staff. is it real or is it just an attempt at leverage in the negotiations? >> we cannot definitively rule out a government shutdown by the end of this week? >> you absolutely cannot, and heres why. lets say for the sake of this discussion that the democrats prevail and that the hard-core left wing democrats prevail. they put out that they fail this negotiation, and they put a bill on the presidents desk for zero money for...

For that shutdown, particularly president trump. if we end up in another shutdown this time, do you think democrats will get the share of their blame? >> yeah, i think democrats in are danger of overreaching on this anna. the reality of this is that the last time around they came out of the shutdown as real winners. the polls showed it. voters showed it. they succeeded in putting the shutdown around president trumps neck. and this time around, i think what they are doing right now is they are so...

Thats what concerns me. >> all right. schiff has said the bank is relevant because there are serious and credible allegations that the russians may possess financial leverage over the president. joining us is democratic congressman jim hunt. both committees are investigating deutsche bank. >> good morning. >> so, listen, give us a status report of what the house intelligence committee is up to. you know, some people have lost the thread after the holidays and the government shutdown. what is you...

Sanctions. while all that is happening the private sector has a big role to play here. we have not seen massive divestment in saudi arabia by private sector companies. that could have leverage over the saudi government. >> interesting. thank you sam. as always. it is the biggest night in music. bun grammy-nominated artist wont be there to collect any awards if he wins. rapper 21 savage, arrested by i.c.e. and facing deportation. how the hip hop community is rallying behind him next.

Elections. we can go through this process. it is obviously a negative one. republicans and democrats feel they can at least get up to this threshold again. >> you heard me reference again the confidence it works for them in swing districts for 2020. what is democrats polling on this in the presidential race going forward? i have to think they have done their own to see, you know, whether they overplay or underplay their hand here. >> sure. i think democrats and ones who are not are calculating t...

That road tonight in el paso. >> i think that would be a big mistake because, first of all, his own party will rebel against that because s they they are worried that the alexandra custer cortez wing would use this for a green new deal. the way to go is to continue this resolution. think about what a continuing resolution does. its a defeat for democrats because nancy pelosi now has to abide by the paul ryan spending levels for the entire year, so they just won the majority ceding the power of t...

Running enron. she wasnt considered a major player. lawyers report that weissmann was trying to gain leverage from indicting the wife in that case. eventually fastow did plead guilty, turning over documents that did prove enron was participating in an accounting fraud, and that the ceo knew about it. in other words, weissmann and mueller, the folks playing hardball, they would order they got where they needed to go. and those documents were crucial to the case. weissmann had no reservations abou...

Convictions or pending criminal charges. another 50 of those arrested were previously deported. but reentered the u.s. illegally. ed? ed: thanks, pete. with the democrats now in power with the house. they are launching a whole new series of investigations from everything from the presidents finances to, yes, expanding the russia probe. >> the american people have a right to know and indeed have a need to know that their president is acting on their behalf. that pertains to any credible allegatio...

Taking advantage of fred, the detectives believed it was just the opposite. >> i think fred wanted to own frank in some way. >> so frank already had $100,000 and now hes on the hook big time to fred. and fred says to get off the hook you got to make this happen. >> correct. >> and then the slates >> reporter: so in the detectives view, fred was the mastermind, using his financial leverage to manipulate frank who in turn hired nick for a bargain basement price. but fred still didnt know the cops ...

However, i would imagine that that is a really tough line to follow. theyre not asking for any money. i mean blackmail as i always heard it, give me money or im going to go with this. the threat if they dont take back what bezos has been saying theyll go ahead with pictures, the damage had already been done. once they published that story they lost a leverage they would never usually have with a person like that. bezos i have to applaud his confidence in stepping up to the plate and saying im no...