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Its up to him to come up with a solution to reopen the government. >> eliza its very good to have you on. "new york times" profile of the senate majority leader, quote, the shutdown distilled the essence of mitch mcconnells position in trumps washington, a man of institutions and establishments whose own legacy was now tied to that of a president who seems hell bent on burning both to the ground. it strikes me you could also insert paul ryan into those same mentions and have the very same paragr...

Was to be used for any new barriers on the border. so what is pelosi up to? democrats said over and over again we will not negotiate while the government is being held hostage and we wont give you a penny for the wall. but this offer boils down to we will give you $5.7 billion, you cannot call it a wall, and one democrat said the money cant be used for new sections of the ball but beefing up existing structures is okay. so is pelosi worried about her caucus getting antsy? or did they make this o...

Suddenly have a lot of constituents that work for the government. it is whoever is the reasonable party trying to find a solution that comes out ahead, and certainly the only people with leverage are democrats not republicans. but i think republicans will have a hard time holding the line if there is a reasonable solution there to open the kboth and achieve michael security. this will be about who gets credit for finding the way out. i thought that was interesting. and youre no democrat either, ...

Insert paul ryan into those same mentions and have the very same paragraph written. question to you is how much leverage jonathan correctly reports hes off the bench, how much leverage does mcconnell have in this right now? >> he really doesnt have very much leverage. in december mcconnell and the senate unanimously passed a bill that would keep the government funded at the current levels, and if you remember that got sent over to the house. the president said im not going to sign that, although...

Thought this would give him the leverage in the fight, which is this. >> i think it will be overturned in the united states supreme court, and i think its going to be overwhelmingly overturned. nobody thinks that should have happened. we think it was a fluke, and it was a disgraceful situation that a judge ruled the way the judge ruled. if we win that case, and i say this for all to hear, well be easily able to make a deal on daca and the wall as a combination. but until we win that case, they d...

Open the government but ill give you protection for dreamers. >> yes. >> the president didnt offer permanent. he offered temporary. you find out they slipped in this thing that seems to have come from the mind of steven miller. >> it limits to the united states. >> yeah. >> especially from central america and limits the number of applications and number of people that would be accepted. all of this is important to understand that is happening against the backdrop of the supreme court deciding no...

Counter intelligence and national security implications. and contemporaneously, those of that are in at the time in the last administration were not aware of the extent of what is now apparently emerging about just how extensive and how long this dialogue, business dialogue went on with the russians. >> and basically, i mean, if the president or anyone in his circle has been untruthful publicly or privately about the extent of that project or the conversations about it, the russians would know t...

Russians would know that. and that would potentially be leverage they can use. >> well, exactly. that is i think under the rubic of counter intelligence implications. is exactly the point. this is standard operating procedure for the russians. is to seek and exert leverage if they can. i dont know the details here. this just from what is out there, this to me is something to be drn concerned about. >> always good to have you on. up next a 2016 kapd date take on the latest 2020 presidential hopef...

Leverage in the denuclearization process because at some point they are going to have to give the united states a list. will they disclose this facility. we dont know the answer to that. but certainly the united states knows that it exists and is that one factor that will be playing into the talks as they move closer to this planned second summit that is supposed to happen at the end of february, the likely location vietnam. >> will, thanks. well be following that closely. the u.s. expected to...

Answering questions about this to the interrogators who think its a subversive plot to overthrow the regime. >> because you want ed guacamol they think you must be a spy. >> apparently. >> one of the things you write is the interrogators say the odds are you will spend the rest of your life as our guest. you will never get out of here, so tell us everything. you say, there is nothing to tell. im a journalist. you have made a mistake. this is all wrong. im just a journalist. they reply just a jou...