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Trade front, it cos help, but there are other factors that are hurting. this is just one. >> in 30 seconds or less, is this trade war solely of our making? >> its not. i mean, china has been stealing intellectual property for decades. they have also been forcing u.s. companies to transfer sensitive technologies if they want access to their market. those are legitimate issues. the trade war, as its constructed under president trump, is i think counterproductive. we could have used our allies to o...

Chuck schumer said it was his take that the president threatened to keep the shutdown on for months, even years, which is extraordinary in the hyper speed we live in. clearly, the impression he was giving was the president was not feeling the heat about pressure of the shutdown. we thought in 2013, when another critical issue, sort of core belief for republicans, that being opposition to the health care law that became known as obamacare, the aca, after that shutdown, which went about 17 days, i...

This is just one. >> in 30 seconds or less, is this trade war solely of our making? >> its not. i mean, china has been stealing intellectual property for decades. they have also been forcing u.s. companies to transfer sensitive technologies if they want access to their market. those are legitimate issues. the trade war, as its constructed under president trump, is i think counterproductive. we could have used our allies to our benefit. we could have used the world trade organization to our benef...

Internal game. the congressional leverage that you need, counting votes. the legislative process. negotiating with the president. this is her sweet spot and so were in good hands as we move through these negotiations with her. hopefully we can come to some resolutio resolutions. every day were talking about this issue. every day the president is talking about the wall. hes not talking about the economy. hes not talking about jobs, wages, pensions, health care, prescription drug prices. he is goi...

>> i have a very difficult time seeing it being a comprehensive immigration or a larger immigration solution to come out of this discussion. i think the reality is the analysis is correct. we will end up seeing some goodies disbursed to get this resolved because neither side necessarily has the incentive at this point to back down. i dont think the republicans believe in the long run the shutdown is going to permanently damage their political interests, particularly given how far we are from the...

Whether or not you solve what is a 215-page complaint about robert lighthizer, one of the presidents top trade advisors, by march 1st is an open question. if there is real progress on the trade front it could help there are other factors that are hurting. this is just one. >> in 30 seconds or less, is this trade war solely of our making? >> its not. i mean, china has been stealing intellectual property for decades. they have also been forcing u.s. companies to transfer sensitive technologies if ...

Conundrum if the other half of the first branch of government will only act at the behest of the president? >> well, i think that what mitch mcconnell is doing, and i say it as respectfully as possible is a saying that we are not needed, and congress might as well stay home. what we need is one person to show up, donald trump. that is not what our founders had in mind. they talked about can co-equal branches of government, and article i, the ledge sgislative branch, the peoples branch of governm...

Government without the wall? >> thats a non-starter. we would lose our leverage if we do that. we need problems in total and not isolation. the president compromise and came down from $25 billion to $5.7 and its time for congress to do their job. >> im happy to have you on the program, but we hear a lot about how trump moved republicans like yourself and changed their minds or positions on these issues. why did you change your mind to embrace the wall more than you used to? >> i think i have alw...

Relationship before it bears fr fruit, they are looking at a budget package and prescription drug prices. he sides with democrats on these issues. they want to work together, but there is a narrow window here. with the shutdown dragging out and the mueller report due out, they have a few months to get something passed. once the mueller report comes out, oversight will kick in high gear if not before then. that will spoil any chance of bipartisanship. >> rachel, i want to show you the picture. it...

Butina who pleaded guilty last month to conspiring to influence u.s.-russia relations. shes been held for five months and russia is not happy. >> what this looks like, at least, is the russians simply doing tit for tat. what theyll do in response and other countries have done in response is just arbitrarily pick up someone who isnt responsible or guilty of anything just to create pressure and leverage on us. >> reporter: so, russia isnt saying what they allege they have on whelan, and the state ...