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Former vice president. would you return the favor? >> there are a number of incredible candidates that i believe will run for the presidential nomination, brooke, so im excited to visit with each and every one of them and make sure that they get a chance to visit with the citizens of the second district. >> very diplomatic. >> those are the voices that matter most. >> welcome to congress. congressman, thank you very much, good luck to you and all the republicans there, republicans, democrats, th...

Pro quo so that he has some leverage over how quickly butina can be released and probably deported back to russia as soon as possible. but this isnt a spy swap because its not intelligence really thats going on. these are more geopolitical and policy and political issues that putin is wrestling with and trying to gain leverage over the united states with. >> well have to end it there. thank you both. i appreciate your time. the supreme court is getting ready to vote on the mueller-related myst...

Down a $2.5 billion offer which was discussed between chuck schumer and the vice president, mike pence back on december 22. that was shot down. so it doesnt seem the president wants to come down any further. heres my question to you. if this in fact were to pass the house and handed off to the senate, then it goes to majority leader mitch mcconnell who says that he will not send something to the president when he knows hes not going to sign it. what happens next? >> right. this is going anywhere...

He said "i wouldnt call it capitulate, their economy is hurting. they are going to have to do some things." your last quick thought? >> i completely agree. if confirmation with that. its in place, retail is weak. in the stock markets are down. its the worst-performing major stock market in the world of 2018. i think there might be some capitulation, as you said. the chairman of the white house economic council today said that if we do get a trade deal, sales for the likes of apple may go up in t...

Government up and running. trump responded by saying i would look foolish if i did that. again, is the presidents position here more about politics that he is afraid or concerned about appearing to look foolish for his political base? we know that he watches and consumes right wing media and that was a factor in his decision to walk away from an agreement, you know, a month ago? >> yeah, i mean, clearly the white house is saying and what the president has said is this is all about a wall. this i...

Be president and were going to trust in whatever decision he made. if that did not include a physical barrier for a wall that spanned the entire southern border, i think a lot of them understood that was probably not very feasible. they were going to be okay with it because he would enact other border measures. peter baker, youre at the white house. youve been covering this presidency. is there any talk behind the scenes about what they could do and the sort of leverage that donald trump has wit...

Presidents allies, what does a mark meadows, what does jim jordan of ohio, the freedom caucus, is there a way they can try to find a way for the president to call it a win, whether they get the border security money, whether its actually for the wall or not. >> and jake, i want you to take a listen to what lindsey graham told fox news last night about the very same issue. take a listen. >> if he gives in now, thats the end of 2019 in terms of him being an effective president. thats probably the ...

Name for yourself and how you go out and message issues is different in 2018 than it was in 2014 and so normally the conventional wisdom is, who, the relationships, be a part of the team, work your way up the committee structure, thats how you get power. thats how you use your leverage. and were finding in this era that there is a different way of doing it. thats what she is seeking to do. >> i also am very curious what you think about this, now we have more diversity, now we have a congress tha...

Story other than his family says he was there for a wedding and he was detained on friday. what is your read in terms of what would be happening behind the scenes at the state department right now and how do you see this playing out? >> you are right. we dont know a lot. i certainly dont know anymore that has been written in the press report and on cnn. what this looks like at least is the russians simply doing tirks oor tit for tat. what they will do in response and other countries have done in...

With the north and basically said lets not push them too hard and lets begin to lift sanctions. with president trump, he would end up losing a lot of his leverage. some of his former aides think and have said, he may do it anyway because he is so eager to put together a deal with the north as his diplomatic accomplishment. >> the deal from kim jong-uns stand-point seems to be accept the fact that we have nuclear weapons, we wont produce anymore or build any more, but you have to acknowledge or b...