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Gardner, thom tillis, pressure from their hometown newspapers to reopen the government. i think were going to see hopefully some momentum in the senate among these moderates in short order. >> if the shutdown lasts weeks, what is the risk that the public is going to start to blame both sides for this? >> i mean, listen, there is always a risk that the public is going to say the pots on both of your houses. the only thing less popular than washington is, you know, some sort of terrible disease. s...

See in front of me that paul welan is that bargaining chip. >> you say that the united states government should intervene decisively in this ca case. and we have somebody who is also a retired marine. we dont have many details other than what we have heard from his brother, but how should the president respond here? is more at stake here than his safety? >> well sh, he has now become a bargaining chip in my opinion, a geopolitical bargaining chip. it must be made clear to vladimir putin that you...

Challenges that president donald trump will have in 2019. remember, president trump didnt meet with putin at that summit. they havent had a meeting since. they still have that dispute about that shipping lane in ukraine. and i think its important to note putin in that year end press conference absolutely denied that they would hold any american hostage for leverage for maria butina but in the past from russia we see when they telegraph something by actually denying it beforehand. >> would this b...

Its clear there are a lot of shoes to drop with the investigations ongoing. with addition of subpoena power from democrats is going to be significant. the other piece of this is he is going to face divided government. we got a taste of what that is going to be like at the end of the year with the contentious oef oval office meeting. democrats have leverage. the past two years have been dominated by republicans doing things with their own votes, 50 votes in the senate, tax reform, failed attempts...

Add to the tweet, what the president had to say to fox news in an interview last night. take a look. >> you know, i hear so much about the wall is old fashioned. no, the wall is not old fashioned, it is 100% foolproof. look at a wheel. i guess the wheel is old fashioned, but its been around for a long time. >> reporter: if it wasnt already clear, president trump has dug in. now you have house democrats daring him, calling his bluff, daring him and senate republicans to keep the government clos...

The cabnet level are not ones of procurement necessarily. they are issue about life and death, and using the military as an instrument of u.s. power. >> i want to go through some of the places in the world where we have, you know, pressing matters, and evelyn, i want to start with russia as somebody who ass a s assistans a -- who secretary to the secretary of defense, where do you think that president trump is going to have to do something about paul we whelan being taken? >> chris, i am disturb...

Lose leverage? >> first of all, i think its the right public policy. i think it is also smart. a couple things have to be made here. first of all, the president is saying he is committed to this because it was his cam pan promise. no it wasnt. it was for a wall built by mexico. he is not asking for that. now, some argue its only 5 billion. no, its tens of billions. five billion makes no sense unless it is the first step in a larger expenditure. in the last election we had, the question of how to...

His allies say is he should have been out there, owning the media narrative, having an empty take with placards with nuancy pelosis name and chuck schumers name. hes not done that, which is surprising to me. some of his aides said, well, he went to iraq and he went to germany. that has nothing to do with the shutdown. hes not made the case. he wants people to come to his side on this, which is that the southern border needs a border wall. but hes not been able to make the case, make the rhetoric...

Government to pay for this wall. where is the presidents leverage here? >> i dont think he has very much leverage. but this is the problem with the slogans. mexico is going to pay for it, build the wall, these were two slogans that the president used during the presidential campaign repeatedly and he would use them, i thought about how he would feel the crowd lagging at the rallies, he would use the phrase build the wall and he would get the crowd to chant that phrase and liven up again. this is...

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