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Leverage. its fun to play the blame game of whos at fault for closing the government. the vice president, the white house chief of staff, the presidents son-in-law went to capitol hill and made an offer to democrats. i know nancy pelosi actually did leave town. shes the one in hawaii right now, a beautiful resort, i highly recommend it. the president is here, ready to make a deal. but the democrats are being pushed into a corner by their left wing. mulvaney signaling hes willing to make a compro...

Of what nancy pelosi is going to be fighting. in many ways, i think shes dealing right now with a baby who is screaming his head off and will keep screaming until he exhausts and falls asleep, and then theyll come to something. >> which is interesting, because theres been more intransigence from the president than there has been from mitch mcconnell. it seems like hes backed off a little bit, because i think he understands exactly what susan is saying, that you know what, at some point, democrat...

Reporting that a coalition of liberal groups are pushing democratic leaders to deny the president money for his fence altogether rather than give the department of homeland security a year of funding at the same level as last year. im joined now by democratic congressman john garamendi of california and christian whiteman a senior advisor to presiden president bush. we had a little reporting from some liberal groups now telling house democrats, hey, no money at all. this $1.3 billion that democr...

Theyve had no children die in their custody until this month when two children in this month alone have died. part of the problem is the trump policy of targeting families who try to apply for asylum. that then forces these families to enter between the ports of entry where it is far more dangerous. but setting that aside, everything that rick just said is true, no surprise there, hes totally on the mark. there are few people, democrats and republicans alike, who think that donald trump has the ...

Desert him in large numbers. that matters when mueller does wrap his investigation. folks are going to have to in the halls of congress make decisions. >> closing thoughts when it comes to these investigations, ned, if you were there working with democrats in congress, what are some of the areas you would most want to see investigated? >> what the public hasnt quite seen yet is what sources of financial leverage, not only the russians but also other foreign governments and foreign entities may h...

Aclu are pushing democratic leaders to deny the president money for his fence all together rather than give the department of homeland security a year of funding at the say level at last year. im joined now by democratic congressman john garamendi of california and christian whiteman a senior advisor to presidents trump and bush. we had a little reporting from some liberal groups now telling house democrats, hey, no money at all. this $1.3 billion that democrats had previously been willing to si...

What are the implications? what about the big picture especially financially? >> it has a slight drag on the economy. its not a large economic event. i think its more of a political event, probably not one with long lasting consequences and weve gotten signals from the white house about their willingness to deal and they have a greater deal in dealing than nancy pelosi does, one, because her caucus doesnt want to make a deal, but more importantly because republicans had already in the senate cut...

>> well, its interesting. what weve been hearing from the white house over the last 24 hours, ive been hearing conversations with people today is that they are trying to sort of pin a lot of the blame on nancy pelosi and say hes not going to deal until she gets the speaker vote so shes the obstructionist here, even more so than senator schumer. the leader for the democrats in the senate. but the reality, as you point out is that nancy pelosi was strengthened by that meeting that she and schumer ...

I have never said lets just immediately put pull our troopts out from anywhere. we need a plan, a strategy, we need to know what were going to do to fill the gaps for example in seer how to protect the kurds. there is a lot to be to be done but the way the president is doing this its irresponsible and wrong. >> now, let me ask the other prevailing question as you and others head to washington this week to start the new congress. how do we deal with the shutdown? hundreds of thousands of people w...

>> and senate republicans, just to be clear, on that first option, the reason senate democrats think they have the upper hand on this is the senate republicans just voice voted that same bill to continue funding the government through february. so they think they have the upper hand on that. >> matthew two, questions. first one is what are the chances anything will happen like what charlie said? >> you know, i mean, with -- >> okay. that was your answer right there. >> look, the guy is sitting i...