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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 had in the oval office a couple weeks ago when she took the presidents lunch, ate it right in front of him in front of the tv cameras, walk eed out, became an interne meme. shes been elevated and strengthened by that and this president who has been forced to stay in washington for the most part over the holidays has been...

Overstays. most of the people who are here illegally are visa overstays. they didnt come in over the southern border. thats the risk, as i see it, for the democrats. for the republicans, i agree, that they have walked themselves into a box canyon here especially because the democrats are about to take control of the house on january 3rd and they are going to even use that leverage. >> it adds insult to injury that 800,000 people, us a correctly point out in the holiday season, people who possibl...

Here to say governments going to stay shut down till i get my money? >> well, jim, i did vote for the secure fence act of 2006. which authorized up to 700 miles of vehicular and pids barriers on the southern border. last i collected there are close to 700 miles of barriers on the southern border. we dont need a 2,000 mile long fence on the southern border. we all know that. i havent heard one expert who said we needed so. this shut down is owned by the president. the party making the policy dema...

Her. >> shes got the votes to retain the gavel or get the gavel. what is happening? >> logically, the democratic leverage is going up once they have an majority in the house. there will not be sufficient votes in either chamber to fund the wall. democrats will point out, the undocumented immigrant policy peaked in 2007 according to pew. it is 1.5 million lower today than it was a decade ago. we have seen in 2006 and 2013 the senate pass legislation which included border security as part of the c...

The daca kids lose. the democrats lose. look, his leverage is going down, not up. every day this goes on, a day closer that nancy pelosi takes the gavel in the house of representatives. the democrats, i think, we know trump is wont move. democrats are also pretty intrai intrangent and want to win this. if they want to fix problems, they can start to own that position. they have an opportunity here that the president isnt filling. theres a void to be filled, and wouldnt it be nice to finally see ...

Democratic committees have subpoena power. >> you can fight subpoenas. people do it all the time and you can get into a protracted process. i oversaw an investigation on the senate judiciary committee, which is bipartisan. where the what you like do depending on the political leverage you have, not just the legal arguments you have underlying your claim for documents is to work out some accommodation. so if the person is not going to come to testify on subjects a, b and c, maybe they can come an...

Process. i oversaul an investigation working on the senate judiciary committee which was bipartisan where we issued is subpoenas and the white house would claim executive priblg and some of those things get fought in court. what you like to do depending on the political leverage you have, not just the legal arguments you may undelying your claim for domi umts is work out some accommodation. its person doesnt come to testify on subjects a, b, and c, can maybe testify on subjects and ab and seen t...

The united states and game our asylum laws and falsely claim they have a right to asylum in the united states. >> jim. >> folks, while youre talking i just want to. >> that would be a massistic savings. >> that was the president on the ground in ramstein again signing make america great hats. something he did in iraq which attracted some attention. clearly political, not something presidents normally do with forces. charlie, i want to give you a final word here. this is beak a political game of ...

When ted cruz went on his suicide mission in 2013 on obamacare, that is who owns the shutdown. so the president is not in a good political decision. the democrats have no incentives to negotiate before january 3rd when the leverage is even greater than it is today. im not sure what is to be gained here. there is a simple way out of this. pass the bills that are ready. >> we have some live pictures coming in. the president stopped off in ramstein in germany. hes meeting with soldiers at ramstein ...

Including the vote. peter doocy, thank you very muc much. they have no reason to come to the table at this point. half of them are not even in town. they are waiting until january 3rd. that is their day that they are planning on making some changes. do you really think that the democrats are going to come to the table? come up with a compromise? >> james: yeah, i am not sure which day it is going to be. i dont think that they can sustain this current position. they have conceded all of the princ...