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Arthel: lets bring in francesca chambers. a correspondent for the "daily mail." >> i dont think the president is getting a big bag of $5 billion for the border wall this christmas. arthel: is the shutdown imminent or what will wait off? >> the white house is shopping a potential short-term continuing resolution which would push off this debate until early next year. the only problem with that is he currently has leverage because the republicans control the house of representatives. early next ye...

Investigation on china so weve had a couple year-long investigation.we just approved it last week to the committee. a declassified report of course so a lot of work we did, we will send unto of the parts of the government. they are moving in first with leverage like loaning money, building infrastructure. most concerning is when they get a hold of the electrical grid. they get a hold of the banking system. then they go in with companies like huawei or zte. in the offer, basically, free infrastru...

It is not a complicated story, but his side is trying to make it sound like this is just tax stuff. >> no. its actually very simple and it all goes back to his greed and narcissism, right? he launched the campaign to begin with, not because he really wanted to be president but because he wanted the publicity for his organization. >> right. >> that is the reason why he was pursuing this trump tower moscow deal and why all the people around him thought they had this enormous leverage to finally ge...

Wouldnt you have more leverage at the table? >> i wouldnt say we couldnt unite on any idea. this is a very difficult issue in a closely divided senate. 49 senators, including me, voted to do something last year that a couple of republican senators couldnt agree with. trying to get -- this is why the committee process matters. the one thing i think we would be able to unite on, medicare for all would wind up meaning medicare for none. if democrats want to take that view to the american people and...

Relationship. it was a great partnership. we respected each other. i let him be him. i turn around and just used his unpredictability as an advantage because it is. for many who say people dont know what to expect from the united states, thats not a bad thing. i used that as leverage and as ways of getting us what we needed and he was always great in making sure he never let anybody get comfortable. i always thought as a great working relationship -- >> sean: did you come to find that? may be go...

Hes upset and we need to move forward. the president and i have a great relationship. it was a great partnership, we respected each other, i let him be him. i turn around and used his unpredictability as an advantage because it is. for many to say people dont know what to expect from the united states, thats not a bad thing. i use that as leverage and as ways of getting us what we needed and he is always great at making sure he never let anybody get comfortable. i always thought as a great worki...

Have been suggested in the past. at various points president trump seemed open to that. democrats in congress in time six months ago, a year ago seemed somewhat open to that, but now it seem like were pretty far gone. neither side really wants to give in for various reasons. each side thinks they have enough leverage, and thats where were heading to right into christmas. , e everything after the meeting the president talked more about this. heres what he said on this issue. >> i dont mind owning...

Spending at current levels. lawmakers and presidents do this almost every year -- eric: yeah, weve seen this movie before, i mean, constantly over these issues. why are the democrats seemingly so obstinate? they say they will provide $1.3 billion in fences and border security, not for open borders, but the president is insis tent on $5 billion. >> democrats won big in november at least on the house side. they feel like they have a lot more leverage than they did even a year ago when they might v...

Hes upset and we need to move forward. the president and i have a great relationship. it was a great partnership, we respected each other, i let him be him. i turn around and used his unpredictability as an advantage because it is. for many to say people dont know what to expect from the united states, thats not a bad thing. i use that as leverage and as ways of getting us what we needed and he is always great at making sure he never let anybody get comfortable. i always thought as a great worki...