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German cities the issue of the working poor could also gained ground in germany and what about mr macro and international reputation media he has been seen by a lot of people around the world especially with the german chancellor leaving the political stage as you know curing the torch for your theres a kind of addicted to me in the perception of the man who in my career is a lot critic scene was very critical even in france and you still celebrate it outside of fronts but if france doesnt meet ...

And he is not asking for that much money when you consider that the democrats just a few years ago were willing to fund more than $5 billion. thats what makes no sense. so its clearly a political tactic on their part. he needs to expose that he needs to get that videotape of them supporting more than the 5 billion and show their utter hypocrisy. but we are living in a time when the democrats no longer care about whats right, whats wrong, whats good for america and whats not. its all about the po...

In that interview. what we have to do now is take that transcript and bounce it against other statements comey made to the intelligence committee. there may be some inconsistencies in the treatment of michael flynn. as flynn was talking to the f.b.i. there was no indication he was lying and yet thats whats created the leverage against flynn thats resulted in cooperation. >> bill: if you were to go to 35,000 feet and view of the republicans do you think he mattered the clinton email matter and th...

Have more power and the recall of them can get in the room and make to decisions. s senator lankford and senator ernst trying to reform the budget process. theres more to it than just a shutdown. its congressional leadership trying to keep power until the last minute to make decisions in a closed-door room without the entire congress. >> brian: what leverage does the president have in the lame duck sessions? what does nancy pelosi have to do? what does schumer have to do, and what they want in r...

>> reporter: republicans have the majority in the house and senate, but the bottom line is democrats have some leverage because some of their votes will be needed to pass a year-end spending bill. >> the other thing im following a bit because im interested in the money for taxpayers, is this deal theyre trying to get done between congress and the washington red skins. >> reporter: everyone is trying to put their priorities on the year-end federal christmas tree. the franchise is looking to build...

>> i had the most lopsided in america 89-11. democrats to house. 34 to 4 in the senate. i know something about leverage. heres what you do, you take it to the people. when you cant get a legislatolegislature to go at y. let them voice their displeasure to the obstinate party. the president has a great megaphone. there is no doubt about it. the key is he has got to make it about the people, not about him. he cannot focus upon what the democrats are doing to him because most people just frankly do...

That mike flynn was a potential target for blackmail because the russians knew the truth. why wouldnt donald trump be a similar target for blackmail, until two weeks ago, the russians knew more than we did about donald trumps interests in doing business in moscow. >> i want to be a little careful here with you because i dont want to talk about things i know from the investigation from the election to when i was fired. its, obviously, a concern about any public official if theres significant info...

Penalize saudi arabia for involvement in jamal khashoggis murder despite the cia findings? >> i think it demonstrates the e weakness of the foreign policy of this administration. its hostile to expertise. the saudis need us more than we need them. the foreign policies constructed by jared kushner has gone all in on that relationship as central to their regional policy. what we see is not a response to which the united states is responding from a position of leverage and flexibility and power, bu...

Again. i think that is likely to soften everybodys position. >> the democrats have more power in january. isnt this the best moment if he has leverage? >> under a normal scenario, yes. he has blinked on it once. he has been furious about the inability to get t im not sure how this is going to play out. as often washington happens, the crunch of time will dominate everything. and i think, you know, that probably is on -- is going to hurt him here. he has so much else going on, he could throw a st...

Peace, which is trying to come up with a deal between the isreallies and the palestinians. from what president trump has said over and over again, i think he has a fundamental misunderstanding of the balance of the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia. he seems to think that the saudis have all the leverage in the relationship because they buy american weapons and because they have a big say in the price of oil around the world. the fact is that actually in the relationship mo...