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That dont agree. we might note that the third was a george w. bush appointee, as a republican president. not partisan. what he is saying is, look, you have 90 days to tell me this is specifics with regard to criminality. jeff sessions and the department of justice in the past, even recently, have said this has to do with the issue of national security and protecting and securing our borders. what we are talking about, 690,000 individuals approximately who are already within our borders. who we k...

>> reporter: three judges dont agree and we might note the third was a george w. bush appointee and that is a republican president so this is not partisan. he is saying you have 90 days to tell me with regard to criminality, jeff sessions and the department of justice in the past and even recently has said this has to do with the issue of national security and protecting and securing the border. we are talking about 690,000 individuals who are within our borders who we know we dont have the mean...

I dont know why we have to spend that kind of money. theres other examples. if you had a line-item veto, the president would get a spending bill, he can sign the bill but in the process of doing that, veto individual line item appropriations within that bill. then what would happen is, if you vetoed a number of line items, that would go back to the congress. congress would have the ability to override the president with 2/3s vote like a normal veto. but it would provide a backstop against the ex...

Different category than military spending. now, i dont -- i would love to see some of that military spending go for all kinds of things that i think are domestic and security priorities like education and transportation. but i dont get to just move that stuff around. you have to get agreement from congress. you cant move money from one committee and one segment of the budget to another committee and segment of the budget. there is sometimes the ability to move things around within line items and...

These sort of political line items that its getting compared with? you know, isnt there a sense that no matter where you are in the political spectrum, we can agree that this deserves serious and thoughtful debate by congressional leaders? >> i think it does deserve thoughtful and serious debate by congressional leaders. its not the first time that a package has been used to carry nonappropriation things. this has been used by republicans and democrats and majorities that are split. the politica...

2018? >> you hit the nail on the head. we are really happy regulation is being pulled back. were happy to see growth, tax reform, my guy, health care is really killing us. its a huge expense for me and my clients for my readers. its a big deal for all businesses and individuals. health care reform i believe is going to be a big issue in 2018, i think a lot of small businesses are going to look to see something being done on one congress to try to help them with the rising health care cause. one ...

Absolutely fascinating. the voters there on the ground in alabama ultimately, this is what its going to come down to. and to see them struggling and try to make sense of all of this is really fascinating. but to melanies point, look, i mean, this should doug jones win this seat, i mean, this is a very slim majority, and the presidents agenda, particularly the tax reform, hangs in the balance. that said, it kind of sticks that were talking about, like that type of policy argument when these charg...

Senate bill. that is not in the house bill. i hope that will be dropped. >> jon: the white house is making a full-court press for tax reform put you heard there maine senator susan kol cins said she wants to drop the provision of the mandate. we have our panel here. leslie, you think dropping that obamacare mandate repeal is a good thing? >> yes, i do. i think what we saw happen in the house could for republicans perhaps happen in the senate. jon, this is the problem both democrats and republica...

The campaign. >> asked to do opposition research? >> they were i guess. but i see millions of dollars spent on this. those are line items that capture all that it did. >> millions spent and firm is doing opposition research, somebody has to be saying where is this research? >> and i dont know who was doing this when fusion gps came in and said republican had been funding this work until now and we think you might be interested. not sure who was part of it -- somebody in the dnc. >> clearly. and ...

I see people going around saying that there were millions of dollars spent on this. those are line items from these fec reports that capture all of the -- >> right. but if millions of dollars are being spent and this firm is doing opposition research someone has got to be saying where is it. >> right. and i dont know who was part of those conversations in april when the firm, the research firm fusion gp a came to mark elias apparently and said hey, a republican had been funding this workup until...