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Thats why he tried to make the border wall funding a key part of the last government shutdown because he thought he was ultimately going to win and then there would be a clean allocation of money. he wouldnt be taking money away from some specific other purpose. thats the area hes going to be wading in now. as youve got the 2020 field growing by the day, all those candidates will be pouncing on this finding people whose homes are in need of help, clear examples of americans desperate for the mon...

Not where we are yet. the president is really the wildcard here. its likely hes going to sign it and people around him think that because he doesnt want another shutdown and because he has looked at other pots of money to get funding for the wall, he wants to move forward on that. its one of those things where the president wants to look like a winner and keep that image that hes the person who is the architect of the art of the deal. as a result, the president is weighing whether or not he shou...

He was talking about the go out these days. what are we going to see? >> its a sealed hearing. the reason the meeting at the cigar bar is also very important, prosecutors accuse manafort of lying about it. that was the subject of the sealed hearing. today the judge may make a ruling as to whether she finds that manafort has lied sufficient to void his plea agreement. its pretty much a foregone conclusion thats the way shes going to rule. we may not find out the results of todays hearing but hes ...

Democrats on the senate floor? >> it is. he wants to get democrats counted on where they come down. here hearing schultz and bloomberg saying this is not a realistic approach to dealing with the environment. even from bloomberg who has made it a key issue hes put a lot of his own money into. hes trying to put democrats on notice. im not sure this is going to work out in his favor, especially given the level of concern and especially when you look at the generational divide in this country. young...

Party that many centrist liberals feel that the party is moving too far to the left. and going back to what we were discussing earlier. the question of does the ticket have to having racial diversity or gender diversity. of course, its wonderful if it does. but if that starts becoming a litmus test, it is going to hurt the democrats because its going to mean they remain a party of idedty arians. that didnt help the last time when a party starts breaking up the country into different kinds of seg...

>> we need to be talking about this, but to pelosis point, she didnt say shes behind it. she said i havent seen the details yet. lets talk about kamala harris. she wants to focus on raising incomes for the working and middle class. she laid out a plan to give some families up to six grand in tax credits. walk me through what you think of this. >> look, on the whole, i actually think the idea of a universal income is not a bad idea. its been -- >> theyre stasrting it in stoc ton a week from now. ...

Running? >> i have my doubts now. i know a lot of people are saying that he will. and the betting is that he will. but hes also a very and he may say to himself i can spend this money and have more impact by not running than running because i think he is going to quickly realize one again he probably cannot win the democratic nomination. >> im going to say something quickly. earlier today i was on the hugh hewitt show. both of us know mike very well. hugh asked me would i be open to being mike b...

The money from elsewhere, you know, pull postz money from other sources, why didnt he do that already? >> look, you know, fub me for this, stephanie. maybe this is sacrilege. its brilliant political theater hes engaging in. >> for sure. >> this is part of his 2020 re-election campaign of tacking to the center now. i think you saw it in the state of the union address where he almost seemed like a normal human being part of the time. now hes saying look, i dont want a government shutdown. im going...

Hes talking criminal justice reform. i want to play yesterday part of what he said about where the additional money could come from. >> im not happy but am i happy with where were going? im thrilled because were supplementing things and moving things around and were doing things that are fantastic. and taking from far less really from far less important areas. >> far less important areas including flood control projects and disaster relief. what do you think? >> look, even if he got all the mone...

Trillion or a gazillion or a bajillion, would it matter to people when they will go home at night, people not political enthusiasts? >> literally no one understands how big a trillion dollars is. its such an insanely enormous amount of money it is not possible for the human brain to comprehend it. once you get up to 22 trillion, like its almost meaningless. youre right. its very hard for anyone to understand what that means. >> okay, bill. the congressional budget office and this is what blows m...