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Against him. the country is against him. the democrats are unified against him and his party is starting to turn against him slowly but inevitability. he knew the speech wasnt going to accomplish anything. so today everything that unfolded i think, again, trump rarely clear, rarely lucid, but i think he saw back as far as yesterday afternoon that he was going to be in this situation where he was going to give a speech that was going to have no effect whatsoever and he was going to have to spend ...

Position. so negotiations in effect collapsed on sunday, didnt go anywhere. there hasnt been a meeting of the principals since friday of last week. on monday instead of interring into and others up to the white house to brief them again on this presentation by secretary feelsen about the break theyre getting nervous about this shutdown. you but democrats dont see the same crisis that republicans see. thats the challenge right now for this president. can he get beyond the partisanship that many a...

Talked to wasnt it mike pence who float the $2.5 million that might move both side toward a deal? >> thats right. vice president pen was negotiating with senator schumer and he lowered the number down from 5.7 to around 2.5 going for the wall. but then the administration walked back from that negotiating position. thats the biggest clue we have that there is a possible national security j because theyre not actually going with the number they had floated. theyre stepping back and taking this har...

President pence and congressional staffers. well, those conversations fail to make any noticeable progress and it is not clear what they could get done anyway because the president has publicly rejected vice president pences negotiating position in the past. the big question is what is the point. on sunday, trump was asked why he has not been personally involved in the most recent talks. heres what he had to say. >> totally involved. im involved with principals. ultimately its going to be solved...

Be, how tall. et cetera, to that point. this brings up an interesting point. you say 5.6 billion for the wall, democrats agree that border security is worthwhile and something thats in need of funding. >> absolutely. leland: it the government shutdown now essentially over semantics? any border security includes physical barriers that can be walls and things that look like walls. where is the disconnect here? >> well, the disconnect, actually, leland, we have a president who will never really let...

Defections, that democratic leaders have to desperately hang onto their members. nancy pelosi got every single democratic leader to vote with her tonight. kevin mccarthy lost republican votes. and thats a new order on capitol hill. it shows how strong speaker pelosi, how united they are facing down donald trump. and i think speaker pelosi has to call the president tomorrow, call the speaker of the mexican parliament because you promised they would pay for the damn thing, and let them pay for the...

Because those seven defections gives strength to any others who are considering defecting. >> lawrence, its an amazing thing to see. you and i both worked in the senate. were used to the fact that the democrats are the party of defections, that democratic leaders have to desperately hang onto their members. nancy pelosi got every single democratic leader to vote with her tonight. kevin mccarthy lost republican votes. and thats a new order on capitol hill. it shows how strong speaker pelosi, how ...

Border security which democrats are more than happy to support. >> so when he said he would look foolish, as the negotiator, and you are on the other side of the table now, is there something that you can give that would make him look less foolish? >> well, that of course is what were searching for, but we are not going to compromise on the basics. and the basics are we are offering $1.3 billion for border security, an amount debated back and forth among democrats and republicans in a republican...

>> in my opinion, based on what i know, this is a hostage situation. paul whelan i believe was taken as a leverage for vladimir putin in response to the prosecution in washington. vladimir putin very much doesnt want her to talk to u.s. authorities. he was in a very weak position. he needed to change that negotiating position. so he looked for a hostage. i believe that this paul whelan arrest fits right into that pattern of behavior. >> so what do you think putin wants to get out of this? what i...

Russians. >> paul whelan, i believe, was taken as a leverage for vladimir putin in response to the maria butina prosecution in washington. vladimir putin very much doesnt want her to talk to u.s. authorities. and he was in a very weak position, and he needed to change that negotiating position. the response should be that there will be hell to pay for the russian government if they dont release this man. and its very important not just for this case, but if this man is allowed to be effectively ...