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Putin as a strongman. i will say that a sign of weakness is forcing people not to be able to speak their mind, crushing dissent, like vladimir putins regime constantly does. i would also say, strongman try to manufacture crises to give this sort of necessity of having a strong leader. its one of the, sort of, aspect of the psychology of power from dictators. they dont only generate crises, but they also become victims of their own propaganda and worldview. they drink their own coolidge, so to sp...

Going to do in the next hour or so, is really not negotiating. again, this is a political stunt. a messaging stunt. on his part. and he will say that democrats are not for border security. perhaps he wont say it today. but he will certainly say it tomorrow, and he has certainly said it earlier this week. >> do you think we would see more republicans sign on and take sides with democrats if they pass this bill this week, mark? >> i think there is going to be issue on some republicans to join on, ...

We havent seen that before either. >> it doesnt seem like either of them score points with each other though, thats the other problem here. >> thats right. >> and talking about the shutdown stalemate. thank you, everyone. please stand by. more to discuss. we will bring you the presidents announcement about the government shutdown, live from the white house, when it happens. it is scheduled for 4:00. so that is about 45 minutes from now. meantime president trump also talking about north korea t...

Why this wall is necessary. getting back to the politics, though, of this discussion, mark, im wondering, can trump really say democrats arent for border security, if they pass this legislation in the next week, that would be providing money for border security? >> well, he will. i mean whether its true or not, he will continue to parrot it. in many ways, and i joke about saying whether it is true or not, because i dont think you will even find republicans who will privately tell you that they d...

Trump makes a deal without the wall, or the steel slats? is he desperate enough? >> well, it doesnt seem like hes desperate enough to completely abandon the wall. the question i guess is can he, could he back off of some element of it, could he, would he be willing to go with a little less money. thats unclear. it certainly doesnt look like it. in fact, go can into the speech this morning, he told reporters, as he was leaving to go to andrews av andrews air force base, wall, wall, wall, he wasnt...

Will come out on a saturday afternoon and try to appropriate ject that he is working, that the white house is working, on a saturday, to try to get the government back up and going, when the democrats are not there. hes also going to offer what he says is a compromise, but as our reporting show, and as we all know it, is not a compromise. this is all about messaging. this is all about trying to turn public opinion against the democrats, and back in favor of him. >> mike am, i want to play for yo...

Very least how the president talks about it? >> i dont think so. i mean look, i think he made his decision. and hes going to move forward on it. and he is not someone who is very careful with his words. i think were all kind of numb to that at this point. but what is even more troubling when youre talking about syria and when youre talking about north korea, and as were talking about all of of these really hot spots, youre talking about president trump who has been very, very unreliable in that ...

So white house aides worked into the night last night, to try to have this proposal ready by saturday afternoon. and were told vice president mike pence, jared kushner, acting chief of staff mick mulvaney all led efforts to get this proposal together. lets be clear, even help to the white house is expected to bill this as a compromise of sorts, it would not involve the president making any concession, just simply return to an existing idea in an effort to get the democrats to the table. >> isnt ...

Inside the white house today. welcoming some members from south korea, japan, and bolivia, to the united states. they are now american citizens. the irony here is that it comes on a day in which the president is set to address the nation about the government shutdown on the very issue of immigration. those remarks coming at the top of the hour. a new plan, he says, to hopefully get the government reopened. and start the negotiation with lawmakers. now, senator kirsten gillibrand today is in iowa...

What and what order. so far, they have been stuck, because the north koreans believe we start with sanctions relief, and we believe that they start with weapons being turned over. clearly, theres going to have to be some very carefully orchestrated dance there. >> michael, what do you make of the timing of this summit and the presidents announcement about it, because it doesnt seem like there is an imminent threat. >> there is not an imminent threat. there is continued and very serious threat fr...