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From countries that we have a trade deficit from like mexico, we have a few taxed at 50%, $50 billion of 20% of imports, by doing it that way we can do $10 billion a year and easily pay for the wall through that mechanism alone. >> those comments sparked a bipartisan republic yore and hours later sean spicer said that idea was just one that the president was considering, which brings us to plan c, having congress flip the bill. >> we need border security. thats what were going to be talking abou...

Wall on our southern border, and i will have mexico pay for that wall. mark my words. >> hmm, and then political reality got in the way. and once the president took office, the administration offered up a plan b. >> a plan thats taking shape now using comprehensive tax reform as a means to tax imports from countries that we have a trade deficit from like mexico, we have a few taxed at 50%, $50 billion of 20% of imports, by doing it that way we can do $10 billion a year and easily pay for the wal...

Joining me now member of the house intelligence and judiciary committees, eric swell waalwell. >> happy new year. >> to you as well. start with the shutdown now in its third week. were obviously familiar with the democratic plans to try to pass the individual appropriations bills starting with treasury and irs. however, we also know that mitch mcconnell is saying that he wont put it on the floor unless the president says hes going to sign it. we heard from the vice president today. the president...

President. by going on those shows, communicating directly to the president, thats how they hope to flip them. in the short term that seems to work. what i worry about is the word fight. from my previous experiences in 2013 or the bush tax cut expirations, when you hear conservative republicans talk about fighting more, it tells me they dont have the strike to win a punch and thats dont have a plan c or d and thats a problem moving forward. >> this is what the presidents base wants. they want bo...

Investigation into hillary clinton, were shocked when donald trump was elected. plan a was for hillary clinton to be coordinated. plan b was james comey, would conduct this campaign followed with a strategic -- when he was fired the very same people who are culpable invulnerable were again, exposed peers we had rod rosenstein offering in a meeting with a cabinet to wear a wire and you know, perhaps, utilize his 20 fifth amendment strategy. they finally settled on the mueller investigation is pla...

Questioning. plan b is redont and they subpoena. plan c is they file the report and dont issue a subpoena. joining our discussion now, jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and jill wine-banks is back with us. jason johnson, in the history of these kinds of investigations, presidents have always wanted to show they have nothing to hide. and that is part of why bill clinton ultimately ended up agreeing to testify rather than face a subpoena. but this president and rudy giuliani seem to h...

Bricks. i thought rudy giuliani already loaded all of his bricks. they are working on their legal research to fight all the way to the supreme court if robert mueller issues a subpoena to donald trump. we would move to quash the subpoena and were pretty much finished with our memorandum opposing a subpoena. by we dpgiuliani means mr. floo. he outlined three possible scenarios of what happens next. plan a is rework out the questioning. plan b is redont and they subpoena. plan c is they file the r...

I think they want to get this done as fast as possible as conditions are favorable to them. if it is not, never really talked about multiple contingencies and do we look at drilling? but where the codes are located somewhere around 2500 to 3000 feet underground is the estimate. just drilling to that kind of rock and jungle is a difficult task. theyve also talked about leaving them in the eye through monsoon season or waiting for the next window but they dont know when that will be. the challenge...

Four month wait. monsoon season. and then, there is more complexity. what if the cave collapses? there are whole lot of other issues. obviously our hopes are up, our prayers are with them. >> ed: plan c? >> theyre talking about drilling. some people are weighing in, from elon to others. what i have heard, it is like hitting a needle in a haystack. how is it like finding that pockets. it is pretty far down. they said almost, 3,000 feet. >> ed: pretty intense. >> that is another variant not a viab...

We are reaching a critical stage. >> we are. youre trying to get enough water out of the cave so they can walk the majority person out. the need to go through rocks and underthings. plan b, who tried to dive them off. while the waters are low. plan c, wait four months for monsoon season to end. they stay in the cave. they walk four months later. >> ed: first of all, monsoon season is supposed to be there this weekend. once that happens the rains will be so intense that they will not be able to g...