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Dumped a bucket of cold water over the entire, you know, trump hot air of its foreign policy. and its not just president trump but also the national security adviser, john bolton, at times the secretary of state mike pompeo have essentially had to contradict reality in order to pursue a false theory of the case when it comes to the north korea talks. and remember the president is now scheduled to have another summit meeting with kim jong-un pursuing a theory of the case that his own intelligence...

And its not just president trump but also the national security advisor john bolton. at times, the secretary of state had to contradict reality to pursue a false theory of the case when it comes to the north korea talks and remember, the president is now scheduled to have another summit meeting with kim jong-un pursuing a theory of the case his own intelligence agencies says is deeply flowed. he announced the approximatepul. troops after having falsely asserted the total fallout of isis and agai...

How do they plan to end the shutdown? joining us is senator richard blumenthal. thanks for joining us. whats the last question i posed, whats the democratic plan to end the shutdown? >> theres a clear path, reopen the government, take the bills that passed the house of representatives that would provide funding, much like the bill that was anonymously approved by the senate just a month ago, and then, after we reopen the government, resolve differences about border security and dreamers. we have...

A democratic president. and a republican controlled house. so now were seeing the reverse. how is what democrats doing different than what you were railing against in 2013? >> you cant hold the government hostage to get your way on a policy dispute. i think theres broad consensus in the country. different people have tried it at different times, i remember i was a freshman when newt gingrich tried it, and finally had to say, this is not the way to proceed. we can have a discussion about solving ...

Would say there isnt goodwill, you know, from some of the democratic -- >> well, there isnt -- [inaudible conversations] the last time -- well, wait a minute now. because we disagree over the kind of border security we ought to have is not a lack of goodwill. thats just a difference of opinion. i think sometimes we tend to characterize these things as if they are intractable differences. they are just policy differences. its not something you shut the government down over. and the last time, of ...

The president is the democratically elected person in concert with other branchs of government. if he says i want to abandten the 20 u.s. bases because i think they cost too much money, it seems dangerous to define him based on that as a clear and present danger when hes tlr democratically elected person that defines it. >> i think what he was saying is there are somany things mr. trump has done since he assumed the office of the presidency. his inexplicable one on one meeting with helsinki wher...

About his intentions and his lack of understanding of history and the u.s. role in the world. yes, you have policy differences but are you saying the president of the united states can do anything? can he decide to disband the u.s. military and since he was democratically-elected we should accept that? no, i think hes demonstrated hes unfit for office and -- incompetent to protect us from national sean courturier. >> to me, the key point is the >> to me, the key point is the national security. p...

Exercising the authorities of the fbi to investigate policy differences? to investigate foreign policy by an administration? thats not the role of the fbi. >> sean: no its not and the special counsel investigation rolls on. they are not looking into hillary clinton or phoney russian collusion. their focus is on president trump. and everyone around him. tonight one so-called journalist from the hate trump media is trying to play down expectations about trump and russia and about the mueller repor...

Spoke ill about russia. >> tucker: never spoke ill about russia. that is the evidence the united states senator holds up to prove that the president may be working for our enemies. so maybe trump does like russia, who knows? by the way, he is allowed to if he wants to. if that does not make them evil. it means that he disagrees with prevailing orthodox in d.c. that is okay. were supposed to have spirited debates over questions like this. but no longer. policy differences are now criminal offense...

Fbi. >> laura: they had policy differences, clearly, with how the commander in chief was executing his -- again, article two duties. they didnt like the fact that hed fired comey, didnt like the fact he wanted a closer relationship with russia. all of this calls into question to launch a counter intel investigation? its ludicrous! the whole thing is completely anti-constitutional and i disagree with you. i think separations of powers is a big deal here and its another black eye to the fbi, even ...