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Up like a cultural market so the farmers have someone to sell to and not a coincide he is asking for the same thing from india. he is trying to move to create a buffer between these farmers who are feeling this pain and what he is doing on china. there are many who would argue he what he is doing on china, somebody needed to do because of -- property theft -- >> people who agree with the tweets he is putting out there, absolutely. >> no question. the difference is, you know, mexico isnt building...

Policy document and these are all the things were against. >> what is republican about the presidents financial policies at this point? what are we left with? what are they defending? >> hes redefining what conservatism is. it used to be about prudent management. >> maybe conservative is still conservative but the president and the republicans following at this point arent. >> you can make that argument. i think its an incoherent document. it throw oos bs there a big num the government at the ti...

Involved when a budget like this gets unveiled. its a policy document. it shows what the president wants generally but not likely to get passed. to get to your specific question some of the issues that would affect middle class and poor americans, cuts proposed in food stamps, cuts proposed on medicare and medicaid. and the spending reductions come at the same time that the tax cuts have been implemented. the government is getting less revenue from taxes while also reducing spending and that wil...

This is all swirling together. i imagine that democrats in congress are trying to make progress on all of these avenues at once. tomorrow the white house releases the presidents budget perceived as policy statements. how is this expected to land in washington? >> with a thud. probably not going land with it. it will land with fanfare but impact of a budget coming from the white house. this is not just with the trump white house it has been for some time. it comes to congress. they look at it. ...

Rights of women. >> but things have changed since their first march. for one, they now say they have a specific agenda. joining us now, amy alison, founder of she the people and organizer. and dana fisher, sociology professor at the university of maryland who studies activism. ladies, welcome to the show. thank you for joining us. amy, i want to start with you, that specific agenda, what it? >> well, its a 30-page policy document. its a road map. see, the womens march started by organizing milli...

They were plotting to stop families from arriving. they said well stop it and separate kids from parents. many of us will remember the homeland security secretary said there is no such thing as a family separation policy or a child separation policy, but this document says exactly the opposite. >> i want to be clear about this. because it drove me absolutely nuts covering this story, time and time again the white house and kirsten nielsen said youre out of your mind, no policy exists. youre sayi...

Senator, what have you learned from these documents about the nature of the policy they followed and what they contemplated? >> what the documents show is extensive planning for a strategy of criminalizing and families crossing the border. at the same time administration said its about criminals. they were plotting to stop families from arriving. they said well stop it and separate kids from parents. many of us will remember the homeland security secretary said there is no such thing as a family...

Were talking about earlier today, if you cant indict a sitting president, why does the president take an oath of office? >> thats a great question. i dont know specifically why the president takes an oath. im not sure i can answer that, but i can tell you this. i read both of those opinions. the older one from 1973 is not all that compelling. it seems to be hastily assemble and not very well reasoned. the more recent from 2000 is a better policy document. thats a key word. its a policy document....

Across the board, this is a president who wants life to be better for all americans and hes going to keep fighting and pushing for that. i think youll hear him talk about that again tomorrow night. >> does a president know how to fight and push for black meshes, congressman? >> i dont know if he knows how, i would say he doesnt have the desire to do it. we took the meeting with the president. in fact we brought him this book, 130-page policy document, where not only looking at the problems in af...

Acts like a duck, its probably a duck. the presidents action would lead many reasonable people to conclude yes, hes a racist. >> you have been in private meetings with president trump, congressman, youre the chairman and the head of the congressional black caucus. has he said things during the private meetings that have v raised red flags for you? >> well, look, i respect the position of the president, even if the president doesnt respect it. and most of what conversations with the president sho...