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Petter choice and it is resonating. there is a path to 270. this is real and this is a great opportunity to disrupt and transform our politics. >> over the last seven weeks, there are democrats who are not democratic socialists who have now entered the race. governor hickenlooper now has his hat in the ring. where do you see a potential path for you if there is a governor hickenlooper and beto orourke or joe biden.

>> joining me right now, white house supporter politico ella johnson and cnn political analyst. eliana, the president is not backing down from his border wall funding, and everyone knows that was at the nucleus of why that was at the heart of a possible government shutdown. do you see any potential path forward for negotiations? do you see him addressing it head on on tuesday? >> i do think the president is likely to address this with the state of the union -- in the state of the union tuesday. ...

Along the southern border. there is also a larger immigration debates that president is eager to tackle. "they can rest assured that changes are soon coming, which will bring both simplicity and certainty to your stay, including a potential path to citizenship. we want to encourage talented and highly skilled people to pursue career options in the u.s.." the president went to the lone star state where he was asked yesterday about the pain that some federal workers will feel as though shut down b...

Welcome back to "velshi and ruhle." america, we need skilled workers here. skilled workers that we do not have in this country. skills that we get from people who move to this country on a visa that is called an h 1 v. im telling you this because america has been really bad at this for a long time. and today president trump is now pushing for a massive visa overhaul which could actually help a specific type of foreign worker gain citizenship. this is a very big change from his previous threats. ...

. there is news on another front in the immigration battle. changes are coming to the h 1b visa program including giving h1-b user as potential path to citizenship. it allows employering to bring in foreign workers with specialized skills. these are also used by fashion models, first lady melania trump got an h1-b when she was modelling.

Potential path to citizenship. we want to encourage talented and highly skilled people to pursue career options in the u.s. heres the deal. as it currently stands, the h - 1-b system is not intended to be a path to citizenship. is he floating this to include to entice democrats? not clear. white house officials wont say for sure. in the meantime, though, the president is trying to change the public record about his repeated insistence, his campaign pledge that mexico, not congress, not american ...

Theres some evidences of that, plus the trump campaign says nothing came out of it. is this the more important one raises a question. >> yes. and also the element of roger stone. and roger stone who has not been called before the mueller team, as far as we know, is expected to be indicted. how might he tie in here? >> well, i think stone would tie in as the other link. i mean, manafort, again, this is speculative, based on what were seeing, manafort, with those connections could have been speaki...

To the left. i think thats the most engaged part of the party. as they move forward the candidates will move left. i think he picked a lot of the boxes that others dont. bernie sanders, last time was credible because of how progressive he was, and they accepted the fact that he was old. now hes four years older and theres other people that are just as progressive. my advice to joe biden would be always get seated next to bernie sanders. then he looks younger. >> what do you think of beto? will h...

To determine this nominee. the party, i believe, has moved to the left. i think thats the most engaged part of the party. as they moved forward, the candidates are going to start moving to the left. i think he fits a lot of boxes others dont. bernie sanders was credible because of how progressive he was and they accepted the fact he was old. now hes four years older and there are others who are just as progressive. my advice to joe biden would be always get seated next to bernie sanders. >> will...

President. maybe thats a good reason to run. >> dont run if you dont want to win. because what happens if you do? im convinced that bernie didnt necessarily run to win until all of a sudden he could and he wasnt ready to run to win. the team was, but he wasnt. >> do i think he wins? probably no. but if its him and the fires there, go for it. >> if he doesnt run? what is his next move? >> the folks who have said he should run in 2020 against john cornyn arent looking at how unpopular ted cruz is ...