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What can you tell us was exchanged between the two of them? >> the purpose of the call was so that president trump could offer condolences for the earthquake in mexico recently and a helicopter crash. they talked about a wide range of issues whether it was nafta, the economy, immigration, those are all things that the president ran on, that he has to work with other countries on. >> sandra: why is he canceling the trip to the white house? >> i havent spoken to him directly why or why not the tri...

He really began his political career saying barack obama wasnt born in the united states. the original sin, the whole birther story. and he got a lot of fuel from that. he was able to differentiate himself in the republican presidential bid by taking tacky kind of hard right on obama and he feels he scores points with his base. ive never seen a president who so routinely has to say im better than my predecessor, and we saw it on his first major thing with the inaugural, with the crowd size and a...

Wasnt born in the united states, he got a lot of fuel on that. he was able to differentiate himself in the republican presidential bid by taking tacky kind of hard right on obama and he feels he scores well with his base. ive never seen a president who so routinely has to say im better than my predecessor, and we saw it on the first thing with the inaugural. >> president obama got a lot of criticism early on in his administration when he would talk about the economy and point to what happened un...

Dont go home. >> right. its a more difficult thing to message. remember what the president ran on. the wall is a compelling message. you can run for re-election on the wall. its much more difficult to run for election on visa overstays. look for a lot of political messages here. >> shepard: one of those is a problem and one is a message. >> thats another issue to deal with in congress. >> shepard: what is the reporting on how long we think this process plays out, this debate? >> mitch mcconnell ...

Could see the tide in the polling starting to turn and people saying wasnt fix for the dreamers and you should keep the government going? >> hindsight is 20/20. if you have a strategy, you have to stick with your strategy. you cant change midstream. >> you think thats what schumer did? >> it did not feel we went into it with a strategy we could sustain. i actually think theres some value in continually just by the actions of the republicans pointing out they cant govern. what i fear is that this...

Knew or if they were really considering what his trade policy has been, they probably would do that. the guy in charge of trade policy in the white house, lighthouser, is a credibly radical trade hawk. weve never seen anyone like him in charge of trade policy in the modern era since halley, and we are building the wall, which trump ran on, as more than just a piece of concrete on the border, its an entire metaphor for how he wants to govern. he wants to build a wall around the united states and ...

Weve put our party in the best place weve been in a mid-term. raised more money, more volunteers. more than that weve delivered on the things we ran on. voters, when they go into the booth next november will say is my life better than it was two years ago? am i making more money? is our country on the right track? have republicans delivered? theyll say yes contrast that to the no message of the democrats and obstruct message of the democrats i feel confident. >> a third of americans blame the de...

Six-year extension for funding. democrats want a long-term solution to the bill. its not just daca. i think there are a number of elements that gather who said theyre not getting direction from the president on this. weve not heard a statement coming on a simple majority. but there was this add that has been released by the white house as a result of the shutdown. take a listen. >> announcer: president trump is right. build the wall. deport christmass. st stop illegal immigration now. >> how is ...

Getting to a finish, getting to a solution. >> and graham and cotton were going back and forth at each other through the media. when i interviewed lindsey graham this morning, he said tom cotton was turning into the steve king member of the senate. he said his immigration views, cottons immigration views were a nonstarter. and tom cotton does not talk to television cameras. today he sought out the cameras. back to the idea that cotton is more in line with what the president ran on, candidate tru...

Donald trump ran on. it was a rally go cry at his campaign rallies, where people chanted build the wall. he said who will pay for it? and they would channel back mexico. clearly that was never a realistic promise to turn into policy. now chief of staff kelly is left with taking those vague campaign promises from the campaign speeches, from his campaign, and trying turn those into real policy. and it is no easy challenge for him. you can see, he is trying to carve out some sort of middle road whe...