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Military construction authority. >> im just asking -- >> the broader question -- >> when it comes to military construction, congress said no and then -- >> the meaning of the statute, chris, is clear on its own terms. if you dont like the statute or members of congress dont like the statute -- >> the answer is no. >> they would have changed it a long time ago. >> you know the white house is losing when they cant defend themselves on fox news. the appearance on chris wallace yesterday for the pro...

The very, very end that will be immigration the wall. its a big signifier for a lot of their base. its a big thing to keep going back to the scary caravans and dangerous brown people coming to get them. it will be a trope they repeat and repeat and repeat. >> i think theres a risk with the cross pressure of the trump base. i think in the trump base you have people who think trump does whats in the militarys interest, and its not. that trump made this case for security interests. this actually is...

Hasnt been. some people believe that. i think that he is trying to create as much of a distraction from the ongoing investigations that the special counsel in the southern district of new york and obviously the democratic house are about to get into. this is a wedge issue. it divides the country. republicans cant win elections without dividing the country. and if you look at the timetable on this, this will take a long time, as he did a sing song thing from the rose garden and then hell go to th...

The idea of the green new deal reinvesting the communities or a high marginal tax repeat these are popular ideas with the american people particularly industrial midwest. even things like medicaid -- medicare for all. there is a common statements that they are championing and at the people in the midwest will resonate with that. kristin: quick i want to pop up a new fox news poll from this week that said 84 percent of democrats believe a democrat will be able to beat donald trump your 33 percent...

Complaining about republicans, namely paul ryan, that he didnt get the money when he could have. were seeing a repeat of that today when the president was close to not signing this bill, complaining about senator s hechlt lby in particular, who has been negotiating, talking with the white house as theyve been going over this the last three weeks. the president was complaining today he thought the republicans on this committee got outplayed by the democrats and the president thinks hes such a dea...

He wants to take time to get up to speed. he is ready to hit the ground running. >> a lot of concern from lawmakers the public wont actually see the mueller report. what is mueller required to submit? whats the law as far as releasing that information? >> the justice department regulations only say that the special counsel is supposed to submit a confidential report to the attorney general. its up to him really as to how much of this becomes -- goes into the hands of members of congress and by e...

Off the race? >> okay, a very important question, so lets clarify this right now, right here, on national tv, on cnn. first off, the issue of being a spoiler, how can you spoil a system that is already broken? its just not working? so its not -- its not the right word. now, what ive said publicly and i want to repeat, if the math doesnt tally up when i get through the next three or four months and i take my message out to the american people and i continue to talk this way about how concerned i ...

And it looks like you are going to be a spoiler, like you will get president trump reelected, will you drop out of the race? >> very important question. lets clarify this right now right here on national tv on cnn. first off, the issue of being a spoiler, how can you spoil a system that is already broken? its just not working. its not the right word. what ive said publicly and i want to repeat, if the math doesnt tally up when i get to the next three or four months and i take my message to the a...

You are going to be a spoiler like you will get president trump reelected, will you drop out of the race? >> very important question. lets clarify it right here on national tv, on cnn. first off, the issue of being a spoiler, how can you spoiler a system thats already broken? it is not working. it is not the right word. what i said publicly and i want to repeat, if the math does not tally up when i get to the next three or four months and i take my message out to the american people and i contin...

>> well, don, he was asked about that head-on and it was definitely one of his key missions tonight was try to take on that criticism. it is part of what hes selling to the american people as to why he thinks his candidacy is viable. he continues to hammer away at the left and the right failing the american people. he kind of dismissed the notion of being a spoiler. he tried to reframe it. take a listen to what he told poppy. >> if you run, mr. schultz, if you look at the polls in the fall of 20...