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The primary focus will be on children 10 years and younger. children like this 8-year-old from guatemala who passed away on christmas eve. according to the cbp statement, did get medication. the amox silllin and ibuprofen but the type of medical care he got part of this investigation. was he given the proper attention he needed? he was effectively diagnosed with a common cold. goes in the morning of christmas eve and within 14 hours of cbp agent noticing hes in bad shape, he is dead. passes away...

The problem for jay powell is now anything jay powell does is second guessed and looked through this lens of, hes not raising interest rates because trump told him to and now the fed has no credibility or raising interest rates to stick it to the white house and this guy cant be trusted anymore. whats interesting to watch the last interest rate increase that was unanimous. a lot of people with lots of different perspectives agreed it was time to raise interest rates. 2019 though, it will be diff...

Time predicting a quick end to the mueller probe. he said, id be embarrassed, this is still haunting the white house by thanksgiving and worse if its haunting him by years end. told reuters, i think the relevant areas are narrow. that was august of 2017. >> a lot of speculation but i think what were seeing is that mueller is doing this at his pace and no matter what anyone says or thinks, this is going to get done when it is done. we may sit here for several more months dealing with this because...

Resolution on that and i dont think thats over yet. obviously, there are still a lot of other open issues, certainly, the rick gates issue, his cooperation. thats still very much ongoing and we still have no idea just how much help hes been providing the mueller teamteams >> could we get to a point in 2019 where they could be a subpoena for this president? >> thats possible. i think a lot of people believe that issue has already come up and the mueller team has moved on from that. im not sure we...

Him since you met on saturday? >> i have. obviously, i dont make public a lot of the private conversations i have had either with the president or the administration. >> is he? how would you characterize his attitude right now? do you think hes willing to see this fight play out for potentially weeks, if the democrats dont come closer to what hes asking for? >> i can tell you, his resolve is very firm. he believes that his negotiating team has made, you know, several offers that would result in ...

Different interpretation of that and one thing about the administrations policies, theyre coming under charge next year and while we talk about investigation over russia issues or conflicts of interest. one of the constant areas of the potential investigations. its the issue of immigration. speaking with the presumed homeland security chairman. he has a litany of administration policies on immigration and investigates. so the asylum policy, the family separation policy, the travel ban and once t...

Government. you met with the president on saturday. did you think there was any situation where the president will give in to that demand to give up on the wall? >> i can tell you, he voted for what we call a bill that would actually and his position changed since 2006 but to suggest a secure border is not something that most americans would agree with. i can tell you the president is if i recall in h firm in his resolve with the border and encouraging me and others to enter in discussions with ...

Endorsement means a lot? >> i think he would stay out. >> biden gets in. >> unless joe biden gets in. but i also think brown is a very interesting candidate because the battleground will be the same as it has been the last couple of cycles. can a democrat play in the midwest? jerry brown, i mean, trump won ohio. youve got to be able to beat trump in michigan, ohio, wisconsin, pennsylvania. you have to be able to be competitive there, but then you also have to take the message to florida and othe...

Overwhelmingly, those prospective candidates are not. some are, some are men and some are people of color but a lot of candidates and leading the very early polls, even too early to call polls or more like gut check or something like that or white men, so i think there are a couple of battles inside the party. whats the right face for that candidate or background for the candidate? insider or outsider? what does outsider mean anymore? means you never held elected office or held outside. and didn...

Of the house and speaker nancy pelosi will put a funding deal on the floor. it will pass in a democratic majority and then go to a republican run senate and then what happens? mitch mcconnell will ask his colleagues what they think and if he thinks they need to pass it. >> thats why i asked the question at the end. i see the scenario possibly playing out. the house passes something and mcconnell feels a lot of pressure from his guys to reopen the government. a lot of frustration with republicans...