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So if a straight dream act, its not going to be able to get enough necessary republican votes to get through. i hope we do come to a solution. one that is bipartisan. i think its the right thing to do. it should not hold up the governments funding. >> congressman scott taylor from virginia. you heard it here first. the congressman believes the government will remain open. charlie sykes, conservative writer. jason johnson is at the root.com. both are nbc contributors. the presidents role in these...

Mitch mcconnell hasnt commented yet. you heard house speaker paurp say its unhelpful. senator jeff flake said the words used by the president as related to me directly were not tough. they were abhorrent and repulsive. can republicans dig themselves out of another mess created by this president? its hard to say and wont make it easier. in another surprising revelation, nbc news reports tonight that during a march meeting with members of the congressional black caucus, a member related to preside...

Tough. they were abhorrent and repulsive. can republicans dig themselves out of another mess created by this president? its hard to say and wont make it easier. in another surprising revelation, nbc news reports tonight that during a march meeting with members of the congressional black caucus, a member related to president trump that potential welfare cuts to hurt her constituents, not all of whom are black. the president said, then what are they? joining us is jason johnson, editor at the root...

Johnson and jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and a msnbc contributor. david, republicans are sinisting that the $18 a week for americans is real tax relief thats for the middle class. is this a middle class tax cut bill? >> well, majority of people in the middle class will get a few crumbs. wealthy people will get a cake and people like donald trump and wilbur ross get the most delicious tax cut cake you have ever seen and the idea that donald trump pays more taxes under this as bi...

Increase. youre welcome. an joining us now is david kay johnson and jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and a msnbc contributor. david, republicans are sinisting that the $18 a week for americans is real tax relief thats for the middle class. is this a middle class tax cut bill? >> well, majority of people in the middle class will get a few crumbs. wealthy people will get a cake and people like donald trump and willie ro wilbur ross get the most delicious tax cut cake you have ever se...

You can create things in a positive way. if you run the right campaign. >> joining us now, john heilman for nbc news and msnbc and neera tanden and jason johnson, politics editor the root.com and contributor. john heilman, donald trump took as much ownership of this thing as he possibly could have. made the trip down to florida. said into the camera, the microphone, vote for it him. do it, do it. did the robocall and this morning its i told you so from donald trump. >> yes. it is. and, you know,...

Pressure hit farranthold here. >> thats the million dollar question. >> its the $84,000 question. >> franken resigned because of pressure from his colleagues. if mia love is the iceberg, you see more republican women come out and say farranthold should resign over this, that might build pressure. right now farranthold still has support of the leadership. hes sort of gone through the process. were going to find out here if the pressure and the design p sire to have a sort of zero tolerance enviro...

Them by the blank. no one did that to president trump. those are his words. i want to bring in my panel. jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and professor at morgan state university and msnbc political contributor. matt well, is editor at large at reason, a libertarian monthly magazine. and steve core naek,kornacki, m political correspondent. matt, heres what blows my mind. roy moore and his squad are raising money off of this. >> sure. >> what goes on in the great state of alabama? >...

Theres nobody eld in the shse with an umbrella. its so strange. jason johnson, msnbc political contributo contributor, at the root.com. robert trainem is vice president of communications at the bipartisan policy center. hes the republican here. so he has to answer the hardest questions. jonathan kelly, editor -- the other jonathan, editor and co-founder at the hive at "vanity fair." and jonathan swann in the house, political reporter at axios. this meeting march 31st, 2016, george papadopoulos m...

My daughter-in-law, my grandchildren, my son, my daughter-in-law, theyre the casualties of war. young people, those soldiers coming back with ptsd, theyre the casualties of war. so its not really about -- >> thats sheila murphy talking about the loss of her son in may in syria. shes not received a phone call or a letter from president trump about the loss of her son. joining us now, john mclaughlin, former acting director of cia and national security analyst and yeah son johnson, politics editor...