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What happens, the prerogative remains with him. he fell, the president fell on his sword on the wall issue. he sort of had to. but its had some real world consequences in terms of u.s. foreign policy around the world. john: well bring you back to talk about some other pressing issues, roger stone, venezuela. but when we come back, the house sends a message to president trump, stay in nato. but is the president right, does the u.s. pay more than its share of the military burden? well ask the head...

Our ports of entry -- john: yeah, but would you recommend he shut down the government again? >> no one, no one wants a government shutdown, or john. its not a desired end. but when the president vetoes a bill thats put in front of him on a spending package, sometimes that has the effect of shutting the government down. john: he also threatened an emergency declaration and use money thats already appropriated to build the wall. omb, which you used to head and still officially do, has been looking...

To vote for the wall measure. plus -- >> i will plead not guilt to these -- not guilty to these charges. john: what does the indictment of roger stone mean for the mueller investigation? well ask the sunday panel how problematic this is for the president. then, the democrat-controlled house moves to block president trump from pulling out of nato. >> its quite simply the most successful political/military alliance in world history. john: well discuss the future of the u.s. role in this strategi...

John: democrat congressman jimmy panetta the, sponsor of the house bill, reiterating strong congressional support of nato after reports the president discussed pulling out of the military alliance over allies failing to pay their fair share. joining me now is jens stoltenberg, secretary-general of nato. thank you for being with us today. >> thank you for having me. john: first of all, another pressing issue, venezuela, and its one that a lot of nato members are involved in, france, spain, german...

Mick, should i declare an emergency, would you recommend he would do that? it would certainly almost immediately be enjoined by the courts, and that could be playing his last card. >> were just as aware of all of those contingencies you just laid out as even else is, so if theres ways to try and mitigate those risks, we certainly will. some pots of money are easier to get to, so again, this is not something were shooting on from the hip. weve been working on this for months. we have been hoping ...

John: well, a process crime is still a serious crime. >> the presidents right, digging up dirt on a political opponent is called opposition research. it is not collusion. i mean -- john: but if youre working with an organization thats working with russia -- >> it is not criminal activity. >> to johns point, the issue isnt that they were trying to dig up opposition research, they were trying to see what roger stone knew about wikileaks, having information they obtained via russia. >> digging up d...

The republicans, by contrast, failed by saying, you know, the president -- they stuck to the tired line of no collusion and didnt go any further. john: let me connect a couple of dots. this is a, quote, process crime, and roger stone claims hes broke. listen here. >> no matter how much pressure they put on me, no matter what they say, i will not bear false witness against donald trump. i are not make up lies to ease the pressure on myself. john: that was actually the wrong sound. lets play the r...

Some real results, and we see that the clear message from president trump is having an impact. nato allies have heard the president loud and clear, and our nato allies are stepping up. so this is good news meaning that we actually see more fair burden-sharing. john: so thats interesting that you say the nato allies have heard the message, and its a good thing. because president trump gets roundly criticized here in the united states and abroad for being hostile to nato, for putting too much pres...

Work hard to see that we find how we can solve this in a way that the president gets what he needs, but the american people fundamentally get the government that they deserve. john: we will see. i mean, the very fact that we got you two on together -- >> and we both want the same thing. we want our borders to be safe and secure. we want to stop the flow of drugs. we want to keep the people who basically are coming for the wrong reason and preying on our economy, keep them out. and -- take them o...

♪ ♪ john: the clock is ticking on what could be three weeks of intense negotiations over border security before the stopgap spending measure the president signed into law expires. joining us now from washington, republican senator roy blunt and joe manchin of west virginia, the only democratic senator to consistently vote in support for funding to build a wall. senators, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> good to be with you. john: senator manchin, mick mulvaney posed the question what ar...