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Russia. julie? >> no, it doesnt, and thats certainly what the president and his allies are leaning on here, that the charges against stone relate to lying. and thats actually what weve seen with most of the people who mueller has indicted through this process. it hasnt gotten to the core of russian interference in the election or any kind of conspiracy. that being said, you know, one thing we know about robert mueller is that we dont know everything that he has right now, and there is definitely...

Even be speaker again. i think shes put that to rest. [laughter] but they feel like theyre on a roll here. they picked up the house majority, 40 seats or so, and the presidents approval rating has declined significantly during the shutdown. so clearly, theyre the winner. now, the onus is now on pelosi and the democrats to negotiate like they said they would in good faith if the government is reopened, and well see if they do that. one thing that strikes me about this, the real losers here are th...

Supposed to do, learn english, get a job, pay taxes, get in the back of the line, when your time came, you still couldnt be a citizen until we had total border security. john: sure. >> but if were not going to fix one and we think one takes care of the other, so security only without -- john: but i think, but i think the president has indicated that hes willing to negotiate a bigger package on immigration. heres the question i have for you, senator manchin. you have voted consistently for a bord...

Balkan area? >> the challenge for nato is that we are faced with many different threats at the same time. russia using violence against neighbors, but also daish, isil in the south and cyber proliferation of nuclear weapons. so we are now in the midst of the biggest reinforcement of nato since the end of the cold war. john: there are real concerns that vladimir putin may make a play on a part of estonia. if he were to do that, estonias a nato member, would that invoke article v? >> first of all,...

Look, the clock is running. times running out on us. [laughter] >> thats right. john: senator blunt, the president has threatened either another government shutdown or an emergency declaration at the end of this if he doesnt get what hes looking for. you had said, quote, shutdowns are bad politics and even worse government. and on an emergency declaration, that precedent could create real problems in the future on other issues. >> right. john: so, i mean, what -- are we looking at another shutdo...

The past have voted for a wall. i think some might come around to that. i dont know that trump will get all of the money he wants, but i think he will get something. at the very least. and i think there will be pressure coming from democrats on nancy pelosi to do that. the thing here for the president though, he clearly believes that the border security was his ticket in 2016 and that it will be his ticket to re-election. the question is whether there are diminishing returns here for the preside...

Saying? did nato nations, did nato as an organization need a kick in the pants? >> im happy with the fact that he has helped us to now move on the question of burden-sharing within the alliance. and this is important for european allies for a strong nato, its good for europe, but its also good for united states. we have to remember that the only time we have invoked article v was a after the attack on the united states. and hundreds of thousands of canadian, european soldiers have fought shoulde...

The situation. >> it is definitely nancy pelosi not only on the shutdown itself and how she negotiated with the white house, she comes out of this with her caucus more united than they were when they were sworn in as the new democratic majority just a few weeks ago. shes got those freshmen who were emboldened coming out of their elections who are now firmly behind her because they see she is willing to hold a tough line against the president. and for the president, i think one of the things that...

From enough democrats and republicans that they are willing to put partisanship aside, i think. >> that bodes well for finding an eventual agreement, the fact that we have so many areas where we can agree. john: president trump and senate minority leader chuck schumer finding common ground on ending the longest government shutdown in history, before for how long and at what expense? time now for our sunday group. jason reilly is with us along with columnist for the hill juan williams, julie pace...

Support the effort to try to find a negotiated solution. john: recently here in washington, d.c. the house voted overwhelmingly on a measure that would require congressional approval for the president to pull out of nato because the president has threatened that he will pull out of nato if other nato nations dont live up to their financial commitment. he has since said im 100% behind nato. to you really have any concerns that president trump would pull the united states out of the alliance? >> p...