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Begging. please keep the government open to sign this bill. the republicans were reluctant to vote before they knew whether the president wanted to support it or not. yesterday, by all accounts in the white house, based on folks i talked to. it was a pretty topsy-turvy day. they were preparing to do a national emergency one way or the other. whether he was going to sign this seemed an open question for some time. as abby said earlier, theres no indication he signed it yet. i checked with a few f...

Divisions as well, over border security and other issues, theres no question now the national emergency, theyre going to be unanimously against that. well have to see where the republicans come down. >> josh, i was reading your latest reporting. i know you talked with one signature republican aid yesterday who told you, we thought this morning that it was good to go all morning. and then suddenly, its like, everything is off the rails. who in trumps inner circle believes the president has handle...

Criticizes the bill when he signs it. he did it with the spending bill last year, ill never sign this again. its a terrible bill, and he signed it, whether or not the signing will come with one more bit of drama today, i think we dont know yet, but well see. >> gloria, i owe you another question the next time youre back. ill start with you. thank you all for joining us. good to have you with us. we have breaking news. chicago police have made two arrests in connection to the alleged attack aga...

On something he has clearly staked his presidency on at this point. that seems pretty farfetched. of course, anything could happen. >> nancy pelosi has said theyre looking at different options. what is the obvious move for the house to push back on the emergency declaration, and why not do that? wouldnt that just be the obvious route? >> well, i think that theres no question we are going to see that happen, nancy pelosi has made clear shes going to bring forward a resolution like that, to try to...

At one point the white house correspondents asked the president to explain where he gets the facts to back up these claims. he led to this exchange. >> im asking you to clarify where you get your numbers, because most of the dea crime reporting statistics that we see show that drugs are coming across at the ports of entry, that illegal immigration is down and the violence is down. so what do you base your facts on? >> let me come on -- lets go. >> and secondly. >> no, no, you get one. >> well, t...

Is a perfect example of how this presidency continues to push the constitutional envelope. in my opinion, that is more important than anything else. >> thank you. >> youll have much more to learn. we have amy klobuchar. don lemon is going to moderate a cnn presidential town hall. 10:00 eastern next monday night as we continue into 2020. breaking news. from the supreme court. a case involving a census question could mean for the trump administration. i thought i was managing my moderate to seve...

About why he never wanted the president to answer questions orally. he did it in writing. >> in my questioning him or talking to him, in question -- first question, easy. second question, easy. third question, he wasnt sure. and he doesnt like being unsure. so he will guess. theres your trap right there. its not whether he lies or not. everybody wants to get into this, you know, this integrity business. its not a matter of integrity. its overload. what i was worried about is that he really could...

Well as with the trump organization and many of the potential conflicts of interest there. whether or not they will have that opportunity remains to be seen. she on track to appear at the end of the month. >> he had some very interesting things to say about the president and russia probe. listen to this. >> in my talking to him he, you know, the first question easy. second question easy. third question, he wasnt sure. he doesnt like being unsure. hell guess. there is your trap right there. its n...

Members of congress, members in the senate, they all want to hear from him. he keeps saying he wants to have his day. he wanted to come in and talk and tell his story. that hasnt happened. >> on the russia investigation, john dowd, the presidents former lawyer, is opening up and explaining why he never wanted the president to answer questions in person from the special counsel robert mueller. clearly fearing the president would wind up perjuring himself. >> he gives an interesting story. time an...

Sent back to the judge. the first note was a legal question. is a drug war considered part of a drug trafficking crime? with specific reference to the weapons charge that el chapo was facing. the judge instructed that they may consider evidence of drug wars when consider if hes guilty of running a criminal enterprise or varying degrees of trafficking. they can only find him guilty hoff a weapons charge if hes found not guilty. in the second charge, the jury asked for extra charge sheets. in the ...