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She could be saying if youre not willing to keep this government rolling, im not going to let you play head of state. im not going to give you all the excitement of you walk in to the congress and being cheered as the leader of our country if youre not willing to run the government. that comes with the job. >> its a reminder its a co equal branch of government. which it hasnt been the last two years. now it is. >> a bipartisan group of senators led by south carolinas lindsey graham planned to se...

>> i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. i have this witch hunt constantly going on for over 12 months now. there was no collusion. and thats been so found, as you know, by the house intelligence committee. all we hear about is this phone russia witch hunt. thats all we hear about. theres no collusion with me. theres no russia with me. theres no nothing. honestly, its a disgrace. >> now, this latest report from the senate intelligence com...

Senators led by alabama republican richard shelby were in moscow meeting with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov in an attempt to help set the tone for the upcoming trump/putin sit-down. also today, secretary of state mike pompeo spoke to lavrov by phone, according to the readout by the russian ministry. that conversation was another effort to make sure it all goes smoothly during the summit in finland. trump has been seeking a formal meeting with putin for months now and has made it clear h...

Very cold, freezing cells. concrete walls. there is no natural light. there are giant fans that are blowing cold air throughout the cell because theres a toilet in the middle of the room. and theyre mixed in with other families, and the babies have nothing but an aluminum blanket to cover themselves with. it is unreal that these are the things that we talk about, that we shame other governments for doing, and yet here we are, president trump doing the same thing. >> about a dozen republican sena...

Senators led by senator orrin hatch of utah have actually written a letter to the president, asking him to immediately halt this new policy. and the republican senators, in their letter, make it very clear to the president that they know that this is happening exclusively because of president trumps choice. >> it is absolutely exclusively the presidents choice. the zero-tolerance policy that he has come up with, i have no idea where he came up with this idea, but he has ushered it down to homela...

Was taking the request seriously and im also pleased that a number of other individuals including four prominent senator s led by senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley later also joined us in calling for the appointment of a special counsel and ive been told by many people including some who were skeptical about the earlier call that i and others in the house made for the appointment of special counsel now agree that because that counsel has powers separate and apart from the department and t...

Leader chuck schumer doesnt want to negotiate on everything. democrats want to narrow it down to daca. >> now is not the time, nor the place, to reform the entire legal immigration system. rather this is the moment for a narrow bill. reporter: whatever they come up with, has to have 60 votesç to pass. it has to clear the house. president has to sign it. so a group of seven gop senators led by chuck grassley feels their plan stands the best chance for success. >> if you cant get it through the ...

Senat senato senators led by senators graham and senator durbin, he blew it up in a volcanic meeting at the white house. the same script played out with myself and the president yesterday. the president called me in the morning, asked that i come to the white house and of course i accepted. we had an extensive negotiation about every single outstanding issue. we came close to a tentative agreement on the budget. after i offered the pentagons full budget request. on the thorniest issue of immigra...

Families and children all over this country. this isnt what folks want us to be doing in washington to have yet another cliff hanger and possibly a government shutdown. no one wants to shut the government down. i dont want to shut the government down. when the president has a meeting at the white house at his own invitation and brings together bipartisan leaders and said you go find a deal, i will sign it, anything that helps solve this daca program, and they come back with a deal and he blows u...

Change. theres a story about why hes not going to have a meeting with our closest ally in the uk. he has bad information about that that hes putting out and now this, mika with the morning off, we have national affairs analyst for msnbc, john heilemann, donny deutsche, eddie gloud junior and heidi przybyla, and walter isakson, kimberly atkins and andrea mitchel. we have a full house. good morning to everybody. here is the context of the presidents reported comment that joe referenced at the top ...