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In an organized way. and i dont think they ever have before last night. a group of senators led by chuck schumer and dick durbin watched the 30-minute film, "the dream is now" about young immigrants whose dreams can be answered only if the d.r.e.a.m. act becomes law. nancy pelosi led a separate group who gathered together to watch the same film. here is part of what they saw. >> ula and her mother went to a routine meeting at immigration headquarters. >> it was a hot, big, crowded room. dead-sil...

But then the american relationship with gadhafi went from us bombing libya in 1986 because he was that kind of country and that kind of tyrant, it went from us bombing them in 1986 to this kind of thing. official visit by a delegation of american senators led by arizona republican john mccain. who even tweet bed this trip. tweeted about staying up all night with the colonel and what an interesting man gadhafi was. today in response to the news of gadhafis death in libya, senator mccaine said, qu...

Gadhafi is also reported to have had forces storm a prison near tripoli and massacre more than a thousand prisoners there. but then the american relationship with gadhafi went from us bombing libya in 1986 because he was that kind of country and that kind of tyrant, it went from us bombing them in 1986 to this kind of thing. official visit by a delegation of american senators led by arizona republican john mccain. who even tweet bed this trip. tweeted about staying up all night with the colonel ...

Six republican senators led by kentucky senator ran paul. >> sent a letter to the president earlier this week asking if he would follow the law and get lawmakers authorization for continued military action. now the top republican in the house, speaker john boehner, is taking a wait and see approach. his spokesman says boehner received the presidents letter yesterday, but has not seen the resolution on libya that some senators are drawing up. and therefore, cant make a decision yet about whether ...

Different government agencies but it reports the feds are doing a better job of working with local police and the canadians. america is in debt like never before. things are only expected to get worse with the budget deficit expected to hit a record $1.5 trillion this year. with that in mind, the bipartisan group of senators led by republican bob corker and democrat claire mccaskill unveiled a bill today that would force congress to reduce federal spending. they admit, it could be unpopular. >> ...

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>> 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...

>> there you go. joining us from capitol hill, msnbc correspondent garrett hague. garrett, good to talk to you. youve seen everything firsthand. you have to be exhausted. tell us about, garrett, this bipartisan group that kind of steered the senate towards this agreement to end the shutdown. how did they ultimately sort of get to their end game and get everybody on the same page and do we think this bipartisan group can help with negotiations going forward, especially with things like daca? >> t...

But the republican leadership cant get a tumultuous president on board with anything. and they dont offer us any compromises on their own. the breakdown of compromise is poisoning this congress. and it all springs from president trump. hes turned blowing up partisan -- sorry, hes turned blowing up bipartisan agreements into an art form. the president cant take yes for an answer. twice in this long debate, president trump walked away from partisan deals to solve all of the issues before us. a wee...

>> i do a thunderbolt. i have to come up with something else. >> great to have you aboard. >> thank you. so lets get that the context of the presidents reported comment as far as we know it. a bipartisan group of senators led by south carolina republican lindsey graham and dick durbin, reports said it would provide a decades long citizenship for those in the daca program, authorize $2.8 billion for border security and $1. million for the border wall and complete a citizenship program and cut the...