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Not getting a lot of questions. some of them are not getting follow-ups. something is going on where the white house has decided they dont gain from having sean spicer out there taking tough questions from shane and april ryan and the rest of them. it is a strange situation of im not sure where this goes. because you cant ultimately hide from the press too long. >> apropos watching your show this afternoon, a brief list of whats not getting done? >> in general in the government or -- >> everythi...

Spoke left the room and didnt take questions. >> shane, americans watching who have perhapsed in their lifetime expressed to family or pollsters that they like it when people get along and they like it when something like a government shutdown is averted. does there have to be a victory affixed to that? were there real winners or losers in this? >> any time the government does not shut down you have to think thats generally seen as a win for everyone involved. a shutdown is bad for congress, bad...

The way left, goes and chases sean spicer up the hallway from the lower press office to the upper press office, comes back with word that sean is not returning. shane, its your beat. what went on there? what was that? >> it was an unusual situation to say the least, and it was a little bit familiar. not quite the same because mulvaney did take questions, but a little familiar with seans first day where he came and he spoke and then did not take any questions. again, this is the presss opportunit...

Confusion of exactly what had happened there. >> we have had short press conference as lot in the last week. somethings going on where they are -- the same reporters are not getting a lot of questions. some of them are not getting follow-ups. something is going on where the white house has decided they dont gain from having sean spicer out there taking tough questions from shane and april ryan and the rest of them. it is a strange situation of im not sure where this goes. because you cant ultima...

Follow-ups. something is going on where the white house is decided they dont gain from having sean spicer out there taking tough questions from shane and peter alexander and april ryan and the rest of them. its a strange development. im not sure where this goes because you cant ultimately hide from the press for too long. >> apropos, watching your show this afternoon, a brief list of whats not getting done. >> well, you know, in general in the government or -- >> everything else. >> this is the ...

Soft wood lumber between canada and the united states. goes back to the 19th century. most recently heated up in 1982. the heart of it is, in the united states basically the lumber companies own the land where the lumber is grown. in canada, the government owns that land. so the president wants to tax 20% on canadian lumber, which will it start a trade war? you should know there was a study done last year that showed 15% tax on this lumber, tariff on this lumber would make home prices go up 4.2%...

Into further debt. we cannot have further deficits. the president said we have another way. we have another way, mexico will pay for it. when they said they wont pay for it and mexico wont pay for it, no other alternative came along. >> everything this week, tax renorm. he wants to lowter corporate tax rate down to 15%. thats lower than paul ryans plan and the trump administration said economic growth is going to pay for, this house republicans that ran on cutting the deficit and cutting the deb...

First. this article in the times the headline is quite simple. trumps advisors ves toot moscow sent the fbi digging. its by shane, zigy and goldman. there are so many journalists covering this administration. what interests you in this story specifically, jeremy? >> a great deal and this story sent me back to 50 u.s. code 1801, the fisa statute. it says if you a united states person in america and carter page is, the fbi has to find and show a federal judge probable cause that you knowingly, kno...

Non-glob non-globalit non-globalites -- >> he didnt do a good job of staffing the white house. jared kushner and reince priebus did. >> people say steve bannon is alone. but if they passed health care, if the travel ban, which he was in charge of, hadnt been blocked in the courts, hed be in a much stronger position right now. what do you make of the in fighting and where steve bannon stands now? >> living in a hypothetical world doesnt get steve bannon anywhere, at least at this point. he is in ...

Much as shane. the consternation is high. the paranoia is extreme. theyre all worried about each other, leaking on each other. there are large divisions there. you see how desperate they are for a victory. frankly, theyre trying to cram victories into the bills. funding the government shouldnt be a viectory. the white house is very determined to get a few little wins into the bill. the house and senate are like, can we get this done and move on to tax reform? >> one of the people, i think, who h...