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You know, the national security of the united states has an awful lot to do with competent foreign policy. the president of the united states tweeted out that we were taking everybody, all of our troops out of syria in 30 days. the secretary of state and the national security adviser are saying something completely different. so we dont even have a foreign policy at this point that is consistent out of the white house. this president, of course, over the last two years, has demonstrated that he ...

About, they want a wall, too, and thats what they want you to do. is that what theyre asking you to do? >> my constituents for the most part are not in favor of the wall, but they want us to sit down and come to an agreement and get the government open again. theyre tired of being used as pawns, being used as bargaining chips in a political battle that has nothing to do with their day-to-day lives and their jobs. >> and would you under any circumstances be willing to vote for money for a wall th...

Undone. tonight, the fda is curtailing food inspections. clean-ups at federal superfund sites have been suspended, work at federal immigration courts has stopped making already terrible backlogs worse. funding for the entire federal court system is about to run out. and the federal reserve may not be able to forecast our economy. heres a terrifying headline for you. airline safety is eroding as shutdown drags on. the miami airport is shutting down an entire terminal because they dont have enough...

Individuals. the difference here is that the potential obstruction could have been on a national security investigation, one that impacted the entire country. this is not just on a bank robbery. this is not just on a regular crime that they were looking at. this was the attack on the election. >> absolutely. and another piece at the end of the piece that is also another extraordinary thing a lot of us will remember, the oval office meeting in which donald trump invites russian officials to the o...

Security concern. the times tonight also reports getting some access to the testimony of the top lawyer at the fbi at the time. fbi general counsel james baker. and then, from mr. bakers house testimony, quote, not only would it be an issue of obstructing an investigation, but the obstruction itself would hurt our ability to figure out what the russians had done. and that is what would be a threat to national security, mr. baker said. in his testimony, portions of which were read to "the new yor...

Some areas, for things like sensors, for making sure we have the right number of customs and border protection agents. and things that are actually going to help stop contraband from >> speaker pelosi said, though, not any money for the wall, not any money for even beaded curtains. do you agree with her? >> well, you know, we need to be smart on border security. the people of the tenth district sent me here not just to represent them but also to spend the money wisely, you know, their tax dollar...

Happening again and that was the broader national security concern. the interesting thing is we think of obstruction of justice as something that happens in the criminal context where someone is interfering with the witness or lying to investigators in a criminal investigation thats looking at one or several individuals. the difference here is that the potential obstruction could have been on a national security investigation, one that impacted the entire country. this is not just on a bank robb...

The country, the general counsel at the time jim baker testifying on capitol hill, the firing of comey as the national security threat because it could be a way of trying to impede the fbis ability to understand how russia meddled in the election, interfered in the election and help get donald trump elected. >> for many people that hear this story, its a bombshell and congratulations on the scoop, the fbi seemed to have been the more of the agencies investigating during the 2016 campaign. they v...

Russia. what ties suspicions is donald trump, two things he does, a letter he writes to insist on including russia as part of the firing jim comey and the interview with lester holt. how extraordinary is that its donald trumps own words essentially that caused the suspicions to increase? >> they were very reluctant to open the investigation and consider him to be a target of the investigation because there is concern that the government will be perceived in a way that is partisan and they want t...

And broke it down and decoupled each department in case there was any hope of getting them passed one at a time to reopen various parts of the govrt aern and these bills that combine -- contain over $1 billion for border security, for smart border security, things like fencing in some areas, for things like sensors, for making sure that we have the right number of customs and border protection agents and things that are actually going to help stop contraband from coming into this country. >> spe...