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Particularly who are very angry with him backing down on his wall promise. people like anne colter and others, that hes tried his best in a system that needs to be changed and the democrats and the press are making it all impossible. and hes standing by his principles and hell do everything he can. i mean, i can see trump arguing that fairly effectively. >> and steven, finally the question as to whether the president will be invited to give his "state of the union" address. do you feel the speak...

Already gone through, steven. but if this does happen again, is there any chance the president would get a different outcome? because as of right now the math is not there, the votes are not there. >> i think he knows that, too. someone who wants to find mental difficulty in doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. and so i think the white house knows this. my guess is rather than shut the government down, which turned out to be very, very unpopular, trump migh...

Billion due to loss productivity and loss economic activity to outside businesses. meanwhile americans arent happy with the way the government is running. a new nbc news wall street journal poll shows 63% say the country is on the wrong track. just 28% think things are going in the right direction. those negative numbers are up 7 points from last month. lets talk more about all of this now with steven earlinger, the chief diplomatic correspondent in europe joining us live now from brussels, belg...

Seems at this point the wrong weapon to hold over -- over the presidents head. but, again, she may have a very different calculus, and shes the one in charge. >> steven earlinger, with perspective joining us from brussels, belgium. thank you for your time. well stay in touch with you. now to venezuela. nicolas maduro facing growing pressure from his opposition to give up power. his rival, juan guaido telling "the washington post" its in -- listen. >> translator: we have events this week on wed...

"the new york times" chief diplomatic correspondent in europe. thanks for joining us, steven. >> thanks for having me. >> lets start with your reaction to president trump seeming to praise the chinese president for his power grab, saying xi jinping is a great guy, hes doing a great job, and maybe the u.s. should consider the same. do you think he meant that? >> well, i think he believes it. i think he was making a joke, really, for a crowd that loves him. i dont think he rationally believes he s...

Leaders in both the house and senate. paul ryan, mitch mcconnell. hes embarrassed them at different times. so this is not the best way to get things done, or actually to get things changed. hes talked about a revolution. washington tends to absorb revolutions and spit them out the other end. i mean the washington process is a long process, its a digestive process, and if i could say this, what comes out, is not the same as what goes in. trump is finding this out. >> yes. the blob is alive and we...

White house. house minority leader nancy pelosi pushing for more women to get involved. >> nothing is more wholesome to a government, to a country, to a society, than the increased participation of women. >> well in just a few hours were expecting to see more womens marches. theyre going global in cities like london, and paris. well the government shutdown was just one of the things that marchers in u.s. cities were upset about. lets take a closer look at the shutdown, and at president trumps ...

But it is clearly politically toxic for president trump to be seen to cozy up with the russians at this stage, despite that extraordinary meeting in the oval office. that is why you hear from kremlin phrases such as blaming russian folks in the u.s. congress for stymieing u.s./russia relations. i dont think youll see an improvement anytime soon especially as new sanctions are being discussed. >> and also with every report coming out its fake news. diana magnay, thank you. heres george. >> lets b...

React much more toughly and publicly. and i think now, many of them regret that they did not do so. >> 10:16 there in the british capital. steven earlinger is the bureau chief for the north times in london. thank you for your insight. >> thank you. come up here, the chinese villa village, the latest on the landslide there. plus the battle for mosul winds down. and later, president trump seems to end a fight with james comey only to ramp up another one with robert mueller. are into that. nc...

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