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>> what are they doing? >> you said that president obama was dealing with the same issues and created the camps. now youre blaming him for not addressing the issue. weve been going stop gap. >> ill stop you there. youre being very reasonable. youre right. jeh johnson said on the "fox and friends" couch, i said i told him what i need. they wrote a check. they didnt question if i had political motives. when president trump says i have a problem, he couldnt get a vote until july 1. he was asking si...

Like captain queeg and the caine mutiny, question him about whether he seemed sane. and you dont seem particularly genius when you call the leaders of congress together to tell them if they dont stop investigating you, you wont do the peoples business. so shes got him tied up in knots right now. >> and max, its obviously calculated on speaker pelosis part. he says the president throws tantrums or an intervention thing. she certainly knows how to push his buttons. what is in it for her other than...

She says whether its the president throws tantrums or an intervention thing. she certainly knows how to push his buttons. what is in it for her other than upsetting him? is it, as david said, that this kind of puts a stopgap on members of her own party, trying to push for impeachment? >> i think speaker pelosi is masterful in her handling of donald trump. remember, there are a lot of people in the democratic caucus who thought her days had passed, and clearly thats not the case. because whether ...

Having yet seen the charging document myself, my sense is, first of all, sy vance is an experienced and practical district attorney. hes not going to bring these charges if they wouldnt stand up in court. so the elements, the things that you have to prove for these charges are likely different from what you would have to prove in the federal charges, otherwise you would have a double jeopardy problem. but also remember, one of the reasons for bringing these charges is clearly an insurance policy...

About it? >> i dont think so. >> we cannot rule out a government shutdown? >> you cannot. >> they met today after talks stalled this weekend over disagreement on the number of detention beds available to i.c.e. lawmakers have until friday to assert a sect shutdown. congressional negotiates are expected to meet next hour. peter baker, chief white house correspondent. are we talking another stopgap? >> i dont think so. i think they are really going to try to get an agreement. these arent just some...

Arthel: president trump says hes hoping to meet with chinas president xi again this month for another round of trade talks as both sides face a looming march deadline to avoid a sharp increase in tariffs on chinese exports. but negotiations could be complicated by u.s. charges against chinese tech giant huawei. the president commenting on this earlier today. >> we are making a deal. it looks like were doing very well with making a deal with china. i can tell you this, no two leaders of this coun...

Call that a wall, he can call it a wall. he is referencing it we already have almost 700 miles of wall. so again, is there a place for enhanced fencing? normandy fencing would work. let them have that discussion. >> stopgap government funding runs out in two weeks. the house and senate would have to veal on my deal, so that gives negotiators until february 8 or we will see shutdown part two. >> lets bring in our white house correspondent. lets talk about the border wall here first and sort of --...

Substantial difference in this case. when senator mcconnell went silent and said he was only doing what the president wanted, then we were showing we were not an equal and separate branch of government. we took that vote, and we saw six senators vote with the democratic plan, just three votes short, i think that gave the president the knowledge that this is not just democrats who want something smart, but this is also republicans who want something smart. thats the direction in which were moving...

Sides coming to the table or three sides coming to the table and well get a compromise. the only compromise that could out of this building has to come from mitch mcconnell and nancy paola giangiaco pelosi and schumer. the president and his team are not fluent and mulvaney never cut a deal on capitol hill. i think thats what well see in the next couple of days. >> where is mitch mcconnell? >> right now hes at lunch with mike pence on the other side of the billing. -- building. >> he says there w...

Heard nancy pelosi say it and i doubt theyre going to until they hold the report in their hand. they need to make sure they have enough backing in the senate even if it doesnt work, that theyve got cover from the republicans because they need to worry about their moderates, too. muellers report is more than likely going to come out before this congress, they get more political wind at their backs even if it doesnt work in the senate. but they have to make a calculation of being able to get some ...