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And it was the republicans who blocked it. jonathan, last question to you. brett stevens is saying we need a little humility. im going to tell you, im just confused. because the president who is the deal maker in chief is saying its democrats blocking me. beave heard from his son, eric trump, saying that the shutdown is a good thing. and then i want to share what lindsey graham said. just take a listen. >> taught -- the president, his heart is on this issue. i think we have a good understanding....

Mark flake is preparing a speech. let me read an excerpt. mr. president, it is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by josef stalin to describe his enemies. it bears noting that so fraught with malice was the phrase enemy of the people. the phrase had been introduced by stalin for the purpose of, quote, annihilating such individuals who disagreed with the supreme leader. senator flake now insises, he is not comparing the president to s...

Joining us is gregory and april ryan. as joe pointed out, this isnt the first time we heard the president say something racist. it is is still stunning. it is stunning every time you hear it. >> yes, stunning. but the problem is there are people who listen to this. you know, a lot of people are going by feelings and what have you. and i asked around to republican leaders, michael steele a few weeks ago, saying this is a white house that is very can concerned with the browning of this nation. thi...

Will sign. and then lindsey graham said you have to close the deal. republicans said wait a minute, mr. president. these are our -- these are our priorities. so you saw something very different. but he might be able to sign anything and have his base go along with him. sheriff joe arpaio just said on cnn today, ill go along with a daca deal which was kind of stunning because i trust president trump. so maybe he would be able to get away with that. >> theres more well discuss. dont go far away. t...

Also brought to it the attention of senator john mccain through a totally separate channel. john mccains aide who wanted to have this information. senator mccain gets involved in this. and you never hear any references from lindsey graham about what was senator mccain doing looking into this fusion gps report. >> yeah, lawrence. i think that the pivot here by senator graham for being side by side with senator mccain as a trump skeptic, trump critic to now being the biggest cheerleader for donald...

It. also brought to it the attention of senator john mccain through a totally separate channel. john mccains aide who wanted to have this information. senator mccain gets involved in this. and you never hear any references from lindsey graham about what was senator mccain doing looking into this fusion gps report. >> yeah, lawrence. i think that the pivot here by senator graham for being side by side with senator mccain as a trump skeptic, trump critic to now being the biggest cheerleader for do...

Chain migration. i think this was kind of stunning. i had not seen anything like this. >> there is a lot to discuss with regard to the substance. there a lot of unanswered questions and a lot of real discussions in this room, but it definitely bears underscoring. we all covered a lot of photo opes for the sake of bringing the cameras in to send an image around the world. thats not what this was. we are as skeptical as they come. thats fair to say. this really was a negotiation. we really got to ...

Democrats, moderate republicans and hate crime groups. >> what was the hiring process to get this guy on board? do they do a background check? heather: the mainstream media has assailed steve bannon for a long time, the entire time he served as the chief strategists, the white house tell all the white house is denying has any factual basis at all but the media is changing its tune about bannon. >> this war of words between the president and chief strategist steve bannon is nothing short of stunn...

Another saying he didnt read -- im sorry, this is michael wolff saying this. he didnt read, he didnt really even skim. some believe that for all practical purposes, he was no more than semiliterate. he trusted his own expertise, no matter how paltry or irrelevant, more than anyone elses. its kind of stunning. weve heard people say this before. but michael wolff was brought in. i think people thought he was going to do a very flattering book. he had been very critical of the media. and then he dr...

Some believe that for all practical purposes, he was no more than semiliterate. he trusted his own expertise, no matter how paltry or irrelevant, more than anyone elses. its kind of stunning. weve heard people say this before. but michael wolff was brought in. i think people thought he was going to do a very flattering book. he had been very critical of the media. and then he drops this, which is much more critical than anything ive read. >> well, i think, partly, its because the chaos part of t...