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You know, i think that jon meacham a second ago said you cant have negotiators in a corner. what you saw today was donald trump in an oval office stuck in a corner of a round office unable to find his way out of it. no path forward. no solution. and i think as your guests have said tonight, lawrence, were going to gradually see house and senate republicans melt away from the president, join with the democrats, re-open the government, and then have a conversation about what the best way is to sec...

Since youve been such a strong supporter and one of our greatest advocates for thean wat we have decided to extend your deadline to get on the list." and that, that is what the presidents request for network broadcast time tonight was all about. heas used it to raise money for his re-election campaign, pretending to his supporters that the money they would contribute wouldey be used to secure the border and he did not say one new thing in that speech thatin he read from that teleprompter in the ...

Joining our discussion now is john sandweg, former acting director of immigration and customs enforcement under president obama. john, i want to get your reaction to what the president said tonight, especially what he said about the criminal element at the southern border. >> well, obviously, a lot to cover here. i think the president, unfortunately, engaged in a number of real distortions about whats going on at our southern border. our borders never been more secure. you know, just 15 years ag...

Addiction which begins legally through the prescription process. there has been no attempt by this administration to do anything about that part of this devastating drug addiction thatt this country has and has had for many years. that has nothing to do with the southern border. >> well, thats exactly right. and congress on a bipartisan basis has passed some legislation to try to expand treatment for it, but weve also, and ironically, in the homeland security bill that the president is nowll hol...

Portions of the border where some kind of barrier can be built that has not been built? h. >> theres some areas where we need to replace existing walls. places in nogales, arizona, they use old crafts from aircraft landing, things from world war ii. generally speaking the areas where we need the walls, the walls exist and if they dont exist, its because simply the terrain doesnt lend itself to it. what we really, really need are the immigration judges and got to give them credit for requesting 7...

Only ronald reagan could improve on jesus who used city on a hill. he talked about how the city, if it had to have walls, there had to be doors in those walls and had to always be open to all the pilgrims from all the lost places who had been hurdling through the darkness toward home. and thats the kind of rhetoric we tend to expect to hear from the epicenter of power. we didnt hear that tonight. >> lets listen to what another democrat said tonight after the presidents speech. this is beto orour...

Preoccupation and consternation and fear, so much of it founded in paranoia, and perhaps the purposeful anxiety that the president seeks to stoke and instill. i think all that would melt. >> yes. >> away. you just have to be here, see it, believe it. >> ron klain, the president talked about people having walls around their private homes. theres beto orourke in el paso with someone whose home is literally on the border and he doesnt need a wall. >> no, look, i kind of wonder where the real trump ...

Addressing ourd national securi crisis on the southern border and explaining why he will not cave to the democrats. we sent him a list of all patriots who donated to our official secure the border fund and he noticed your name wasnt on the list." since youve been such a strong supporter and one of our greatest advocates for thean wal we have decided to extend your deadline to get on the list." and that, that is what the presidents request for network broadcast time tonight was all about. heas us...

Help us fact check the presidents speech. and we will be joined by a panel ofby analysts who have seen and analyzed many presidential addresses from the oval office but none quite like this. in the presidents 9 1/2 minute speech 9tonight, he managed to say noted one new thing that he hasnt said before. it was as if after watching senator elizabeth warren make her first presidential campaign speeches in iowa this weekend, the president decided to make his first presidential re-electionid campaign...

To border security, law enforcement professionals have requested la$5.7 billion for a physical barrier at the request of democrats, it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete e wall. thiser barrier is absolutely critical to border security. its also what our professionals at the border want and need. this situation could be solved in a 45-minute meeting. i have invited congressional leadership to the white house tomorrow to get this done. >> leading off our discussion now, steveff schmidt...