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Be happening as the presidents former long-time personal attorney talks to congress. the president had this to say about cohens upcoming testimony today? >> lawyer-client, but he is taking his own chances. >> interesting were here to talk about it is phillip elliott and tal copen. i would like to begin with you, yes a lot can happen in these next few days and yes there are some limbs, some self-imposed on what the members of the committee will ask michael cohen, but is there any chance this will...

President is frustrated that what he sees as a crisis he has not been able to fulfill long-held promises on. >> boris, thank you. joining us live this morning from washington, cnn politics reporter tal copen. thank you very much for joining us. first question, the president is not the first one to call for national guard troops on the u.s. border. but this is slightly different because the numbers show that the traffic is actually down. why call for it now? >> thats absolutely right. you know,...

Of years being able to become a citizen. >> by march 5th, are you going to protect them, extend the deadline? >> yeah, i might do that. im not guaranteeing it because i want to put a little bit of a -- but i certainly have the right to do that if i want. >> i want to bring in our panel to assess, cnn politics repor r er tal copen, associate editor for real clear politics, a.b. stoddard, and our political correspondent dana bash is still with us as well. dana, the presidents comments about a path...

>> that sounds like some national park revisionism. [ laughter ] >> no, jim -- >> the sta stew of liberty has always -- statue of liberty has always been a beacon of hope to the world for people coming to this country. theyre not always going to speak english, stephen. theyre not always going to be highly skilled. theyre not always going to -- >> jim, i appreciate your speech. lets talk about this. >> reporter: top republicans are already balking at the presidents immigration plan including sout...