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Some people will view this because he also says he intends to make them public after a vote in the committee. some will view this as an abuse of government power. the democrats counter that donald trump is the only major party nominee in the last 40 years other than gerald ford not to have released his returns and there are significant conflict of interest issues, theres the whole russia investigation, many public policy reasons why the american public should see the returns. >> add to that the...

Over his pet project, but democrats failed to realize the hypocrisy here, you had barack obama in 2013 shut down the government over his own pet project. it was his namesake, obamacare, he shut down the government over and bill clinton in 1995 and 96 -- >> jen, youre basically alleging that there have been government shutdowns in the past. yup, thats absolutely true. but what about the president saying the shutdown could drag on for months, even years. this could be the longest in decades, if no...

Theres plenty for the judiciary committee to look into right now. the attempts to have a mass of fraud on the american people in terms of rigging an american presidential election and undermining the integrity of that election. we have to look into that, whether it was by hush payments or by collusion with russians. >> that was house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler saying democrats will waste no time investigating president trump just days after the party took control of the house. nad...

As a messaging war. it not about press conferences, its not about tweets, bits real people who are suffering. right now the only person who is standing in the way of getting this done is the president. look, pass the appropriations bill, pass a short-term for the homeland security bill and negotiate. you know, put -- make sure these families get the paychecks that they deserve and let congress work its will. until that happens, this is not going anywhere. >> you see that happening any time soon?...

Going to do, what his decisions are going to be. >> good to start the year off with a discussion with you. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me on. >> coming up next, the mueller grand jury gets an extension. and will the new democratic committee chairman go after the presidents tax returns? tee cha presidents tax returns? with , i saved when i added a hotel to our flight. so even when she grows up, shell never outgrow the memory of our adventure. unlock savings when you add select hotels ...

And bolton are both going to be getting on their separate middle east trips this coming few days. >> there was another controversial remark by the president about the cold war, v soviet invasion of afghanistan. >> russia used to be the soviet union. afghanistan made it russia. because they went bankrupt fighting in afghanistan. russia. but russia should be fighting. the reason russia was in afghanistan was because terrorists were going in to russia. they were right to be there. >> mieka, how ser...

And anything that happened in that room today with vice president pence and staff, it really doesnt matter. you wait till the tweet this comes out later on because the president is the one who is setting the parameters. >> something thats extraordinary and im going to pose this question of you, jen, because the prospect of border security, the prospects of building a wall or at least partially doing so along the southern border, that is not a new concept, but the president has made claims that f...

The motd eadern incarnation of stamps is called snap. it unclear how long there are fund for those americans who face food insecurity. those are two pressure points. the white house, they are clearly gaming this out for the long run. the back of the envelope calculation they have every two weeks of the shutdown, is a percentage off of gdp. >> if you get any heads up, let us know and well get right back to you. >> joining me right now, nancy pelosis former chief of staff, jen concerns and a.b. st...

Speaking and speaking on thursday and there didnt seem to be one republican who applauded one word that she said. it was clearly a very partisan floor of congress. are democrats going to be able to work with a president like donald trump? >> i think on swearing in day, i think my republican colleagues were feeling rather depressed. but i think that we are going to look for ways for bipartisan solutions. as a matter of fact, right before the government shutdown, there was the bipartisan solution ...

Meeting. it included acting staff mick mulvaney, kirstjen nielsen and jared kushner. i have yet to see a readout but what are you hearing about this meeting? >> reporter: we know very little other than the optics. the white house all walked out together followed by congressional staffers. heres how the next couple weeks are going to look if this continues to play out, if the partial government shutdown is in place. there will be several pressure points on the president from both high-income earn...