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She just says im being real, im being me. >> shes being real, shes being her but our new members need to realize there can always be somebody photographing you no matter where you are. my major concern about it is is that its such a distraction. so much time is being spent about what she said today versus the fact that this week people are not going to receive their paychecks. 800,000 federal workers wont be paid. i know when i go to the airport, i apologize to the tsa workers. i feel bad. i kno...

Insults. i dont have any power to do that. but, well -- [ laughter ] . >> a.b. stoddard is back with me, along with jane newton small. welcome to you both and welcome back to you, a.b. what do you make of her having to respond, very first question right out of the gate there in sioux city about the whole dna test controversy? >> it really it a big impact. thats why her supporters who were at the event were worried about the impact it had. her detractors are still wondering if she has what it tak...

Is just dug in. >> but how about this because the president, jen, has threatened to declare this a national emergency, get the wall built by the military. how likely is that? and do you think that is a viable solution? >> well, i dont know how likely that is at this point. i think donald trump, who is the master of the art of the deal, negotiation is his strong suit, i think hes going to see this negotiation through until the end until perhaps nancy pelosi says there really is no deal. but its v...

Billion for that. we saw pence run down the number on that. >> oh, my goodness. >> there are offers on the table here. >> oh, my goodness. thats revisionist history from literally a few days ago. >> sorry. it n its not. >> vice president pence put 2.5 billion on the table apparently and the president rejected it in front of the cameras. look, here is the issue that is at stake. leader mcconnell believed he had an agreement with the president. he passed unanimously a funding bill that goes throug...

Question on whether or not a sitting president can be indicted. where do you come down on that? do you agree? >> i think whats important, alex, is that the department of justice, at least as it stands right now, as it currently exists with an acting attorney general matt whitaker, they take the position that a sitting president cannot be indicted. and i think mueller, having known him and being supervised him when we were trying the noriega case, he was a very conservative, very aggressive, but ...

She has power. she has proven over and over again that she is willing to stand up to presidents, whether it was president bush, even president obama. >> so he respects her youre going to say? >> yeah, i believe he does. but heres the thing, he doesnt attack her, it makes her stronger with the caucus because people are going to think hes not attacking you, youre very strong. he attacks her, its going to make her even stronger. hes in an untenable position. >> donald trump does like winne winners....

Foreign affairs, the world doesnt understand what this mans foreign policy is. we dont even have ambassadors to some of the most important states -- countries. wheel he while hes off negotiating with the north korea, he doesnt even take time to appoint an ambassador to south korea. we will be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, we will be able to provide the oversight as well as do the work that needs to be done, health care, infrastructure, voting rights act, we have a very full agenda ...

Affordable care act. we need the voting rights act. theres so much business in front of us right now and unfortunately the president keeps us tied up in nonsense. the government should have never shut down in the first place. >> does that include what the president keeps you tied up in the numerous investigations? youre a member of the house judiciary committee. how does this impact the new congress all these ongoing investigations? will you not be able to focus on those things you were just out...

Up and voted yes on the 2006 secure fence act. and those people included barack obama, who president trump was talking about here, hillary clinton, joe biden and even senator chuck schumer. and if you look at the two pieces of legislation, the two proposals here, the 2006 fence act, secure fence act, which went a long way toward securing the border in places like arizona, it reduced illegal border crossings by about 74%, those two pieces of legislation are actually quite similar. so much it shoc...

All of that remains to be seen. we do know inside the administration there are people, including national security adviser bolton, who want to keep u.s. troops in syria at least to push back against iran. and its far from clear if the president has signed off on that. so bolton is going to be talking to the jordanians and israelis and get their position and they might be able to change the presidents mind. >> can we get specific, was part of what you reported, john, was disturbing to read that t...