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Opposed. they go to two separate corners. >> i get that but it is the end of the discussion. we are not at a consensus of wanting to stop the next one. we have a president right now who hashtaged make america great again. i dont think it ranks uggerly in any other category than school shootings. >> the conversation we just had is complacency kills. we have been complacent on dealing with this issue. jimmy, to your point, gun and control, its like jumping on the third rail of a subway. nothing go...

I own weapons. i have a concealed carry permit because im a retired 1811 law enforcement officer. i was a former s.w.a.t. team leader. i graduated from west point. i understand weapons. im a hunter. i appreciate the utility in our society. but we get to this place where we go, we cant touch this third rail on the subway because if you do that, we retreat to our corners. heres what we can do. there are 11 states still in, i think, in this country that require you to report a lost or stolen firear...

Lucke luckiest man in the history of politics, his supporters are with him to the point that they are happy to go out there and suggest that domestic violence is overblown and that the president is right to do this and if youre going to criticize him about this, what about all these other things that, you know, you should be criticized for and democrats should be criticized for and anybody else should be criticized for. his base is with him. thats significant. >> well, well just see how long tha...

Are struggling to understand the rationale in terms of the timing of these tax cuts in a time when were almost near full employment where we should be using the money to plug that deficit gap but there is one explanation that some democrats provide and that is that you want to actually force these cuts to touching that third rail to put us in a situation where we have to make these drastic cuts to these entitlement programs. can you please speak to that question? >> look, that is extreme hyperbo...

>> and it is not weigh -- in terms of not weighing in, what is the sense there, not only would a lot of people like to hear from the president on this, there is also the very -- the reality were staring down midterm elections. if nothing else, that is incentive for lawmakers here to get something done and yet here we are. >> it is a double-edged sword, right? it is incentives for some lawmakers to get something done. when you look at republicans if theyre not going what they want on the issue of...

There was a democrat in the white house and they had a chance and had promised to fix this issue i did absolutely nothing on it. >> harris: s has been one of those third rail issues that nobody has wanted to touch because the truth of the matter is, you do have to do all those other things on the border. even democrats know this. they may not be a fan of the wall as they say because its 14th century or whatever but when i corrected some ive interviewed, its a wall system, border security, other ...

Serves. hey, kim, lets bring this home to where it matters, and that is washington. in your view and based on your reporting, how doomed now is an immigration deal, and just how toxic are the politics surrounding this? >> well, i think it is very toxic. i mean i think this is demonstrating why one of the many reasons why immigration reform is so difficult. its a political third rail. when you have comments like the president is reported to have said, that essentially throws gasoline on that thir...

About, and he doesnt want to let all that effort go to waste just over one comment that he found clearly very upsetting. >> at one point he tweeted out all but an endorsement of a trump golf property if memory serves. hey, kim, lets bring this home to where it matters and that is washington. in your view and based on your reporting, how doomed now is an immigration deal, and just how toxic are the politics surrounding this? >> i think it is very toxic. i think this is demonstrating why -- one of...

All but an endorsement of a trump golf property if memory serves. hey, kim, lets bring this home to where it matters and that is washington. in your view and based on your reporting, how doomed now is an immigration deal, and just how toxic are the politics surrounding this? >> i think it is very toxic. i think this is demonstrating why -- one of the many reasons why immigration reform is so difficult. its a political third rail. when you have comments like the president is reported to have said...

Tell that to the republican party, which has tried time and time again to come one some type of comprehensive immigration reform fix and failed and especially tell that to the republicans who are around in 2006 when they tried to tackle this issue and then because of immigration and a combination of other factors, lost the house, the senate, and democrats to claim a majority of the governorships. i mean, this has always been a third rail for the republican party and i dont see how a president wh...