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Briefed on it. threading that needle doesnt work in this house. >> so republicans at large and democrats at large, where do they stand? >> many house republicans are calling for the release and democrats are saying it would be a terrible idea. theyre preparing their own memo because they say in addition to it being damaging, its also highly misleading and gives a bad picture of this investigation. so theyre preparing their own secret memo to counter this republican memo. >> can we go back to new...

To sign a proclamation to honor dr. martin luther king jr. day. >> what the president said last night stands in absolute contrast to what martin luther king devoted his life to. >> without a doubt. also, what does today mark? eight years since that devastating earthquake in haiti. and, again, we have to say that president trump is sort of threading the needle here and denying using that specific word while he said there was tough talk. so, president trump is welcome to join us and clarify this. ...

Kushner. the director at the brookings institution. good to have you. >> my pleasure, thanks. >> what is the likelihood of the president -- every six months, 1996, congress said the embassy should move to jerusalem but allowed the president to delay it four moss and four presidents have done every six months including donald trump. what are the chances he breaks with tradition and is moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem? >> the short of it, of course, if i could predict what donald trump would d...

Where does this wheeling and dealing stand in your eyes? >> i know youve heard threading the needle. thats what were trying to do. at the same time, these are very strong opinions that are held and heartfelt. so i think in terms of the pass-through business issue, the finance committee has been working with ron johnson and found a pathway forward. also on the issue of removing the individual mandate, which i think is a really good idea, i think we have some assurances that well be working toward...

Were not made more stringent and this isnt a culture issue, this is a rules issue and the behavior wont change unless there are institutionalized policies to really prevent this kind of harassment from taking place on a regular basis and resignation, frankly, you know, if everyone resigns, my guess is who has this problem, wed have an empty chamber. so the rules are the key. >> its interesting turning just a little bit here to the presidents handling of the roy moore situation, because today he ...

So they need to work with him. he has done this before. >> i was going say -- >> we faced this throughout health care in july and he ended up being a yes. they have a pot of money of about $80 billion left inside what they can do on this tax cut bill without breaking the rules of the really, really technical rules of the u.s. senate, and they can probably do some modifications to help ron john out to possibly get him to a yes. >> a pot of money they can work with. what is your sense of where thi...

Young people turning out, women outpacing what hillary clinton got in her election as well as college educated voters. i think that is where the real concern sets in. that is why democrats are celebrating. >> enthusiasm, enthusiasm. >> look at the divide within republican voters right now. you have republican voters who really love donald trump and then you have republican voters who hate hillary clinton. she is no longer in the equation. it goes that republicans can talk about hillary clinton b...

Kislyak a couple of times. carter page let you know he was traveling to russia. don junior, it was a meeting about adoption. no, actually, it was to float dirt about hillary clinton. the question i asked last hour, ill ask again, is it simple arrogance, or how did they think they were going to get away with it in a world where journalists are looking into everything and intel committees are looking into everything, where bob mueller is looking into everything. how could you testify before congre...

It appears per reports that the trump administration is going to declare that iran has broken the nuclear agreement with the hopes that congress doesnt reimpose sanctions. a bit of a middle ground threading of the needle, if you will. is there any actual diplomatic geo political up side to doing something like that when our own military personnel say iran has livered up to the accord? >> i dont see any up side to that action. what we ought to be focusing on is keeping the deal that we have in pl...

Wrin brings you to the alaska senator who was a no the first time around. theyve made clear defunding planned parenthood is essentially a red line or at least one of their red lines. whether or not that stays in could dictate where this is going. as of this moment, an effective defunding of planned parenthood is in the bill. its something conservatives want desperately, something the outside groups have called for repeatedly, but again, that creates math problems for them. theres still a definit...