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Approach to take and we shouldnt take it for anything other than the facts and the law. and well see what happens with the muller report. >> already even before it is completed the probe has resulted in charges against 33 people. guilty pleas by five people with direct ties to the president of the united states. >> seven. >> seven total. five directly tide to him. what would you need to is see in addition to that in order for you to feel that you have reached the threshold where it is time to be...

Said that we would partly take that. its not about necessarily coming up with the idea. we had discussed this. look, i also want to say too, i dont want to say im mr. wall here. there were plenty of concepts we proposed to then mr. trump that he didnt like or probably wouldnt have worked. with mexico paying for it, i would also say, too, that something he had always said to us during the campaign was look, we dont necessarily have to say exactly how we can get them to pay for it because i do thi...

And not be held hostage, 800,000 federal employees, millions of people who need food stamps. >> i understand that. but what is your threshold here? >> he is being held hostage. >> dont these people need to get paid? >> were for strengthening border security. as a matter of fact, one of the positive things that happened in the meeting with the big eight as its called was senator durbin brought up the fact that there was insufficient dollars in the homeland security bill to have the technology to ...

People together. >> the mueller probe has resulted in charges against 30 people, guilty pleas of five people with direct ties to the president of the united states. seven total, five directly tied to him. but with the michael cohen case the president has been implicated in a federal crime. what would you need to see in addition to that in order for you to feel that youve reached the threshold where its time to begin impeachment hearings? >> well, let me just say first of all because youve used t...

You know, adrian, as we look here at senator warren, she has made great focus on grass roots interest, grass roots fundraising as the party is now saying if you want to get to the floor and the debates when it comes to the debates, you better have reached a certain threshold yet to be named of the amount of grass roots support. interesting development, why and will it work? >> yeah, richard, im glad you brought that up. i think what youre referencing is the dnc is sort of changing the way the de...

>> all ready, before it is completed the mueller probe has resulted in charges against 30 people, guilty pleas of five people with direct ties to the president of the united states. seven total, five directly tied to him. but with the michael cohen case the president has been implicated in a federal crime. what would you need to see in addition to that in order for you to feel that youve reached the threshold where its time to begin impeachment hearings? >> well, let me just say first of all bec...

>> is there any indication the without is faltering here? >> well, theyre certainly concerned about optics this week, more than at any point previously. we know based on a memo released last might from the office of management and budget, they holding off to on the 10% pay increase for federal workers who are in the top threshold of this administration. so that would include vice president pence, people like mick mulvaney, the chief of staff, several cabinet secretaries. they are freezing that. ...

[laughter] >> a dollar? $1? yeah, $1. >> usual he said a dollar. he said a dollar. so thats not your question. you said a dollar. the president wants to cut a deal. >> a wall is immorality. steve: ready to partially fund the border wall to the tune of a buck. brian: kevin mccarthy he joins us now the house minority leader. mr. leader, congratulations on the ascension. i know you would rather be in the majority. but, nancy pelosi doesnt seem like she is budging. how does this end? >> well, we are...

Position, praoud of her caucus. you heard the long answer. speaker pelosi went on to say, look, if she was a man, would we be making so much of these comments? she came back over and over again to the point that what really matters are the presidents actions and how those actions impact people, whether it is immigrant children or impacting the environment, the air we breathe, the water we drink. she came back to that point over and over again. she is concerned about what the president is doing a...

Fund six government agencies. the other would fund the department of homeland security but would include any funding for the border wall. thats a nonstarter on the senate side. mitch mcconnell has said that he will take up no bills in the senate that cannot garner 60 votes in the senate and cannot garner a presidential signature. that doesnt cross the bar. doesnt cross the threshold here. that democratic bill is dead on arrival. the shut down continues now in its 13th day. theres a meeting sched...