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So theres sort of three categories that somebody can be in if you are within the scope of an investigation. you can be the most benign level, just a witness, you can be a subject to investigation or you can be a target. being a target really means that prosecutors have evidence or significant reason to believe you actually committed crimes in connection with this investigation and likely means youd be indicted. if youre called to testify before a grand jury and the prosecutors think that you are...

Number one, what does it mean? do you take it on face value hes been told hes not a target? is that possible? >> so these are really legal terms of art within the department of justice. so theres sort of three categories that somebody can be in if you are within the scope of an investigation. you can be the most benign level, just a witness, you can be a subject to investigation or you can be a target. being a target really means that prosecutors have evidence or significant reason to believe yo...

Lot of them, i have friends who live in washington, d.c. who treated it like a paid vacation because they will get paid and im not minimizing the impact but it is so interesting for most americans around the country, the vast majority of american, they werent affected at all by this and it really gets to the issue, i think one of the teach annual moments of this -- >> in some way. >> this is not what any of these people want to hear, steve. >> do not go on, do not go on cnn and have another wilb...

Because even if it were to be opened with the vote that are scheduled today which i understand neither it is likely to pass. we are looking at a months backlog of work of hud and usda. to think about the amount of documents and such that have to be processed, this affects even if government were to reopen tomorrow, this is going to have a long lasting ramifications around housing security into july, august, september, if we are lucky. i am looking at funding delays going into october and novembe...

Government shutdown and it is not federal workers waiting for money. it is also organizations that support the americans in need. nonprofit groups rely funding from hud to help low incomers for homes. adrian bush is joining us now, shes the executive director of the housing coalition of kentucky. adrian, thank you for being with us, what can you do without that money? >> first of all, thank you for having me. the issue with not having the money is taking a toll on our operations. we have not got...

Doesnt explicitly name trump, he said this shutdown is unacceptable. its a morale booster. it reminds everybody of what the coast guard does, which is not just patrolling the waters. they also patrol guantanamo bay, a major security, they interdict cocaine. cocaine is the biggest threat they pick up. a lot of people could forget all of those operations. thats really when the president says when he wants more border security. thats who is suffering, the people on that mission. >> the fact is the ...

Wall or slats or whatever we are calling it these days. they wan plan to vote on a pack this week. but seven democratic votes are needed for it to pass. nancy pelosi called the deal a nonstarter. today her office said pelosi hasnt spoken to anyone from the white house since trumps announcement. there you have it. one month into the shutdown and were stuck at square one. hundreds of thousands of federal workers are bracing to miss a second paycheck come friday. barbara and joe are still here. you...

An colter tweeting today trump proposes amnesty. we voted for trump and got jack. what do you think about this? and the far right not giving him any room to maneuver. >> i think you describe it well. the president is really boxed in here. look, as much as there are some people around the president urging him to continue this fight, there are also others who want to find an off ramp here, who want the president to be able to notch some kind of win. he is in this very tough spot. you saw him now t...

Branded it just that, the donald trump shutdown. he also has a problem on his right. an colter tweeting today trump proposes amnesty. we voted for trump and got jack. what do you think about this? and the far right not giving him any room to maneuver. >> i think you describe it well. the president is really boxed in here. look, as much as there are some people around the president urging him to continue this fight, there are also others who want to find an off ramp here, who want the president t...

Barbara and joe are still here. you and your colleagues have reported that saturdays proposal or offer from the president was the brain child i believe of jared kushner and the vice president. it landed with a thud. was any of the normal stuff done before? were there any calls to the hill or meetings? did they know it would fail so completely? >> there is not a lot of urgency inside of this administration to end this shutdown. there are more urgency to try to secure something close to that $5 bi...