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And taking the border wall off the table as the white house declares a bipartisan immigration deal dead on arrival. what does that mean for immigrations? and stormy warning. a reported payment to porn star stormy daniels to keep quiet about an alleged sexual relationship with president trump costly that payment be an illegal campaign contribution? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." there are several stunning developments, receiving all the way into the oval office. tonight the w...

Truth. >> although we know the president as someone who is given to hyperbole, outright lies, he does have experience with testifying in depositions. what has happened, in one case, the wash post wrote about one where he was caught in 30 different lies. that is to say, they brought him statements he had made publicly and got him to admit that he had not been truth envelop what he said publicly. >> the president can be -- im referring to the interview he did with lester hotel saying he fired come...

Others. he is still vulnerable to all of those as well. >> if youre looking at vulnerability, i give the president greater vulnerability than flynn. the president goes into these thinking he can talk his way out of it. if he goes into a conversation after many months. maybe going into two years investigation. where special counsel has interviews, financial interviews, et cetera, and thinks that he can talk better than michael flynn can talk when i guarantee you, mueller is asking him questions, ...

Finish but before we get too far from the clip -- what he said -- can we agree the oval office is not a locker room. are you okay with that in the oval office? >> as i said as a girl from utah i agree with mia love that this rhetoric i agree i want to see a shining city on the hill and see the language of reagan and i hope the president will learn. on the issue of will, in the wash post according to national academy of science 58% immigrants are on some form of welfare this is a problem what mil...

>> it was really thin but they had something. i dont know that theyre capable of doing that now. >> do you think that you won in 10 and 14 by a positive men or the check on obama in. >> i think in 10 there was the real temptation to be the party of no. and bain said we run being for something. >> you also had obamacare which was incredibly unpopular at that time. i think in this sense, you have the efforts to roll back obamacare were unpopular and the tax bill that has to be sold. >> a really go...

An agreement? and you dont blindside the people that you need to try to get together on the same page. you do not blind side they will. do you the diplomacy, you make your principles clear to them and then you actually to go where you can compromise and where you cannot and try to drive the deal. he had he was a deal maker and he demonstrated that hes not. i want to thank you for being here. ill come back to more with you. we have a lot of other special stories to get to. wave senator on this wh...

Chill or focus on his tax bill, donald trump appears to be showing signs of anxiety. lashing out today at the fbi. in new comments, he calls the fbi tainted and he cites a fox news report. it comes right after he took time on christmas eve which you may have understandably missed to attack the number two at the fbi by name. note that trump is getting very close to cross go the line his legal team has set for him. please dont antagonize bob mueller. but donald trump seems intent on pushing, tryin...

And the policy hes trying to cancel, another one that said employers should not segregate beam developmental disabilities if that can be reasonably avoided. advocates for people with disabilities arguing that rule was protecting their rights. with jeff sessions withdrawing it, there was a fear it will be harder to enforce laws. as promised, i turn back to the wash post. he e.j., do you think this is sxerng why is this coming out tonight? >> i think it is concerning. ill glad youre doing this sto...

Give trump cover if he wants to start issuing pardons. trumps legal team meeting with muellers thofs week and in the wash post, you have trump advisers saying this could be a more contentious phase between mueller and a frustrated president. anything can happen. nobody is above the law. pardons are perfectly legal and the president has the legal authority to issue them in all kinds of ways. the big question here is what would happen if there is an attempt to use these pardons in an unlawful mann...

Manager paul manafort has reportedly hired a new legal team as he faces a federal investigation into his finances. the staffing change follows the wash wash posts scoop the fbi carried out a raid on one of manaforts homes last month. lets bring in the founder of bold and daily beast columnist and political analyst with a welcoming good morning to you both. between this raid and the new legal team does it look like only a matter of time before some serious charges against manafort are announced? ...