West palm beach airport, following the president s First Physical exam as president. According to his doctor at walter reed, the exam went, quote, exceptionally well and further details on tuesday. Before leaving washington for this Martin Luther king holiday weekend, trump signed a proclamation expanding site, with questions from the president about remarks about haiti, el salvador the day before. And throughout the day, republican lawmakers in florida, including senator marco rubio and congressman carlos ro bechlt. Llo strongly distanced themselves from the remarks, all in a state, florida, a home to many immigrants and their families, including 300,000 haitianamericans, most in south florida, some of whom protested the president s comments. And republican governor rick scott also reacted to trumps
for so long. Do you get the sense that hes sort of distracting from his own Policy Agenda with the comments he made this week about other countries, whether true or not, with tweets he puts out about everybody from author Michael Wolff to news anchors . There are definitely republicans in this town who would very much agree with the premise of that question. They see it as constant controversies that do distract, that they have to sort of answer for things on a constant basis because the president has stoked up controversy again. That is a problem for people who are more used to a much more focused, much more deliberative approach from a president. Gillian so, distracting from his own Policy Agenda, some might go as so far as shooting himself in the foot. Take a listen to the sound bite from Speaker Paul Ryan in wisconsin. Youre trying to broker a deal, right. Yeah, so how do you do that with this . So we just have to get it done. Gillian talking about the president s comments this week on fisa, during the leadup to the vote on the hill, and then also, you know, on the comments he allegedly made during this meeting with lawmakers, using a vulgar term. So, it seems like, even speaker ryan is saying were forging ahead, were trying not to let the president , you know, get in our way. Its a little unusual. Oh, its massively unusual, particularly since congress has an absolutely full plate of things it needs to get to. Theres a very intense congression congressional agenda. People need to get things done fast. Time that you spend on other topics to accomplish those goals. Gillian and you create unnecessary obstacles when you speak out on issues that arent necessarily appropriate for the
president to be commenting on. I want to pull up for you what john mccain had to say earlier this week. He said, people have come to this country from everywhere. And people from everywhere have made everyone great. Our Immigration Policies should reflect that truth and our elected officials, including our president , should respect it. Those are some fairly scathing words from a senior lawmaker who has been working on not just immigration, but National Security issues for decades. What do you make of that . I think that it is part of a firstly genuine objection to what the president is supposed to have said, but i also think its a point that many republicans believe the Republican Party has to be welcoming to an ever more diverse america. And i think that they feel comments like the ones attributed to President Trump cut against that in a very serious way. They see it speaking to his base, yes, but his base is a minority of the country. And so, they dont think that that is a Winning Strategy over
the medium or longterm. And i think that they have sincere objections to it as well. Gillian weve got to not just worry about the base. The president doesnt have to worry only about his base facing in 2018, part of his role and responsibility is to help usher republicans across that goal line. So certainly not helping there, right. Absolutely not. One of the interesting things i think in the past couple of days, were seeing lawmakers from competitive districts really being to the fore criticizing the president. Someone like congressman korbela, and pretty scathing. And i think were seeing those republicans trying to create some distance between themselves and the president on this kind of talk. Gillian well, hopefully they will get to The Other Side of this. Republicans will be able to put it behind them and move forward. Niall stannage, thanks for joining us. Mike and statistics in the house nearly 300,000 have been
spent quieting harassment and discrimination claims against House Members since 2003. Hi there, mike. The nearly 300,000 comes straight from taxpayers and was used to settle 13 claims against members. House. That average is out to almost a settle a year. Here is a look. 27,000 was paid out between 2003 in 07. Then, a big jump between 08 and 2012 with 174,000. Then 91,000 from 2013 to last year. We dont know who got the payouts because staffers had to sign a nondisclosure agreement. To start mediation. We know one of the offending congressmen was from texas. His former Communications Director received 84,000 after she accused him of making inappropriate sexual comments. He announced hes not running for reelection and said hell pay the money back. Earlier, hes waiting to see
thank you very much. Gillian President Trump now pointing the finger at democrats for what hes calling a missed opportunity on daca and immigration. This after a week of meetings on the issue without any clear results. Our own Molly Heninberg is following the latest on this story. Hi, gillian. Theres no bill until theres a bill and right now theres no bill at least publicly that can get 60 votes in the senate and get the president s signature. Legislators had hoped to include Immigration Reform and wrap it up in a bill to keep the government funded, but that Spending Bill has to be done by next friday and it doesnt appear at this point that theres enough agreement to include immigration in that legislation. On daca, which stands for the deferred action for childhood arrivals, which protects some 800,000 illegal minors from deportation, and then the dream act gives them a pathway to legal status. Some democrats want just to focus on that for now. The top House Democrat nancy pelosi is asking for a daca and
dream only piece of legislation now. And in a statement yesterday, she said, quote, in october, the president wrongly decided to terminate daca. Since that time. The president has constantly said he supports daca. What is clear is it that we must insist on a clean dream act, which is supported overwhelmingly by the American People, has bipartisan support in congress and must be enacted in january. But that doesnt sit well with republicans who wants Border Security or those who want to end Chain Migration. Or those who Dont Want Legal Status for young, illegal immigrants. Some of these people that are negotiating from The Other Side, arent there in good faith. I think that theyre there trying to make their political point, and they dont really want daca, they want the dream act. Thats what they want. Theyre calling it daca, but they want a path to citizenship, a path to amnesty and thats part of the problem. Congressman big says he does
not believe that the daca issue would prevent legislators from coming to an agreement to keep them open and funded by next friday. Thanks for that reporting, molly. Mike. Lets bring in michigan congressman dan killdee. Do you want a clean daca bill . Yes, and i think its sometimes in a partisan divide where one doesnt exist quite as much as people say it does. Republicans in the house, i know, and democrats would like to get a daca deal done, and would vote for it, if it was on the floor. Ways a little disappointed to say that the president says this is a missed opportunity. We have sessions on tuesday, wednesday, thursday. We could bring daca codification, a bill to the floor and i suspect it would have more than 300 votes in the House Of Representatives and would sale through the senate. Funding over this daca issue. Why dont we negotiate in good faith on the issue, roll up your sleeves and lets work this out, but lets not hold the funding of our Military Hostage over this issue, thats irresponsible and they need to stop it. Mike congressman, your reaction to her comments and are we headed for a Government Shutdown . I dont think so. Well see the. The republicans control the house, the senate and have the white house. The idea that its the democrats fault who have no power to put anything on the floor that we havent taken action on these issues, thats playing politics and look, congressman i know has a track record and shes got her point of view, but saying that its politics is basically playing politics. Why dont we just do what congress is supposed to do when members of congress agree, democrats, and republicans on an issue, lets vote on it. To say thats playing politics to me i think is disingenuous. Thats governing. Mike wouldnt it wise to separate a controversial issue like immigration and Government Funding and a budget, it seems all are difficult enough individually for this congress to do. Your thoughts, sir . Well, i mean, we can separate it. We can put the daca bill on the floor on tuesday. And get it done. And basecle i basically set that aside and dont have to conflate these issues. Theres a moment when the budget bills come up. Democrats the republicans dont have the vote to keep the government open. When democrats are asked to rescue the republicans from themselves by providing enough votes to keep the government open cause they dont have them themselves, we have to have some of our priorities included in the action that Congress Takes and not be put in a position where all the things that democrats care about never get decided, never get a vote on the floor. Mike right. But the republicans who cant govern without us are unwilling to acknowledge that. Thats just not right. Mike you know, your republican colleagues want more Border Security so where is the solution on this immigration issue . Is it in the bipartisan by camerale talks that Speaker Rhein has been talking about . Do you think those bipartisan house are the key . This is obviously an issue where we need a comprehensive approach. We need Border Security, no question about it. We need to fix this broken Immigration System and there are areas of agreement. I was really disappointed that the president didnt hold to his word when he had the bipartisan meeting just a few days ago, and then was presented a bipartisan solution to this problem after saying that he would accept whatever these folks put together and sign it, and he said no. So, i dont know whos whispering in his ear, but that was disappointing. We can solve these problems and we have to do it in a comprehensive way. Democrats have to acknowledge that Border Security is an important subject, but we also have to have fixing to these
other problems and not create a pejorative out of family migration. I mean, this issue of Chain Migration is one that i think is getting a bit misunderstood. Family immigration is a part of the history of this country. My own hometown thanks for your time. Dan kildee from the great state of michigan. See you soon, sir. Thank you very much. Mike well have more coverage. Chris wallace as an exclusive interview with California Attorney general, and whats next. And President Trumps Immigration Comments and Steve Bannons ouster from breitbart tomorrow at 11 a. M. Eastern. Gillian it came from outer space. What the Spacex Cargo Vehicle just brought down from to earth from the international
space station. A tough message from kim jongun to the white house, as the south korea olympics slated for next month. And watching the thermostats plunge, more problems on the roads and airports. And adam is monitoring from the fox extreme Weather Center. I know when we see you were getting bad news, go for it. Unfortunately, were looking into a system going into the northeast, on the back Side Cold Air is funneling in. Ill have details after the break. I take pictures of sunrises,
freezing rain causing major slowdowns on roads, and meanwhile, the folks in buffalo, new york, were dealing with melting snow and flooding problems because of warmer temperatures. Meteorologist adam is at the extreme Weather Center with all of todays forecasts. Take it away. Yeah, kind of a wild day yesterday. A real rollercoaster giving me a bit of a cold. And were tracking a system off the northeast. One youre talking about. Its running off the east coast and the back side of this system were looking at a major change in temperatures falling down into the teens in many cases. Add in the wind chill and youll notice a huge difference falling back down into the negative across a huge portion of the country. And its still too early, winter is not over yet. It was 60 in New York City yesterday. Unfortunately, that isnt going to be sticking around. Now, as we go farther into the forecast, this is from saturday into sunday. These are daytime highs across
the country. And not horribly bad, but Pay Attention to what happens on monday. Suddenly, another round of arctic air is going to be settling into the center of the country. Youre looking at temperatures falling back into the negative. And that goes even deeper into the country. So were talking about another huge arctic blast thats going to be pushing in, getting into the middle of next week. Its not just coming with the cold temperatures, its going to be coming with eventually a system thats going to be working through. And here is your future radar, this is sunday into monday. Right there, is where that system is, unfortunately, its going to be coming with ice, its going to be coming with snow, as much as i would love it to warm up, unfortunately, thats just not going to be the case. This is something were dealing with, another big round just around the corner, guys. Well, adam, you stay there. Hang tight. No need to come here to our nations capital. Thank you. Mike I Got Home Last Night 60something degrees and got up
this morning, 30something degrees. All of us have a little frog in our throat. Gillian thanks, adam. Youre the best. Mike Authorities Say the same Russian Hackers who targeted the dnc are back. Who theyre probing for information now. The clock is ticking for lawmakers to reach a deal on daca and immigration. How their lack of progress is resonating with voters. The Immigration Debate in washington . Unfortunately sigh sidelined with this ridiculous controversy as theyre calling it. Its a sad day when this president who clearly trusts, im not sure why, but he still trusts the principle parties in the room to speak candidly. Hes coming from an environment, used to the oars rowing in the same boat and hes not used to those to sand bag him. Whether he said these things and its clear about seizing power and not achieving goals. Mike were less than a week from a possible Government Shutdown. What do folks outside of the beltway think about that . I think its clear if were going to hold up Military Spending or call this a Government Shutdown, if you want broadly, if were really holding it up to secure the border, i dont know that thats the plank the democrats want to walk. I get that ive yet to hear anybody why Border Security the is something were against. If the president used rough language in a private meeting with lawmakers, does your Audience Care . No, for heavens sake. You know, i said last night on twitter, mike, i was ever since 18 years old since youve been voting in this country the american left has been telling people stay out of our bedrooms, butt out. Sop stop with the social issues frpt the second in private he supposedly allegedly says one curse word and suddenly the left takes to the billy graham crusades, where did that come from. Mike what about the comment made by house leader nancy pelosi, talking about people with an immigration deal. Five white guys i call them. You hope a hamburger stand next or what . So the five guys joke seemed to fall flat in the room. Your thoughts, chris . Thats just thats the perfect example, mike of what were talking about. If you want to talk about race, you know, trump says, shole countries and thats a racist term suddenly and she specifically says five white guys. She invokes race. If ever there was racism on display in an off the cuff remark, its miss pelosi, not the president. Mike and the assumption here, chris, is that late next Week Congress will punt again, meaning a short measure. How do that play outside the beltway. Thats grist for the mill. I think most of us expect thats probably what will happen. Folks that listen to this show and i speak for myself, what nobody wants is to c