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Being withheld as leverage. and even if that hadn't been explicitly told to the ukrainians as it was, their impression would be in order to get the money they'd have to start acceding to the requests the president's representatives are making. to me it looked corrupt on the face of it, which is tart of the reason i wanted to go to ukraine, but now we know it was actually explicit. >> you just highlighted something i wanted to follow up on, which were republicans making the narrow argument, which i think is true, the president sets narrow priorities. but in this particular instance even mat gat...

Speaking to the overcrowding at our facilities, never designed to deal with the volume of migrants coming our way. we have taken it upon ourselves and now thankfully with the supplemental aappropriation coming through we'll be able to fund additional facilities put up and this outdated infrastructure. they're meant for short-term holding and for people to move in and out of our processing quite quickly. that said, while we have people in our custody we adhere to very strick standards when it comes to accessibility and all hygien products but be done quite creatively either byheld. >> so you ha...

Question that was raised by mr. wallace on the sunday morning show about whether this violates the aappropriation clauses under article i of the constitution. >> by going around congress after they've already voted on whether money should be allocated or not. democrats have been threatening to file these lawsuits. and today california's attorney general guaranteed a court filing. listen. >> mr. attorney general,let me ask you, can you say definitely california will be filing a lawsuit and when that will happen? >> martha, definitely and imminently. >> and imminently monday nothing will stop yo...

To address. on defense spending and aappropriation that's absolutely something we have to make sure -- the president made the investment with congress to begin to rebuild. we have been in such a hole after the obama administration it will take multiple years. our knows are -- we must continue to make those kinds of investment in security and military. >>reporter: what's the biggest risk you think the country faces within the nucleus two years. will the democrats be able to revirus the president business friendly agenda. >> i know they will try. i think certainly the tax cuts made a difference....

>> coming up empty or the process? we did not lose ground overnight and will not a have a deal overnight either? >> i think it is part of the art of the t deal negotiation stylef trump. and trump, when he came into office, i think everyone realized there's an asymetry with china whether it is patent infromment or copyright or aappropriation and cyberwear fare, that theory if we were to give these concessions to china in the 80s we would bring them into the family of nations. and their affluence and economic boom would make them democratize and a helpful player on the world scene. that has been...