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Hunt. >> bob costa, you wrote a column this weekend talking about how acquiescence is now the defining trait of being a republican in donald trump's republican party, despite the fact that many are wandering around bewildered, do not like the man personally and aren't exactly thrilled where he is taking the party of the country. >> i spent some time, joe, at the capitol last week, your old haunting ground and spoke to mike simpson of idaho who said if perez barack obama was doing some of the things that president is doing, republicans would be going crazy, like declaring a national emergency a...

Are saying but politically it's a disastrous admission. but i think the bigger story that we're sort of getting at here is just the acquiescence of republicans in congress, himself an institutionalist was the one to announce this deal and notice the appropriations process that we hold so dear, we are going to seed at least a portion of that to the government. they are essentially just taking away their own authorities and for no other reason they're scared the president might hurt them in a primary challenge. this is going to be problematic down the road think, there you declared a nonexsnonex...

Reporters past and present. >> it is the only time that our government stands up there and is even partly held accountable. you need to take questions. >> some people have suggested they're just a waste of time now, there's no substance to them. >> no. >> you should just get rid of the daily briefing. >> no. no. don't give up. don't give up. reporters, people in the press know anything, it's that you don't give up. quiescence, complacency, is the enemy of the truth. >> we wanted to talk with the trump press office about the future of the briefings, but they didn't answer any of our multiple re...

Yesterday, including the $800 million for humanitarian assistance, which i thought was a good start. he has set into place answering some of the questions that the democrats have been posing to him, which are what about something more than a wall? how about some scanning for, you know, drug detection, smuggling detection, which he has put into the plan. you also have him increasing the number of immigration judges. that would certainly help the logjam there at the border. it would help the separation of family issues that democrats seem to care so much about. and look, i think it was really in...

Commitment to u.s. allies and their efforts to counter russia in the resignation letter. rachel maddow talked to a senior justice department official on how russia promotes interests around the globe. he resigned last year from a job he held when the fbi opened its investigation into the sitting president. knowing what he knew then, this is his reaction. >> i think there's a culmination of things we can point to in the public record. the acquiescence that was positively shocking for those who worked national security. all the many things you've read about in the charging documents and people a...