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Presumption that general kelly was somehow better than what weve seen in the white house already. Hes had a terrible, very bad month, but then again, most of this administration has been a series of unfortunate and absolutely avoidable mistakes. I think the greatest problem that we saw with the attack on the member of congress is, this was not a tit for tat, this was not a back and forth. This was a member of congress expressing her concerns about how the president spoke to a constituent of hers who gave his life for this country, and she was attacked for that, and john kelly lied, and trump l...

Country. and it was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose bussing. >> the reason that they're separating these little children from their families is that they're using section 1325 of that act which criminalizes coming across the border to incarcerate the parents and then separate them. some of us on this stage have called to end that section, to terminate it. some, like congressman o'rourke, have not. and i want to challenge all of the candidates to do that. >> i am in this fight because i believe that we can make our government. we can make our economy, we can make our coun...

Pa pattern of them shifting their explanations about what was going on. >> what does all this mean for don jr. and ivanka? >> i don't know at this opponent. we're not suggesting in any way they've done anything wrong. all we're suggesting is their involvement was much deeper than they had publicly acknowledged. >> oh, a lot more is going to come out. anthony, thank you. quite a piece. had all of us staying up very late. i want to bring my panel in. glen kirshner. sean patrick maloney, democratic congressman from new york state. michael steele, former chairman of the rnc. and jason johnson, pol...

Part of the show, money, power, politics. it's day 28. get your head around that. day 28 of the government shutdown. 800,000 federal workers have gone nearly a month without a paycheck. but as the stalemate continues, individuals and companies across the country are stepping in and stepping up to help. the latest company to take a stand, the online payment system pay pal, whose ceo says the company is putting wall politics aside to help government workers. arguing it is not a red or blue issue, it is a red, white and blue issue. the company announced today it will offer an interest free cash a...

They've done. even though what they're doing is a good thing, isn't it frustrating these people need this kind of help even though they've got full-time jobs? >> i think no matter where you stand on the issue, and there are people on both sides of this issue, what we really try to do as a company, as a team, is follow what our values are. our values really said to us that we need to do this. as you mentioned at the beginning, this isn't a red or blue issue. this really is an issue that involves our communities that we live in, the public sector is an essential part of what all of us as citizen...