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Wanted to draw a line of thought what is interesting is both of them have emphasised tax cuts as a potential way of uniting the different wings of the party if it was possible to bring forward some of the tax cuts promised. so far, all we've had were hints and winks, but if borisjohnson wants to get to the front foot, that is one way he can do it. we will also certainly see policy announcements on a range of issues. but nonetheless, two crucial by—elections, one of the traditional conservative seats, one snatched from labour. if both of those are lost, critics are expected to become more voc...

The ultimate question is going to be whether the president digs in, whether he demands money for the wall, and a lot of it has to do with these court challenges and the national declaration. if the court doesn't have the authority of moving money around, then we could have a repeat of the government shutdown. nancy pelosi will not give him any money. will she ultimately bend as we get closer to the end of the fiscal year? we'll see. but they're saying this proposal is dead on arrival because it is, and what they're proposing is not going to become law. >> why would pelosi bend? she looked extr...

Mom. ♪ welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. it's day two of a partial government shutdown and no end in sight. tens of thousands of federal workers face uncertainty this christmas as the president digs in, even though it's clear he lacks the votes for his border wall. >> we're totally prepared for a very long shutdown. this is our only chance we'll ever have, in our opinion, because of the world and the way that it breaks out, to get great

Government shutdown threat, that's a threat that president trump has made repeatedly and is making now privately, that if he does not get the funding that he wants for the border wall that he promised in the campaign, to construct that border wall, he would threaten to shut down the government. it's one of the reasons why the president has been so -- has been demanding that congress pass a larger, more comprehensive immigration bill that doesn't just fix the family separation policy but also includes funding for the border wall. he cares about that wall. in terms of where we're headed next, br...

He is about to retire, and during an interview with wolf blitzer earlier today, he might have been wishing he already had. >> is this new zero-tolerance policy that the president has supported, that the attorney general announced -- is it humane? >> i think -- i think it's the law. >> it's a policy, but is it humane? >> i think it's the law. i'm a law enforcement officer. i must follow the law. zbh let'sably in our leadoff panel. from washington, fiphilip rucke. jill colvin, white house reporter for the associated press. and here in new york, john heilemann, co-author of "game change" and "dou...