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These? >> i think what democrats risk by calling for list are yew our best advocates for impeachment going out and articulating the reasons for impeachment. donald trump himself articulated the reasons, and rudy giuliani, every time he goes out there creates more problems for himself and gets the president in more trouble. i say book them on all the networks all the time. >> doug, paul ryan is on the board at fox. does that in some ways put him in a more powerful position to handle trump than he ever had as speaker? >> potentially, but right now he's enjoying time off and not having to worry a...

Reuters and doug hyde, former rnc communications director. doug, the president's warning left members of his own administration scratching their head, we are told. they're worried it can backfire. is this about immigration enforcement or is it just to fire up his base? >> everything that we've seen about immigration in the past year, past year and a half has been all about politics. you can say that's true about the president and the white house, the administration. certainly true of congressional democrats as well. look, ana, we have a crisis at the border and we know that and everyone acknow...

That's his authentic self. to go so far to the left and i think you move away from authenticity -- >> do you think that's what was happening here with the hyde flip? >> let me tell you what i think about this. the past is prologue, and he has, as the ambassador said, he has 20 some-odd years of votes that people are going to reflect upon without context and he's going to have to provide that con ticket. now, the problem is, when he says, you know, go back and think about me as the obama/biden democrat, it's one thing to tell voters, look at the past and judge me based on that, but the problem ...

I'm very comfortable that he wants to do the right thing for working people in this country. >> well, i really do appreciate you coming on, ambassador, and trying to explain what's going on this week. i appreciate your time. thank you. >> my pleasure. thank you. okay, now, let me bring in republican strategist doug hyde. b maybe you can answer my question -- is joe biden moderate anymore? he's for gun bans, he wants free college, i mean, where is the moderation in his platform? >> ultimately, i think he does come out as a moderate -- >> where? just because he occasionally says nice things ab...

Is the one who's got to run for re-election in 2020. if he does decide. how does that help him with independents or conservative democrats who may not like the look of the 2020 democratic field but going to see him as someone who can't really get things done and goes to these unusual lengths like a national emergency. >> just the very fact he continues to dangle this idea of declaring a national emergency, he's been doing it for weeks now. now you have to add in another 19 days. doug, doesn't this undermine the argument that the situation is, in fact, an emergency? >> not only undermines that ...