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End, a question about the world trade organization. the world trade organization does what it sounds like it does, an intragovernmental body that regulates world trade. we know the president had ordered up draft legislation that would allow the u.s. to really abandon some key principles of the world trade organization and add that to other reports that the president floated the idea of pulling out from the world trade organization all together, he was asked about it and says that the u.s. is treated very badly. we should say the legislation would really face an uphill climb in congress, includ...

Are saying, though, is you are willing to have a government shutdown, because you won't get all the things you laid out in the last 24 hours. i want to make it clear of the you are willing to shut down the government for this? >> we are unwilling to allow for the republicans to just sit alone, draft legislation, that governs entire country without any democrats in the room at all. we don't want to shut down the government. the republicans are shutting down the government. they are refusing to discharge their responsibility to ensure that they are working on bipartisan basis. the president is s...

The political challenges that typically come up with any law. now, many republicans are still very concerned, though, that any legislation could lead to a slippery slope to more gun control legislation removing the 2nd amendment. >> if democrats can just gradually take our gun rights away until the 2nd amendment is gone, that is their mission, and we as republicans, we as 2nd amendment lovers know that and that's why we're so resistent to the effort from the left. >> there are a number of lawmakers in both parties working on a draft legislation to either limit the sale of bump stocks or to ban...

Hylman, kasie hunt, alise jordan, jeremy peters, and joining the conversation eugene robinson. john, i wanted to get to you and talk about the bizarre vladimir putin comments in a minute. first, can you imagine a president, any president sitting there acting helpless saying i can't do anything by myself. help, i've fallen and i can't get up. i can't draft legislation despite the fact that i've got the entire executive branch at my disposal, and people that would be flooding in to my office 24 hours a day to help me draft health care legislation. >> well, right, and of course, he has the entire...

Certainly have a lot of questions. we will be shouting them at the president. and just to touch on your initial point, this comes as the president is trying to get health care reform passed. tax reform passed. and i think the challenge for the president is will this latest controversy make some republicans wary about working with him. about siding with him on some of these issues that are already so difficult, peter. >> susan collins among those saying it will not affect her opinion of what she does with health care, but isn't making things any easier. kristen at the white house, thank you ver...