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Toxic cocktail. kyle, trump is trying to claim absolute immunity because he wants these lawsuits against him dismissed. anything tying him to january 6. does his argument have any leg to stand on? >> i mean, it's an extremely broad interpretation of the laws about his culpability for things he did while he was president. that's really what this is about. he says as president i could have said essentially anything i wanted in any context and i can't be sued for that, i can't be held financially liable for it, and that's the argument his lawyers put forth yesterday in court when they were trying...

Holding all optimism at this point, but we await the president at 1:30 p.m. eastern just moments from now. power panel. ford o'connell, republican strategist. david burstein, progressive commentator. ford, are you optimistic at this point? the president has already moved a couple of times. >> president trump wants to negotiate a deal. i'm pretty optimistic that we may see an end to the shutdown in the very near future, but president trump also understands it's his primary responsibility, the safety and security of the nation. we have a big crisis at the southern border per the problem is he ha...

Philadelphia by the time i touched back here in long island city last night. he hasn't. bishop gainer from harrisburg just came forward, 71 names, she so sorry, it is all about the victims, he didn't say he is the head of the pennsylvania catholic conference of bishops, which is paying the lobbying effort against the victims for the statute of limitations. so he is saying he is working with the attorney general's office while simultaneously fighting the recommendations that the grand jury just put forth yesterday. >> if you could speak to the pope at this point, what would you say directly? >>...

But that little video clip you ran makes the press look bad also. >> willie, while we're talking about what's going on on the hill, you, of course, had the people doing back and forth yesterday who won, the partisans who won. this "washington post" headline, the president once again pushing for health care before recess. >> this is the scarborough hot stove rule. if you burn your hand, pick it up, watch it blister and ooze a little bit and then do it again. >> no one knows that rule. >> what donald trump is doing going back on health care again. they think they are going to have a vote, the ho...

Republicans and democrats have d in previous administrations. make sure you have filled out the ethics files. make sure the fbi has done background checks. if the committee requires tax returns, as they have in the past, do exactly the same process and procedure. some of the nominees, like mike pompeo who will be up for cia director, they have complied. another number of nominees have not complied at all. i frankly think it would be extraordinary if we were to suddenly start taking votes before all of the nominees paperwork was done. i don't know what has been the hold holdup, whether it is sl...