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>> this tells you the president's base is getting smaller and spaller. also in that poll, mueller's numbers have tanked, too. and i think the american public is fed up with all of the noise around this investigation and the president's tactics are working to some extent, but not to enough. and if we need to look to the proof of that, let's take a look at the midterm elections. that's what the voters were frustrated about. they've had enough with donald trump and they want to see government functioning. >> i'm not sure we should trust the mull numbers yesterday. >> the numbers still are the num...

>> go ahead, david. >> i will tell you how it affects the government, when you have the defense secretary who has troops on the border, when you have stuff that you think is crazy going on, that's not a government functioning well. things that are boring like eternal process and things like that, it matters a lot, especially when there's a crisis, an attack on the country or a natural disaster. you want decisions to be made well. here you have a president who is ranting and raving about not being able to go out, you know, on a proper trip to honor american servicemen that died in world war i, ...

The idea oh, they are still supporting trump. for me the question is on what given policy. are they helping trump appease putin or are they trying to push trump in the right direction on putin? i don't think it makes sense you're still on trump's side, he's doing these bad things you need to quit. the job of everybody whether it's somebody in the administration like pompeo or boll on the or conservative commentators to push trump in the right direction. to oppose trump is a meaningless idea. >> i'll put something more out there and it's a little in the weed. you also don't have government func...

Problem, which is that children need to be reunited with their parent if they were taken at the border. >> i just want to put a fine point on it, i think what is also being expose here is government incompetency. clearly they don't seem to have the tools or the will or the competence to be able to accomplish this task or otherwise the numbers would be going in the reverse direction. so this is a clear competency test of government functioning. >> that's precisely what i was going to point out. david, you're reading my mind. >> sorry. >> no, no, i appreciate it. let me just stay with you, becau...

Working across the aisle with republicans to keep this government functioning. i think everybody across party lines wants to see our military funded. they want to see the chip program funded. >> one of the reasons we don't have a deal is an apparent disconnect between mitch mcconnell and the president. why would the two of them have a disconnect? >> i don't think there's a disconnect. >> mcconnell said exactly that, i do not know what he wants. >> the president said he wants to work with the d.r.e.a.m.ers, wants to work with that issue. we have to take care of the border at the same time. we c...