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You make of the latest -- the latest piece of news on this? >> tit for tat and with regard to this particular trip, what i find most significant, the itinerary. afghanistan. to the president it's a p.r. event. i'm surprised he didn't use the word junket in that letter that he wrote, but to nancy pelosi, to democrats, to supporters, it's a war zone. he prevented her from going to a war zone. that will probably pun intended trump the outcome in this part of the debate. >> michael smerconish, we watch you every saturday morning, 9:00 a.m. here on cnn. >> thank you. >> good to see you, my friend. ...

Letter who announced with the trip was, egypt, afghanistan, brussels. it is not uncommon these type of trips over a recess. they were supposed to be out all of next week and now, no vote scheduled until wednesday. so it's not rare numbers overseas on things like this. i did talk with one member getting on the bus, this is definitely not an excursion. that is the length at present used and definitely not the junket. >> how much longer will they leave elected representatives from we don't know where on the bus before they let them go home? a lot of these guys did not have phones for the weekends...

Hispanic caucus' bold packed retreat. the democrats where reportedly there to survey the damage of hurricane maria and talk with various union groups. remember that tidbit. here is senator robert menendez. he's taking a very personal interest in the local recovery efforts. let's dominic looks like instead of helping hurricane victims, he'sg himself to a hurricane on the rocks. mm. this is a liberal packed junket paid for by lobbyists so that congressmen and senators can frolic in the tropics with celebrities. yes, the big congressional getaway on the same weekend, wouldn't you know, as broadwa...

>> sean: time for "hannity" watch on the >> sean: in time for our hate trumps watch. does the only show to report that 30 democrats were out -- ari fleischer and sean spicer. you guys have both been able to do jobs and i would lose it on the podium. it wouldn't be pretty. it would be me and a cost. that was coverage of the junket with lobbyists, but it's so predictable if you will. >> i remember why i started in washington, d.c., as a press secretary on capitol hill in the

So far we've seen a tweet with spikes at the top, we've seen steel slats. this isn't just semantics. there are professionals who could help the president develop a model that meets the need if he would actually listen. this is a political junket. this is not an actual in-depth look at applying resources to meet a threat. >> sam vinograd, thanks as always for your expertise. the number of furloughed employees, federal employees, i should say, either furloughed or working without pay, is actually going up. some agencies that kept running when the government was shut down a week ago ran out of ...