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Wolf blitzer melted down on camera and said he didn't want to discuss the contents of the memo with the republican congressman who he was interviewing because he said the content was the memo was too political. cnn's phil mud said this memo would drop like a lead balloon and it was a gift to democrats, which is silly. we'll continue to see this type of coverage and the minimalization of the memo and deciding to cover other stories over this memo because it doesn't fit their narrative about mueller, doesn't fit their narrative about the russia investigation or fit their narrative about james co...

>> harris: you put a fence line while in where it makes sense. >> katie: we are going to put a ball on this topic and move along. going forward, it went over like a lead balloon, nancy pelosi's dig aimed at a group of lawmakers negotiating and immigration deal and even when fellow democrats are upset about it, you know it's a problem. here's the remark that kicked off the controversy. >> five white guys i called the them. you open a hamburger stand. that could've been done four months ago. the very idea that this and they're saying why don't we get four white guys in general kelly to come and ...

They expire in seven or eight years. so you're dooming whoever is in power in congress or who is in the white house to potentially, if there's not this extraordinary growth that's being promised here, raise taxes on everybody. >> yes. >> that's going to go over like a lead balloon. >> and that actually, alex, has been somewhat the cycle as we've seen. republicans have cut taxes and democrat administrations have had to come in and raise it. we saw it with clinton after reagan. we saw it with obama after bush. and so now the question becomes do we want to continue that cycle? there was a smarter...

Hard place with donald trump. because the congressional caucuses and his representative, they can't abandoned him. he's a lead balloon for them at this point. >> it's fascinating to see how big that drop is with evangelicals. what he has not done which i think has been obvious to all of us is since the election he has not converted any person who hasn't voted for donald trump, no one's been converted to donald trump which is the business you're in when you come in second in the vote, which is what he did in that campaign. and all he's done is lose support. >> what i thought is interesting, you...

Broadly speaking, but it isn't dropping quite as fast. they're basically creating a situation between a rock and a hard place with donald trump. because the congressional caucuses and his representative, they can't abandoned him. he's a lead balloon for them at this point. >> it's fascinating to see how big that drop is with evangelicals. what he has not done which i think has been obvious to all of us is since the election he has not converted any person who hasn't voted for donald trump, no one's been converted to donald trump which is the business you're in when you come in second in the vo...