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Shutdown to extract policy concessions, he can't get a different way, he will do it over and over again. if you let an unpopular president pull through an unpopular policy with the government as hostage, it will be his only policy path for most of his agenda and that would be a dark two years for the party and for everybody else. >> president trump is facing blow back from a number of his supporters and immigration hardliners over his offer to end the government shutdown. commentator ann coulter who has continued to demand that trump keep his signature campaign promise, tweeted on saturday, th...

Of the russia investigation, the michael cohen matter. there are lots of headlines this president is trying to erase. how do you see republicans handling this? >> i think you will continue to see very muted critiques like you heard from speaker ryan. he'll say, hey, that's not a policy path i agree with. i hope we end up in the right place and that this works out but i don't think that's the best path. you're not going to see the president's party -- he's got 88% support among republicans in that latest nbc/"wall street journal" poll all of a sudden rise up and stop him. this is donald trump's...

Release like we all did late last night. criticism time and time of this administration is this zero tolerance policy was put in place and there was no plan for how it might be implemented. you had that executive order, the same story. there wasn't a plan to see it implemented. what is the white house saying about what happens next? as we look ahead to this week, you get that press release, some indication here the dhs is trying to do more. what's the white house saying about the policy path forward? >> well, like you are saying, this is yet another example of the white house coming out with a...

Especially with evangelical voters. this is a dark cloud that hangs over. this and the investigation. as more and more women come out and continue to speak. they are given the platform to do so. then i think it could actually have a real impact. it will certainly have a continued impact. >> even voters are more strongly with him even after the stormy daniels allegation came out than they were before. evangelical voters clearly have a different seat of priorities here. he's appointed the judges they want. he's followed a certain policy path. he aligns closely with the heritage foundation. and t...

Of this equation. and korea, as david mentioned before, is perhaps the prime example. you have north/south talks going to begin later this week but we also know we're within months probably of the big decision points about whether or not diplomacy can resolve the nuclear crisis or whether we may be tempted to go off into some kind of covert or military action. and that's when foreign leaders get particularly nervous because they don't understand the clear policy path. they don't understand what benchmarks the president has got to pass. other presidents might lay these out fairly quickly, fairl...