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W-a-l-l. wall. >> to put a wall there is to, in my view, ineffective, too expensive, almost immoral. >> wants to cut a deal. >> a wall is an immorality. it's not who we are as a nation. the wall is an immorality between countries. the wall, in my view is an immorality. it is a waste of money. most of us, speaking for myself. consider the wall immoral, ineffective, expensive. steve: there she is. a little montage of her talking about how it's immoral. yesterday she had a press availability and she said no wall money in the deal. of course, is that just a negotiation? because the president has s...

Phil, first to you. what was your impression? how nervous or not nervous is the president? >> well, it's a good question. i suspect he's more anxious about this testimony than he led on in that press availability yesterday down at the border in texas. i mean, this is going to be a spectacle of a moment. remember the big james comey hearings a year ago, two years ago when people would watch from bars and stop what they were doing at work to pay attention. this could be that moment all over again with michael cohen when he goes to testify before congress simply because of how much he knows about...

Presumably can with speaker pelosi, fine, we have a continuing resolution for the department of homeland security for a month, we will debate the border issue. meanwhile, we have six other agencies in the federal government that you are closing down and holding hostage that we're willing to pass bipartisan appropriations bills for those. i think it's a very hard argument for republican senators to resist as i said before. donald trump can resist it by not addressing it. it's here are the border patrol guys and we need a wall, thank you. >> to be clear, this is basically -- this is a stunt. thi...

Furlough. 420,000 people doing essential jobs, including about 55,000 at the tsa. they'll stay at work but not get paid. a lot of folks who will not be getting any paychecks over the holidays. just last week, the president said, if a shutdown happens, blame him. >> i'll tell you what. i am proud to shut down the government for border security. because the people of this country don't want criminals and people that have lots of problems and drugs pouring into our country. so i will take mantle. i will be the one to shut it down. i won't blame you for it. the last time you shut it down, it didn'...

She also helped co-host the so-called friendship dinners where, according to court papers, wealthy and influential americans discussed u.s./russian relations, and where butina was able to meet with individuals with political capital, learn their thoughts and inclinations towards russia, gauge their response s to her and adjust her pitch accordingly. her work rewarded her with photo ops with gop-leading lights, including but not limited to scott walker and rick santorum. she got to meet donny junior and the president even picked her out of a crowd at a press availability and called on her early...