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Comey said he was asked if he could see his way to letting the flynn issue go. what does it say to you, michael, that chris christie is saying that the president thought firing flynn ends the whole russia thing? >> it's a level of ignorance, of the way the criminal justice process works or it's wishful thinking, but the notion that firing comey or firing flynn or firing anybody in the run-up to the appointment of mueller was going to do anything other than add a log to the fire is baffling. and i think christie is laughing at the observations of kushner and the president speak to that incredul...

We have brought bills to the floor that's negotiated. it is important to know, excuse me, this just fell out. it is enforcement note that the bills were bringing to the floor have been negotiated and republicans and democrats so closing down the government is blackmail to me. that's not the way this process works, you sit down and talk and have your differences and again as i mentioned before, i work across the isle, i work with senator lahey and senator shelby, we have a good relationship. open the government, let's have some serious discussions so we can move the process. >> thank you very m...

Particularly given the locations they are going to be. the idea this is a security-based decision is laughable and i think the media if it were john weiner or paul ryan saying there wasn't enough security during the shutdown to allow for president obama to give the state of the union address would be treated as the kind of laughable thing it is. it is a political statement on nancy pelosi's part and it is clear to everyone who knows how this process works. shannon: jan roberts is a going to his are putting the secret service or they were never contacted by anyone, dhs secretary nelson tweeted ...

Said no we are not going to do that. >> yeah, and that's how the legislative process works. the house immediately acted when the senate passed the first version of the bill back to the house. we add the amendment to restore the $5 billion the president was asking for and sent it back to the senate, and it has been weeks since the senate has moved or acted on this agreement. so the senate needs to act before the house can do something again, before the president is faced with making a decision whether or not to veto a deal. much of my blame, once again, john, lies at the feet of the united stat...

>> so you see how that process works. top republicans shrugging off the idea that the president has now been implicated in two campaign felonies. they seem to be echoing trump's own statements. he told reuters in the oval office yesterday the hush money, quote, wasn't a campaign contribution, and if it were, it's only civil, and even if it's only civil, there was no violation based on what we did. trump went on to say, quote, the stuff you're talking about is peanut stuff. full disclosure, we asked two of our guest veteran scribes to stai with us. that means fill rucker and jill culvin. what w...