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Root.com and msnbc contributor and former democratic senator claire mccaskill who is also now an msnbc contributor. back with us. jason johnson, who can kevin mccarthy be talking about? he's talking about past leaders. apparently recent past leaders of the house of representatives. i guess he couldn't -- he couldn't think of paul ryan's name. >> yeah. he couldn't remember paul ryan. he couldn't remember reince priebus. he couldn't remember tons of other leaders of the republican party. this is not new. you know, steve king has been a white nationalist for years. he has said white nationalist t...

Money to this wall iso foolish. >> tucker: that was editor of the root.com, the political editor jason johnson but hundreds of different people could have said the exact same thing and have almost word for word. for f the media questioning the racism of donald trump's border wall is like questioning gravity, you have to be an idiot. it's an open and closed case. if you want a wall or any kind of secure border you are some kind of white supremacist. what's interesting about this argument, and you hear it everywhere, is how orwellian it is. it's the opposite of the truth. ask yourself,f, who exa...

Mills and operate them, but the president can't do it on his own. stated differently, the supreme court has made it very clear even in times of emergency the president of the united states of america cannot spend money unless it's been authorized by the congress. >> leading off our discussion now, the president and ceo of voter latino, and politics editor at the root.com and tim o'brien, the executive editor of bloomberg opinion. we have a report from "politico" tonight indicating that the president and the white house are worried about republican members of the house now peeling off and votin...

Congress can pay for the steel mills and operate them, but the president can't do it on his own. stated differently, the supreme court has made it very clear even in times of emergency the president of the united states of america cannot spend money unless it's been authorized by the congress. >> leading off our discussion now, the president and ceo of voter latino, and politics editor at the root.com and tim o'brien, the executive editor of bloomberg opinion. we have a report from "politico" tonight indicating that the president and the white house are worried about republican members of the ...

Foot. you've already taken a flight so while wouldn't you take a flight to the united states. people do more digging on them. doesn't mean they raise to the level of a national security threat. >> anna palmer is a senior washington correspondent for politico. jason johnson is politics editor at the root.com. and tim o'brien, executive editor at bloomberg opinion and trump biographer. i can feel myself, especially heated this morning. and it's because we're talking about this crisis crisis. it's a crisis that doesn't exist. walk us through what goes down if the president declares this a nationa...