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National political reporter. robert tranem is the vice president of communications, for the bipartisan policy center. robert, let's start with you right now. this has been a whirlwind last 12 to 15 hours. a lot of people trying to make sense. the president in effect try to work with democrats while still satisfying the base. can he walk that line? >> i think the issue is somebody got in front of somebody. i don't know if nancy pelosi and chuk schumer thought they had a deal. i would assume they would have said mr. president, can we announce this tonight. presumably, he said yes. >> are put the...

Introduce a bill that would fine companies 20,000 dollars for each illegal call and consider repeat calls felonies punishable by up to 10 years in prison. schumer says it isn't high enough to incentivize somebody not to call. they will publicize the best technological solution. sumer says the federal trade commission had 200,000 robo call complaints a month that's compared to 65,000 in october of 2010. whether this is good news depends who you ask. last month the federal communications commission strengthened requirements having prior express written consent before issuing automatic calls. the...

Kids will be seeing it. >> you want to fly from new york to california in an hour? it will fly 4,000 miles an hour. it will be three times as fast as the concorde. it will be too fast to shoot down and too fast for moving military targets to avoid it. they are looking to use some of this technology for passenger planes. the pesky rings from the robo callers could be put to rest as harsher penalties for those violating the do not call laws are violating. >> tell marketers who violate federal laws do not call laws could face stiff penalties if senator schuk schumer gets his way. he is announced ...

Fundraising dinner? >> dan malloy. >> that is incorrect. you will be penalized 200 points t. question is still on the floor with 3, 2, 1 krystal. >> martin o'malley. >> that is correct. and an instant bonus question. double your 200 points the iowa democratic party announced its headline speaker for the fall fundraising dinner this week. who is he or she? no penalty for guessing, two seconds. >> cory booker. >> incorrect. schuk schumer. >> oh. >> 16 buttons, ready. moving on, two minutes left in the round. crystal 400. josh 200. evan 200. anybody's game. caroline kennedy testified this week to...

President getting frustrated with how slow things move in congress. and he's simply looking for a way to jump start the process here to get some actual results. >> you're the money guy here for this president. who's going to pay for the wall? >> again, that is part of the larger discussion. that's also part of the appropriations process at the end of the year. where we in the year we just did a short-term cr last week. that was the previous discussions we had with schumer and pelosi. that will get us through to the end of december. and when we have those discussions, we can talk about larger c...