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>> i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. i have this witch hunt constantly going on for over 12 months now. there was no collusion. and that's been so found, as you know, by the house intelligence committee. all we hear about is this phone russia witch hunt. that's all we hear about. there's no collusion with me. there's no russia with me. there's no nothing. honestly, it's a disgrace. >> now, this latest report from the senate intelligence committee comes just weeks before the president's summit with vladimir putin. they will meet in h...

>> there you go. joining us from capitol hill, msnbc correspondent garrett hague. garrett, good to talk to you. you've seen everything firsthand. you have to be exhausted. tell us about, garrett, this bipartisan group that kind of steered the senate towards this agreement to end the shutdown. how did they ultimately sort of get to their end game and get everybody on the same page and do we think this bipartisan group can help with negotiations going forward, especially with things like daca? >> this bipartisan group is fascinating. for folks who maybe want to see their government work better, ...

But the republican leadership can't get a tumultuous president on board with anything. and they don't offer us any compromises on their own. the breakdown of compromise is poisoning this congress. and it all springs from president trump. he's turned blowing up partisan -- sorry, he's turned blowing up bipartisan agreements into an art form. the president can't take yes for an answer. twice in this long debate, president trump walked away from partisan deals to solve all of the issues before us. a week ago last tuesday, president trump appealed to congress on national television to come up with...

>> i do a thunderbolt. i have to come up with something else. >> great to have you aboard. >> thank you. so let's get that the context of the president's reported comment as far as we know it. a bipartisan group of senators led by south carolina republican lindsey graham and dick durbin, reports said it would provide a decades long citizenship for those in the daca program, authorize $2.8 billion for border security and $1. million for the border wall and complete a citizenship program and cut the visa lottery program 50%. >> willie, that's expansive stuff there. >> it is. >> this is what i th...