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She could be saying if you're not willing to keep this government rolling, i'm not going to let you play head of state. i'm not going to give you all the excitement of you walk in to the congress and being cheered as the leader of our country if you're not willing to run the government. that comes with the job. >> it's a reminder it's a co equal branch of government. which it hasn't been the last two years. now it is. >> a bipartisan group of senators led by south carolina's lindsey graham planned to send a letter to the presidents to urge him to reopen the government as they work on a nationa...

>> 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...

Senators led by alabama republican richard shelby were in moscow meeting with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov in an attempt to help set the tone for the upcoming trump/putin sit-down. also today, secretary of state mike pompeo spoke to lavrov by phone, according to the readout by the russian ministry. that conversation was another effort to make sure it all goes smoothly during the summit in finland. trump has been seeking a formal meeting with putin for months now and has made it clear he believes it will benefit the united states. >> if we can get along with russia, that's a good thin...

Very cold, freezing cells. concrete walls. there is no natural light. there are giant fans that are blowing cold air throughout the cell because there's a toilet in the middle of the room. and they're mixed in with other families, and the babies have nothing but an aluminum blanket to cover themselves with. it is unreal that these are the things that we talk about, that we shame other governments for doing, and yet here we are, president trump doing the same thing. >> about a dozen republican senators led by senator orrin hatch of utah have actually written a letter to the president, asking hi...

Senators led by senator orrin hatch of utah have actually written a letter to the president, asking him to immediately halt this new policy. and the republican senators, in their letter, make it very clear to the president that they know that this is happening exclusively because of president trump's choice. >> it is absolutely exclusively the president's choice. the zero-tolerance policy that he has come up with, i have no idea where he came up with this idea, but he has ushered it down to homeland security and to i.c.e. and what they are doing is incarcerating toddlers. toddlers are not a th...