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To rank-and-file members and since that time our negotiating team has been sitting down talking to house democrats. we've been in contact with senate democrats and the president told us to listen. what the american people heard yesterday was statesmanship. was the president laying out a genuine compromise. even this morning, the "washington post" said, make the deal. because they can see both sides are getting what they want. the president has made it clear that we want border security. we want funding for a while. a steel barrier on the southern barrier. we want money for additional technolog...

I have heard donald trump -- >> i don't mind the fight. let me say it better, they don't like how it's being portrayed. he feels like he's losing the media war. in fact we reported today when nancy pelosi made her move to cancel the state of the union, that the president's first reaction was actually sort of not of admiration. that was a good play. he appreciates that and thinks of her as a worthy foil. then, of course, as coverage went on and people praising his tactics, he felt like this looks bad upon me and seized upon the idea the next day to cancel this congressional trip to europe and t...

Only way it's going to work. >> julie: it so purely political and that is what is really unfortunate. i believe it were political, the nancy pelosi would cough up the initial $3 billion needed, considering republicans have compromised quite a bit. they are asking for $5.7 billion and the democrats are offering up just under $2 billion. in the grand scheme of things, it's not a lot of money. where else would they like the money to go? >> and unfortunately we are in an era of politics for everything is about political agenda rather than statesmanship and understanding with the proper role of gov...

Sort of most high profile moment on the world stage was to side with vladimir putin over his own intelligence community. it's such a departure from, you know, as you've all been saying, the way america views its leaders and their roles on the world stage. >> yeah, well, look, the president sat there and listened. and i'm curious what he heard. and i don't know the answer to that. but he was there, and i wonder if he heard a rebuke or if he thought perhaps i can change, perhaps i can live up to this. in the past, we have probably had 50 conversations around this table about, will he change, wil...

Take a victory lap when he had major role in ending the cold war and he, if you will, he felt the pain of the collapsed soviet union and the pain of the allies. he was very em pathetic in that situation and didn't feel the need to inject himself into the scenario. i was struck when president reagan, the assassination attempt on his life and vice president bush was coming back to the white house and the normal thing would have been for him to land the helicopter on the south lawn and come straight into the white house but he refused to do that because he said only the president does that. he ha...