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Of the shutdown. he shutdown the government saying he would build the wall and he didn't get a dollar and that is because of the nancy pelosi leadership and refused to give on that and ever since then that set the tone. the president after the 2018 election, he called her and told her he admired her and told aides that but now when it comes to impeachment, she has held the line. and i think there are trump allies who think if they were to prematurely go into impeachment it would help the president and pelosi has told people she thinks that is what he's lashing out and trying to goad her caucus...

This is that kind of material that the "national enquirer" as possession of. they were threatening to make it public and i'm wondering what that -- how that might come under some of these california statutes? >> most states have these revenge porn statutes. i haven't looked at the california one but the new york one requires you actually publish the pictures. it wouldn't fall under the new york statute and the reason why is because they know they have the statute to cover the same conduct if it's a threat but california statute might well cover this kind of conduct, and i know california is ve...

Numbers. what the president did gain is the fact he'll take a hit as our economy fails to recover this fall. what the president did gain is an opportunity to lose a lot of weight with congressional seats he'll lose in 2020. this was a failure on every level. he failed to negotiate and provide his own party with any la leadership and he empowered nancy pelosi in a way he never could have imagined before the shutdown began. i cannot think and we often talk about this, lawrence, is this the worst week of this president s ? i don't know if the shutdown was the worst three weeks of the presidency b...

Would have a presidential signature. i've seen conference committees where they said i'll do this and pass this and in effect, short of jam the white house, force them to sign it. do you know how much consultation there has been with the leaders of the conference committee and white house? >> i think there is consultation all along. senator shelby, the head of the republican conference group in the senate had a well-publicized meeting with the president last week. we've known all along that the president could blow this up and i suppose he still could. nick was talking over the weekend about a...

Of money but with the frustrating thing is we cannot seem to have an accurate, an immigration debate in the country based on the facts. as soon as immigration issues come up, demagoguery talking about drugs coming across the border and terrorists and crime ni -- criminals. we have a unique opportunity because we never had a more secure border and fewer people crossing the border and over 50%, amazingly, over 50% of the people crossing that border are parents with their children or unaccompanied minors but it's unfortunate if you can't have a debate about immigration based on facts, i'm not sur...