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>> yes, sorry that we're speaking under weird circumstances which is a new congress and an old shutdown. let me ask you this first question about the president today and this idea that he could declare basically a state of emergency of sorts and build his wall his way without congress. he believes he has that authority. do you believe he has that authority? >> i'm going to have to see where that authority is coming from. obviously congress delegates those funds and appropriates funds specifically for specific tasks. the president does have some reprogramming authority. that typically has to co...

Public opinion is going against him on this. public opinion is against the wall. public opinion is, you know, bringing -- i think bringing down his approval ratings, and you know, i think that there is -- you're also seeing some fraying of the republican coalition with people like cory gardner and susan collins now saying they would vote on the democratic measures. i think the numbers in this, i think you could see more senators do that. you also, mitch mcconnell has sorts sort of done a homer sifmpson ad stepped back into the hedges. he has been relatively -- i think there's deep seeded animo...

We begin tonight with one heck of a lead story. as the seeming inevitability of eventual impeachment proceedings collides with talks to reopen the government. folks with two big stories sort of lingering today, impeachment chatter and the president's shutdown over the wall, they're more connected than you might realize. right now it appears that the president isn't just trying to built a wall to keep illegal immigrants out, he's trying to build a wall to keep his political base in. with this new democratic house, with all the investigations, with mueller's report in the works, it's very possib...

President trump, who knows, and we'll see what happens. let's bring in tonight's panel, kimberly atkins, michaelger son, and doug cornell. kimberly right after the president finished, my ep and i both had two different interpretations of which trump we saw. the guy wants to dig in and a guy with an exit ramp. one of us saw one more dug in, one of us saw one desperate for an exit ramp. >> i saw someone who was pretty dug in. he seemed to actually be enjoying himself at this press conference where he was doing his normal free wheeling thing and it seems to me that as long as he has this shutdown...

Power. and what the hell do you know about my people and whether they deserve to have their voices heard? it's like, i'll tell you if they should have their voices heard. >> russians had a lot of reasons to be angry. that fall it was announced that putin would run for president again for a third time. that meant he could potentially rule russia until 2024. >> some people said, oh, my god, i'm going to die with this guy in power. >> a few months later, the elections for russia's parliament were a farce. >> we do have serious concerns about the conduct of the elections. >> hillary clinton called...