these people, michael cohen, paul manafort, papadopoulos, would have gotten away with it if they had not made donald trump president of the united states. >> i think that's what they all were banking on. >> you know paul manafort is saying if only, if only, if only. it is 1:52 of this hour turned into 1:53 but i guess i should bring up the government shutdown. my favorite quote of the day came from john cornyn. john cornyn for what it's worth, he doesn't speech much on camera, but when he speaks, boy are there a lot of messages here. this is what he says about the president's ultimatum to do the border wall. i don't understand the strategy, but maybe he's figured it out and he'll tell us in due course, but i don't understand it. john cornyn is -- he barely hides his contempt for what he thinks, i think, is wasted time. i think he's a man of efficiency, i think is a fair