Sandra great to have you in town. Multiple sources telling fox news, susan rice, the former National Security advisor under president obama sought to uncover the names of trump changes in officials incidentally picked up during routine surveillance of officials. At that information was then distributed to top brass and the Intelligence Community. Just two weeks ago, rice denied knowledge of any such surveillance. I know nothing about this. I was surprised to see reports from chairman nunez. I really dont know to what he was referring, but he said that whatever he was referring to was a legal, lawful surveillance and it was potentially incidental collection. Sandra senator rand paul calling the new revelation a smoking gun and wants rice to testify before congress. He says he discussed it with President Trump when they went golfing on sunday. I mentioned to him that i think the fact that there could be a political figure in the Obama Administration that was purposefully searching the database looking for trump officials, i think it confirms exactly with the president said when he said the Obama Administration was doing something nefarious with regard to surveillance on his transition team. It sounds like they were. Sandra the former spokeswoman, marie hart, and since there was no evidence this was done for political purposes. What i know is this is the Intelligence Community is the one who makes the decision when they are asked to unmask someones name if theres enough information if they should do so. Take the white house, take susan rice, take ben rhodes, take them out of this conversation. If the Intelligence Community decide that there is some value and unmasking someone, they will grant to the request. We have seen no evidence that there were partisan political motives behind us. We cant assume that unless theres actually evidence to back that up. Sandra we are still waiting to see if we see or hear anything from susan rice. Just two weeks ago, she said she knew nothing about this. I would assume shes got a little explaining to do. Howard this is a potential bombshell and i say potential because we have fox news using unnamed sources to say this happen. If it is true, it raises a supersized, extralarge, basket full of questions. What is his rise to this . What was she looking for . Was it for legitimate intelligence purposes or political purposes . Who did she tell in the attempt to leak it . But we have not seen or heard some far from susan rice, we saw her say i dont know anything about this. Though we a source close to her say she did nothing improper. It moved on from she didnt know about it too she didnt do anything improper. Sandra senator rand paul calling it a smoking gun. Meghan i have actually been really disappointed at how the media is covering this. I want everyone to a imagine tt dick cheney our president bush collected information on the obama family. We dont know what we dont know. If this is in fact true, what i do know now as it would make sense that devin nunes is going to the white house because there would be information about susan rices login in the white house computers. Im at the point where i still think that devin nunes awesome and that alerted him in such a way that he felt compelled to go on television in front of the entire press corps to alert them of this information. It seems like theres a lot of smoke in this story for something people need to make it go away. Sandra one of the people who broke the story, i want you to listen to what he had to say in all of this. I think its really a story of how easy it is to learn the identities of americans who are incidentally collected and now we know whether this can be abused by one party for some sort of political advantage. Those are things we should reform, i should imagine. I dont understand why democrats are not more interested in that. Sandra will get to the media dismissal of the story just a minute, but where are your thoughts on this . Rachel eli works for bloomberg. The New York Times reported that he is a conservative outle outlet. From the outset, hes trying to discredit the story, trying to remove all the smoke that we all see. Meghan i believe he was a never trump or if im correct. Rachel the real scandal here is how the media and the democrats, who are the first ones to call the aclu, they are so obviously denying the story and denying the legacy clearly has. I think its really outrageous. By the way, dangerous where National Security. Exactly what eli said is going to happen. The Intelligence Community is going to be reined in and the powers that we as a medic people have given them to collect this intelligence because of this kind of behavior. Sandra i want to jump in with this breaking news because susan rice who worked under president obama, she just said this in response to exactly what we are talking about. This is not anything political. The allegation is somehow the obama admins ration officials use it for political purposes. False. She just said. There were occasions where a u. S. Person was referred to, name not provided, sometimes in that context. She was further asked, did you seek names of people involved and trump Transition Campaign orders to spy on them . Her answer, absolutely not running for local purposes. Then she was asked, did you leak Michael Flynns name . She said, i leaks nothing. Harris interesting. I am very basic and i do come back to that National Security issue. That is tightly yoked with the leaking, which is why im guessing that she definitely wanted to get on the record with that. You look for unlawful behavior, right . I have a couple questions and our correspondent, Catherine Herridge put this out this morning. Why did she need these names . Why did she want them unmasked . How did she disseminate that information, which means, did she vet who is she was needed to, what was their need, so on and so forth . Thirdly, did you have any indication of the information would be linked or did she do it herself . Now she sang on the record, she didnt do it herself, but did she have knowledge that someone else would have way to the information that she owned, since the information was born with her per her request. Legally, the gets a little shady. Howard susan rice has now moved from i didnt know anything about this too yes, i did certain things but it was perfectly legal and not political. Possible motive to give her the benefit of the doubt. There is a lot of concern about russian attempts to interfere with the election. Harris not political elite and addictive . Howard the whole question about the collusion with russia, we dont have evidence of what happened. Here we have some very, very serious question, but harris you know what im saying because you and i have talked about National Security. If she had someone on that list who had information and she didnt let it out, what in the responsibility come back to her . Meghan yes, weve had to say on the show repeatedly that leaking is illegal. If youre doing it for political purposes, youre hurting a lot of people. My question, by the way, i go a step further, did the president know anything about this . Sandra right question and sean spicer just making comments off camera when asked about this and he said i think were going down a troubling path. We continue to see is theres a lot coming out that says there is no value in the intelligence. Why someone was unmasked, if thats the case, it was a purpose in requesting . I believe there are more questions than answers at this point. By the way, he made those comments before susan wright spoke on the record. Meghan why did susan lie . Sandra lets move on. We were talking about the Mainstream Media, basically dismissing the news as a distraction. There is no evidence that backs up the president s original claim. On this program tonight, we will not insult your intelligence by pretending to know otherwise normal we ate in about the people who are trying to misinform you, the american people, by crating a diversion. Is an all by Senior Intelligence officials. This appears to be a story largely ginned up, partly as a distraction from this investigation. Sandra when it comes to the Big Three Networks coverage, they failed to cover the story at all. Cbs dead, but cited two unnamed sources defending susan rice while giving the story a whopping 45 seconds of coverage. Sean spicer slamming the media for downplaying the story. Somewhat more frame a media standpoint, there intrigued that being said, im not going to get into it. Sandra is that a lack of interest or is the media just avoiding the story for political purposes . Howard it is phenomenal for me to see don lemons say were not going to aid and abet these people. How about aiding and abetting journalism . We have the Obama Administration also saying its ginned up. We dont know that, theres a lot we dont know. I dont think theyre necessarily protecting susan rice, i dont think theyre able to confirm. Rachel she lied about the tapes and benghazi, she lied to pbs just two weeks ago saying she knew nothing about this. Why are we giving her the benefit of the doubt . As journalists, they should be after her. Howard as it just because someone has a spotty track record, it does tell them we need to get to the bottom of this. Sandra im going to guess that when i go back to nbc and abc not even touching the story, that didnt shock you. Meghan no, this story is about the potential use of government power and the complete and total abuse of our National Security which i think, from anybodys standards, from whatever isle you refer to, its an extreme a huge story. We dont know what we dont know and thats perfectly fine, but the idea to completely ignore it because it could ultimately make president obama and has a administration look bad, that is incredibly condescending. I understand that cnn has a combative relationship with the presidency right now but you need to cover the stories. The problem is, if you ignore any story that makes obama look bad, its exactly why the mass of america has a distrust of the media. Harris i have a question for you about republicans. I dont think in the overall view, using a president way and to pat himself on the back breeds credibility to what im saying. That may not be helpful. I want to know what you think about that. Rachel i disagree. I think republicans are saying finally someone fights back. Its like, we take so much abuse as republicans all the time. Its unfair reporting and it happens all the time. There is always different standard for republicans. Remember back on the campaign when trump, they said the trump people work we got the videos. Harris sometimes when the house is burning and you dont really want to put it out, you just keep your hose at home. It puts the emphasis back on him and you ask, why are we not seeing more in the Mainstream Media . Im curious. Do you have an automatic out when they dont want to call the president right. Rachel he has to say i told you so. Meghan there has to be legitimacy that the media will cover obama. I look up to hearing there are more chemical bombs being thrown at babies in syria. The media continues to not put the responsibility on president obama. He forever manipulate information saying isis is fine. Americans arent stupid, they understand that there is a potential for president obama to have manipulated the media in a certain way. For whatever reason, they continue to cover. Harris the red line that was today. Meghan the blood is on president obamas hands. Howard right now, have sort of two planets, one is going after trump, the other is the Obama Administration surveillance alleged. Sandra in the meantime, him looming in the senate as lawmakers begin their closing debate on President Trumps Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch edge. Democrats vowing a filibuster. Plus, the Los Angeles Times upping its attack on President Trump releasing a fourpart series slamming the president as a liar and a train wreck. Has Mainstream Media bias gone too far or as all fair game . After the show, he can join our live chat by clicking the overtime tab. 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Just want to let you know that this will play out occasionally on the left side of our screen. The audience has just been told to stay put and the president is on his way, so we are watching that i will bring it to you live as it happens. The first full day of debates is getting underway today for the judge neil gorsuch edge nomination and its expected to be contentious. Democrats having a filibuster where the republicans threatening to go on the nuclear option. They say theyre leaving them no choice. I hope we dont have to go through the nuclear option, but its available. Frankly, we just dont want to do that, but will probably happen because they are taking the attitude that they are against neil gorsuch no matter what. We prefer to have an up and down on who it may be an frankly, i think the next one will be armageddon because the next one could determine how the Supreme Court will go for years to come. Harris democrats are not backing down. They see this as payback for a publicans refusal to even consider president obamas nominee america garland. This has been building up for my gears. The filibuster is underway for all nominations. Replicants have brought the nomination process to a standstill and we changed the rule and although push through the remainder. All i can say is what goes around comes around. Howard this is democratic payback plain and simple. I dont understand the democratic strategy because they are going to lose. Republicans will invoke the rule, put their finger on the red button and judge gorsuch will be confirmed. Its hard to make this case because he is wellqualified, he had a very successful confirmation hearing which we talked a lot about. You would think they would save their firepower for the next nomination which will change the balance of the court. Harris doesnt this feel little stale . Just the democrats going after this tactic when they know that when this happens, it changes the course for the future. How is it going to be for them to take that high road that Hillary Clinton is always talking about . Meghan if im a young democrat in office right now and i know this is a losing battle, hes getting on the Supreme Court, gorsuch, one way or another. I wouldnt want to espouse myself as someone who is being a bipartisan politician who will work with the other side. Show the rest of the country that voted against Hillary Clinton that i could work with Trump Supporters as well. Instead, theyre Going Nuclear extreme, trying to make out neil gorsuch, who i think is one of the most qualified candidates for the super import ever, out to be some sort of demon just because he is not prochoice and hes not a liberal candidate. Politically, it is one of the stupidest moves ive seen coming out of the democrats since the election. Harris this could be worse for the democrats. They could push against this and there could be even more conservative nominee put up. Rachel theyre going to lose this battle, but i think they lose the war. Americans understand that he is qualified and all of their nominees went through. When obama was president. In wisconsin, they have lost all power. They cant even find somebody to run for governor. They can even find a candidate to run for spring court justice. I think by taking this radical position, they are alienating the exact same people that they claimed they want to win back and middle america. This is not go well for them. Harris what i was alluding to, senator schumer said when we call this whole thing off and sit down, come up with a different candidate . Sandra Richard Fowler was sitting in your chair saying this is about america garland and is revenged to make revenge. Howard this is middle school politics. We talk about senate stalling tactics and each side will vote the minority, its getting a little old. Harris no one had good hair and middle school, by the way. The republicans gain any street crowd by saying we are going to do this and now well do this or does it backfire on them . What your take . Howard given that harry reid illuminated certain filibusters, he ran the senate, i dont think they took a big hit on that. Yes, it cause President Trump to not put major pieces of legislation on the board. This would be a major delivery of a Campaign Promise and republicans can take some credit for it. It will be ugly. Harris speaking of health care, Obamacare Repeal is very much still on the table. What are some potential changes to the republicans overhaul plan could bring everybody on board. Also warm and fuzzy. Plus, we continue to await on remarks from President Trump, whether he will say anything about the big revelation on the unmasking scandal. Stay close sandra fox news alert, President Donald Trump is going to be introduced on the stage. This is the second of a couple big business meetings that he has had today. He met with ceos earlier today. At this conference on that stage, he is about to detail parts of his blueprint to rebuild roads, bridges, schools, tunnels, infrastructure will be a big part of this speech. There are 3,000 traders from across the country in attendance there. Of course, out of everything that is happened susan rice, everyones going to be watching to see if he comments at all on that. As you can see, hes about to be introduced. He is walking on stage now in washington. Union leaders are present, Business Leaders are present in that room. Again, having met with the ceos earlier, this is all about his economic plan, bringing manufacturing and some factories back to the United States. Putting people back to work again. This is him fulfilling his Campaign Promise as he approaches the podium, we are learning about what his plans are to continue to bring jobs to america. Here is President Donald Trump. President trump i know, im too well. They cost me a lot of money. I spent a lot of money. But i love them and their great and their people are fantastic. Nobody doesnt like you people, right . We talked about that. Incredible. Incredible people. Its great to be back with americas builders. [applause] so did you ever think youd see a president who knows how much concrete you can lay down in a single day . Believe me, i know. I know. We are a nation of builders and it was about time we had a builder in the white house. Right . We have a builder. I want to thank Sean Mcgarvey and the entire governing board of president s for honoring me with this great invitation. I love that its in washington because they dont have to travel. It worked out pretty well, i have to tell you. 5 minutes. Sean took part and one of our very first meetings at the white house, he mentioned it, and i promise you that americas labor leaders will always find an open door with donald trump. [applause] always. Just look at the amazing talent assembled here. We have ironworkers, insulators, never changes, does it . Lets hear it, laborers, painters, fitters, plumbers, operators, their operators all right, ill ill tell you. Electricians, not that good. Where is local three . Wheres local three . That wasnt that good. Lets do that again, electricians. Thats better. Bricklayers, boilermakers, elevator constructors, good job. Sheet metal workers, roofers, blasters, were not using as much plaster as we use to, no matter how you cut it. Sorry about that, im not sure i can do much. We brought back the coal miners, not so sure about the plasters. Well do the best we can, okay . How about the cement masons . And of course, our wonderful teamsters. That wasnt very good, james. Really, you are the backbone of america. With a talent in this room, we can build any city at any time and we can build it better than anyone. [applause] but we are going to do even better than that. Together, we are going to rebuild our nation. [applause] you are the keepers of the great trades and traditions that build our country. From the new york skyline to the golden gate bridge, you represent the workers who hands, skills, and dreams will build the great landmarks of our future. Every day, your members live out what i call the american creed. There on the job before dawn and after dusk and they never quit until that job is done. You know that. [applause] we saw this grid on display with the construction trades to help rebuild new york city after 9 1 9 11. That was a terrible time, we are all there. It was a terrible time in this countrys history. Worst attack in the history of our country. Worse than pearl harbor. Here they were attacking civilians. I saw what happened within a very short period of time, we were back rebuilding. Rebuild you did and i really congratulate you. It took a lot of courage and strength. Thank you. [applause] the fact is, you take pride in every part of your work, every bolt and rub it. You are not only builders, but your artisans. A lot of people dont understand, youre very talented people. Just as you take pride in your work, our nation takes great, great pride in you, believe me. Its time we give you the level Playing Field you deserve. [applause] thank you. Thank you, fellows. Washington and wall street have done very, very well for themselves. Now its your turn and youre going to be also sharing the wealth. [applause] you know, for many years, weve been taken advantage of by other countries, all over the world, they took advantage of us. We had leaders that didnt have a clue or worse. Thats not going to happen anymore, folks. You see whats going on right now. And fact, the trade deficit went way down, just announce before i got on stage. I tell you, we are going to have a whole different set of values when it comes to representing our country. That i can tell you right now. This election was all about returning power to the people. I spent my life working sidebyside with American Builders and now, you have a builder as our president. [applause] one of my first acts as president wants to stop one of the great sellouts of the American Worker. I immediately withdrew the United States from the disaster. This way but im disaster. This would have been another nafta, which by the way, is a disaster. I took you out on the transpacific partnership. [applause] thank you. That one wasnt even close. You know it, i know it, Everybody Knows it. Next i cleared the way for construction of the keystone xl and Dakota Access pipeline. [applause] its looking like thats going to have about 42,000 jobs involved. Thats some number of great people. Thats a big beautiful lot of people. Sean actually end a whole group join me in the oval office when we approved the keystone permit. I joked that day, i said, can you imagine the head of this big company in this case, they build pipelines. And they failed. It didnt work. They paid millions and millions and hundreds of millions of dollars to consultants and lawyers and they failed. It was over. One day, trump wins and a few days later, they get a knock on the door, sir, the Keystone Pipeline was just approved. Can you imagine . I want to see the expression on his face. Hes a nice guy, he came to the office. I did say you have to use American Steel, you have to fabricated here. They had already bought 60 or 70 of it, so you cant be too wild, right . I was signing the order and i said where they buy the steel . I didnt like the answer. I said who fabricated this deal . I didnt like the answer. From now on, will put a clause, we want American Steel made in america. 100 . [applause] youll be hearing more about this in the very near future, but as time goes by, lets say over the next seven and three quarters years, meaning eight years, we believe in two rules. By american and higher american. Thats what its going to be. [applause] thats not just a slogan, its a promise, believe me. Thats a promise. The era of economic surrender has come to an end. We have surrendered as a country, the era of economic victory for our country has just begun. Youll see. No longer will we listen to those failed consultants who made one wrong prediction after another, delivering nothing but soaring trade deficits and a big fat shrinking workforce. For decades now, we watched as our factories almost a 70,000 factories, our jobs have stalled and bluecollar wages have declined. We see in the economic pain inflicted on our fellow americans in pittsburgh and detroit and baltimore. We didnt just off shored jobs, we offered a big part of the american dream. We enriched Foreign Countries at the expense of our own country, the great United States of america. Those days are over. [applause] im not, and i dont want to be, the president of the world. Im the president of United States and from now on, its going to be America First. [applause] were going to bring back our jobs and yes, were going to bring back the american dream. As i travel a nation, i heard the please of forgotten men and women of our country. The people who work hard and play by the rules, but who dont have a voice. Together, they will be never forgotten again, that i can tell you. I dont know if you saw, but if you watch the democrats now, the anger and hatred and theyre trying to figure out where these people came that voted for donald trump . Electoral college is very, very hard. They say almost impossible for a republican to win. The odds are stacked. They would say, there is no way to 270. I heard that so much. For a year, i kept saying maybe i shouldnt be running. There is no way. People are telling me, the same people that say all of the bad stuff, they are saying there is no way to 270, but there is a way to 306. Wasnt that exciting . Donald trump has won the state of michigan. Donald trump has won the state of wisconsin. He came out of the blue and we didnt even need them. And we love those two states. We won the state of pennsylvania and we won ohio and iowa and North Carolina and South Carolina and florida and so many others. We ran the coast. If you dont run it, you cant win. A huge disadvantage, the electoral college, very, very tough. They say almost impossible for republicans to win. I have the support of i would say, almost everybody in this room. We had tremendous support. I tell you, we really had support of the workers. We had tremendous support of the workers. Would you like to make a change . If anybody wants to make a change, you wont be having so many jobs that i can tell you. Your jobs will be a whole different story. And the last decade, you lost over 750 construction 740,000 construction. Real wages in the construction have fallen since the 1970s. We ranked 39th in the world for construction permitting. And approvals can take up to ten years. Since taking office, ive signed one action after another to eliminate job killing regulations that stand in a way. I had a chart, is that chart around here someplace . Did you have that . I have to show this chart to you because its amazing actually. [laughter] if you want to build a highway in the United States, these are some of the permits that you need. Its a process that can take away over ten years and it just never happens. At the end, they vote against it and we are getting rid of many of these regulations. You have to go through 17 agencies. Many permits at h agency. In february alone, we added almost 60,000 new construction jobs. I ordered expedited environmental reviews for infrastructure, environmental and Energy Projects all around the country. No longer will he have to wait for approvals i will never come. I also took historic action to lift restrictions on American Energy production and to put miners who have been treated horribly back to work. Youve seen all the charts, all the studies. The association of manufacturers just reported, the most optimism in the entire history which is an old survey, 93 of manufacturers are optimistic about the future. Thats almost 27 lower than that, just a few months ago. The index is at its highest level in 12 years and now in breaking news, it was just reported today, the monthly u. S. Trade deficit declined by 10 for a reason, not by accident, believe me. Its for a reason. Were too going to protect your jobs by protecting our borders. My administration in a short period of time, weve brought record reductions to illegal immigration. Down 61 since inauguration. Will crackdown on visa abuses that undermine the American Worker and were doing that right now. [applause] these and so many other achievements have defined our first ten weeks in office. Weve done so much for the worker and so much for the military. Weve done so much for the police officers, our men in blue and women in blue who are not treated fairly. We are fighting for workers of all backgrounds and from all walks of life. But to achieve true progress, we must remember our legacy. Where the nation that build the tallest skyscrapers on what was once the hudson river, and put neon lights on las vegas in the middle of the desert. If the government continues to punish americas builders, then we will not be that nation any longer. Im calling on all americans, democrat, republican, independent, to come together and take part and integrate rebuilding in our country. That is why [applause] that is why in my address to congress, i called on lawmakers to to spend an investment on the infrastructure of our country and we need it. With your help, we can rebuild our countries bridges and water systems. We will stream in the process with lower taxes on americans middleclass, we will see a new surge of Economic Growth and development. All of you have come to the Nations Capital to call members of the house and senate to action. Youve also called your president to action. When you see them, you can Tell Congress that americas building and its president are very much united. [applause] thank you. Together we are ready to break new ground. We will build in the spirit of one of the Great Projects and our nations history and enduring symbol of american strength. The Empire State Building was forged during the Great Depression and provided jobs for more than 3,000 workers. Weve all seen the pictures, rugged workers and dozens and dozens of stories up in the air. They laid 10 million bricks to build that american icon. 13 months, hard to believe. Nowadays, you couldnt even get a Building Permit or approval in that amount of time. They marked the moment with what they call a tapping out ceremony. 1,050 feet above the city, they hoisted a beautiful and Great American flag. [applause] they did a good job. Those iron workers, you Better Believe it. The big, bold, and daring dream of one man and then one city and finally, one people. That banner marked our nations proud climb to the top of the world. Our people endured through the hardships of depression and the battles of world war ii and they emerged from these trials stronger and more united than ever before. Now we must again summon that same National Greatness to meet the challenges of our time. Only miles from the holes of congress and the newsrooms of washington, you will find once a thriving city is marked by empty lots and once booming industrial towns that have become rusted and are in total disrepair. Standing before me today in this very hall are the men and women who were given the chance to transform this community. You are the citizens who can rebuild our cities, revive our industries, and renew our beloved country, and i know you will stop at nothing to get the job done. [applause] for the rest of their lives, everyone who worked on the Empire State Building new when they looked up at that great new york skyline that they had lifted the stars and stripes atop the tallest flagpole in america and not somewhere, high above the city streets, their place in history was carved int. In the future, when we become we are trials of our times, we too will emerge stronger and more united than ever before. Its happening, you watch. When we rise above the cynics and critics who live only to defend the status quo and to defend themselves from failure, then we too will construct a lasting monument to National Greatness. In the future, the craftsmen will look over the landscape and build new bridges and new schools and new landmarks, and they will proudly raise up for all to see our bright and beautiful american flag. When we see that flag, we will remember that we all share one american home, one american heart, and one american destiny. May god bless our nations builders. May god bless our nations workers. In may god bless the United States of america. Thank you very much. Thank you. Sandra President Trump wrapping up of the 2017 north americas Building Trade Union legislative conference in washington, telling 3,000 trade leaders, you are the backbone of america. Its about time you had a builder in the white house. He said he cleared the way for billing a pipeline. We want American Steel made in the usa. We believe in buying american and hiring american. He stuck to that America First pledge that he made on the campaign trail saying optimism is rising in america. Here is a key statement he made a couple times in that speech, im the president of america and will now be America First. What do you think . Howard when the president talks about jobs and infrastructure, this is basically why he was elected. We in journalism focus so much on scandals, this is his core message. There was no mention of the scandals, that was by design. This is his core message and what he was sent to washington to do. Other issues are important, but jobs, and for structure, ceos, good manager, that kind of thing. He knows how much construction goes into building. Harris i did notice something. It has been hours that he spent on this topic. Just a three or four minute he is right in his sweet spot. He spent a lot of time talking about border, but this is why you say people have hired him so to speak. I thought this was interesting. Im not president of the world, im president of the United States. Meghan one of the things i love most about President Trump is he does believe in american exceptionalism first and foremost. I agree with howie this is why americans go to him because i always hated that president obama saw america as one of many. I appreciate having rachel this is a dangerous spot for him because he is looking at trade people, builders, people that the democrats used to have a stranglehold on and hes winning them over because they get that any day of the week, the liberals will throw these guys under the bus for these environmentalists. Now they have a builder president. This is the ultimate political triangulation. Sandra he did appear to go off script at one point. They said i couldnt do it. More outnumbered in just a moment. Whats it like to be in good hands . Like finding new ways to be taken care of. Home, car, Life Insurance obviously, ohhh. But with added touches you cant get everywhere else, like claim free rewards. Or safe driving bonus checks. Oh yes. 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