northbound train for people to get on to. remember, we re just 12 working days away from another government shutdown. the president needs to lead out, members of congress need to lead out saying this is what s most important to the american people. gun policies, a host of things far more important to the american people from a strategy standpoint. what s happening now because there s no northbound train everybody is mired in the muck of all of the impeachment proceedings rather than focusing on the business of the american people. the winning strategy for the republicans is to say, hey, we re moving the american agenda forward. the challenge for the democrats is if they overswing and the republicans are moving, then they re just stuck in a lot of petty political stuff and that becomes the problem for the democrats. so, again, strictly from a strategy standpoint, forward momentum and movement is always better than just getting the commotion that s often going on in washington, d.c.
there was a tragedy that happened in new zealand. laura: horrific. it was horrible. i wanted to go to the mosque on friday, but i felt afraid to go. that should not happen but what happened immediately, this network that includes linda the council on american islamic relations, they exploited the situation to push their agenda forward, to try to build more victimhood for muslims and ultimately silent any criticism of islamic extremism. i ve been hearing we need to go after the supremiacissupremacis. for 10 years we ve been trying to do that, going after islamic supremacists. this network has shut us down. laura: all extremism needs to be exposed for what it is. you were actually on cnn.
laura: horrific. it was horrible. i wanted to go to the mosque on friday, but i felt afraid to go. that should not happen but what happened immediately, this network that includes linda sarsour with the council on american islamic relations,th they exploited the situation to push their agenda forward, to try to build more victimhood for muslims and ultimately silent any criticism of islamic extremism. the last few days, i ve been hearing we need to go after the supremacists. we need to go after the etiology. for 10 years we ve been trying to do that, going after islamic supremacists. this network has shut us down. laura: all extremism needs to be exposed for what it is. dr. rock med, you were actually on cnn.
bill: what do we learn today from matthew whitaker s testimony? i can t get ahead of that. chairman nadler tried to force private conversations to be public when he knows they are protected by law. and so that right there tells you he is playing politics, that is petty and pointless and he needs to focus instead, as i mentioned before, on moving the president s agenda forward. the agenda of the american people, doing things for them. the average man and woman across this country instead of focusing on petty partisan politics. it was a hackish move. he is a political hack and we have to move forward here. bill: a few more topics before we go to the hearing. there is a call to on behalf of mick mulvaney to go to camp david over the weekend for the members of congress working on the border security committee. does the white house sense a deal is about to be made? well, one thing about that i just talked to the chief of
as well as senator lindsey graham. they are his allies and have been incredibly important to getting the administration s agenda forward. general david petraeus has taken himself out of the running in the president is happy with patrick shanahan. he doesn t feel in a rush. he has other things to worry about, the positions to fill. patrick shanahan, acting defense secretary, trump may like shanahan for one simple reason, he s very deferential. during a cabinet meeting wednesday he sat so it really next to trump as the president slammed mattis for keeping the military involved in conflicts overseas particularly in afghanistan. mattsaid upon leaving the president of somebody who sees the world the same way he does but the president need to defend secretary who will challenge them as well? he needs cabinet officials who will challenge him. one thing i will say about