absolutely. there s no place for that in the republican party. there s no place for that in the u.s. congress. we were a country that was founded on different races, different nationalities, different religions. we, the republican party, led a civil war to free slaves ultimately and preserve a union. this is not the party that should accept that. i think the leaders will step up. tomorrow i guess they re having a conversation with steve king. you know, this obviously reflects badly on anybody. but anybody can call themselves a republican but it doesn t make that the values of the party. frankly, sir, before i let you go, the government you have has broken with your party and said, okay, we should try and reopen the government. do you see any path forward right now in the congress to reopen this government? yeah. the path will start when we all start acting like adults and we talk to each other and we quit using shutdowns as leverage, this is on both sides, by the way.
you know, this obviously reflects badly on anybody. but anybody can call themselves a republican but it doesn t make that the values of the party. frankly, sir, before i let you go, the government you have has broken with your party and said, okay, we should try and reopen the government. do you see any path forward right now in the congress to reopen this government? yeah. the path will start when we all start acting like adults and we talk to each other and we quit using shutdowns as leverage, this is on both sides, by the way. yeah, i do see a path forward. it will probably come out of the senate. i ve been here before and it s going to have to be listen, everybody has to accept something they don t want to get something they do want. i ve learned that if you have a bill that not everybody is happy with, it s usually pretty good. congressman adam king sinker, it s great to have you. you bet. see you. when we come back, what s in a name? a tiny european country shows what
mexico. it is billions dollars a year, better than the very bad nafta bill it replaces. the difference paces for the wall many times over. the only problem, congress has not passed the mca yet and if it does, it s not at all clear any additional revenue or savings aft exists or b, would be used for the wall funding. that brings us to the absolute plan e. 40 hours ago you were said you were probably going to declare a national emergency. no, i said i could do it of the but i ll tell you what, it s the easy way out but congress should do this. this is too simple. it s too basic. if they can t do it, i will declare a national emergency. so no emergency either, at least not yet. still with no clear path to funding in sight, the president appears as confident as ever. you have to take the politics out of this, and we have to get down to business.
republican colleagues have not been as optimistic. take a look at what a couple have said in the last couple days. i have never been more depressed about moving forward than right now. i just don t see a path way forward. somebody s going to get some energy to fix this. i am very frustrated. i m discouraged. i m not depressed. i m determined. i am absolutely determined. and i m determined because there s a lot of people back home that are really counting on us to figure this out. so there you had senator lisa murkowski, of course, of alaska. her state does have a disproportionate share. but really it s hard for me to see a way out of this because at this point it just looks like one side or the other has to cave and the president is refusing to. do you think there s a solution that can be found in the congress at this point? well, let me first say that
yeah, i do see a path forward. it will probably come out of the senate. i ve been here before and it s going to have to be listen, everybody has to accept something they don t want to get something they do want. i ve learned that if you have a bill that not everybody is happy with, it s usually pretty good. congressman adam king sinker, it s great to have you. you bet. see you. when we come back, what s in a name? a tiny european country shows what s at risk if you oppose russia. back after this.