republicans and democrats alike warning against a shutdown. ron johnson and chris van hallon, listen here. a little better prioritization spending. i don t like playing shutdown politics. let s try to avoid it. the shutdown would be very bad news for the country, total disruption and a bad ideas for republicans. what s unclear is whether or not this is a real high stakes gamble by the president or if it s a bluff. also unclear is which party would take the blame if there is a government shutdown. history would seem to suggest it would be the republicans. bill: what is the latest on the michael cohen tapes? it is clear that there is let me put it this way. it s clear that any love there was between the president and michael cohen and any sense of loyalty the two had for each other has absolutely been
with china we re at $375 billion trade deficit. so we started a process and we ll see how it ends up. but we are going to win. we lost years ago by presidents and others allow than this to happen. they should have never allowed it to happen. there you hear it. it is not just about regional security but access to markets and economic cooperation. part of a big couple of days here including a dinner tonight with the first ladies of both countries. sandra: all this talk of the economy, we ll be watching the markets when they open 24 minutes from now. kevin corke, thank you. bill: another big story. congressional deadline has come on gone to turn over the comey memos. the request came last week from the heads of three house committees arguing they have the right to view the documents in unredacted form. so far a no go.
along with rob goodlatte. we have senate and house investigators doing separate investigations that came to that conclusion, there were abuses of the fisa system. it s a secret court and by nature there s not much oversight of them but the oversight people in congress did determine there was wrongdoing. there s not much to be done by congress and now we need someone who can dig more. bill: is jeff sessions being pushed in this direction because it s his call. what does he do? it is his call. it s stunning it hasn t happened already. there s been criminal leaks. we ve known about it. the mueller robe probe doesn t seem to care or investigating. it s an inquiry into the hillary clinton probe separate from the other abuses. bill: another big story is gary cohn and sarah sanders was on with us last hour.
one suspect is still on the run. police mounting a quick response to the second assault in cambrels. both attacks were linked. bill: barcelona s district is very popular. one of the center points of the city and 13 people killed and hundred injured there. the driver is still on the run today. shannon: in cam blis the suspect shot. and the police responded and killed all five suspects who were wearing explosive belts. who ever is responsible should know that the united states of america together with
bill: is the president listening to him? i think what the quote doesn t capture. they are not clowns. you have someone around attacking jews and black american and thinking that the klu klux klan is okay those things are dangerous and lead to hatred that we saw in nazi germany and lead to slavery in america in the past. this is it a great split in the country. for most americans it is it a moral issue to condemn neo-nazis and the klu klux klan. the president has been better than the new s media gave him credit for. during the campaign he repudiated david duke and the kkk. he said you can t be a patriotic american and a racist.