we all remember impeachment and other moments that have tested the relationship between the u.s. government norms as they re sometimes called, and donald trump. we ve heard impeachment about being targeted. what you just laid out is throwing in the whole kitchen sink. it gives the roadmap for the doj to consider, as we reported, they ll make up their own determination, but it impacts in this high stakes process, a roadmap that says you can choose false statement, electors, the non-violent parts, or link him to actually aiding and abetting a violent insurrection. are some harder to prove? absolutely. insurrection is the hardest. most of those people even convicted of crimes so far at the capitol aren t convicted of
a statewide political official yes, an advisor to the romney campaign. greta: and architect of sb 1070. clearly there are legal concerns but there are political considerations here as well. i think the administration s point has always been we would prefer to focus on these criminals and others who have records who should be sent home first versus the younger people who do not have criminal records and who perhaps have just not shown up and caused problems. and, yes, that is political and a hat trip to the hispanic population in the country who is clearly leaning in their direction. the other fly side that any one might argue is no matter what you think about immigration the folks across the street at the capitol aren t talking about this. and there isn t enough money enforce the laws or policies no matter what. until there is is a broader conversation about that you know the fights going to happen. greta: everyone runs from this topic on capitol hill. it is one of those thin
doesn t have the votes yet. when we see john boehner and eric cantor emerge from the meeting, at this moment, i think you re going to see them throw cold water on this mcconnell/reid deal. they have the same problem they have had all along. the core of their party unwilling to go with anything that raises the debt limit, especially if there s no relatively little pain in the short term involved for the president to cut entitlement programs. it s a classic problem of a house leader, whether it s a democrat or republican, you cannot go against the base of your party. either they re putting on a good show right now, but they have a serious problem because republicans on the other side of the capitol aren t behind this. jennifer, you ve been talking closely to mcconnell s office and the senate republicans. this seems their bet is when they pass something, it s just going to force the house basically they re telling boehner, we ll do it first, so that way, you are going to just have