performance of the hit broadway show hamilton. this as the new york times reported that the fbi allegedly looked into whether or not the president was secretly working on behalf of russia during and following the 2016 campaign, a suggestion that drew a scathing rebuke from the president s attorney, john dowd, who wrote: the new york times story is an unwitting disclosure and verification of the utter corruption of their oaths by comey and his colleagues to undermine the free election of the president of the united states. are you now or have you ever worked for russia, mr. president? i think it s the most insulting thing i ve ever been asked. i think it s the most insulting article i ve ever had written. reporter: quite a week here in washington. by the way, chris, the white house has asked the army corps of engineers to look into additional possible ways to help fund border security including an examination of the february emergency supplemental. we ll see if that happens.
everybody. brian: when you have lindsey graham saying that a guy bringing the president compromised bills and you have the subject of a lot of criticism from conservatives because he does want to do a deal. you know it s extreme. i will say this. it turns out according to reports, jared kushner and kellyanne conway are two people within the administration who are urging the president to show restraint and for kellyanne conway the quote was let s not let congress off the hook. they should be coming up with this. you should not be forced to have to take these measures. ainsley: lindsey graham met to discuss a bill to end the shutdown with several senators, are rob portman and is a murkowski and thom tillis and susan collins. they were trying to figure out a way, a plan to end this shutdown. if you look at the emergency money and the february 2018 emergency supplemental, then it allows $13.9 billion. that s available money that can be used to cover natural disasters. and the president is
congressman, good to see you as always. has the republican party stopped carrying about carrying the national debt? i don t think so. it is not just the $300 billion. it was correctly pointed out. it is an additional $80 billion on top of that when you include the emergency supplemental. $100 billion is offset. the other $300 billion is not. so i think we ll have a rigorous debate. it s not the just that. the amount of increasing the debt, another question marshall for conservatives. don t you think we ll get to a point in the mid-term elections, let s put that as the end date where you ll be able to look back on the previous two years of the republican control of the white house, the house and the senate. and see, boy, we ve really run
alluded to, we re willing to negotiate with according if there s a better idea. it s important to understand that fema just got a $7.1 billion appropriation on october 1. we re going to ask for that in the form of an emergency supplemental to provide money into the funds that does this life-sustaining effort and even early recovery efforts. whether we have to address or should address at that point the existing $72 billion of debt and how it s been restructured is something that i ll have to take my lead from deeconomists on and the budget hawks. i think the best idea for us would be to focus on process. the electric power authority and the water authority, those are the two concerning elements that have to be rebuild and under proper management and under proper rebuilding codes and standards to make sure they make it through another hurricane.
anticipating? starting to compile that? as my league alluded to, willing to negotiate with congress if there s a better fiscal idea. from an emergency management perspective, the next coming weeks, fema got a $7.1 billion appropriation released october 1st and what will happen now, go back for more, ask for that in the form of an emergency supplemental to provide money into fund that does this lifesaving, life sustaining effort and even early recovery efforts. whether we have to address or should address at that point their existing $72 billion worth of debt and how it s restructured is something i ll have to take my lead from the economists on and some budget hawks, but i think the best idea here for us would be to focus on prom ich promisa and prosa. rebuilt under proper management and rebuilding codes and standards to withstand a future hurricane and we don t go back to sticks and wires in the