wrong, that s a policy issue. you can debate it. you can think that s probably hurting the unions and denigrating them in some way, no? how about decimating them. i m just saying the president it s interesting that the president weighs in. he doesn t say anything about the the senators who are awol. he obsessed on it for the first two years, which he should have when it came from the right when it was the right saying the hateful things about him. i don t know. walker i think the president go ahead. walker fired back at the president s remarks saying, quote, i m sure that president obama simply misunderstands the issue in wisconsin and isn t acting like the union bosses in saying one thing and doing another. walker is getting help from the republican governs association, which is defending his policies. the ad claims that walker is simply trying to balance the budget without raising taxes and
dealing with the state s budget problems. it s arp proposal that s said t contain deep cuts. president obama is weighing in on the ongoing stand-off. i don t think it does anybody any good when public employees are denigrated or vilified or their rights are infringed upon. we need to attract the best and the brightest to public service. these times demand it. however, walker fired back at the president s remarks saying, quote, i m sure that president obama simply misunderstands the issues in wisconsin and isn t acting like the union bosses in saying one thing and doing another. let me ask you, jonathan. how how should the president handle this? obviously unions are his biggest supporters. gave $200 million this last election cycle. should the president weigh in more? should he weigh in less? i think he s weighed in as
their way to a u.s. courtroom. what s your reaction? my reaction is it s mueller who did this, not the department of justice, not congress, not the white house. and i think that s an important distinction that we need to keep in mind. without mueller, if he were gone, the russian meddling would continue. it may still continue because congress isn t acting and the white house isn t acting. this is a serious threat to democra democracy, and we need to get congress focused on it. why is it so important to hear that robert mueller is the one advancing this? robert mueller is a special counsel. he is independent in a sort of a way. he is part of the department of justice but it s not justice the regular criminal division of the department of justice who took this action. and the congress has done nothing to protect us and to protect the election that coming up in 2018, months away. we need to be taking action. i am very worried about this ongoing threat to democracy. if we can t freel
including one in utah. 36 are still pending. so have is we convinced you yet immigration is hugely complicated and there is no clear path to reform? joining me with his insights as a former state law enforcer, a former big state governor, and now a cnn colleague, eliot spitzer, host of our prime time show in the arena. elliot, great to have you on the show. i want you to imagine you re back in albany. what s a governor or a state legislature to do when the system is clearly broken and congress isn t acting? first of all, i think you have to understand, there s an awful lot of posturing on this issue. most of the bills you talk about are proposed, knowing they will never be enacted. i think people are playing to their base. sensible minds understand there are a couple things that should be done. we need some path to citizenship for the 10 million people who are here. we are simply not going to drive them out of the country. we need to enforce the borders and make sure there is borde
spoke. i m sure that president obama simply misunderstands the issues in wisconsin, and isn t acting like the union bosses in saying one thing and doing another. excuse me, mr. walker? walker s move to shut down the capitol is completely over the top and might even be unconstitutional. the wisconsin constitution states, quote, the legislature cannot prohibit an individual from entering the capitol or its grounds. this isn t just about the protesters. even a member of the wisconsin assembly was denied access to the capitol today. you see, she s a democrat. state representative kelda helen royce was locked out because she didn t have her i.d. with her. now it s just a midwestern thing to kind of recognize who the elected official is and just kind of let them in, don t you think, governor? her facebook page reads, outside the east wing of the capitol have three times been denied access for refusing to show my state i.d.