deflect attention from all along. in fact, donald trump is a master of deflecting attention, creating enemies and scapegoats and the other. the other right from the beginning of his campaign. mexicans rapists and murders, muslim terrorists. this is donald trump s metier. this is how he does it. deflecting attention from the russian investigation is what exactly what he is trying to do. and the dreamers and the wall, i mean nobody thinks this wall is really going to keep out anybody or keep drugs outside the united states. that s silly. $25 billion, we could eradicate homelessness in the united states for $25 billion. hold that thought, robert. it s absurd. i want to get everybody s thoughts on the breaking news and then we ll turn to immigration. maria, what do you think? it indicates yet again that there is clearly something that donald trump wants us not to see that he clearly has something to hide. this has been the case again and again and again. if he truly was innocent, i
in the midst of tonight s breaking news on the russia trump investigation that president trump wanted to fire robert mueller back in june, we also have had some breaking news on the potential deal for dreamers, one that comes at a high cost. the white house calling for a path to citizenship for dreamers and other undocumented immigrants in exchange for $25 billion for a border wall and other strict immigration reforms. i want to bring in robert reich, a former labor secretary, and cnn political commentators maria cardo cardona. good to have you on this evening. i want to get to your reactions to the breaking news first and then we ll talk about immigration, robert. what do you think? well, i think that the entire russian imbroglio is something that donald trump has tried to
maria? not this one. and i think what this proposal is is is a cruel trojan horse that entices dreamers towards a pathway to citizenship while it tries to cover up the radical nativist anti-immigrant nationalistic policies that are underlying it. because what they are proposing in addition to the citizenship and in addition to the wall is to completely change the way that america does america. it will reduce legal immigration by 50%, which is more than what has happened more than it has been reduced in over 100 years. and what s ironic is that donald trump shut down the government recently because he couldn t decide and couldn t negotiate which way to go on immigration. he now wants to shut down true american values. he wants to shut town the american dream for so many people both in this country and those willing those that are yearning to be free around the world. okay, maria, i need to go. kevin, i m sorry.
he framed this government shutdown in terms of how it would affect our national defense. listen to what he had to say. look, democrats in the senate with a few exceptions on either side chose to put politics ahead of our national events. put politics ahead of meeting the obligations of our national government. and that s just unacceptable. it s disappointing millions. reporter: it is really not clear how this is all going to end. senator schumer says he wants to talk again, but the white house has given no indication that they want to get back to the table with democrats, especially not on the immigration issue. abby, thank you very much. maria cardona, comment daughter and strategist, jack kingston, commentator and adviser for the trump campaign,
security officers, food inspectors, prison guards, social security checks would also go out as would be expected for the senior population out. there the post office would remain open. in virtually all of these cases, people would be working without pay until the shutdown is over. that could cause them some difficulties, undeniably. and it could all be pricey for us, too. one current estimate, shutting down the government would cost taxpayers $6 billion a week. let s bring back our panel, maria, jack, eugene, air is sar. the president weighed in. a minute ago he tweeted, democrats are far more concerned with illegal immigrants than they are with our great military or safety at our dangerous southern border. they could have easily made a deal but decided to play shutdown politics instead.