capitol hill has ceded a lot of authority to the administration going back many years. then why would chuck grassley pipe in at all? because i think there are republicans who believe they need to speak out. what we ve seen in this administration since the beginning of 2017 is congress speaks out and doesn t do much on the other end. lindsey graham, for example, is supportive of this after being against tariffs for a long time. it s funny, i was on the phone with people from the white house last night who were saying this is counter to our message that the northern triangle countries, not mexico but other countries in the region have more to do with illegal immigration than mexico. so this runs counter to what the white house has been saying for years, yes, mexico has a role to play, by the way, it s also american immigration laws. the president has said the border needs to be tightened. this is a weird confluence. but jake, isn t the president s argument here, he s not decipherin
down in santa fe while some folks were talking about prayers and not doing much, he put together a commission. we ve worked together with the mayor s leadership adopting a position paper in how we can address gun violence and sadly it should be at the federal level if that doesn t work at the state level. we need a comprehensive approach to combatting the scourge of gun violence and too often these elected officials at the national level, they offer prayers, but we have an entire community praying for us. we need legislative action like background checks and things of that nature do you feel like they re listening to you, chief? do you feel like they re listening to you in washington? i think they re listening. they re listening to not just the chief but the young people. i think they re not listening enough. we re hopeful this session here and i ll let the mayor pipe in, we ll get some things done. the time is now. it s not too soon to talk about
will he come up with alternative story line why this happened? quite possibly. we have seen him do it before and say he would do it. if something went wrong or mistake he wouldn t necessarily admit it was his mistake, he would make something up. so we ll see what he says tonight as the prewett thing was unfolding he would say pru sit a goodman and this is essentially a vicious attack from the media. so you wonder if he has that similar line tonight essentially go after the media. i m sure he ll go after the media and possibly link it to pruitt s removal as well. and to be clear, kristen mink said this, he is gone because of good hard reporting. these things would not have come to life without reporters exposing this kinds of behavior, that kind of stuff still matters. i wonder on the bigger issue here though, paul, you ve been around a long time, and anyone else who wants to pipe in, clearly the president has limits, right? pruitt went too far.
i think the democrats in congress have made sure that that deal isn t something the president would want to sign. i think they have rejected some of the items he insisted on having. the president controls the white house. the republicans have the senate and the house. the democrats are acting as if they re in control. they re not. the president is trying to get them to the table for the final time. john avlon is with me and wants to pipe in. is this all about money for the wall? the president was disappointed. t republican ma skwrorts in both houses. is that really what the president is looking for? you said he is not done negotiating. would he be satisfied is if he got money for his wall? the president believes people who are allies that without a
control the white house, the senate, and the house and we still control the majority of governorships across the nation. so while everything may seem doom and gloom, we have won five special collections in the house. we ve lost one senate race. it s very reminiscent of the let me finish. state house went almost flip ed from a 2-1 advantage. gl this is reminiscent of when the tea party movement r started. i m not surprised they have momentum and energy on their side. you know it s to be expected. but the important thing here is that the gop takes this and learns from it. that s what s important going forward. i know you want to pipe in. what s your response? the question i think amy and i would probably suggest there are fundamentally different lessons to learn from this experience. and i think the lesson that needs, the most b obvious oobvie to all of us is this is a major