amid all of this, there s other news involving the president. the washington post reports that attorney general bill barr has booked a $30,000 christmas party at trump s d.c. hotel. the paper also reports on trump s new directive to fast track a border wall, and he wants it black, and he wants it by election day. quote trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast track billions of dollars worth of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land, and disregard environmental rules, according to current and former officials involved with the project. he also has told worried subordinates he will pardon them of any potential wrongdoing should they have to break laws to get the barriers built quickly. here for our leadoff discussion on a tuesday night, robert costa, national plit ka reporter for the washington post, moderator of washington week
track a border wall, and he wants it black, and he wants it by election day. quote trump is so eager to complete hundreds of miles of border fence ahead of the 2020 presidential election that he has directed aides to fast track billions of dollars worth of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land, and disregard environmental rules, according to current and former officials involved with the project. he also has told worried subordinates he will pardon them of any potential wrongdoing should they have to break laws to get the barriers built quickly. here for our leadoff discussion on a tuesday night, robert costa, national political reporter for the washington post, moderator of washington week on pbs. a.b. stoddard, columnist and associate editor at real clear politics. karen deyoung. from the washington post . thanks to all of you for being with us.
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good morning, welcome back. time for quick headlines. how do you like your coffee? if you drink it black, you you could be a psychopath or at least straits of a psychopath. new study from the university of austria tasted 1,000 adults for taste preferences and personality. people who like bitter foods like blatt black coffee are more inclined to have is a saddistic traits. oscar mayer wants you to prove them wrong. the company tweeting wrong, we know it s true. but we re going to give you 24 hours to change our mind. call to tell us why you think a hot dog is not a sandwich. s who car myer will announce final decision on the matter later this morning. yes, hello, oscar mayer, a hot dog is not a sandwich because a hot dog is its own thing just like a hamburger is not a sandwich. okay, pete back to you.
a deserted from the british army who comes home to ireland in eight hundred forty seven he finds his family freezing and starving to death basically and he goes on this bloody path of vengeance against the british colonial powers and ireland very different western a lot more serious definitely not of comedy. ok you made reference to the maid and this being of course that the first step out in all the wet maids who has been in the house hasn t made itself manifest that. well we ve seen a little bit of action on the red carpet i should say this red carpet behind me there was some debate about turning it black in solidarity with the me too movement there was even a petition going on to get that changed it didn t happen but we did see was night a lot of people wearing black helen mirren in a black dress tom took the jury president and his black scarf so there is some some solidarity with the me too movement certainly and there s also an effort to include