investigations, we continued to work with them on policy issues like the iraq war. it was a big deal at the time. so it can be done. this is what trump does. and harp and the financial crisis. precisely. this is what trump does. trump gets people to fight at his level. he wants it to be personal. he wants the name calling. he wants people questioning his mental sanity. i worked or marco rubios campaign. he got us to do it and worked to trump s advantage. same thing is happening now. he s drawing pelosi on to his turf and he is more comfortable with the name calling than he is with debating the policy nuances. you re going to lecture president trump about his dignity? then you re going to behave in an indignified way? which for the speaker i d say was undignified. the whole thing is disgusting and sad at this point. the fact that we have this conversation about the leader of the free world and the third ranking individual in our government, you know, going back and forth, tradin
sanctuary cities and states based on whether they adhere to federal immigration law, and it did not happen. they certainly can, congress has the power as you say, and they can instruct these executive money will be spent in certain areas and not spent in other areas. and i think that sanctuary cities is something that everybody can understand. it is not really a matter of policy nuances. it is a matter of logic. if you say that we are going to give sanctuary to people who are here illegally, it attracts people who are here illegally. it is a safe space for them. it is a safe space for them, but not for all of the other people living there. one on the other things about the issue, even in the back and forth of some of the statements that were made is each side criticizing the other on tone. you are antipolice, you are anti-immigrant, it goes back and forth. both sides need to be a little bit more in on the issue, so how do you move forward and how do you get that issue into somethin
very late last night. he scheduled a vote for noon today, joe, to reopen the government, a three-week extension tied to consideration of an immigration bill. but how did we even get here? both the new york times and the washington post paint a picture of a president who is obviously in way over his head. from the times the president was either unwilling or unable to articulate the immigration policy he wanted much less understand the nuances of what it would involve. thor from the post pinging from one upheaval to the next, while clearly not understanding the policy nuances of the negotiation, trump clashed at different times with democrats and members of his own party who grew increasingly exasperated with the president. back to the times it s raised questions not only about mr. trump s grasp of the issue that animated his campaign and energizes his core supporters
go for it? the president s heart is right on this issue. i think he s got a good understanding of what will sell. and every time we have a proposal, it is yanked back by staff members. as long as steven miller is in charge of negotiating immigration, we re going nowhere. or as the washington post frames it, yet another period of trump-tulled tumult. not understanding the policy nuances of the negotiations. that s the quote. so we are now in day three of a government shutdown. this morning, all eyes are on the senate where there are now signs of a possible break in the log jam. good morning, everyone. it is monday, january 22nd. with us we have political writer for the new york times nick confessore. former aide to the george washington elise jordan. president of the council on foreign relations and author of the book a world in disarray
senate. you can say that and while it s not true, it s not practically speaking, you need 60 votes. you need some democrats. 90% of democrats voted for the shutdown and like 9% of republicans. people will feel a lot of pain starting tomorrow, starting tomorrow. it s important we come together, bipartisan and fund the government and then hash it out and deal with the daca population. there is no deadline, tomorrow or the next day or the next week on the daca population. however it s in march. there will be a lot of pain starting tomorrow. right. look, let s even move this off capitol hill. the washington post reports on how mr. trump s shifting positions really fueled the rush to a shutdown. they described him from one upheaval to the next while not understanding the policy nuances. you had senator schumer on the floor yesterday comparing negotiating to mr. trump. this will be the line as negotiating with jell-o and here