reporter: one of the key witnesses democrats hope to hear from is donald trump s former lawyer michael cohen but he postponed his testimony once again. he says there is no goodwill left for him now. the intrigue continues. jillian: republicans on the house intelligence committee spent several months digging into the events leading to the launch of the mueller probe. rob: california congressman devon nunez has been leading the charge of hope the senate findings will lead urgency to the investigation. don t forget what we ve been saying publicly for many months. it is not just they use the dossier or that the dossier made up most of the f i asked a bit of a thing as they did. how they lied and obstructed our investigation. if you remember people forget about this. people went out and said the
second amendment right, they re worried maybe not about the bump stock, but about opening the door to other legislative or executive measures. sure. but just because you make the speed limit 75 doesn t mean that you are eventually going to make the speed limit zero. there s a reason for people who are enthusiastic supporters, defenders of second amendment rights to be concerned about slippery slopes. we have seen that before. that is a thing. but the hard line that they have taken where there is nothing, we will try to stop everything, there is no earthly reason why the legislation to just clean up the mental health database so that these findings make their way into the correct database so that people who have agile health problems are not able to buy firearms, who was against that? nobody should be against that. but the republicans some republicans have tried to bedevil these causes over time. now they look like actual ty didn t do it when they have the opportunity. shannon:
year, at least six are considered a toss-up s. democrats are defending 26 seats, republicans only eight. shannon: ellison barber, thank you very much. it is not just democrats talking about beefing up gun laws. from the president s apparent openness to banning certain gun accessories and setting limits on firearms purchases, ohio governor connie, john kasich floating the idea of banning some guns altogether. if all of a sudden you couldn t buy an ar-15, what would you lose? would you feel as though your second amendment rights would be eroded because you couldn t buy a god darn ar-15? shannon: let s talk about chris stirewalt. how are you? happy tuesday. shannon: happy tuesday to you as well. a belated presidents day to you, madam. shannon: enter you as well. listen, there s a lot happening. let s talk about this. not surprising who have john
two fronts. first, during the legislative fight, i would have actually appealed to that human nature greed part and maybe had a message that was more you deserve more, because if everyone has access, corporations, and the wealthiest among us are going to get so much money, then the middle class, you deserve more. that would have been the better message. but where we really have fallen down is that we have taken our foot off the pedal. we have basically seeded this conversation to republicans, to trump, and we have been following those shiny objects that the trump administration the president himself likes to throw out. and we cannot do that, because i m afraid this is going to be shades of 2016 where are we allowed to control the conversation, we did not put out a strong economic message, but it s early before the 2018 elections, we still have time to pick it back up. shannon: there is a lot of time. you know historically this is
back in december when tax reform had just passed, then only 37% said they approved of the tax law. republicans are hoping that approval continues to climb upwards and some are already trying to use it to unseat vulnerable democrats like the republican congressman hoping to replace heidi heitkamp. i supported tax cuts that are wildly popular in proving to be very, very favorable to the economy, two jobs creation. she of course voted against those. today the rnc announced that in january they raised $12.4 million, 134.9 million under all the party is breaking fund-raising records and mention their pro-growth agenda. josh on what it means for republicans come november. republicans have gotten their own voters excited. people are seeing tax cuts, the party is more united in the base