Now, its not our job to advocate for or against a given policy, its our job to call out the dishonest pursuit of it. So as we wait for the president to speak about what he calls the crisis on the border, were starting with the crisis of credibility hes created for himself. If what his Vice President said today is any indication, the dishonesty will continue. So consider this a kind of prebuttal or at least a viewers guide for what may be coming tonight because the white house has continued to fudge the facts as late as today. With regard to terrorists, weve seen more than 4,000 known or suspected terrorists attempt to come into our country through various means but on the southern border let me stop you on that number. Its a misleading claim thats been fact checked as i believe youre a ware. Look. The number is for all ports of entry including airports. Thats what i was saying. It is from all ports of entry but on the southern border, last year, alone, 3,000 special interest aliens wer
attach political consequences to it. ., ., , attach political consequences to it. ., ,, to it. at the end of the day us will never to it. at the end of the day us will never divulge to it. at the end of the day us will never divulge on - to it. at the end of the day us will never divulge on its - to it. at the end of the day us will never divulge on its debt. | will never divulge on its debt. they will figure it out somehow evenif they will figure it out somehow even if there is a temporary shutdown scenario? i even if there is a temporary shutdown scenario? i mean, they will ass shutdown scenario? i mean, they will pass continuing will pass continuing resolutions so the government will stay open through to early december and as far as the debt is concerned, this is political theatre. i think you can get yourself sucked into the vortex of this theatre which is being played on many different levels at different times. but you can sit back and say, this is what it is and at the
her point is republican leaders aren t willing to wander back into a shutdown scenario. they make clear it shouldn t be on the table at all. you have seen leaders say get your work done and we ll deal with the president after that. i will say they say do not throw up any hurdles. we ll see how it goes. she speaking in about 45 minutes. thanks very much. joining me now is chris. she also a member of the appropriations and budget committees. senator, i appreciate you taking the time this morning. good to be with you. you might have heard me speaking the last hour the republican member of that committee there. sounds like they are coming together or at least closer on a
congressman, home field advantage. you get to go first. how does this end? this is a different shutdown scenario than we ve seen. democrats are doing something very intriguing we haven t seen particularly during two years of donald trump s administration. they re ignoring the president. and it s working. the numbers confirm that the american people are suggesting donald trump is responsible for this. democrats are being very disciplined. now, they also are leaning in and passing responsible legislation. i think tomorrow they re going to pass more legislation, push it over to mcconnell to keep the government open, but they re not responding to the president s rants. he s having to scream into his pillow, into his twitter the right now. it really is a model for democrats going forward. they have to be very careful, though, they can t be seen as not being the adults in the room. if they have to engage with the president on border security, specifically, explain why they re opposed to th
decided that opposing president trump comes before the security of our borders. so here we are, mr. president, day 24 because the speaker of the house has decided that enforcing our own laws is now immoral. president trump started this shutdown. he s the person continuing it. the fact that president trump refuses to consider our proposal l means that he s holding the government and the american people hostage as a political tactic. let s talk about it. with us here in new york, former republican member of congress from the state of jolly. in d.c., nancy cook, white house political reporter foradvantage. you get to go first. how does this end? there this is a different shutdown scenario than we ve seen. democrats are doing something very intriguing we haven t seen particularly during two years of donald trump s administration. they re ignoring the president. and it s working. the numbers confirm that the