but a promise he believes makes the country better. similarly, 2008, barack obama run, one of the signature policies what was healthcare reform, which eventually became obamacare. it was unpopular to the point where massachusetts, a democrats lost the so-called ted kennedy seat to scott brown. they were demoralized, sean, they were crushed. rahm emanuel wanted to pull the whole thing. the person that bucked obama up, that said go big or go home wast nancy pelosi. she said, you made a signature promise, you need to fulfill it. and donald trump made a promise and he is trying to do thehi same thing, to fulfill a campaign promise that he made, that he also believes will improve the country. sean: also life and death, larry. 90% of the heroin coming across that border into this country. that s exactly right. so why would nancy pelosi understand the pressure that obama was under and encourage him to pursue obamacare, but expect donald trump to completely dropkick a plan, a promise he ma
makes the country better. similarly 2008 barack obama run, one of the signature policies what was healthcare reform which he called obamacare. it was unpopular to the point where massachusetts, a democrats lost the so-called ted kennedy seat to scott brown. they were demoralized, sean, they were crurend. rahm emanuel wanted to pull the whole thing. the person that bucked obama up that said go big or go home was nancy pelosi. she said you made a signature promise, you need to fulfill it. and donald trump made a promise and he is trying to do the same thing to fulfill a campaign promise that he made that he also believes will improve the country. sean: also life and death. 90% of the heroin coming across that border into this country. that s exactly right. so, why would nancy pelosi understand the pressure that obama was under and encourage him to pursue obamacare but expect donald trump to completely drop kick a plan, a promise he made repeatedly to his base. it doesn t even make an
willing. it wasn t immoral, 11 months ago, that wall. it s only immoral now because the president boxed himself in. i know people keep saying that. i don t think it was in the form that the president says. and no one is saying that there shouldn t be some sort there s already a structure. i don t think democrats are saying there s already a structure at the border. they re using immoral. the wall is immoral now. jorge ramos just wrote in the new york times, you know, it s racist. it s immoral. there are places where the wall makes sense, and there are i want to talk about this because the president you know, he talks about the wall, which was his signature promise, right, michael? but he could tell his supporters because they want to believe him. they re not going to not support him regardless, right? he can tell his supporters, listen, whatever he wants to say. i m not going to come up with any scenario. but the economy is the saving grace of this president, and he h
million bill. but it wasn t immoral 11 months ago that wall. it s only immoral now because the president boxed himself in. i know people keep saying that. i don t think it was in the form that the president says. and no one is saying there shouldn t be some there s already a structure. democrats are saying there s already a structure. but the wall is immoral now. writing in the new york times, you know, its racist, immoral there are places where the wall makes sense and places where it doesn t. the president, you know, he talks about the wall, which was his signature promise, right, michael, but he could tell his supporters because they want to believe him. they re not going to not support him regardless. he could tell his supporters, listen, whatever he wants to say i m not going to come up with any scenario but the economy is the saving grace of this president. and he has to choose one over the other. i think he is being a little bit
government shutdown. it lingers on, now officially this longest shutdown in u.s. history and forced some 800,000 federal employees. it means they have been left high and dry, hurting now for three weeks and counting. the collateral damage is piling up, house democrat versus passed bill after bill to reopen the government and get people back to work, but senate republicans ridicule those moves as stunts and say they won t move on anything until president trump says okay. for more, there s cnn caitlin collins. reporter: president trump backing off his threat to declare a national emergency to fund his border wall. we re not looking to do right now is a national emergency. reporter: the president making that comment during an immigration roundtable at the white house after warnings that he would likely set off a firestorm of critics as he bypassed congress to build his signature promise. though trump maintains he can if