january 6th rally on the ellipse. america get 1 million dollars to mark meadows foundation, that s a big donation. the kind of think that might even plausibly change an individual s mind about whether they want to come operate with congressional subpoenas. he was definitely purchasing a lot of goodwill from people who were perspective witnesses against him in subsequent criminal or civilian civil prosecutions or congressional investigation. that does demonstrate the slipperiness of our campaign finance laws. but donald trump as someone who pushes everything to the max. they turn this into a moneymaking enterprise. he of course is now the king of the hill in the republican party, he s got all the money and all of the members of congress are terrified of him that he would endure somebody against them or spend their money against them. they are completely beholden to
their children flown home. but one of the things that concerns me a lot, rachel, is this category of parents that were considered ineligible to reunify with their children. there is no basis for a border patrol agent to determine who is eligible or ineligible to be a parent. we do not treat children that way in the child welfare system when their parents have been charged with neglect and abuse so why on earth would we do that to parents who have no charge at all? the slipperiness of this policy has made it hard i think to cover and hard for the general public to keep track of whether or not progress is being made and whether or not the general public outrage over this policy is being attended by this administration. part of i feel like what you were getting at today in your questioning and some our your other colleagues on your committee as well was the issue of whether or not the administration actually has a
way in the child welfare system when their parents have been charged with neglect and abuse, so why on earth would we do that to parents who have not had any charge like that at all? the slipperiness of this as a policy is part of any charge like that at all? the slipperiness of this policy is what has been hard to cover and hard i think the general public to keep track of whether or not progress is being made and attended by this administration. part of what i feel like you were getting at today in some of your questioning and some of your other colleagues is the issue of whether or not the administration actually has a coheerc coherent policy on this. whether there were still ways that families are being separated even when the administration says the policy broadly is over. do you feel you and your colleagues are getting to the bottom of is this happening and
winter weather right now. that s part of why the flights are so snarled up. you can shut things down and keep flights on the ground to a certain extent. folks are still trying to get from place to place. one of those amazing stories you talked about. one of the lawmakers that had to circle and rush to washington. this store i have is what it s doing, causing this big mess. it s just beginning hour. we have hours ahead of us. some of the slipperiness could extend tomorrow before it gets warmer. julie? julie: whister massachusetts is looking pretty. i look on the bright side. i love it. it is lovely. julie: gorgeous. millions of americans filing their 2018 taxes might be a bit surprised to learn that their refunds are less than expected due to president trump s tax reform law. deidra bolton is here to explain. hi. hi, julie. okay. tax day, we know this. monday, april 15. the trump administration s tax
cohen who s obviously he was trading on the president s name. he strikes me as someone who loved being close to power and he knew trump, obviously. helped him, as the president said, on a a big favor years a. how do you treat him given his admitted slipperiness with the truth and facts? look, you have to go into it knowing your kind of engaging in snake wrestling. as the defense attorney, i would relish the idea of cross-examining this guy. he s a lawyer who betrayed his client. said he would took a bullet, didn t believe it. he admits his own culpability and now he s trying to get a break from the judge. there s a million things you could cross-examine on but i have to say some of the prosecutors on that team know their way around the courthouse. greg would put mobsters on the stand when a lot of baggage. they are not blind to the fact that this guy is kind of a