president? well, there are a lot of witnesses that we waeren t allowed to call and subpoena so when they testified, they didn t have to answer questions and there are a lot of documents that we were not allowed to subpoena including telephone records that would allow us to find out who that blocked call was between, trump junior and he said at one time he didn t communicate with anyone then and another round of testimony he wasn t certain if he talked to anybody about it. again, given their relationship, it s strange credibility his credibility to believe he didn t talk to his father before and shortly thereafter. all right. interesting times ahead. congressman mike kwquigley, tha you. when we come back, my conversation with senator bob dole and freshman take the hill. back after this. so a tree falls on your brand-new car and totals it.
calling for a government shutdown. democratic strategists, i don t that 40 votes needed. what jeff is say iing tha you. what jeff has said wfr in terms of democrats wanting all these things on illegal immigration, that s just not true. we would be happy with the fix on daca, which is what trump promised. and everything else you know can come and yes, we understand that long-term fixes need to be done on so many i issues facing the country. but again, this has everything to do with republicans not being able to govern and this president not having the spine to govern. so similar to so many trump properties, this shutdown will have trump written all over it. jeff. sounds like a democrat strategist try iing to find an exit out. they re already beginning to get cold feet. americans understand all those things. they also understand the filibuster rule. they understand despite control of the government, you need 60
different things before lunch and he doesn t expect to be held accountable. he s not going to hold these people to account if they will serve him. right now this is another billionaire in a brio knee suit. this is exactly what the president wants. white house, the administration billionaire s is. tha you michael dean. thank don. more on our breaking news, jeff sessions reportedly discussed campaign-related matters with the russian ambassador. now should sessions step down?
where he met mahmoud abbas there is an enormous wall there. if you want know what a wall looks like, a security wall looks like, that s the one to look at. i don t know what his reaction was to that. but it s probably worth pointing out to anybody who was there. christopher dickey for us. live in paris. christopher, tha you. the president and pope francis before and after their meetings. again, just to be in that room to know what was said but also we can make our takeaways given the body language, the smiles the chuckles. this is maybe my own takeaway that the larger smiles and the more robust laughter came with more of melania trump than with donald trump. at least when it came to the exchange of pleasantries before and after the meeting. i think you re right, frances. he seemed far more at ease when he met both mrs. trump and
have the cross party dialogue where they talk about what if the russians were involved in our campaign. how do we deal with it as a country and a party. and quite honestly, and i m a big fan of the 24/7 news cycle, when i finished at 7:00, i didn t have to hit a switch and be on msnbc, i could work the phones and find out what to talk about the next morning if was a different kind of pace to the investigation and the speculation that went on. i think it is in the country s interest that we have a long review, and not just get immediately polarized on a republican or democratic position and not be able to see the middle. tha you, tom brokaw. i learned my craft from you. thank you for having me on,