but former gop congressman dave jolly wrote if republicans in turn fail to challenge trump, fail to challenge him on his overreach, his attacks on an independent judiciary, a free med media, they will have ampled his actions even the actions that undermine the very power of the congress, the rightful authority of the courts. to be silent is to be a follower, not a leader and republicans in congress now own the fate of his presidency just as much as president trump himself. that was in the february 12th issue of the hill". ". so we'll start now with emily calling in from green bay, california. good morning. caller: yes. well, i think so far things are pretty good. they're working the way i want them to. and i wanted to make a quick comment on the immigration point. i don't know if americans are aware that there's an hidalgo treaty. this hidalgo treaty is that the mexicans own california. now, here in california, our governor wants us to secede from the union. and so we're having complications. also that president obama in the last 17 days in his presidency changed the law on secrecy and privac