minutes from something remarkable set to play out on senate floor, that sitting republican, senator jeff flake will condemn the president. >> suzanne has a preview for us. >> reporter: all eyes on the senate floor, ten minutes away when it's expected that senator flake will deliver these remarks. it is widely anticipated and highly unusual, the president himself in a preemptive move criticizing senator flake saying he's weak on border security among other things. he clearly doesn't have a re-election bid so he feels untethered unbridled by the requirements of another campaign. he's become a really ferocious critic of the president. here's a little bit of what he's going to address. it is largely dealing with the president's critiques and criticism of the media. he's going to say to the president of the senate, mr. president, is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. it bears noting that so frout with malice was the phrase enemy of the people, even kruch nef forbade its use, saying the phrase ha

jeff flake did not hate obama the way he hates donald trump because't obama didn't threaten flake.f you are jeff flake or lindsey graham or a dozen other republican senators who secretly despise their own voters, the obama years were a perfect time for you. you could complain about democratic control of government in a low-grade way, play the role of a principled opposition, give a few floor speeches come into a few tv hits and go home. he didn't have to do anything or change anything. it was the political equivalent of a no-show job. nice work if you could get it. there is a reason republicans haven't delivered a single major conservative law since welfare reform and that was more than 20 years ago. no wonder guys like jeff flake loathe trump. he called their bluff. suddenly republicans have all the power for the first time in decades, they could actually do what voters have consistently asked them to do for years. secure the borders, this time, for real. slow the flood of immigration that is making america poorer, more crowded, and dangerously unstable. but they don't want to do

where was jeff flake then?don't remember him comparing president obama to joseph stalin or bothering to defend us. jeff flake didn't hate obama the way he hates donald trump, obama didn't threaten the comfortable thing flake had carved out for himself. if you're jeff flake or lindsay graham or a dozen other republican senators who secretly despise their own voters, oat poom a years were a perfect time for you. you could complain about democratic control of government, give a knew floor speeches, tv hits, then go home. you didn't have to do anything or change anything. with the political equivalent of a no-show job it was nice work if you could get it. there's a reason republicans haven't delivered a single major conservative law since welfare reform. that was more than 20 years ago. no wonder guys like jeff flake loathe trump. he called their bluff. suddenly republicans have all of the power for the first time in decades, that could actually do what voters have consistently asked them to do for years. secure th

david: let's talk about jeff flake. remarks, i just mentioned to somebody we had on, the fact is he's not getting applause from the left because the left sees him as a hypocrite. how do you see it? >> he has no constituent i. i am sphrp arizona and i don't know one arizonan who likes jeff flake. he says trump uses rules and regulations to stifle freedom of and compared trump to a dictator. obama sat with a ruthless dictator for three hours in cuba at a baseball game. if you are a dictator you don't deregulate the economy and give power back to the people. anybody who watches the news knows that if you have 90 person * bad news and you have the economy that trump had, there is no way the media is being fair. david: he said specifically that president trump uses laws and regulations to stifle the truth. when did trump ever do that? >> i think what jeff flake is trying to do, he's known as a loser and he's trying to rebrand himself as a hysterical drama queen. there was no audience. the only person in the room was dick dur

today were a bunch of republican senators coming to the floor of the senate to watch or to applaud jeff flake's speech. you don't see his colleagues rushing out to defend him. it is not clear that he does speak for really anyone beyond himself. that's part of the limit of this speech. what flake does when he stands up. i'll just add that we know this president takes things like this very personally. to have someone involved in one particular bipartisan immigration conversation come at him in this way probably doesn't help that effort in the president's eyes. >> garrett, thanks very much. >> i don't think jeff flake is looking to help that effort. i'm pretty sure jeff flake thoughknows what he is doing. >> and people protesting there is not a clean daca bill. >>> new news that ousted white house chief strategist steve bannon got a visit from fbi agents at his washington home last week. >> what a week he had. >> still reeling from the outcome of michael wolff's book "fire and fury." according to members of the house intelligence committee, who endured a 9.5 hour session with bannon yesterday, he

that and more on "the daily briefing." >> harris: republican senator and frequent trump critic jeff flakeexpected to deliver a searing floor speech tomorrow. he's going to compare the president's attacks on the media to the rhetoric of the notorious 20th century soviet dictator joseph stalin. flake clarified the remarks he is planning to make it. >> joseph stalin was a killer, our president is not. it puzzles me as to why you would use a phrase so loaded and that has such deeper meaning, the press being the enemy of the people. that is a big concern. what this president does, the most powerful man in the world has lasting implications. it has implications for journalists worldwide as well as our free press year in this country. >> harris: i tell you, it doesn't take much history to know about stalin, how do you accidentally use that word? >> its hyperbole to get attention. the reality is senators do two things. they give speeches and cast votes. this speech will be insignificant in history but is about to pass tax cuts will be important and at the end of the day jeff flake has awarded mor

outgoing senator jeff flake from arizona slamming the president comparing him to a brutal dictator. woman running to take senator flake's seat, kelly ward is with us next. she has a strong response to what he said. achoo! achoo! (snap) (snap) achoo! achoo! feel a cold coming on? zicam cold remedy nasal swabs shorten colds with a snap, and reduce symptom severity by 45%. shorten your cold with a snap, with zicam. melissa: arizona senator jeff flake holding nothing back on the senate floor today where he took several blows at president trump comparing his words to those of joesph stalin. >> it seems he is now in turn inspired dictators and authoritarians with his own language. that is rep prelensable. -- reprehensible. melissa: senator flake is stepping down at the end of his term in january of 2019. joining me now, dr. kelly ward who is running to fill senator flake's seat. thank you so much for joining us. one of the other points you make in condemning this speech is the idea that, all it does is exacerbate the very problem he claims to be railing against. it is another opportunity f

we're watching another conservative jeff flake, getting ready to take on president trump. what he's going to say about the commander in chief and the comments he plans to make about josef stalin. it you have just confirmed, another member of the president's inner circle will be on capitol hill today. >> reporter: that's right, halle, former campaign manager cory lewandowski will be answering questions before the house intelligence committee later on today, this is according to two sources familiar with the matter, we're also expecting the outgoing white house deputy chief of staff rick deerborn to be answering questions on capitol hill as well. this all underscores the investigations on capitol hill and frankly that special house investigation are zeroing in on the president's inner circle. and that reporting that you and i had with julia ainsley, the fbi last tuesday went to steve bannon's house to issue a subpoena. bannon directed them to his attorney. the question is why essentially turning up the heat on steve bannon, potentially to happy before a grand jury, the think

we'll bring senator jeff flake onto the set in a minute. when you were here, you and i, i was harassing you. >> we spent a lot of time with the super committee. and the soup the grand bargain before that. this was more all though it didn't yield a lot of result. and i hope that we can finds a new paradigm where you can get things done. i think we have a good chance on immigration with greater pressure from the american people. and hopefully president trump. who at times endorsed a bill of love. being willing to be flexibility on more stringent border and interior enforcement requirements. >> what do we think schumer needs to hear in order to go forward from the white house? do we think that matters in the context of this? >> i find is hard to believe there's a situation that schumer backs a deal like this. with the promise of a vote. he would need ashurps from the white house about what an immigration bill is going to look like. and i'm not sure schumer will really believe him. after he had sit down with president trump on friday, they talk

nina, referee this dispute between john kelly and jeff flake.ays, i think he's completely wrong, when jeff flake was talking about comparing trump's language to joseph stalin. >> when i think john kelly is completely wrong. because enemy of the people was a very well known phrased that was used in stalin's russia, in hitler's germany to brand anybody disagreeing with the political system right from the top. so this is actually historical fact. it's truth. and, therefore, john kelly is wrong. although, i do want to say when we speak about flake -- senator flake comparing trump to joseph stalin, i think we are wrong. because he didn't compare them. he just compared the language. which i think in a democracy already is a coupe but noneless the it's not a direct comparison. >> explain that. >> in a democracy it is a coupe because not only the president is using enemy of the people, not only semarly, the press organizations today we saw the results of the fake news award, which is remarkable in many ways, so it is a coup that the president brands tho

senator jeff flake under fire for a blistering speech attacking our commander-in-chief yet again.outgoing arizona lawmaker comparing donald trump's attacks on the media to the rhetoric of the soviet dictator joseph stalin. >> a testament to the condition of our democracy our own president uses words infamously spoken by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. when a figure in power reflexively calls any press that doesn't suit him fake news it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press. >> republican national committee chairwoman mcdaniels firing back saying comparing the leader of the free world to murderous dictators is absurd, he has gone too far. what do you think? the federalist john daniel davis as jeff flake not only crossed a line but his comments along with the mainstream media are a serious threat to our democracy. >> one thing jeff flake gets wrong and the mainstream media gets wrong is the number one threat if there is a main threat to our democracy when it comes to the media it is the media has thrown away its credibility with the american peop

that being said, i think jeff flake's speech is completely over the line.t hasn't issued any kind of decree that is official with the government to go after the press. we haven't seen congress introduce any kind of legislation as far as we know the justice department isn't listening in on phone calls or watching reporters and what their movements are between government agencies as they tap in and tap out. i think we have a long way to go before what the president has been accused of. >> maria: what he has said and what he has done. who spech like that helping? for a senator to take to the senate floor. >> katie: the media likes it. >> sandra: to use that opportunity to compare the sitting president to joseph stalin. is that helping anybody? >> maria: i do think this is what he firmly believes. and it's not just about attention. believe me, i actually think he would be go home and never have the spotlight again. >> harris: he did have a book out when some of it started? >> maria: i read it it's a very thoughtful book. i don't agree with his policies. you are

senator jeff flake calling out the president and urging fellow republicans to do the same. what's really his motivation? we'll take a look at all those things. . we'll start with the blame game. two days before a possible government shutdown, the white house chief of staff is is on capitol hill. yet congress and the president don't seem to be any closer to a solution. the hold up an immigration fix for daca rerecipients. they are throwing accusations over who might face the most ire from voters ten months from now. >> if god forbid this is a shutdown, it will fall on the majority leaders's shoulder ands president. >> it makes no sense for democrats to try to bring us to a shutdown. >> can i tell you with certainty there will be a bill passed by friday and signed, i cannot. >> they look at us like, this is the united states congress. >> we start with two reports. chief white house correspondent hallie jackson and casey hunt. let's start with you. john kelly met with members of congress, we're told. do we know how that meeting went and how the negotiations are going on the hi

that super majority, you've had some of the republicans peel off like senator lindsey graham and jeff flake. you've had some democrats that have moved along as well. those are the big questions. the democrats who we have been talking to and holding out on this, what is the main concern here? one of them is the daca plan, the proposal here. they want something mcconnell says perhaps will bring it up and maybe get something later after that three week extension. they want something before the three week extension. they also want a commitment that president trump doesn't interfere in this process. that is a hard commitment for anybody to say that that is not going to be the case. they also want a commitment of a bipartisan proposal, the one that was introduced by dick durbin and lindsey graham to be the basis, the base text if you will of any kind of legislation that comes forward protecting the d.r.e.a.m.ers or immigration reform on the floor and then on to the house. furthermo furthermore, they want a real commitment, a binding commitment that the house is going to take this up after the sen

life hurts, feel better. ♪ >>> republican senator jeff flake is taking on the president over mr. ump's repeated attacks on the free press. senator flake will present his case on the senate floor tomorrow, but he's already sharing his concerns. >> what concerns me is when you use phrases like enemy of the people, then that -- you trace that phrase back and it was not a good origin. really was popularized by joseph stalin. what this president does, the most powerful man in the world, has lasting implications. and it has implications for journalists worldwide as well as our free press here in this country. >> here to discuss all this is douglas brinkley, cnn presidential historian and new york times journalist nicholas kristof. great to have both of you here for this discussion. a sitting u.s. senator will go on the senate floor and criticize the president of his own party historically speaking can you give us the significance of this? >> and on the day that the government might close. look, it just tells you there really is a type of neo civil war going on within the republican part

passengers, one of the workers, one of the crew on that truck. >> reporter: let me quote senator jeff flake as saying there were three people onboard the truck, that one has passed away, two are injured. again, that is senator flake saying that to "the washington post" that one of the people on the truck is dead on the scene, two injured, that he and other lawmakers helped carry one of the injured to an ambulance where local medical personnel were standing by and helping. i've been talking to the ntsb as well as the federal railroad administration. both are aware of what has happened but have not yet started a go team. i would suspect that would happen in very short order especially given the fact there are members of congress onboard this train. again, the federal railroad administration and the ntsb jointly investigate incidents involving trains. amtrak is only saying this happened at about 11:20 and the trash truck was on the tracks. we don't know if there was an intersection there, a crossing that failed to, in some way, failed to notice there was a train coming. we simply don't have th

. >>> plus, republican senator and frequent trump critic jeff flake apparently isn't done taking aim at the president. he's now planning to slam president trump in a big speech, right from the senate floor. and we already know he's going to compare the president to a brutal dictator. you do all this research on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. i have to tell you something. dad, one second i was driving and then the next... they just didn't stop and then... i'm really sorry. i wrecked the subaru. i wrecked it. you're ok. that's all that matters. (vo) a lifetime commitment to getting them home safely. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. you can feel safe for only $49.00. that includes security panel, keypad, key fob, entry and motion sensors

the reason i raise this is i see jeff flake representing a showdown.en people who represent classic republican values and people who represent what president trump does, which i don't think is republican i. it reflects what he said last week about, what he said about women, a lack of respect for the craft, the department of defense, the department of state. i fear this country is being divide between not only people who represent democratic and republican values, but people who feel their values so deep reply they think violence is the answer. i see in it my personal e-mail and i'm afraid we'll see it in america. >> do you agree? >> i'm hoping that he is not right. i must tell you that i am deeply troubled, deeply disturbed by for example what we saw in charlottesville, which may have been a tim of an iceberg. people who would be willing to confront people with whom they disagree. if you will, incite violence and incite this invective. i hope he is absolutely wrong. what is necessary is the people of good will who do not believe violence is the answer,

he did that on the tax bill to get jeff flake's vote. they already promised there could be a daca vote. i think the bigger problem, though, is committing the house. pi think the one point of leverage democrats now have in washington is the ability to block legislation in the senate that requires 60 votes. this is it. and i think whatever happens in the senate, i think democrats are concerned they might pass a bill with bipartisan support and house republicans would refuse to take it off. there was bipartisan reform legislation passed the senate with more than 60 votes and the house republican majority refused to vote on it. so i'm guessing that part of the end game here is some kind of commitment from paul ryan that the house will consider and as i said this afternoon, the ultimate end point of this, it's hard to imagine that there's a bill that can get 60 votes in the senate if there's something that gets to the president's desk, paul ryan is going to have to violate the rule that says you only bring a bill to the floor if you have the

for jeff flake comes to play. so much of an enemy of this president that he went out of his way to confirm he had her donald trump had used the words he had used in jeff flake had used a small group of bipartisan senators who was debating he wasn't even there. so whether it is daca, tax policy or whatnot, jeff flake really isn't a relevant human being. neil: alright come as you are not a fan. where do you think this goes at the session of what the president might have said when they use foul language days ahead of what could be potential government shutdown. where is this thing going? >> let me say something about the foul language in cnn. the audience needs to be very clear about this. those of us on your network talking were admonished by producers and our dear not to use that word. cnn has put it on hundreds of times and mentioned that hundreds of times since they been doing it. when they put it on the crawl space, where they've been viewed in every airport in america with a in america they saw it in a doctors

lindsey graham voted against this. >> jeff flake, lindsey graham, mike lee, rand paul. i mean on the democratic side, those who voted yes were joe donnelly, heidi heitkamp, doug jones, joe manchin, and claire mccaskill. carry on. >> exactly. the point being -- >> there's lindsey graham and chuck schumer on your screen. >> this is not some sort of democratic conspiracy to shut down the government. democrats have historically wanted to fund and keep the government operating. it's been traditionally the democrats who have done that in the face of opposition from republicans like ted cruz and newt gingrich in the past who have tried to shut down the government. what we have going on right now is a situation where we have a president who just said last may that we need a good government shutdown. he said that on twitter just last may. a president who said just seven years ago that if there is a shutdown, that the people don't care about whether it's the republicans or democrats in congress. they look to the president for leadership. we have a president who sold himself as be

he's driven two senators of his own party to retirement who disagree with him, bob corker and jeff flake. buat the same time, he did toght show a side that was

why should jeff flake vote against tax cuts if he's in favor of them? isn't it a big deal he's giving this speech? >> i do want to say, yes, it is a big deal he's giving this speech. i've been one of the democrats that have been very vocal saying that if republicans do not like what this president is doing, they have different forms and venues where they can, again, because they're co-equal branch of government, call him out and hold him accountable. the problem with jeff flake and even, you know, folks like mitt romney, you can be critical of the president but your voting record matters. if you want to quote/unquote stick it to donald trump, do not go with his agenda, do not give him wins, make him work for it and corral him into a box. that's not what this republican held congress has done. and, frankly, why folks are all talk and no actual action. >> i just don't get, though, a certain point, i don't know if you want to weigh in on this, kirsten, why jeff flake should be expected to vote against a tax plan he supports just to stick it to the presiden

part of a deal proposed by senators lindsey graham, jeff flake and dick durbin which is white house turned down. sarah sanders explains. >> the flake/graham/durbin agreement doesn't meet the benchmarks. in short, it is totally unacceptable to the president and should be declared dead on arrival. >> melissa: now president trump says without the wall there is no deal on daca. peter doocy joining me from capitol hill. peter, where do we go from here

rnc web site, cnn four of so prospect sparked a fiery speech from biggest republican hypocrite jeff flake made it very controversial in comparison. >> a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president, uses words indpaumously spoken by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. >> did jeff flake undermine criticism with that stalin comparison. >> yes, i think overall the speech to coat colleague act of civic hygiene i sportdz may supported 90% well said when you invoke a mass murderer compare that to president of the united states just going on twitter mouthing off, i think that did himself a disservice undermined message trying to convey. >> jeff flake said i am not comparing two but that palm names the same paragraph you know as a politician that every headlined what happened is going to be flake says trump like stalin. >> the press preview it saying jeff flake is about to give -- >> he leaked it. >> i will say this, i think that he was more on target in speaking about authoritarian type rulers and using stalin that regard not mass murderer part thank god i will say when

tammy: jeff flake belongs to a party of one. he's out for himself.hen you make statements from the senate floor, you can't be sued. when you are speaking to an empty chamber except for two, you are doing it for the cameras. this is what makes people not take congress seriously and why he's not running again. the fact of the matter is what you have got with the press, that's what stalin said about the press. you look at the faces of the people in the room during the doctor's report on the president's health. dejected looks on their faces. the affliction of the sads on that room it was okay to points out the truth of the matter. maybe he's not talking about brian ross or all the other people who decide to mislead the american people deliberately it's the press that needs a reflection on themselves, not the president of the united states. charles: the press -- it's so easy for the press, for it to roll off their tongues and mention hitler in the same breath as president trump. morning joe ripped donald trump in october of last year. he compared him to c

not only jeff flake, basely going after him. but also mitt romney today, let's put up the full screen of what he said today. this is a man who has not even yet announced heed is running in utah for senate, property of aspiring up grand nation of origin is as irrelevant as their race -- i mean, that is pure nonsense. is he attacks the president. the part at end, he what to quote dr. king. >> yes, i don't think that this is about the church of the ladder day saints, i think this is about people who are politically irrelevant. and who want to be relevant, and are desperate, let he tell mitt romney something, all men are created equal, in the i thinkagf god but not all nations are equal that is where we have people risks their lives on hand made rafts to come to america, america is greatest nation on god's earth, some other countries are hell holes. lou: hell holes, i believe is lindsey graham who referred to some countries that way. what did going on? you have a bunch of prigs, and prudes, talking like they are from what? 18th or 1

or was jeff flake right? >> technically right about the use of the term.an put out a study. and donald trump is not helping for that. he is not fighting for that around the world. he likes dictatorships in china and russia philippines and elsewhere. so i wish we had a president who fought hard for american rights. there are lots of media outlets. some do better and worse. only one president he has to be held to higher standard. if donald trump, if the president of the united states can't hold himself to higher standard than huge number of reporters and media, then we have a big problem. >> all right. i'll leave it there. thank you both very much for great conversation. and next breaking news, the white house said it would cooperate with the russia probe. so why is it now working behind the scenes to limit testimony to investigators? we have some breaking details this hour. and despite the very rosy report from the white house doctor, the president does have heart disease and dr. gupta joins us with the new details. red fees. fisher investments never does.

>> i think that the reality here is, you know, if jeff flake was running for re-election, he wouldn'tsaying this. he's a conservative by every measure. when he was in the house, he was certainly very conservative. i guess he's more of a moderate now. look, i'm not sure it makes that much of a difference. as you said, republicans want to get things it done. they're looking the other way here. i think in a matter of history, it's a marker at this moment that some people rose up. but the president's been very successful in his efforts to discredit the media, without question. of course, it's dangerous. >> the senator makes the point it's dangerous. again, if we naval gaze as reporters, some people would say you're making this about yourself. he made some important points. number one, it is a crime against democracy when the president of the united states will not recognize that russia meddled in the election and call a cabinet level meeting to deal with it. when you call it a hoax, you invite it to happen again and you minimize it. it's not trivial when the president says 3 million to 5

first of all, get to jeff flake.andering to the establishment, the he let, i don't know what his plans are when he leaves the senate, is he so pompous. is he everything that people hate about politics and why people voted for trump. to say that credit siding media coverage is the same as despotism is so absurd and over the top. the president is not trying to close down the press. is he just fighting back. and in a good job, too. because for years, decades, probably, have you had republicans of all kinds right across the spectrum not just populist republicans like president trump today describe as mainstream establishment republicans. completely dismissed and derided by the media. and they have never fought back. >> sandra: so rewind to that moment there in the white house, melissa, it seems like you enjoyed that jim acosta kept firing off questions the president says out. >> melissa: i'm glad people got to see that exchange see swh someone wants to be the story instead of reporting the story what jim acosta on cnn is

senator jeff flake was there at that meeting. for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> was having that meeting with cameras rolling, what were you expecting? >> i didn't expect the cameras to stay that long. obviously the more productive part of the meeting was after the cameras left, but, frankly, i went in with pretty low expectations. you don't put 22 people around the table and expect to really negotiate. we're at a point now where we really need to negotiate. i was surprised when the cameras left at the president's flexibility on the matter. and that he actually went in and explained what he meant by a wall and border security, and that's helpful. it really is. >> he was actually even more flexible on the issue of what needed to be attached to the d.r.e.a.m.ers' bill once the cameras left the room? >> yeah, and i don't know if i can define one rather than the other. i can't remember what was what, but certainly after the cameras left kevin mccarthy and a few others said, all right, let's really set these parameters. what

arizona senator jeff flake tells me why he believes trump is a danger to democracy. plus, my conversation with the pulitzer prize-winning editor of "the new yorker," david remnick, on protecting press freedoms and fighting fake news. ♪ >> announcer: "amanpour on pbs" was made possible by the generous support of rosalind p. walter. >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with the global perspective. this week, republican senator jeff flake will take to the senate floor to defend free speech against what he calls donald trump's unrelenting, daily assaults, and he's not pulling any punches, tracing the president's enemy of the people attack on the press all the way back to the soviet dictator, joseph stalin. flake is one of the few prominent republicans willing to stand up and criticize the president. not coincidentally, he's also one of the many republican legislators leaving congress this year. so, in accusing president trump, is senator flake also accusing the president's republican enablers who stay quiet? senator fl

of the "washington post," thanks so much for being here. >> glad to be with you. >> and senator jeff flake's retirement set offer one of the most competitive closely watching races this year. and while flake is critical of trump, republicans hoping to suck is seed him are trying to convince voters that they are in lock step with this president. garrett haake is back with more. >> reporter: yeah, i interviewed all three republicans running in the primary to replace flake, and each one of them told me they would be the best ally for president trump in the senate. >> let's go fly, fight and win. >> reporter: it takes a lot to overshadow a member of congress flying a world war ii era jet around her state. announcing a senate campaign. but president trump's reported vulgar comments about african countries managed to do it, stepping on congresswoman martha mcsally's senate rollout. i had to ask -- when the president talks about immigrants from shit hole countries, is that acceptable to you? >> i speak a little salty behind closed doors at times as well. and so i'm not going to throw on the first t

back to jeff flake's floor speech. if he is so concerned about protecting the first amendment, protecting the press, wisely bowing out early instead of staying and fighting, keeping his seat in arizona. instead he is rolling over going -- doing this on his last stand. what he said wasn't true. he said this has never happened before, this kind of attack is unprecedented. politicians, whether you are the president or congress, have always had a precarious relationship. that's the whole point of having a free, independent press. the government is held accountable. they are always going to deal with this. we are going to see this for the next three years, definitely the next seven at president trump gets reelected. they need each other. trump likes the attention, whether it's good or bad, and the press certainly likes the attention, especially those in the white house press corps. >> jesse: talk about acosta for a second. i respect him but he is a total drama queen. if another correspondent had treated president obama like

my special thanks to senator susan collins, lisa murkowski for joining with jeff flake jeff flake and joining with lindsey graham and joining with cory gardner and others who have been working on this issue for so long, to try to make a positive impact on this debate so we can move forward. i cannot tell my colleagues how many have come up to me from the other side of the aisle and said we are with you on this issue, we want to help you get this done. each of them has a little different take on what that means but i do believe them. and i do believe we have this opportunity to move together. now comes the real test as to whether we can get this done. whether we can be the senate again, whether we can turn to constructively having a debate. for some of you will be the first time you have ever seen it but believe me, it is worth the price of admission. all it took for you to come to the united states senate. we have to stand together. my last word is this. we've gathered the largest bipartisan group of senators to ever commit to moving forward on the dream act. we have a process. i want

we heard that jeff flake says that there is a deal?> it sounds like a small group of senators agree on a possible daca deal, but they need to presented to the rest of the senate to see if they have enough votes to pass something. so mark expressing concern about getting a buttoned up by januar. a lot of optimism on capitol hill since president trump conducted his meeting with 20 lawmakers earlier this week trying to get to the bottom of an immigration agreement. including proper border security and enforcement in addition to addressing the young people brought here illegally by their parents. >> republicans are generally open to some sort of legislative move related to the daca population. but there are a couple of priorities that have to be most important. we should not incentivize more illegal activity across the border. these are very reasonable things that we are asking to tie together with any daca solution and we are asking for a democratic colleagues to get more reasonable and start negotiating with us in good faith. >> others o

let's dip into jeff flake talking about it. we went through regular order and dealt. >> you've been on a immigration bill for months now. what's been different? >> well, what's been difficult is dealing with the white house and not knowing where the president is. holding mitch mcconnell from. >> no, it hasn't. but that's what i'm saying. he don't think it will change. i hope that it does. i hope that the president will say here's what we need and here's what we stick with. but what we've said is it will come to the senate floor. and we'll pass something and see if the president likes it. >> senator flake, how long -- >> we want to get a deal before march 5th. the last. i think the worst outcome would be to get to march 5th. and then try to jam something through, which would look something like the legislative equivalent of daca where we make it constitutional. but it's no more certain for these kids, and they would have to wait and for something more certain and, again, that's not good. i'm convinced a deal would be done, but i

when you think about jeff flake tying it back to the immigration debate, why should donald trump, in any way, debate in his own mind, gee, i'm going do a deal with durbin, flake, and graham after what durbin said about him, trump is a racist. and flake said about him, trump is joseph stalin. now they're going to try to guilt trump into doing a deal with those characters? >> no, he should president -- they don't believe the immigration system is broken. they're only going for a deal, daca is threatened to expire on its own terms. they feel open borders helped flip the southwest from purpose tomorrow red. the ethnic tribunes like the narrative. the democratic party likes it. their idea, it's great, the only people say it's broken are the people worried about putting their children in public schools with english as a second language. >> laura: the schools they don't send their kids to. >> they're subject to the consequences of their own ideologies. boutique apartheidists. >> laura: as long as they get their yards dodge for cheap prices, they're good. if you think slate is out of touch, j

you can see that jeff flake is going to be -- saying they are getting close to a deal. joining me is jeff denim. congressman good to see you. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> you said the government asked these young men and women to come out of shadows. they passed background check, opened bank account, gotten job, enrolled in our university, all positive contributions to our society. to target them now is wrong. you're a republican and pretty conservative on most things. why do you take this view on dreamers at odds with my of your fellow republicans? >> they've done what the government has asked them to do. sthap e sthaped up and passed our background checks. they're part of our economy. having these dreamers have jobs and a commitment to the only country they know and love is something we have to resolve and not through executive order, not through the courts but legislatively congress has to do its job. >> the senators are saying, the senators are saying they are prepared to move ahead with something like this in the senate. they a

so let's talk about the speech from jeff flake. he's a republican, but is leaving the senate.gave a very strong speech on the senate floor today criticizing the president and his whole obsession with so-called fake news. his attacks on the news media. let's watch. >> it is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own users words infamously spoken by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. so frout with malice was the people that even the key to choose. >> rick tyler, jeff flake have a point? or is this a case where the president is tapping into a lot of anger at the news media? >> there's a lot of anger in the news media, but the knew media is a fact, it's not a problem. the news media is open and integral to a free society. it was in john mccain's interview over 260 journalists have been imprisoned in 2017. over 60 lost their lives covering the news. we are fortunate in the united states that our journalists are not imprisoned and most don't lose their lives from covering the news, but some do. it is important to our freedom is and to democracy and cannot have an

did you say he went jeff flake are of one mind? >> lisa: 2018 richard fowler. >> harris: came in a blue suit and turned to something. >> richard: there's a lot of democrats that also trusts mueller as well and here's why. there's going to be leaks. it is going to be people telling bits and pieces of this investigation, but only mueller and his team know exactly what's happening. none of those too. we have a bid they are in a bit here. documents have been unsealed but as far as this entire investigation, we just don't know. only mueller, his team, and the judge issuing the subpoenas and the grand jury actually know what's going on. president trump doesn't even know. he speculating. >> lisa: when there is leaks on a special counsel investigation which we shouldn't be saying either. >> richard: i agree. we don't know. >> harris: i heard richard fowler that he and senator jeff flake of arizona are of one min mind. a dire warning from a former top u.s. military official came this weekend. ex-chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral

jeff flake is alone and jeff flake is retiring.ns in congress, republicans in the senate are rolling over, and it's not clear what they would do, for example, if trump were to fire mueller. it's not clear what they would do if he were to begin to trample on civil liberties. that's terrifying. >> the book again is "how democracies die." >> thanks for having us. >>> cnn "newsroom" with poply harlow and john berman after this break. prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. feel the power of thenew power...smax. ...to fight back theraflu's powerful new formula to defeat 7 cold and flu symptoms... fast. so you can play on. theraflu expressmax. new r.powe >>> top of the hour, 9:00 a.m. eastern. good morning. i'm poppy har bow. >> i'm john berman. the breaking news, new reporting and new evidence that the president is fuming. he just directly contradicted his chief of staff and declared himself completely unevolved. at least on the issue of the border wall he wan

voteate senator jeff flake -- why did senator flake vote no?e tweeted he was promised, in part, a vote on daca in exchange for his yes vote. he tweeted -- my thoughts on daca, i maintain that the only way to find out what the president supports us to put a bill on the volt -- for an vote on it. they were trying to secure a deal before midnight. they were unable to do so. so we find ourselves in a shutdown. the president up early and tweeting democrats are far more concerned with illegal immigrants than they are with at ourat military southern border. they could've easily made a deal but decided to play shutdown politics instead. we need more republicans in 18 in order to power through this messed, he said. on the said that one-year anniversary of his presidency, the democrats wanted to give him a nice present. asking, these republicans only have 51 in the senate, and they need 60. win morehy we need to republicans in 2018 election. we can then be even tougher on crime and border and better to military and veterans. republicans were already down