and senator john thune. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the speaker of the house, paul ryan. [applause] sen. mcconnell: we have talked a lot about 2017 being the most

senators jeff flake of arizona and john thune of south dakota have concerns of making it public. >>> mike pompeo defending the counterparts on foreign soil. this is part of the u.s. sanctions and is supposed to be barred from the u.s. the meetings came to light in a january 30th tweet from the russian embassy. >> a u.s. official says it is no accident that russia announced the meeting and the target was to sow discord in the united states. on thursday, pompeo defended in a letter to senate minority leader chuck schumer. he said he and others met with russians to keep america safe. schumer told cnn yesterday if this administration is ignoring sanctions, that's very serious. >>> a state department spokeswoman says sanctions can be waived in cases of national security. last year, russians revealed an oval office meeting with sergei kislyak. it is fair to note that past administrations have also met with russian intelligence officials. >>> nikki haley slamming russia an the republican retreat in west virginia. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. telling lawmakers moscow is not and will not b

chair john thune and house conference chair cathy mcmorris rodgers. pplause] did they forget your name, john? what is going on here? john cornyn, everybody knows. didn't put his name up, that is okay. first time that ever happened. hey, john, that will never happen again. working together we've accomplished extraordinary things for the american people over the last year. and i really believe this is just the beginning. you know paul ryan called me the other day, i don't know if i'm supposed to say this, but i will say, he said to me, he has never, ever seen the republican party so united, so much in like with each other but literally the word united was the word he used. it is the most united he has ever seen the party. i see it too. i have so many friend in this group. and there is a great coming together that i don't think either party has seen for many, many years. so, right? >> yep. >> that's food. [applause] -- good. i was hoping he wouldn't deny that. he did call me and i thought it was very nice. paul, thank you very much. every day we're removi

joining us now senator john thune, a republican from south dakota. senate gop conference chairman. have you seen the democratic version of the memo? >> i have not, nope. just the republican one. >> jon: there is word this thing goes on for 10 pages and some who have seen it suggest that the democrats sort of intentionally left in items that will need to be blacked out so that the f.b.i. or the department of justice has to go in and redact those items. does that seem plausible to you? >> it very well could be. i think the democrats on the house intelligence committee have been acting in a very partisan way throughout this entire process. inasmuch as they are going in front of the cameras and telling what the private conversations are. it wouldn't surprise me. i don't think it would be unusual for the white house to redact certain provisions in this memo. they did that with the republican bill. they both have to go through a vetting process. the intelligence community and folks that are concerned with making sure that americans and national security interests are served in all this i

john thune said may be a leaner deal.nnell didn't favor one plan or the other. >> provided the government is still open on february 8, to go to the subject and to treat it in a fair way, not try to tilt the playing field in anybody's direction and we'll see who can get to 60 votes. >> there's no guarantee that a str stripped down daca deal would get anywhere in the house. >> shepard: peter, what are the democrats saying on immigration? >> one moderate democrat does and sound like he's moving to the republican side. it's joe manchin who is upset that the vice president came to west virginia last night to attack him for voting no on tax reform. so here's what the senator joe manchin just wrote on twitter. the president called me and invited me to the white house to talk about whys to work together on immigration reform. so for mike pence to come in yesterday and start firing shots is not leadership. i simply urge mr. pence to show better leadership qualities. so now the vice president and the president are done here in west

chair john thune and house conference chair kathy mcmorris rodgers. y forget your name, john? i don't know, what's going on here? john cornyn, everybody knows, they didn't put his name up, but that's okay. senate majority whip john cornyn. john, thank you. great job. >> willie, is the white house doctor would say, the mind of a 14-year-old. at the peak of life. >> i love -- he throws a speechwriter under the bus. they didn't put your name in there, for god's sakes. he talks a lot, there are a lot of words, it's hard to remember them all. >> a lot of big words, some of the best words. >> president trump thanking members of the republican leadership in some cases twice, at the republican retreat in white sulfur springs, west virginia, touting his view of republicans and their view of him. >> a very spectacular man, orrin hatch. where's orrin? orrin? orrin is -- i love listening to him speak. he said once i'm the single greatest president in his lifetime. and he actually once said i'm the greatest president in the history of our country. i said does that

chair john thune and house conference chair cathy mcmorris rogers. did they forget your name, john? don't know. what's going on here? john cornyn, everybody knows. they didn't put his name up but that's okay. that's the first time that's ever happened. hey, john, that will never happen again. working together, we've accomplished extraordinary things for the american people over the last year. i really believe this is just the beginning. paul ryan called me the other day. i don't know if i'm supposed to say this, but i will say that he said to me, he has never, ever seen the republican party so united, so much in like with each other, but literally the word united was the word he used. it's most united he's ever seen the party. and i see it too. i have so many friends in this group. and there is a great coming together. that i don't think either party has seen for many, many years so -- right? yes, that's good. i was hoping he wouldn't deny that, but -- he did, he called me. i thought it was very nice. thank you, paul, very much. every day, we're removing government burdens and empow

you'll recall on january 9th, senator john thune sent tim cook a letter had more questions about apple'secisions to slow down the iphones with older batteries. apple now responding to the senator. the senator saying i appreciate apple's response to my inquiry and the company's ongoing discussions with the committee in those conversations apple has acknowledged its initial discloegs came up short. they have also promised the committee follow up information including an answer about can additional steps it may take to address customers who purchase ed a new battery at full price you'll recall, scott, that senator john thune did ask apple whether they were exploring the idea that consumers who had paid full price for that replacement battery, the price was cut by about 50 buck, whether those customers would be allowed to seek a rebate and apple is saying yg e, they are, exploring the idea and will update accordingly. tim cook was ask ed about the replacement over when they reported earnings and kind of effect it would have on the upgrade sipsyching he said that made this decision because it

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republican senator john thune told reporters, "we need to pay careful attention to what our folks say and how it bears on national security." the memo was written by republicans on the house intelligence committee, chaired by california republican devin nunes, a close ally of president trump who served on the transition team. sources briefed on the memo tell abc news it accuses the justice department of acting inappropriately when it sought a surveillance warrant in october 2016 for former a trump campaign adviser suspected of being a russian agent. >> the point was to make it misleading. the point was to selected by declassify information so that it would support a narrative favorable to the president. >> reporter: speaker of the house paul ryan said today releasing the memo is about transparency, not defending the president or investigators. >> this memo is not an indictment of the fbi, of the department of justice. it does not impugn the mueller investigation or the deputy attorney general. >> jon karl with us live from the white house. and jon, the fbi strongly against the release

and senator john thune. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the speaker of the house, paul ryan. [applause] sen. mcconnell: we have talked a lot about 2017 being the most consequential year for conservatism in the last three decades. but of that's what happened for the president of the united states. president, we thank you for neil gorsuch. we thank you for the 13 new circuit judges. for 15k you congressional review ask, and most of all, we thank you for comprehensive tax reform. [applause] sen. mcconnell: mr. speaker. speaker ryan: let me add to the fact that because of this -- placee put in price that america is back. a 17 year highat of economic confidence and a 17 year low of unemployment. the fact thatjoy we had one of the best foreign-policy teams from our conference this morning? we are on the cusp of giving our military the tools they need to do their work. america is going to be a safer country, a more prosperous country, the more confident

i like what john thune is proposing. extend daca for three lines and give three years of funding for the wall. charles: should we write this process off or is it part of the negotiating process? we have one deadline. we have courts getting involved. maybe it doesn't come to an end in two weeks. >> the march date is moot because of these two judges that filed injunction. they are temporarily blocking the trump administration from ending daca. that will buy dreamers time until june. it's possible the supreme court cannot take this up until september. in which case they get even that much more time. but it's possible the supreme court could find daca unconstitutional. in which case they overturn the 9th circuit court of appeals. i think they would be parter to get on board and try to carb of something out that they want instead of taking the risk that the supreme court find it unconstitutional and they then have no leg to and on. charles: deroy mentioned every time this comes up, there are calls of racism. how do you combat

john thune (r-sd): he put a proposal out there. kind of now have to let the legislative process work//i think it will be a fairly free-wheeling process in the senate, where everyone who has a proposal will have a chance to get those debated and voted on. durbin believes a bill to protect dreamers could get the 60 votes it needs to pass the senate... sen. dick durbin (d-il): but there is no indication the house takes this seriously. house democratic leader nancy pelosi agrees. she spoke on the house floor for hours wednesday - urging speaker ryan to vow to put daca legislation on the floor. in washington i'm jessica smith. (steve) that was jessica smith reporting. congress has until march 5th to strike a deal. (pam) the man authorities say killed two people -- including an n-f-l player-- in a car crash was in court today. criminal charges have been filed against manuel orrego- zavala he is accused of driving while intoxicated ... and crashing his truck into the victims' vehicle which was stopped on the side of the road early sunday

john thune -- >> it was called the colossal waste of time.ing of the republicans is, we want to cut taxes because we want to help the supply side of the economy. encourage companies to invest. it will create a greater gdp. all deficits might go up, but they will fall as a share of gdp. that is the laffer curve -- that is the laffer curve resurrected. the laffer curve is the idea that the u.s. economy is so overtaxed, it will actually cut the deficit problem. julia: or at least be deficit neutral. that was the initial promise. >> of course, the institute for -- the initiative for global markets at the university of chicago interviewed 42 prominent economists from the left and right, and asked them, will trump's tax cut pay for itself. and one of the 42 said yes, only one. and it turned out that person made a mistake and meant to say no. so, no one supports that idea. it is unfortunately the last thing that people like mick mullaney, who had been a deficit hawk as a south carolina republican congressman, that is the thin read that mick mulvaney

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. >> you heard john thune say something really different than what the president is talking about. >>emed odd. at this deal put forth is one that's difficult for democrats to fight. you get everything you want for the daca fix and more. in exchange you get awol. -- you get a wall. getting rid of the random visa situation. that's very difficult for democrats to fight against because not only does the fix help them with their minority identity politics voters. they need more white working-class voters. if you are fighting for noncitizens of the expensive citizens and make that a big part of your 2018 message, it's not going to be resonating. >> bret: seems like republicans are getting more confident. vice president going after joe manchin, democrat from west virginia, saying he voted against the tax law. pointedly, and manchin sending out a statement. "shocked that after the vice president worked in and buy the vice president's comments are exactly why washington sucks." when we come back, going the extra mile for a great cause. . my analysis of sensor and maintenance data indicates ele

chair john thune and house conference chair kathy mcmorris rogers. did they forget your name, john? what's going on here? john cornyn, everybody knows. i didn't put his name up but that's okay. >> senate majority whip john cornyn. john, thank you. great job. >> president didn't do much there to back up his very frequent claim of having "one of the great memories of all time." >> i don't have teleprompters here, folks. i don't need teleprompters. it's called like up here and it's called memory and it's called other things. >> i have a good memory and all that stuff, like a great memory. >> i have a really good memory. >> i have a good memory like a great memory. >> i have a great memory. >> i'm blessed with a great memory. >> one of the great memories of all time. >>> just to step back a bit here, it's worth saying in a single sentence what's happening. we have the president of the united states now having issued to the american public a memo that the director of the fbi says is false. that has never happened in our democracy. >> an extraordinary times, jeff sessions the attorney gen

but suddenly miraculously starts to slow down and have you senator john thune asking for apple's answero this. you have the sec, the department of justice, french regulators, he's going to have to talk about that. >> absolutely. and so this is a communication failure on apple's part. this is kind of a weird psychological thing, you feel your phone is getting slower, then when the news story hit, everyone feels justified in that weird concern that was happening before. but the goal of this technological push that apple made was to make phones last longer by making sure that the battery didn't fail at certain points when it was particularly cold or something like that. this was a major communications failure on apple's part and something they're going to have to work hard to move past. liz: do you think people were just, kevin, not thrilled with the added features of the iphone x like the animojis, where you have the talking panda bear and the unicorn and the pile of pooh, which my son seems to feel is very important to add to every text he sends. liz: certainly disappointed, i haven't go

the chairman of the republican conference, john thune will join me as the shut down clicks toward the deadline. is the senate spending deal a sure thing? will they make changes to please the house where you know nancy pelosi is saying no, no, no. and on the eve of the winter olympics in south korea, vice president pence has the toughest sanctions yet on north korea. i'll talk to ted yoho on this. he is on the foreign affairs committee. "outnumbered" overtime, top of the hour. >>> thank you. the president's vision of a military parade in washington, like the one he saw last year in france. a step closer to reality. the army reportedly tapped to draft for a plan, defense secretary, james mattis, was asked for some details yesterday. >> i think we're all aware in this country of the president's affection and respect for the military. we have been putting together some options, we'll send them up to the white house for decision. >> the parade idea has plenty of critics, slamming the optics and the cost. >> it reminds of you what the soviets do, and what the chinese do. and the world knows

let's bring in john thune, chairman of the senate republican conference. great to see you today. a busy one for you. i understand you will vote to stop debate, how's it going? >> obviously you never know until you have the vote but i think we feel pretty good about the fact that there are a good number of people on both sides who realize that this is the best solution we can get under the circumstances and we need to give our military the tools and resources they need to succeed, that's one of the big priorities in this conversation. >> harris: this isn't like anything else. no doubt you are paying attention to what the other chamber is doing. when you hear nancy pelosi do her number on the time she's been on the house floor, saying no, no, no, we want daca, it is not in this, what kinds of changes are you willing to make in the senate to make sure that when it gets to the house it passes? >> i think the votes will be there in the house as mike emanuel pointed out just now, there are democrats in the house who are going to vote for this. i think there will be some republicans who

the chairman of the senate republican conference senator john thune is with me now.ou need 60 votes. tell me why a moderate democrat up for reelection in november, perhaps in a state where this is not so popular, why would they vote for it? >> well, there are a lot of reasons, i think, bill. first off, if you are a moderate democrat or anybody you want to solve the problem. i think the president has put a good faith effort out there and obviously it addresses the issue of providing legalization for all the daca young people. at the same time strengthens border security and tries to prevent this problem from occurring in the future and looking at issues like chain migration and visa lottery. those are all things i think that if we'll solve this problem in the long term have to be on the table. whether or not there are the 60 votes necessary in the senate to get that done remain to be seen. i do think the president has led on this and has given the senate a lot to chew on this week. we'll see where the amendment process takes us. >> bill: i'm curious, what of substance

jared john thune and house conference chair. kathy mcmars rogers. did they forget your name, john?hat is going on here? john cornyn, everybody knows. they didn't put his name up, but that is okay. >> senate majority whip john cornyn. thank you. great job. >> the president didn't do much to back up his claim of having one of the quote greatest memories of all time. >> i don't have teleprompters here folks. i don't need teleprompters. it is called up here and it is called memory and it is called other things. >> have a good mem ory. a great miaemory. >> and i have a good mem ory, i have a great memory. >> i'm blessed with a great m memory. >> one of the greatest memories of all time. ♪ that you'll ever need ♪ staying ahead isn't about waiting for a chance. it's about the one bold choice you make, that moves you forward. ( ♪ ) the one and only cadillac escalade. come in now for this exceptional offer on the cadillac escalade. get this low-mileage lease on this 2018 cadillac escalade from around $879 per month. visit your local cadillac dealer. >>> just to step back a bit here, it is w

chair john thune and house conference chair kathy mcmorris rogers. did they forget your name, john?nyn everybody knows. they didn't put his name up but that's okay. that's the first time that's ever happened. hey, john, that will never happen again. working together we have accomplished extraordinary things for the american people over the last year, and i really believe this is just the beginning. you know, paul ryan called me the other day, and i don't know if i'm supposed to say this, but i will say that he said to me he has never, ever seen the republican party so united, so much in like with each other, but literally the word united was the word he used. it's the most united he's ever seen the party, and i see it, too. i have so many friends in this group, and there is a great coming together that i don't think either party has seen for many, many years. right? that's good. i was hoping he wouldn't deny that. he did, he called me, and i thought it was very nice. thank you, paul, very much. every day we're removing government burdens and empowering our citizens to follow their h

chair john thune and house conference chair kathy mcmorris rogers. did they forget your name, john? i don't know. what's going on here? john cornyn, everybody knows. i didn't put his name up but that's okay. >> senate majority whip john cornyn. john, thank you. great job. >> president didn't do much there to back up his very frequent claim of having "one of the great memories of all time." >> i don't have teleprompters here, folks. i don't need teleprompters. it's called like up here and it's called memory and it's called other things. >> i have a good memory and all that stuff, like a great memory. >> i have a really good memory. >> i have a good memory like a great memory. >> i have a great memory. >> i'm blessed with a great memory. >> one of the great memories of all time. . your eyes. that's why there's ocuvite. ocuvite helps replenish nutrients your eyes can lose as you age. it has lutein, zeaxanthin and omega-3. ocuvite. be good to your eyes. there are seven continents... seven seas... but at at celebrity cruises, we'd argue... more than seven wonders. for a limited time enjo

appeal to john kelly not to make the memo public and today, one of the top republicans in the senate john thune, urged the white house to listen to the fbi's concerns. but that seems unlikely in part because trump tv has hyped the memo as world-changing stuff. >> this memo is going to be released. i'm told it will shock the conscience. this to me is the biggest political scandal in american history. >> wow. a long history in america. there's been lots of can dales. or not. axios reported today there's a rising fear in the white house the memo will be a dud, not the slam-dunk document it's been hyped up to be. joining me now a member of that committee, house intelligence committee, congressman joaquin castro. >> great to be here with you, chris. >> really important point here. the memo is a summary, we think, of a fisa warrant or documents around a fisa warrant. >> that i can't comment on. >> i just want to be clear. this is our understanding. adam schiff says i want to make sure i get this right that nunes hasn't read the underlying classified material. >> that's right. it's amazing this was ev

but even republican john thune today said, look, i think we have to narrow the issues down here or we'reer going to get anything done. he suggested, okay, let's narrow it down of the president's four points. let's narrow it down to the dreamers and some funding for the wall. if they could find their way around that, then perhaps they can come up with some kind of a solution. i think what we're seeing right now is a little positioning of their rhetoric, and i think they're going to have to get down to business soon. >> carla, let me read to you the exact tweet of the president this morning at 9:06 a.m. any deal on daca that does not include strong border security and the desperately needed wall -- all in caps -- is a total waste of time. march 5th is rapidly approaching and the dems seem to not care about daca so make a deal. will there be a deal or will there not be a deal? >> that's the big question, right? if there isn't a deal, there could be a government shutdown. march 5 is the last day they have to deal with that because of these court stays and orders. they have to join up where t

[ applause ] chair john thune and house conference chair, cathy mcmorris rodgers. ey forget your name, john? i don't know. [ laughter ] what's going on here? john cornyn everybody, now, they didn't put his name up, but that's okay. that's the first time that's ever happened. >> seth: do you mean that's the first time that's never happened? [ laughter ] you just said his name. do you not remember. you looked right at him. [ laughter ] makes sense trump has the memory of a goldfish since he also has the mouth of one. [ cheers and applause ] this is starting to feel like the last season of a long-running tv show where the writers decide to have the main character fall off a horse, and get amnesia. hi, i'm donald. hi donald, i'm john. who's donald? [ laughter ] trump, of course, was there to crow about his state of the union address, and bask in the adoration of his fellow republicans. trump even suggested that after a slow first few months in office he's gone above, and beyond what he promised voters on the campaign trail. >> i was there four months, you know this paul

senator john thune saying the white house, quote, needs to pay careful attention to what our folks who protect us have to say about how this bears our international security. and senator jeff flake tonight is joining jeff coops to say president trump should heed the warning of the justice department, and fbi and reverse his purported decision to release the memo. risks under mining u.s. intelligence gathering. politicizing congress oversight role. and eroding confidence. so as we await the president's decision, there are huge questions on it. it is a gamble. when comey reopened the investigation into clinton just days before the election, and charged comey playing politics at the time, sarah sanders fired off this tweet, quote, when attacking fbi agents when you are under criminal investigation you are losing. pamela brown outfront at the white house. pamela, fast moving story. the president, we are awaiting this. he has made it clear he wants it out. ha happens now? >> reporter: right now and white house is moving closer to declassifying the house republicans memo that essentially acc

interesting because we just heard from the third ranking republican in the senate, your colleague john thuneuing a very stern warning to the house of representatives, the intelligence committee there. listen to this. well, we don't have the sound but he's warning them that releasing this memo could really hurt. what's your reaction when you hear these kinds of recommendations coming in from the number 3 republican, number 3 republican in the senate to the house? >> it's so important that we have members of congress who are willing to put their responsibilities to their office and to our government above pure partisan politics. also the thought that mark warner weighed in very clearly on this as well, saying he had reviewed the information, that this memo is highly misleading. mark warner has been an extraordinarily competent steward of the senate side investigation, and we should really listen to what he's having to say. >> because if the fbi director, christopher wray in that extraordinary statement yesterday that was released, he says, we have grave concerns about material omissions of fac

. >> meanwhile, john thune of south dakota said the memo should be shared with the senate intel committeehair richard burr before its release. burr has been blocked from reading it. jeff flake wrote that the memo, quote, undermines u.s. intelligence gathering efforts. last night, senator lindsey graham said it is fought good for a part is an memo to come out when no one in the senator has seen it and those senators haven't had access, republican congressman carly dent of pennsylvania was able to look at the gop and democrats memos and said they need to remain secret. >> i've read both of the memos and i don't think we should use this for any advantage, either side. i think we should take a step back and not do anything that could -- if a partisan advantage that could risk a sensitive source or method. > >> and a republican senator old the justice department that he has a list of employees names and he is demanding to see the entirety of their communications. in a letter, the homeland security senate chairman ron johnson says he's investigating 16 officials who investigated hillary clinton

there is a bill in the senate that is gaining traction by john thune who basically was propose doingions for these daca kids for $25 billion of wall money. conservatives are particularly worried that that is going to move because they don't think the wall is enough for them to back, continuation of this program. so they are basically go nothing where fast, this deadline is coming. they have work to do. >> brennan: what do people need to know about debate over security clearance and question as to whether john kelly will give jared kushner one? >> the president was asked, put it on john kelly says he'll defer the decision. seems likely that -- >> brennan: should be alarmed? >> the government accountability office same out said this is now a high risk program. obviously the government accountability office is watchdog group that looks at various parts of the federal government they came out and said, giving interim security clearance to spur months at a time imposes on the u.s. national security, it could hurt the national security. i think we'll see oversight committee on the hill con

. >> so-called sweet spot on immigration according to republican senator john thune could be a strippedal that just addresses the two big ticket items, daca and border security. but there is no deal like that yet. mike? >> mike: our peter doocy after immigration week in the united states senate. peter, many thanks. stocks were mixed. the dow gained 19. the s&p 500 was up one. nasdaq lost 17. for the week, the dow and the s&p 500 both gained more than 4 percentage points and nasdaq rose more than 5% for the index's best weekly gain since 2011. secretary of state rex tillerson did his best today to put the u.s. relationship with turkey back on track. the nato allies have been sniping at each other for some time. it appears they have now cleared the air. correspondent rich he had rich n has the latest from the state department tonight. >> rex tillerson after several hours of meetings with tuckery's president and foreign minister says the two countries have agreed to work through their differences. that issue, united states support of kurdish forces in syria. the u.s. partners with them to

. >> much to discuss, but starting on that point, reported in this article senator john thune does haves regulate these companies. some have been calling for more regulation. do you have any view of that account from this reporter and this article that this effort basically provided a kind of pressure on facebook where they were more worried about republican or conservative agenda items than alleged bias? >> i think facebook and google and twitter should all be worried that their platforms could be weaponweaponized. i think we should take the politics out of this. ari, what we know about the interference campaign is at its core it was a series of data crimes commissioned by the russians. now, on our side, we know that candidate trump invited the russians to do the hacking. his team took as many meetings as possible. they showed a willingness and eagerness to receive the proceeds of the hacking. we still have to find out just what that working relationship amounted to. but i do think if we go into the next election and these social media platforms don't understand that they could be weap

now, in a letter to south dakota senator john thune it it may issue customers to paid full place to replaces before the company offered $50 discount. the senator says apple will follow up with more information about the row bates at a future date. >>> so the senate has had a nounsed two year budget deal but government shu shutdown looms. ellison barber is in washington, d.c. with wht's happening now. >> reporter: big breck through on capitol hill senate leaders say they have reached a bipartisan long-term budget deal. >> the budget deal doesn't have everything democrats want. it doesn't have everything republicans want. but it has a great deal of what the american people want. >> our arm forces will have more of the resources they need to keep america safe. >> reporter: in 22011 as part of the butch control act spen spending limits or caps were put in place for domestic and defense spending. the senate package lifts those caps by nearly $400 billion for the next two years. it funds the government through march 23rd. it includes money for disaster relief, four-year extension the child'ings h

there are several senate republicans like senator john thune of south dakota who believes the senateghed in on this before public release. so despite warnings from it is fbi director, despite warnings from the justice department, the president has made the decision to authorize this release. in his words both privately and publicly he hopes it will discredit the russia investigation going forward. that remains to be seen here because the mueller investigation is very well going forward, despite all of this. so this is not involving the mueller investigation, this is just something for the house of representatives. and their process, brianna, as you know, has been mired in politics from the beginning here. important to point out, this is one small slice of many russia investigations going on, the most important, of course, is the special counsel's, brianna. >> jeff, i do want you to stand by for us as i bring in shimon. this news is breaking now. the president has authorized the release of this republican memo drafted by house intel committee chair devin nunes. shimon, talk to us. wha

many as a propaganda tool they're all over five foot three inches tall and are hand pick by king john thune himself the cheerleaders hugely outnumber the north korean participants at the games and they've been a few people out quite frankly graham brown tweeted these are the cheerleaders that can jump in and said he was sending scary how automated they are patricia says the north korean cheerleaders continue to create me out. nightmare fuel now getting back to the actual events will be seeing a lot of them over the coming days many will be unfamiliar to us or we're going to try to explain a few of the sites on show in south korea here's peter stomach to tell you more about some of the fastest men and women on ice. flighting sports are exactly as they sound at the winter olympics think sliding down the ice at high speed with close finishes and inherent danger to the athletes all of that make them thrilling to watch bobsled is perhaps the best known of these think cool runnings and it's been part of the winter olympics since the first event in nineteen twenty four teams of two or four men or

the number 3 republican john thune said i don't see it passing.es in the senate. i doubt there will be in the house either. and this is house speaker paul ryan. watch this. >> we shouldn't be banning guns for law abiding citizens. we should be focusing on making sure citizens who should not get the guns in the first place don't get the guns. that is why we see a big break down in the system here. >> you said you think the president is being influenced now by the nra. so, however do you think presidethe president is going to push this from the nra or do you think it is going to go by the wayside? >> it's going to go by the wayside, don. nothing is going to happen in washington. and i say that with lament. i truly do. but the tactic of the gun lobby is to delay, delay, delay. look what happened after las vegas. the idea of a bump stock, it got delayed, delayed, delayed. there is not consensus. even steve ka leasscalise, a co of mine, friend of mine, subject to the attack on the softball field, he's not hearing the outcry of the gun control lobby. th

limiting family sponsorships and ending the visa lottery however in the senate, top republican senator john thune telling reporters the deal has to be narrower if it's going to pass the chamber there's also a new debt ceiling deadline that's been moved up to mid-march because of lower tax receipts due to the new tax law. now paul ryan and mitch mcconnell are slated to talk to reporters here in about a half hour we will see if they are able to put more meat on the bones and provide answers to those outstanding questions. >> does it look like immigration is still standing in the way of coming up with a long-term budget plan. >> republicans say democrats have agreed to put that aside to get a short-term deal done if there's no broader plan on immigration by the end of next week, mitch mcconnell will let regular order proceed but it still remains to be seen how that bill would play out and if that bill would pass. >> will the president's apoorns at the retreat force republicans to hammer out on debt ceiling, fripgs which people want to see happen let's bring in ben white, chief economic correspondent

senator john thune saying hold on one second. i would like to senate intelligence committee to look at that. members of the gop and democrats in the u.s. senate haven't had a chance to review the document. nunes and the white house want to get it out. one of the things which may be somewhat misconstrued in a lot of this coverage donald trump doesn't need to do anything now to release this memo. all he has to do is wait because after the committee, the house intelligence committee already approved it after a five-day waiting period it comes out and goes public and at that point you will have to let the american people decide what they think. >> sandra: i want to bring you in here, doug, as we learn more about the president's plan. the f.b.i. officials were satisfied that the edited documents addressed concerns that they had about the earlier version that reviewed on monday regarding sources and methods. this as more details continue to come in. your thoughts. >> i'm reassured frankly. my concern as i think a lot of democrats was t

. >> that was the way that senator john thune narrowed the terms of the debate last night when he projectedwhat might come out of such negotiations. i think the president is right. the democrats really are looking to extract a political price for this more than they are looking to come up with some deal. there is very little incentive for democrats to work with the president on anything because his popularity is so low and the center of gravity in the democratic party is on the far left right now. there is a disincentive for democrats. even those in red states, to be working with the president on this or on many other issues right now. >> sandra: let me show you the president's tweet from last night, juan, and bring you in on this. he tweeted this. the democrats aren't calling about daca. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have to get moving fast or they'll disappoint you again. we have a great chance to make a deal or blame the dems. march 5 is coming up fast. chuck schumer this morning tweets president trump wants an immigration deal but he cannot follow the dictates of mark meadows and the f

he actually had a bipartisan statement with the chairman, john thune, from south dakota.going to be interesting to watch how those democrats handle this plan, how they vote, and whether it's going to be advantageous for them to vote for it or work against the president. >> melanie, very simply, because i'm thick, how does $200 billion become $1.5 trillion >> well, the key here is that they want the state and local governments to pick up the tab >> but they don't have that much they're close to the wind here, right? they don't have much money >> that's why you have democrats pushing back so strongly against this plan, because number one, the math is very unclear originally, the white house had said this was going to generate a trillion dollars using $200 billion. now it's saying $want.5, $1.7, $1.8 >> let's go for $5 trillion, why not? but new jersey is basically broke. i mean, it's not going to -- >> you have the highway trust fund that's due to run out of money in a few years the tax gas hasn't been raised in over 20 years these are problems washington has been dealing w

when reporters and republicans were at the retreat, john thune said not only should the democratic memoan should have probably had a chance to look at it, which he did not. i think how the speaker navigates this in the coming week, particularly with the increased pressure coming from democrats on the president to get this other memo released. we saw a letter from chuck schumer this morning stressing that point. the speaker's going to have a critical role to play here. >> let's bring in denny heck of washington, a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman heck, thank you very much for your time tonight. i really appreciate you being here. with you walk us through what you anticipate will be the next steps for the house intelligence committee around the memo that the democrats have written? >> i'm fully expecting, kasie, we'll take it up at our business meeting tomorrow when the house select committee on intelligence convenes. we have already been in the process of subjecting the democratic memo to a review by the department of justice and fbi because we think there's the co

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who hasn't seen it yet number three guy on the republican side in the senate and that's senator john thune john solomon from the hill has a great report out it came out last night. it details some of the things that may be in it. clearly some republican investigators have talked to him. you know how chris steele, who had worked for the fbi in the past on foreign corruption cases how he was talking to the media, well, as it turns out, the fbi in the fall of 2016, according to john solomon, used the allegations of the trump-rush collusion from a news story, a news story. keep in mind chris steele is talking to the news media. the fbi says look at this news story right here, they used that as justification to spy on carter page and that started the whole thing. also, he says, three quarters of the evidence used by the fbi and the department of justice to spy on trump came from sources tied to hillary rodham clinton. ainsley: that's interesting that's why the fbi doesn't want it released. steve: of course. ainsley: worried about inaccuracies in the report. grave concerns is the word they used.

lostor john thune, when we billy graham, we lost one of the true heroes of our faith. kimberly and i had the privilege of joining in his 1985 crusade in d.c. no one in our lifetime has lived a life of greater impact for the cause of christ. he truly did serve god's purpose for his generation. and democrat from west virginia, gail and i are saddened to learn of the death of reverend graham. his unshakable devotion served as a pillar in the lives of millions of people across the world and his memory will serve as a reminder for what it means to live your faith. including congress, senator tom tillis of north carolina, expected to be at that ceremony today in the rotunda. out,or tom tillis tweeting reverend billy graham, a proud north carolinians, was truly america's pastor and spiritual compass. he dedicated his life to preaching the gospel and inspired millions of people in america and cross below -- across the globe. another, i was saddened to hear a billy graham's passing. he was instrumental in spreading the gospel to millions. he will always be remembered as a frien