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judy miller investigative reporter and both are fox news contributors. is it fair to say the daca situation is the primary driver behind this government shutdown? >> it is. i think the democrats are demanding it. however, i happen to have been in the chamber in 2010, december, when five democrats voted against daca. so they are using it for political purposes, no question. >> judy, what about the coverage? is that fact coming to the fore. >> the most interesting thing no single narrative has emerged. if you're conservative you tend to blame the democrats and if you are a liberal publication you tend to blame republicans and donald trump above all. after all, he is the decider was going to make the government run on time. he was going to get all these deals done. what sinting on friday "the new york times" sent out a headline that basically said senate democrats block the short term spending bill and all hell broke loose because all of a sudden -- >> jon: the magnifying glass are on them. >> they are doing what the republicans did in 2013. a single issue

judy miller is here at the manhattan institute for policy research and a pulitzer-prize winning authorudy, good to see you. >> good to see you. eric: what is this about? did christopher steel lie and obviously have to have something to make this referral? >> well, they have to have some reason to make the referral but the democrats on the committee, senate judiciary committee are absolutely convinced that this is partisan move and thats is part of a broader effort to deflect attention into possible collusion with the russians. this is very unusual because lindsey graham who was so critical of president trump before he was elected and immediately afterwards has now switched sides and gone over to the protrump people. eric: can you say that in the fact that they wouldn't make this out of cloth, they would have to have something? >> they would -- eric: it is classified. let me point out it is classified. one paragraph referring to doj and we don't know what's in it because it's classified. you essential would not think that both senators would be putting experience and responsibility and

>> judy, the president is very engaged in this and not being controlled by his staff. the reality is i know lindsey graham has attacked stephen millername in person as one of the president advisors. stephen knows about nirgs. he will be central to solution. he knows the republican's side and what the democrats want so he's advising the president appropriately. i think that's been a bad mischaracterization by some of the senators involved. they said we want to talk to you about it. they came to the white house and he was pretty hollow in the areas most concerned about. so i think they were frustrated and disappointed the president wasn't accepting it but frankly they weren't presenting it to the president over the phone in reality the way it was when they came and showed us exactly what they were doing. >> woodruff: you city have a picture of a president who was changing his position from one hour to the next or a few hours later and a president who wasn't familiar with the details. i mean, that came out in several -- from several senators who met with him. >> i think from several senators on the democrats' side judy who want to pain