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mike lee, senator lindsey graham, senator richard shelby, mark meadows, jim jordan, representative matt gates and andrew biggs. all those lawmakers from capitol hill are republicans. mike pence, mick mulvaney and kushner spent hours on capitol hill trying to bargain with congressional leaders. we are hearing that mike pence is expected back on the hill shortly. the president will go as far as it takes to protect the american people. >> it went to the floor, came out of the house, it sits squarely in front of senate democrats and for whatever reason they have decided not to support the american people in this president, people in the coming across the southern border. >> donald trump said he would take the blame for shutdown and would be proud to shut down government over the border wall. he changed his tune and is placing most if not all the blame on democrats. the december poll found most american voters, 54% oppose building a wall on the mexico border but 86% of republicans said they support the wall. so far the president is siding with his base. hopefully the shutdown will not last long. t

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we bring in florida republican congressman matt gates polster mark penn. mark, you have been extraordinarily critical of the process crimes that are involved here. we have in the last week talked to jerome corsey. he was offered a plea deal. 72 years old. he can't take it. it would have made his life easier if he did. in an interview with me on my radio show for an hour. he literally said they were telling him what they wanted him to say. if he just said it he wouldn't get probation. he wouldn't go to jail. his life would be great. now he risks dying in jail. we have all of these process crimes but no underlying crimes. >> i think that's exactly right. i think what i observed is that the independent counsel's office, instead of getting people to sing is getting people to plead guilty to things so they can bailed circumstantial case against the president in a report completely misusing the judicial process. now, look, 19 interviews with someone suggests maybe they didn't like what he had to say in the first ten. that is incredible number of interviews to ge

has matt gates gotten a wakeup call about this presidency? the time is now, my friends, let's get after it. no less than bob corker once said, there were three men separating our country from che ogs. rex tillerson, john kelly and james mattis. all three gone or going. just think about the last 36 hours. early yesterday morning in a surprise to his own state department and the pentagon, the president decided alone to pull our troops out of syria, falsely declaring the war against isis there won. the only person happy about the decision, vladimir putin. republicans raked their president over the coals. >> i think we're going to pay a price for it if it's not reversed. >> it's hard to imagine any president would wake up and make this kind of decision with this little communication. with this little preparation. >> to say they're defeated is an overstatement and is fake news. >> that was just the beginning. >> later yesterday morning, the president seemed to choose workers over that imaginary wall and backed out of the shutdown. but then he reve

through key negotiating players, there's also a list of conservatives, jim jordan, matt gates, mark meadowssed doors. what's going on back there? clearly this strategy, is about digging in? compromise?semantics? and using words like wall versus virtual wall? >> my guess would be that they will want to look at is there a way that we could change the dynamics of the situation? right now it is both parties, they are stuck in the situation. is anything that we can do that can kind of shake things up? secondary, if there isn't then they are convinced that chuck schumer will just dig in. the question becomes, what is the exit strategy? is there something short of the $5 billion wall request that they can get that they feel they can go back to their base and say look, we didn't totally capitulate. we got something. >> senator schumer spoke on the floor earlier today. he said the president speaking to to him directly, if you want this to pass you must abandon the wall. would something else work? with the president fold on this? >> he signaled that francis, steel slats. molly: yes, steel barricades!

congressman matt gates, i will ask you this first. about the opportunity of fighting for medicare for all. you think they would be depressed about obamacare possibly being unconstitutional but they are pivoting and then right onto the next one. it's actually possible? >> democrats were happy with obamacare but now it seems that they won't be satisfied until they have a complete government takeover of health care. there are americans watching tonight who see that premiums arise. they've seen their deductibles become on affordable and in their jobs they haven't seen the same career opportunities. so now it's my expectation that chief justice will have a second opportunity to do the right thing and rule obamacare unconstitutional. you will remember that his basis initially for writing an opinion to uphold the law is that it was a attacks. now that we have repealed the tax, the foundation for obamacare is crumbling and then they will be able to do that. >> i want to talk to you about -- how you think the vote is going to go. and what you

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there instead some of the most far right members of the party, jim jordan and matt gates, is this productive? >> the short answer is no. and we know that mitch mcconnell now feels that he can't negotiate on behalf of this president, and know that the president is going to be where he was an hour ago, or even a day ago, which is part of why we're here. and ultimately this will have to be sorted out with senate democrats coming to some kind of an agreement that everybody can live with and it is clear that this is not going to happen any time soon. >> let me stop you there for a second though. why is it on the democrats kw78 we heard mcconnell says it is up to the democrats and trump to make this deal. but why aren't republicans stepping up? there were plenty in the senate, willing to pass a clean, to avoid a shutdown, given all of the other hits the president has taken this week, wouldn't it be a good time for those gop lawmakers to have a little bit of leverage if they wanted to push back against the president? >> i think it is on the president, and you're seeing more and more republican sena

. >> congressman matt gates, thank you very much. >> thank you. happy holidays. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you as well. >>> hundreds are injured after a tsunami hits this popular beach resort in indonesia, and hundreds are dead. hey uh, quick question. do you like paying for things you don't need? no. and do you want to get things you love for free? who wouldn't? exactly! right. dad, apple music. he gets it. this guy gets it. (vo) get six months free apple music, on the network you deserve. they see a bit of gray and think... [screams] luckily, there's magic root cover up from looréal. three seconds to flawless roots 3 2 1 ...done! magic root cover up from l'oreal paris. follow l'oreals roots famil_ru. unpredictable crohn's symptoms following you? for adults with moderately to severely active crohn's disease, stelara® works differently. studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections requi

i'll name a couple, matt gates, gop contingent in congress. not a single democrat is in the room.der, mitch mcconnell. is this productive? >> well, look, if everybody is hungry and they want to have lunch, by all means. i don't know how you solve a problem unless he's telling them to get onboard and vote for the clean cr. i don't know what to tell you. those are the folks right there that are against the clean cr. those are the ones that are against funding the government right now. >> do you think they're going to be in congress when the government actually reopens? >> i think that there's a better than likely chance that i will not be. i don't know why senate democrats would vote for a bill right now when they will have even more leverage on january 4th when the democrats take back the house. this honestly is really, really simple stuff. really simple. but for some reason, there's a couple people out there that i think are just missing the boat, and one of them's the president. >> we also saw conservative media and the influence it has over the president essentially shaming him

steal north carolina from president trump in 2020, very similar from an argument we heard from matt gatesn there was this legally mandated recount in fro. and ultimately, the republicans won both election night and the recount. but this idea that the only republicans we've heard from on this issue are ones saying this is democrats trying to steal the election is remarkable. >> yeah. it's another type of this kind of projection we've seen before. it's not us, it's you, even though it's in front of us. i think it's correct that republicans certainly seem to have a problem with minority voters, especially in this era of president trump. but we have seen north carolina and michigan and wisconsin seem to decide that's a battle they're not willing to fight. and the battle they are willing to fight is one that puts our democracy, small d, under pressure. and so this is another example of i think a republican party that is grappling with an electoral disadvantage in some of these places. and it's going to be a big question going forward to see if they decide to play on an equal playing field or i

matt gates was on a couple days ago saying all we need is a crooked number.a lot of real estate deals, feel that republicans are almost negotiating against themselves. >> i don't wake the way democrats framed the debate. this is a national security issue and this hiatus while nancy pelosi is relaxing on the beach in hawaii and the american public is spending time with families provided a window for the president to reflect on how the debate has been framed. if he frames this is a national security matter costs is irrelevant. nancy pelosi wants to make this a moral argument. the moral imperative couldn't have been more clearly stated by the death of this officer in california. this is incomplete outrage from a national security standpoint at cost is irrelevant. leland: the president reflecting on how to discuss this. this was on politico talking about the president. he stayed home from florida but hardly appeared on television or in public. if you are going to do the, quote, i'm working thing, shouldn't you do it and sit at a table with nancy pelosi and chuck

senator shelby, senator graham, senator mike lee of utah, myself, mark meadows, jim jordan, and matt gatesis to build this border wall, and the president is committed to that. and i think he came in locked in he came out locked in, and the reality is this is a national security issue. it's a humanitarian issue. whether it's stopping drug trafficking or human smuggling. so this is a real issue, and you can't just give lip service to it. you actually have to build the wall because we know that walls work. that was the conversation that i want to say is the commitment of the president. griff: you talk about commitment commitment. did you get a sense, did the president say anything to you guys in that meeting that would indicate how long the president is prepared to go? we know congress isn't going to be back until now, two days after christmas, but how long is he willing to go? >> well, you know, i don't know that we specifically talked about timelines with regard to that. i think these shutdowns tend to have a cycle where everybody gets enthusiastic, then they get a little nervous and the re

area children who are curre currently in the hospital got the hult matt holliday experience yesterday. united airlines transformed a gateo international airport into a winter wonderland. the plane was also decked out for the fantasy flight complete with elf flight at a ten dants, a -- attendants and when they landed they enjoyed treats and games with special friends. >>> and now, weather with lisa argen. >> good morning. it is a clear morning, and this is a look at dop per 7, and you will see the lack of cloud cover which is why you are feeling the chill this morning. the numbers are ranging from the mid-40s at the coast, san francisco and 34 in napa, and santa rosa 35 and livermore is 36, and down to gilroy, 36. and nice calm shot for you at santa cruz with the beautiful blue sky out there. it is chilly, and we will see sun around, and clouds around, but cooler than average. we should see low 60s around parts of the bay and the peninsula is mid-50s and the x next chance of rain comes in late monday and stays with us through thursday. november is starting, and you know, we had the dry conditions, and then the fires and

as directly influenced by someone like matt whitaker which means it is an inpent investigation that will go on. the second piece is that we know already that gatesanafort's deputy on the campaign. and he became the deputy of the inauguration. and that there's even been conversations about him having stolen money from that inaugural committee. so we know he's a cooperator. we also know now michael cohen is a cooperator and may have provided information on this. that's a lot of potential information they're getting. the thing about political corruption cases this is a lot of money raised really quickly. when you do political corruption cases you always follow the money. the question is who paid the money? were there favors in exchange? there's been conversations about russians and other people from foreign governments putting in huge sums of money. if you're a prosecutor, you want to know all of that. >> evan, we have learned so much from michael cohen. >> right. >> michael cohen is like the ever ready bunny -- >> a treasure trove. >> we learned the moscow deal was discussed way longer in the campaign than we thought. a guilty plea about hush paym

gate. so i think there is an imperative to really get going quickly. >> let's talk about bernie sanders, mattbill press, a talk show host, an early backer of bernie sanders back in 2016, this is what he told "the new york times." he said quote, ironically, bernie's agenda for working families will the democratic party's message in 2020, but he may not be the one leading the parade. what i hear from a lot of friends is that a younger bernie is what we need. i mean it is a bit kind of a difficult position for bernie sanders he was seen almost as a radical when he got into the race against hillary clinton and the party has shifted in his direction. do you think the party has moved on to a younger candidate or does sanders have a lane here? >> it used to be on the republican side that you run once and that makes you the guy for the next time. and you know, sort of like reagan runs in '76. but becomes the nominee in '80. i feel like that's no longer the case. i think you have one shot at this now. and then you're kind of a loser. and then you're also old news. i think that is part of the problem w

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meadows the chair of the house freedom caucus, congressman jim jordan of ohio, member of the caucus, matt gates from florida and congressman andy bigs. tawnya is next from georgia. good afternoon. >> caller: yes. instead of president trump concentrate ol' the wall he want the united states to pay for, it's not fair to the united states to pay for the wall because united states are already in debt, and it's not fair to -- because the government done because you get to pay for the government, like the post office, and so on. it's christmastime and new years time, so people are gathering together, trying to give gifts to family members. it's just not fair to the united states. >> host: tanya, thank you for the call. a recap, the house is in recess subject to the cal of the chair, unlikely we would see anything from the house today. the senate is back for a proform ya session and the government shutdown will coin past christmas. you can follow or coverage online on c-span.org. book of coins here on c-span up next. >> throughout the year book tv attends author event. at the national press club's ann