trump doesn't hear it. >> tony schwartz, always appreciate your insights here on our "state of mind"ies. up ahead, person number two in mueller's roger stone indictment speaks out. our cameras caught up with him. it's new and only on "the beat." >>> but first, you know what happened. michael cohen says the new york feds investigating new potential crimes involving trump. david kelly, who ran that office, joins me exclusively when we're back in 30 seconds. ♪ don't fence me in. ♪ let me be by myself ♪ in the evenin' breeze, ♪ listen to the murmur of the tall concrete, ♪ ♪ send me off forever, but i ask you please ♪ ♪ don't fence me in. special offers available at your local mini dealer. >>> when was the last communication with president trump or someone acting on his behalf? do you have a general time frame? >> i would suspect it was within two months post the raid of my home, hotel. >> so early fall of last year, generally? >> this topic is actually something that's being investigated right now by the southern district of new york and i've been asked by them not to discuss it. >> mich

nbc's gadi schwartz has details. >> reporter: in a remote stretch of zion national park, a helicopter hovering over a man who was trapped in quicksand. 34-year-old ryan osman rescued after stepping into this area of quicksand and unable to pull his leg free. miles away from cell service, his girlfriend leaving him with warm clothing and hiking out for nearly four hours before being able to call 911. it took rangers two hours to free him, a group having to spend the night in a storm that brought frigid conditions and 4 inches of fresh snow before the helicopter reached him. >> the place that he was stuck, he was in water, running water, up to like his knees. >> reporter: quicksand rescues are extremely uncommon but do happen. in the netherlands a 9-year-old had to be rescued by 10 firefighters. last year a woman was trapped in santa barbara with firefighters becoming stuck themselves trying to free her. the chinese military rescuing a man trapped up to his nose. another rescue in a wintry desert and a remibut .gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> absolutely frightening. >>> we'll take a break.

nbc's gadi schwartz has that story. >> reporter: it was a modern day marooning unfolding live from inside a train. >> now this is the viewing car. >> reporter: nearly 200 passengers trapped on an amtrak for almost two days with no way out after a blizzard toppled a tree on to the tracks. >> it is dark. there is more snow on the way, and we are stranded for another night. >> reporter: the trip started in seattle heading south through the pacific northwest until grinding to a halt sunday evening where it was stuck for more than 36 hours. >> not knowing how long we were going to be on there, that was probably the most frustrating part. >> reporter: the uncertainty forcing people to ration food and water. club soda and pretzels for breakfast. parents using napkins as makeshift diapers for their babies. the snowstorm also knocking out power to the closest town, socked in with roads buried under 4 feet of snow. train officials say passengers were kept on board because there was no viable way to safely transport passengers or crews via alternate transportation. this morning a welcome sight, move

americans hings people need to curse having to shovel all the snow this week, nbc's gadi schwartz showsns those shovels into a daredevil's dream. >> reporter: in the mountains of new mexico, fearless riders sitting on something that's pretty groundbreaking. >> good to go. >> reporter: these are the 40th annual world championship shovel races at angel fire mountain. here's 9-year-old charles with the scoop on how it works. >> go as fast as you can to win the race. >> reporter: all you need is a normal shovel with a lot of wax. >> you need a little special sauce just to get you out of the gate a little faster. >> reporter: this is one of last year's champions, jackson. his strategy, don't crash. >> i skid if i hit the walls. >> reporter: every year, there are some spectacular wipeouts. >> oh, my god, that was brutal. >> reporter: a tradition dating back to the '70s and chair lift operators having a little fun after work. we call it the poor man's luge. this man has been racing since 1981. >> i'm trying to pass the torch to the new generation because it's just so a $500 grand prize and bra

. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milsteina ly. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vage the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. icorporate fundinrovided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual du and group retirement ps. that's why we're your retirement company.on addi support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by rcontributions to ys station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening ajo thank you foing us. as president trump prepares for his second summit with north korea's leader kim jong un in vietnam this week, sec of state mike pompeo said today north korea remains a nuclear threat, contradicting the president's tweet last june th"" there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea." >> do you think north korea remains a nuclr threat? >> yes. >> but the president said he

. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. eie cheryl and philip mils family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of ameri-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at nlincoln center iyork, megan thompson. >> thompson: good evening and ank you for joining us. uo days before he delivers his state of ton address, and less than two weeks before another deadline to come up with a way to fund federal agencies, the president is not ruling out another governmetdown. >> well, we're going to have to see what happens on february 15th and i-- i think-- >> you'r table?king it off the >> i don't take ything off the table. i don't like to take

." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. im sue and edgar wachenii. seton melv. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. icorporate fundinrovided by mutual of america--st designing ized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from vwers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. the governor of virginia, democrat ralph northam, now says he is not one of the people in a racist photo that he apologized for yesterday. at a news conference this afternoon northam said he saw tho in question for the first time yesterday. it is on hisersonal page in s 1984 medical school yearbook showing two men-- one in black face, one in a ku lan robe. >> yes

>s > wshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. wh that'we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation forbl broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at ,lincoln center in new yo hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: goa evening and nks for joining us. democratic leaders are calling on virginia's lieutenant governor justin fairfax to resign after a second woman came forward accusing fairfax o sexual assault. in a statement through her attorney, meredith watson accused fairfax of raping her in the year 2000, when they were both students at duke university. she called the alleged attack" premeditated and aggressive." on wednesday, vanessa tyson

tony schwartz, ghost writer, co-author of "art of the deal."hought was striking, the threat, and how much they're a part of the trump m.o. what did you think of that? >> well, i mean, trump was all over you like a wet blanket no matter who you were, trying to impose his agenda on you in every moment. that was true in my own experience, and it was true watching him. i was thinking today oddly about robert trump, his younger brother, who disappeared off into a farm in upstate new york many years ago. but when i was doing this work was the number two guy at the trump organization. and i just watched him over and over be crushed by donald. >> what do you mean by that? >> just do this -- it's like michael cohen. do this, do that, stop, shut up. you know, interesting, for example, what he said about his own son today. he's got the worst judgment on earth. >> right. >> you know, that donald trump would sell out his own children in one moment if it was him or them to go to prison. >> by the way, the president right now is meeting with kim jong-un in ha

. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. ed sue anr wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional pport has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station fr othank you.like you. from the tisch wnet ncudios at n center in new york, .hari sreenivas >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. what sounded like preising news yeay, that a bipartisan congressional conference committee was clone to agreement order security funding that would avoid another partial government shutdown, today turned into another political standoff. the lead republican negotiator said that one of sticking points in budget talks is now the numberof beds at immigration and customs enf

gadi schwartz, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that msles state of emergency is growing and hot spots flaring up across the om country, theack being blamed on parents not getting their kids vaccinated. our joe friar is in the pacific northwest toght. >> reporter: in washington state as the number of measles cases grows, worries are growing too. at one hospital, security guards are staking out each entrance, screening visitors for symptoms of the virus which can be deadly. >> we're taking a lot of precautions to prevent anyone from entering with signs and symptoms of measles. >> reporter: the state has 50 confirmed cases, 49 in clark county, the outbreak epicenter. health officials say only one of those patients had en vaccinated for measle is the worst of it over yet? >> i don't know if the worst is over because we still have cases coming in. >> reporter: beyond washington, measles has surfaced in at least eight other states this year, including in new york, over 200 cases reported. the virus is highly contagious, spreads through coughing and sneezing, and can linger in a room up to two hours

." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard anirene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. seton melvin. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual ctand group retirement pro that's why we're your retirement company. ditional support has bee provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by nt butions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. isfrom the wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >>ni sreenivasan: good e and thank you for joining us. tension continues to rise in ve wnezuela today overther humanitarian aid will be allowed into the country. the national guard tear-gassed ters from both venezuela and colombia who tried to reach bridges between the countries. the clashes happened in the bordering cities of urena incu venezuela and ta in colombia. on the colombian side of the tebridges, opposition p

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gadi schwartz, nbc news. >>> just ahead, who will, who will rock the oscars? over the flag as well. we have the growing controversy over the arrest of a sixth grader who refused to recite the pledge of allegiance. what happened to him, next. ♪ now it's your turn to play. ♪ ♪ the communal feast. potluck. this parade of dishes will soon be yours to scrub. and they're not even... yours. new and improved dawn ultra can finish off this buffet. each drop now has even more grease-cleaning power. so you can scrub 50% less, and get done faster. next month, their place! a drop of dawn and grease is gone. a great dishwasher needs a great detergent. so ge appliances tested finish on over 5000 dishes proving dish after sparking dish that it's not just clean, it's finished. switch to finish quantum. recommended by ge appliances. >>> fast forwarding into tuesday, west virginia teachers and school workers are set to go on strike to protest a bill that would divert state funds from public schools to private school vouchers and charter schools. this comes a year after a west vi

di schwartz, nbc news. >> apparently they get up to speeds of about 70 miles an hour, amazing. this wednesday. for i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. >>> ts, camera, access. >> it was the first time we sang together. >> shine a light on m >> where is this video. >> bradley has it. >> now, we have it for you. plus as her engagement ends, it's a veryandid gag

gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> apparently they get up to speeds of about 70 miles an hour, amazing.bc "nightly news" for this wednesday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. his personal real estate - >>> rite now at 6:00. san jose mayor on the defensive. hi personal real estate deal that has him under the mike scope. >> the body cam video that shows what made her do it. >> a college student indicted by the feds. high-tech way he's accused of selling drugs on campus. through an app. >> the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening. thanks for being with us. >> it's the dark side of the technology. a local cyber security expert is telling us. >> this college student from the south bay was running a drug business through an iphone app. a sign of the times here. >> now the game is no longer available in apple app store. this is what is looked like. a simple game to kill some time allege dl hiding a very dangerous and potentially -- >> 18 year-old colin howard. studied computer science for less than a month. tonight the college freshman is facing f

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that's why rhino folks and alexander schwartz of the cologne police force are cracking down on irresponsible petrolheads. if you don't follow my orders we will use force. i am receiving this is unit five i want eight six the two males. on. one go it's saturday night eight o'clock officers folks and shots are on patrol boy racers are out and about in downtown cologne showing off their rides . illegal road races tend to happen spontaneously bust into cars will pull up side by side at the traffic lights one driver will say oh look at your right to check out mine it's low slung wide and faster and then they race each other. ten minutes later the officer spot their first suspect follow that guy that audi. slowly slowly. you don't want him to sponsor you. they pursue the vehicle. and you could hear just how loud this car was sold on thank you. let's pull him over. but also folks from the cologne police license and registration place. but this driver isn't your typical boy racer most tend to be aged eighteen to twenty seven. and they love tuning their cars regardless of whether that breaks the law

that's why rahner folks and alexander schwartz of the cologne police force are cracking down on irresponsible petrolheads. if you don't follow my orders we will use force. i am receiving this is unit five one eight six the two males. want. one go it's saturday night eight o'clock officers food fights are on patrol boy racers are out and about in downtown cologne showing off their rides . illegal road races tend to happen spontaneously less than two cars will pull up side by side at the traffic lights one driver will say oh look at your right check out mine it's low slung wide and faster and then they race each other oh that.

in antelope wells, new hampshire and gaddy schwartz in san diego, california. the border is a vast expanse of desert and mountains and farmland that's near lathe size of the eastern seaboard. a geographically and diverse area the president is saying the totalality of which is an emergence. there are challenges across the region to boo sure and there is no invasion and it is very hard to look at the actual data and conclude there's an unprecedented disaster. crossings have decreased dramatically. right afrom the border with juarez, we have correspondents where president trump is planning to declare a national emergency. they have driven across the border to see what is really happening here. we begin with cal perry in san beneato o. cal. >> reporter: chris, the debate over the border and a wall may seem like politics unwashington d.c. but in texas it's a way of luf. the border between texas and mexico stretches from bustling cities to tiny towns, over mountains and along the rio grand. from the heart of the country all the way to the gulf. we drove the entire le

walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston, the jpb foundation, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm amanpour in london. spike lee is excited about the oscars. now, you might not think that's news, but only three years ago he had joined jada pinkett smith in boycotting the ceremony, protesting the famous oscar so white. now they are not so white and spike lee will be there. [ cheers ] that is spike and his family celebrating as they watch the nominations two weeks ago. he got six nods for his "blackkklansman," including his first for best director and best picture. the movie "do the right thing" widely considered lee's most important work was not nominated in either category. lee's films have all been provocative, especially on the acura of race. and it's very relevant this week as virginia's top three officials are embroiled in a mind-boggling scandal, two of them over the use of blackface. lee knows the issue w

walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston, the jpb foundation, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the program, everyone. i i'm christiane amanpour in london. a team of united nations experts has now arrived in turkey to investigate the brutal murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi on okayed 2nd. they have not given him permission to enter or speak to authorities. meanwhile the trial of 11 men accused of his murder is under way in riyadh. the crown prince mohammed bin salman had nothing to do with the assassination, they say. democratic senators publish resolution to end the u.s. involvement in saudi arabia's civil war in yemen. motivated by the devastating humanitarian consequences of the fighting there as well as lingering anger with the saudi regime over the khashoggi killing. 100 days after jamal's murder, i spoke with two men who knew him well. journalist lawrence wright was khashoggi's close friend. his book the looming tower is

. >> well, last month during the government shutdown, tony schwartz predicted the president's desirete of the union was so strong t was probably one reason he would end the government shutdown. we're going to have him on in a minute and his explanation off why the president wants to be there tonight. why the president wants to be there tonight. essential for pine trees, but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr. a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. xeljanz xr can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma have happened. as have tears in the stomach or intestines, serious allergic reactions, low blood cell counts, higher liver tests and cholesterol levels. don't start xeljanz xr if you have an infection. your doctor should perform blood tests before and while taking xeljanz

. >> reporter: we caught up with her in new york at fao schwartz, a trip impossible before her new heart >> i like this. i like this. >> reporter: sofia is back in school full-time. >> i could be like my friends now. i run around more. >> reporter: this fifth grader knows she wouldn't be here without an organ doenor. now free to be a kid again with gratitude straight from the heart. nbc news new york. >>> what a terrific update to her story. that's nbc "nightly news." i'm lester holt. thanks for watching and good night.new information newsroom moments ago >>> right now at 6:00, where are they? new information just into the newsroom moments ago about the search for a missing san francisco couple that went on a camp trip. >>> also ready to move across the boy, the one hurdle remaining for the raiders to in frci falling on some of the local mountaintops. the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening and thanks for joining us along with jeff ranieri, i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm karaj mathai. it doesn't happen often but when it does it catches everyone's attention. snow in the bay area. somet

julia ainsley and gadi schwartz for us. we have breaking news from the supreme court which has just announced it will take up a major case about declaring citizenship on the u.s. census. nbc's justice court pete williams is here with us. pete, what's this about? >> right, this is the fight over whether a census question will include citizenship. the commerce department, wilbur ross, the secretary, announced he wanted to do it. that led to a lawsuit by 18 states, some of the nation's largest cities and many civil rights and immigrants rights groups who said if that question goes on the form, it will suppress the responses by hispanics and others in the united states and will under count the population, hurting those communities in two ways, because obviously the census figures are used to figure out how many seats a state gets, an area gets in congress. and secondly, those figures are used to help calculate how much money communities get under federal programs. so they won in federal court in new york and now what the trump

and stephen schwartz si want to talk to that piano player."nk you could get a band together, and conduct the show?" and i was in show business. and that's how it happened. >> jimmy: yeah. >> andch'm still -- rs and applause ] yes, indeed. thank you. >> jimmy: you ride that great line that not many people -- of comedy and music. and you' an idol to me, and a a lot of people. because i love both, and you're just -- i mean, you were in "spinal tap." you're artie fufkin. >> got to be artie fufkin "spinal tap." >> jimmy: yes! [ cheers and applause ] >> yes, thank you. one of my hits. thank you for remembering. >> jimmy: oh, please. >> one of my hits. >> jimmy: but then you went on to be a sidekick and band leaderor david letterman. >> well, that was just -- and you know david -- [ cheers and applause ] thank you for remembering. when david -- when i went in fory first meeting with him, he said, "you know i used to see you on 'snl' doing those bill murray lounge sketches." >> jimmy: yeah. >> he -- that's where he knows me. i think that may have been

walter, bernard and kyrene schwartz. the chareryl and philip milstei family. the j.p.b.ndation and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. civilians continue to flee the last area under isis control in syria as the terrorist group makes a final stand against u.s.-backed forces there. its caliphate is about to be defeated and president trump says mission accomplished, and he plans a total withdraw of u.s. troops. military and intelligence leaders of the anti-isis coalition are not totally convinced, including the former head of the british secret intelligence service. he led the organization, which is also called mi6 for five years during the time of 9/11 and the global rise of radical islamic terrorism. in a wide ranging discussion and rare tv interview, sir richard shared with me his views of the dangers facing the west from radical islam to russia and china. sir richard, welcome to the program. >> nice to be here. >> isis, you were head of mi-6 during the 9/11 period

walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston, the jpb foundation, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. condemnation is no longer enough. ithful expect concrete action to address the sexual abuse crisis that's become nearly synonymous with their faith. among his goals is how to establish specific protocols for handling accusations against bishops. behind closed doors, the pontiff heard testimony from survivors of abuse. in america alone, one advocacy group estimates more than 6,700 american priests have abused tens of thousands of children. and the u.s. catholic church has reportedly paid out approximately $3.8 billion in settlements since the 1980s. just last week, the church defrocked cardinal theodore mccarrick of washington after a church trial found him guilty of abusing minors. he's the highest ranking person to be expelled from the priesthood over this abuse. but the crisis is w

walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein familyseat-in melvin, judy and josh weston, the jpb foundation and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. tense times in venezuela, and the world is taking sides. the european union parliament is the latest to recognize juan guaido as the interim president of venezuela. the significant addition to more than a dozen countries that have already declared support for the national assembly president, including, of course, the vital backing of the united states. president trump personally calling guaido earlier this week, but russia, china, iran and cuba have forcefully thrown their support behind president nicolas maduro whose 2018 election was condemned for electoral fraud. the crackdown on recent protests has seen some 850 people arrested. at the heart of all of this is juan guaido who is continuing his campaign to ratchet up pressure on maduro at the central university in caracas today. he

walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the program. just over a week before the american government is once again set to shut down, the president's state of the union was a double-edged sword. on the one hand, a call for bipartisan cooperation while offering no signs of compromise on the ideological divide that stifles washington and the nation. there were supports of chants from the president republican cohorts. a large block of democrats often sat in disapproving silence. much of the president's rhetoric was largely sign posted ahead of time. tough on trade, immigration and ending foreign wars. beneath it all, was this also all about the next presidential election? playing the long game with some insight into how he hopes to frame the narrative and his democratic opponents while in the short-term, talking up the economy and lambasting the russia investigation. >> an economic miracle is taking place in the united states. the only thi

bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. seton melvin. judy and josh weston. the jpb foundation. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. the emergency is declared and the challenges are pointing. california and at least six other states are preparing lawsuits to block the white house from using an executive order to get wall funds. and congress may yet try to block him through legislation. but as ever investigations into the president hangs like a dark cloud over everything that happens in washington. this weekend for the first time we got intimate details of how and why the fbi started investigating whether the president obstructed justice and was beholden to russia. the former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe described in detail a debate about whether to secretly record the president in the oval office. and he says this about how the inquiry started. >> the idea is if the president committed obstruction of justice,

nbc's gadi schwartz along the border in san diego. msnbc chief international security and diplomacy analyst james stavridis and former security commander and jeremy bash, formerly of the cia and the pentagon. kelly, you were in that wide ranging, free-wheeling press conference. and i want to drill down with you on what we just heard, that remarkable exchange with our colleague peter alexander. and you heard the president acknowledge, i didn't need to do this now but i wanted to do it faster. talk about your takeaways on the politics of what we just heard, kelly. >> well, the president is sort of making the best of a bad situation, using unilateral power of his office to bring some extra money to this mission of his to have a border wall. he readily acknowledged the 2020 implications, in one breath saying he's already done enough on this issue of a wall to satisfy his base for reelection, using money from military defense contracting, also using money seized by the treasury department, and bringing together this power. but the overwhel

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