stephen points, mr. dinan. i think this commission is a great idea. this controversy has been going a very long time and this should put to rest any controversy, whether there is or not. you're required to show identification areas, most ther states the voter identification honor system. they don't actually check to see citizenship or not. many states they say, they don't if you're a system or not. and the point is, when you have country so politically divided and you have so any illegal aliens here and people who are permanent residents, who are not allowed is necessaryink it to make a determination whether notle are voting legally or because this will determine the and if n this country you need identification to get building, to prove who you are, i think this is something that is necessary. thank you. caller, thanks. guest: a lot there. that is interesting. the the caller said at beginning, this is a chance to put this to rest. that certainly is the commission's idea, that is what kobach is going in with, that is his point, and i keep mentioning k

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let's bring in bob cusack, editor in chief at the hill and stephen dinan, a political editor for "the washington post," thank you gentlemen for talking to us. first i want to talk about this press conference that we are waiting between macron and president trump, the first time these two will be meeting and a newly elected president in france, a newly elected president in the united states does give and open a door to a lot of opportunities to make or break some ground here considering macron has been an outspoken critic. how could this overshadow the russian meddling and the revelation of donald trump, jr.,'s emails? >> i think overall, you look at president trump's trips abroad, he is generally done very well. he's meeting with a lot of allies. on climate change, you'll see some fireworks. publicly, they seem to be chummy and trump likes to engage and talk to foreign leaders. however, on other issues like fighting terrorism, there can be an alliance. russia is going to be something -- this is the new normal for the trump administration. these investigations are going to be ongoing f

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