i get the sense that lindsey graham is glad it's not him. he thinks there will be a part -- bipartisan vote. north carolina is next. good morning. good morning. i have a couple of questions for the gentleman. he is in charge, he will be in charge of the. the attorney general have more power than the congress? how did he decide if they see a report or not? i don't understand why he won't recuse himself.

troops from syria which lindsey graham says he's going to try and convince the u.s. president to phase out and do it in a slow and measured maneuver rather than an abrupt of course you bring in that issue we're drawing u.s. troops because graham is also that to calm the waters when it also comes to america's allies in the region that may not necessarily be turkey's allies. absolutely lindsey graham has visited this town of bamby in syria one of the key sticking points between the united states turkey the syrian government and russia so this is a complicated issue on the turkish syria border where the u.s. is going to be pulling out for. almost three thousand of its troops fighting with the help of kurdish fighters which turkey sees as terrorists and the void that will be created by the u.s. forces pulling out is pushing these kurdish fighters towards the government a situation which not the united states or that turks want on the border turkey wants these thirty kilometers of its border completely cleared off the way kurdish fighters which the united states according

well lindsey graham has a reputation of seeing what he feels right and he has come out to turkey and said exactly what he felt like when it comes to the murder of journalist american shockey it is interesting to see that it isn't quite contrast to what his own president has been saying where he's mr trump has not just negated the conclusion of the cia or that the decision to kill journalist jamal for shockey inside the consulate in turkey could not have come from a law level operative or nor level agents it had to come from the top and pointing fingers to words to count prince mohammed bin salam and that is something that has been very different to hear from the into into the investigative agencies as well as the intelligence community inside the u.s. in turkey where the president of the united states had been taken a very different line to all door that lindsey graham is very close to u.s. president dollars from p.-six on three very powerful committees of the senate including foreign affairs budget as well as appropriations but he's been taking the line which is very closer to his a

the turkish syrian border had certain issues just won't go away and lindsey graham certainly keeping them alive right now. absolutely this is not this voice that you expect from the united states which has been adamant that it wants to pull out from syria even the presidential advisor. to resign because he was off the other opinion but lindsey graham who's seen as a key ally of the trump has come out with not just to criticism of president's policy but also to shore and for his turkish counterparts that this is going to be a phased withdrawal the united states is not going to need a void inside syria and it is not going to be filled with either syrian government forces or rainy and back forces and an option which both the united states and turkey are not looking forward to graham met the turkish president and you have to realize that this is the second visit in one thousand days of twenty nineteen by a senior u.s. official earlier when we saw the national security advisor come to turkey it was a flare up of tensions rather than defusing them and graham coming and coming with the oliv

president, another piece of news, lindsey graham emerged from the white house. he was critical about your decision to withdraw from syria. he said now i support the president. he's more hawkish on american troops and intervention abroad. what was said that changed the mind of lindsey graham? >> i don't think too much. i never said i'm going to rush out. we're going to get out. we're getting out of syria. we're bringing our young, great troops over after so many years. we were supposed to be in syria for three to four months. that was four or five year ago. it is time. we have to bring them home. we're going to do it in a very good way. frankly, you know this better than anybody, pete, isis was all over the place when i took over. it was a total mess in syria. we've almost eradicated all of them. we think all of them will be gone by the time we get out. we're heading back, and we're also fighting. you can do two things at once. plus as you know we have other bases in the general area. in particular we have one in iraq. nobody said anything about that. we're fight

let's return to one of our top stories now in the republican senator lindsey graham who's on a visit to turkey joining me now in studios and create assistant professor at the defense studies department of kings college in london good to have you with us lindsey graham is the senior senator a widely respected politician in his own right yet he is not the secretary of state he is not the secretary of defense yet he seems to be talking on that level with senior officials in ankara so what is his role it's quite telling isn't and after you know bolton was trying to reach out to turkey as a national security adviser was basically given a bit of a slap by a by a guard because you know they don't trust him he's been you know button has been very hawkish in his approach to turkey and and in general islam isn't in the region then you have been in the region recently been very pro saudi hasn't really responded to the pressure in civil society and in the media in the united states but the affair and then met is with someone who's been more diplomatic has been let go recently so there's bit of a

senator lindsey graham it is important to note who is lindsey graham he sits on three very important senate committees including foreign relations budget and appropriations he's been a vocal critic of a saudi arabia's role in the killing of journalists and as well as other detentions of our rights activists and women activists as well so it is it is it goes to show that lindsey graham is going to support the turkish care when it comes to the killing of the journalist rather than taking the line that has been put forward by his president and when it comes to syria graham has also been critical of his president's decision to pull u.s. troops out. syria so by heading to turkey what's he hoping to achieve when it comes to the us syria policy and what assurances turkey looking from graham. that it is very interesting to see what graham has been saying the last couple of weeks he did criticize the decision by the us president donald trump to pull out of syria but he also criticized turkey on the other hand of saying that the fate of the kurds cannot be left solely in the hands off the turk

graham was talking about -- lindsey graham was talking about, some money for border barriers, fencing, wall, in return for some concessions on dreamers or and tps immigrants? >> chris, it would be great if we could reach a resolution to our country's broken immigration system and find a path forward we all agree on to invest in border security, in new technologies and approaches that would actually make us safer. one of the challenges of negotiating with president trump, as lindsey graham knows better than anyone else, is i feel like i've signed up for the trump of the day club. i don't know what position we're going to get on a negotiation from day one to day two. it was senator graham who famously talked about tuesday trump and thursday trump when he and senator durbin brought a comprehensive immigration resolution, a bill to president trump last year. he embraced it on tuesday and then walked away and denounced it on thursday. i'll remind you why we're in this situation in the first place. majority leader mitch mcconnell put a bill on the floor that was adopted unanimously by the s

senator lindsey graham is important because he sits on three very influential committees including defense foreign affairs as well as appropriations so his opinion in the policy circles in the united states and he say assured the turks that he is going to urge the u.s. president to try and make sure that it does not leave a void when these forces leave because the kurdish fighters in this border area have been going closer towards the syrian government and outcome which neither the united states or turkey wants on its border more protests have been held in sudan villages in the northern region of my house chanted for a while bashir to step down what began as an outcry of the rising cost of bread has become the biggest challenge to thirty year rule for the morgan reports now from the capital khartoum. brothers left home and ten days ago and never came back he joined anti-government protests in sudan second largest city under man. we didn't realize he was shot while we were protesting security forces were coming at us and we ran for a bit and he said he couldn't feel he thought he twisted hi

well that is very clear that lindsey graham has had a track record of how he feels about the involvement of the saudi arabian government in terms of what happened at the at the at the consulate in turkey where jamal khashoggi was killed he has added his voice to a series of u.s. senators from both sides of the aisle as well as human rights activists and other governments saying that the saudi government needs to come out in the open and make itself clare and transparent about what transpired instead of hanging and. providing death sentences to people who were not clear when i were involved in this particular killing the cia has indicted bomber been so mine its conclusion was that the order of the killing did not come directly from these low level operatives but had to come direct from the a leadership in saudi arabia is a b. mohammed bin so mom but that is in contrast to what the united states president believes this and lindsey graham is this latest statements to deal with mama than someone is going to be directed towards u.s. president donald trump as well who sees still mohammed bin s

senator lindsey graham is important because he sits on three very influential committees including defense foreign affairs as well as appropriations so his opinion in the policy circles in the united states and he say assured the turks that he is going to urge the u.s. president to try and make sure that it does not keep. void when its forces leave because the kurdish fighters in this border area have been going closer towards the syrian government and outcome which neither the united states or turkey wants on its border. will also have another summit with kim jong un tries to get the north korean leader to give up his nuclear program critics say little has really changed since that last meeting which some have dismissed as a photo opportunity. from washington d.c. . this mild for the cameras quickly and then got back to the tough u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh and north korean negotiator kim young then went off to the white house behind closed doors a ninety minute meeting with president donald trump the white house claimed progress the united states is going to continue to keep p

the president is rejecting lindsey graham's idea to reopen the government to three weeks. here is the reaction of lisa murkowski. >> well, then mr. president, when are you going to help us open the government? >> she is one of three gop senators who are publicly calling for the shutdown to end. >> house republicans will deny iowa congressman steve king committee assignments after he made remarks defending racism. king staying completely silent as he left his office. king has a long history of outrageous comments relating to race and immigration. he criticized the gop move saying mccarthy made, quote, a political decision that ignores the truth. he says his quotes were m mischaracterized. july fo judge for yourself. he said white nationalists, white supremacists, western civilization, how did that language become he offensive? >> a pair of high profile republican condemned king. mitch mcconnell calling his statement unworthy of elected position and adding if he doesn't understand why white supremacy is offensive, he should find another line of work. and mitt romney tells cn

lindsey graham is so obviously being blackmailed by russia. but. a republican just told me that he graham is good towing to trump and in directly putting because he's being blackmailed rather he thinks it probably involves some pretty serious sexual. love for donald trump got elected lindsey graham called donald trump a racist. bigot or it could be the donald trump or somebody knows something pretty extreme about lindsey graham. i am pretty sure there is something happening with him based on what evidence what facts that's a remarkable comment to make about a sitting u.s. senator. the evidence really. present. presented to us in the way that. the president. is disrupting democracy everywhere and i mean the united states and in me a democracy to interfere in our elections we don't care why we're going to hit you in here too hard on russia. it's not a normal country. and american born journalist who works as a news presenter on iranian state t.v. has been arrested in the u.s. as a material witness in an undisclosed case a court order revealed on frid

for donald trump got elected lindsey graham called a racist. bigot. donald trump or somebody knows something. about lindsey graham. i am sure there is something happening with him based on what. that's a remarkable comment to make about a sitting u.s. senator. the at the evidence really. present. presented to us in the way that. is disrupting democracy everywhere in the united states and in me a democracy to interfere in our elections we don't care why we're going to. russia . it's not a normal country. all right a u.s. court finally sheds a light on the case of an american born iranian journalist who has been detained without charges more on that after a short break this is our two international. you want to make sure that the quality is not just a slogan of misery but it also is associated with the rise of the startup of leave how can you have a rise in the standard. by having people who are rich saving investing . broadening increasing the size of the national park so that you can distribute pull everything. welcome back to international now an ame

for donald trump got elected lindsey graham called a racist. donald trump or somebody knows something. about lindsey graham. i am sure there is something happening with him. that's a remarkable comment to make about a sitting u.s. senator. the at the evidence really. present. presented to us in the way that. is disrupting democracy everywhere in the united states and in me a democracy to interfere in our election if we don't care why we're going to hard. on a normal country. to another story we're closely following today an american born journalist who works as a news presenter on a rainy and state t.v. has been arrested in the u.s. as a material witness in a case a court order revealed on friday she has been detained she's not been charged with a crime. generalization seems ok bad. she was not happy. the staff had certain dietary restrictions will just add her instructions were not being accounted. for her headscarf had been moved against her will. we are concerned by the arrest of a journalist for iranian state t.v. shamy we have serious conc

out for donald trump got elected lindsey graham called donald trump a racist. donald trump or somebody knows something pretty extreme about lindsey graham. i am sure there is something happening with him based on what the fact that that's a remarkable comment to make about a sitting u.s. senator. the at the evidence really. present. presented to us in the way that. is disrupting democracy everywhere and of the united states and in me a democracy to interfere in our elections we don't care why we're going to. russia . it's not a normal country. the. story we're keeping a very close eye on this weekend an american born journalist who works as a news presenter on a rainy and state t.v. has been arrested in the u.s. as a material witness in. case a court order revealed on friday that although she has been detained she's not been charged with any crime. generation seems ok. the fact that certain data restrictions with their stature was. not being accounted. for her headscarf had been the answer will. be. we are concerned by the arrest of a journalist for iranian sta

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love for donald trump got elected lindsey graham called donald trump a racist. bigot or it could be the donald trump or somebody knows something pretty extreme about lindsey graham. i am sure there is something happening with him based on what fact that's a remarkable comment to make about a sitting u.s. senator. the at the evidence really. present. presented to us in the way that. is disrupting democracy everywhere and of the united states and in me a democracy to interfere in our election if we don't care why we're going to hard russia. is not a normal country. at least sixty six people have been killed and dozens of others badly burned in a pipeline explosion north of mexico city. it's believed to have been caused by thieves who were trying to siphon off fuel oil had reportedly been spilling out for several hours before the blast happened and officials say hundreds of people were filling up plastic containers the nation's president is now promising a crackdown this weekend glass one of the deadliest explosions in mexican history. now an american born a journa

. >> reporter: lindsey graham expressing outrage over her request to postpone it. >> nancy pelosi wants to cancel the state of the union, give the president one dollar for the wall. not very good ideas. >> reporter: house minority leader kevin mccarthy telling fox news, quote, it is unbecoming of a speaker to do this. democrats sounding off on the letter and the fate of the address. >> i don't think it is officially -- i have not seen the speaker's letter. we haven't gotten a reply from the president. it is not officially. >> reporter: the secretary of homeland security, kirstjen neilsen, assuring security will be prepared. the department of homeland security and the secret service are fully prepared to support and secure the state of the union. we thank the service for their mission focus and dedication and for all they do each day to secure the homeland. meanwhile at the white house donald trump signed a bill giving federal workers back pay as the shutdown in tuesday 27. he also sat down with the problem solvers caucus yesterday but no solutions came out of that meeting. back to you.

be the donald trump or somebody knows something pretty extreme about lindsey graham. i am sure there is something happening with him based on what evidence what facts that's a remarkable comment to make about a sitting u.s. senator. the at the evidence really. present. presented to us in the way that. it's not your friend who is disrupting democracy everywhere and i mean the united states and in me a democracy to interfere in our elections we don't care why we're going to hit you and hit you hard on russia. it's not a normal country. still to come germany joins the ranks of western countries dialing up the pressure on chinese telecoms giant huawei thoughts right after this break. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to get us out of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. please reach terminal debt deal the no amount of economic activity going forward will never provide the tax revenues sufficient to pay down the step we're past the point of no return we've gone through the debt looking glass this means

. >> chris: >> chris: from republn senator lindsey graham and we will ask democratic senator chris coons if his party is willing to make a deal. senators graham and coons only on "fox news sunday" ." then, "the new york times" reports the fbi investigated whether president trump was working for the russians. we will ask our sunday panel what the bombshell revelation means for the mueller investigation. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. the government shutdown is now in week four, the longest in u.s. history, a record no one here in washington can be proud of. hundreds of thousands of federal workers face their first payday friday without getting any. talks to reopen nine federal departments have broken down and lawmakers are out of town until tomorrow afternoon. meanwhile, the president has gone back and forth on whether to declare a national emergency at the board now from kevin corke live at the white house. kevin. >> from the white house to the southern border, about the need for enhanced border security, a lot less talk about a wall and

but lindsey graham is exactly right. when you boil it down both sides of the fence, essentially they agree to the same thing. you need to have a border as he said nine months pregnant women can't fight over. that is dangerous. you want to provide safe port of entry along the way and walls in between that work. i thought it was interesting lindsey graham said and was saying about physically going back to this notion of comprehensive immigration reform which has been around 13 years. we know jared kushner has one pushing for that option. and i wonder if the discussion that going back and forth in the left wing, let's do this and get the government open again and push for really historic, big immigration reform bill that you can put your name on, mr. president as you had to 2020. >> dana: the other question he asked him if the state of the union should happen tuesday and that will be another bone's contention going into this weekend. >> martha: it absolutely will and i wonder come i think lindsey graham's point, we want to

and so when trump says this and when lindsey graham says it, we have to push back. we can't just say, oh, it's washington. it's not just washington. we're losing something in our country. >> and a good president, i don't care if it's george bush, barack obama, they build up the institutions that are under threat. they don't win at all costs. they say, what's the right thing to do long term for the good of the country. >> matt, one second, this is an interesting conversation we're witnessing on the screen. again, we're minutes away from the hearing getting gavelled back into order. sheldon whitehouse on the right, the democrat from the state of rhode island, is having -- we would love to have a microphone on this, is having a spirited conversation with lindsey graham, the new chairman of the judiciary committee on the left. whitehouse, a former u.s. attorney himself, is an aggressive questioner and he will again start off the next half of this hearing. matt, go ahead. >> i think you're right, it's a very interesting conversation. he's about to be up, and he has signa

one says i hope lindsey graham can be the lindsey graham i worked on immigration reform with and not the lindsey graham that yelled during the kavanaugh hearing. and another one, is this going to be kavanaugh 2.0? what's your expectation for tomorrow? >> charlie is dead on about the views. here they might be pivotal. in comparison with kavanaugh, we have this one interesting contrast. bill barr can't say well, i can't tell you about that, because it may come before me. he famously in '91 said i think roe v. wade is wrong and should be overruled. he needs to be candid and responsive. there is an intention between his very, very full bodied views of executive power and how he will promise to permit mueller to do his work in an unfettered way. >> thank you all. we're taking a live look at john marshal high school in los angeles. we'll pull it up. students were supposed to be in school this morning. they are not because of this. not at this school. more than 1,000 schools in the city. teachers are now on strike. a live report from l.a. we'll talk with the woman running one of the large e

dealt with republican senator lindsey graham is on a two day visit to turkey graham says he hopes donald trump will slow the withdrawal of american troops from syria until i saw was destroyed well that's in contrast to the u.s. president who said american troops are going home because i saw defeated osama bin job joining us from gaza on tap in turkey that's close to the syrian border so what are we to make of lindsey graham's comments on saudi arabia. when he says the relationship can't move forward until the situation is dealt with. a repetition of seeing what he believes him this time around come to and talking to reporters at the capital he said that the situation that saudi arabia is an important. of the united states but the situation. with the murder of. doug is off concern and he needs it to be dealt with before the two allies can move forward in their relationship this is if you remember in reference to the united states president saying that he believes that the cia did not conclude that jamal fog killing and the order of that killing came directly from the top of visit the crow

lindsey graham was among the republican candidate. >> lindsey graham says if donald trump is elected president for the republican party, he's going to ruin the republican party. that's a paraphrase. >> things have changed katy tur. >> it is remarkable of the turn around. i am fascinated to have covered it. i am going to be fascinated talking to these lawmakers years down the road and asking them what in their mind changed and how they feel about this looking backward. >> may i ask you a question? do you find it unbelievable? >> i do. >> you should write a book about it. >> it is really friday. >> we should go out and buy a book. >> i will see you back in an hour. >> there you go. >> ali velshi and stephanie ruhle. thank you, guys. >>> it is day 21 of the government shutdown. tomorrow will be the longest in our nation's history. today 800,000 federal employees are starting to miss their paychecks. getting pay stubs with zero where their net pay should be. >> we have mortgage, car loan, cell phone, electric and gas and utilities. are you going to pay for medication or are you going to

the first question from the audience, what's happened to lindsey graham? >> i like that. >> senior senator from the great state of south carolina. >> yeah, i don't know linda graham, and i say that because i used to know most senators having worked in the senate for senator patrick mionaham. i don't have it all when i talk about a senator who i don't know. so i have no confidence in this. but the short answer is i don't know. but the general answer for republicans who are completely s subservant to trump in all things is that they fear the trump voter in their state and congressional district. they fear that voter. and they are working enslavishly to that voter. it isn't to donald trump. it's to that voter. and they're also in lindsey graham's case very seriously spending every day trying to make sure they are not challenged in a primary in their next republican re-election campaign for the senate. and the way you do that now is you tie yourself as closely to trump as possible. but what's true of lindsey graham is you can play a video of him, you know, say

republican senator lindsey graham said yesterday, no wall funding is a nonstarter for president rouhani. >> to my democratic friends, there will never be a deal with how wall funding. so far most democrats say they will never be a deal with wall funding. >> with donald trump and the republicans want to do is waster money on an ineffective border wall that is a fifth century solution to a 21st century problem. >> julie: neither side appears to be budging. even if the house votes on the proposal on thursday, the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made it very clear that the senate won't vote on a bill that doesn't have the president supports. we are still at least several days away from the shutdown hunting. thank you very much. joining me now from the border state of texas, michael burgess. thank you very much for talking to us. >> thank you. >> julie: we heard from the president and that interview with fox, he remains. however many democrats, they are out of town. that is one of several reasons why the president blames them for the continuing shutdown which doesn't seem to be changi

lindsey graham is trying to lay the groundwork and soften it for him. i'm curious to know whether or not president trump knew these things about became barr when he appointed him. did he know in fact that he and robert moellueller and their families are close. you could see the president reacting to that not in favor of bill barr. that doesn't necessarily change the larger question which is what role does he see himself playing in supervising bob mueller? what decision will he make if bob mueller comes to him with a report in terms of releasing that to the congress or public. those are big questions that he's going to hear asked i think pretty vigorously next week certainly by democrats if not by republicans. >> and i wanted to also ask clint watts here about paul manafort and the significance of what we now saw was the failure to fully redact, i mean, they simply copy and by copy and pasting, you could see what was written that paul manafort when he was the chair of the campaign was actually talking to this very suspect figure connected we believe stro

she is insinuating that donald has some sort of something on lindsey graham. this is totally inappropriate. >> i think it's totally fine to say the waters are murky with the russia probe. maybe they are blackmailing them and people are saying they must be blackmailing trump. then the further indication that lindsey graham must be gay and that's what they have on him. that would be an open secret because it's been a rumor for so long that he has addressed. going back to toxic masculinity. that's being weaponized against him saying you are less of a man and going back to mccarthyism, you can't be trusted, you must be a traitor because you are homosexual. jesse: so they are weaponizing it against communists. >> where is ronald reagan when you need him. i want to use her excuse for a tweet. it's just my opinion. it's what i believe. that wouldn't go over well if it's something truly offensive. you need to look at some of these candidates elected in november that have shoddy pasts. she has been very anti-israel. and no one presses it. i think you saw on that interv

today that very same lindsey graham tweeting again quote mr. president, declare a national emergency now. build a wall now. we've entered a frankly pathetic phrase in which they're clammoring to give away their power in congress because they cannot admit the emperor has no clothes. his bill passed yesterday in the senate and today in the house. first let's start with that, senator. does that mean that goes to the president's desk now to be signed? >> it does, chris. this was a bill that we introduced in the senate. it passed the senate yesterday. it passed the house today. on its way to the president's devrg. desk. senator mcconnell said before we pass this the senate, president trump said he would sign it but that's exactly what the president's people told mitch mcconnell a couple of weeks ago about the bill to extend the continuing resolution through february 28th. so let's hope the president signs it. this is the shameful now milestone where we're about to break the largest, longest shutdown in u.s. history and as you said i saw a lot of the

harris, booker as well as the chair of man of the committee lindsey graham who is holding the gavel on this committee and two female republican senators joining the panel. joanie ernst and marcia blackburn. whether he can shore up republican support in particular. >> all four of the voices were strong ones during the kavanaugh hearings. you can expect similar today. thank you very much. >>> forgive us. there is a lot of news every day. do not miss the significance of this story. this morning the "new york times" reporting that president trump considered pulling the u.s. out of the nato alliance. you cannot underestimate the importance not just of this prospect but the discussion of the prospect in light of the threat russia currently poses to europe and the united states. >> and in light of what russia did to our election. the u.s. withdrawal, if that were to actually happen -- just sit with it for a moment. it would weaken a key alliance. it is a huge gift to vladimir putin. barbara starr joins us now. when you talk about a gift to vladimir putin, retired admiral of nato quoted in the

senate said lindsey graham's visit to turkey and saying that u.s. saudi ties cannot move until someone is dealt with and also of course protests against president omar al bashir of sudan please live rounds outside the food of slate right. now this weekend marks the second anniversary of donald trump's election as president of the united states at the halfway mark of his time has seen the u.s. go out of the global climate accord launch a trade war with china crack down on undocumented migrants and trigger the longest government shutdown in american history and diplomatic editor james bays now reports there are concerns over what trumps next move will be. on his very first stay in office president trump made his international agenda very clear his actions abroad would be guided by his view of the interests of the people at home in the u.s. from this day forward it's going to be only america first america first. this policy made him the disrupter in chief on the world stage freaking out the u.s. is closest friends are pending international treaties lik

but will the fbi go in front of lindsey graham and defend themselves? >> they have to. he is the chairman of the judiciary committee now, so chris wray, i imagine, will have to pick up the phone and explain to lindsey graham. if he asks for an in-person briefing, he'll have to do that. this is something fbi agents do routinely. >> we haven't heard much about the notion that roger stone allegedly lied to congress when he was supposed to be there participating in what you would expect to be a very important investigation, the notion that the russians meddled in our electi election, the fact that there was collusion. we haven't heard much from lindsey graham about that part. >> is there a possible solution they have selective outreach? >> it's their job to ask the questions and for the fbi to pr provide an explanation, but if i were lindsey graham, i would have more questions. >> he said there's nothing there, it's gone forever, it's cost $30 million, but he was asked about the potential release of the report when it's final. he said, i'm going to leave it to the justice d

earlier in the process with nick mulvaney and kellyanne conway and lindsey graham trying to budge, the president wanted ono parts of it. so is one thing that i am going keep an eye on is at some point in this afternoon, if the president is open to expanding the scope of the deal and take this idea that lindsey graham floated of protection for the dreamer s dreamers is which juan to pushing the price tag up in the $5 billion range, and gives both sides something they want with, and ultimately reopen the government, and we will have to see. so far, it is mes sanling coming from -- messaging coming from the white house the pin it on nancy pelosi. and sarah sanders saying it is a test of her new leadership, and even though president trump preemptively claimed credit for the shutdown, andrea. >> and the facts are, garrett haake, that the senate, and the republican senate, and mitch mcconnell had unanimously accepted the same deal, and what nancy p pe lelosi had them pass night is what the senate had passed word-for-word, and it is the burden on mitch mcconnell to say why he is standing firm

that's lindsey graham of south carolina. they've directed the army core of engineer to search for the money for the wall. one pru posal could include tapping into billions of disaster relief. he can could dip into the $2.4 billion allocated for projects in california, including flood prevention. and puerto rico which is still reing covering, as everybody knows, from maria. and former epa administrator under president bush and barbara boxer and paul stein editor for "the daily beast." sthung's holding this guy up, the president. he's been playing this for days now. i'm going to do it, pull the trigger. we're going to go, fight with the courts. i'm going toing do this by emergency action. what's stopping him? >> first and foremost who's encountering resistance within his own party, most recently today senator grassley a very powerful and well respected member of the senate leadership has said he would oppose use of this kind of military disaster-related funding. we've been hearing for years, chris, about the real emergency in

senator lindsey graham has again one saudi arabia over the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi during a visit to turkey the republican congressman said saudi ties with washington can't progress until the matter is properly dealt with he also expressed hope that president on will trample slow the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria some of the of a it has more from gazi and tap in the tacky syrian border. the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was very much on lindsey graham's mind he said relations between washington and riyadh couldn't be normalized and the crown prince mohammed bin sole man widely believed to have been behind the murder has been dealt with we will. start sanctioning those involved with the killing of mr shogi will make a definitive statement that m.b.a.'s feel that it is responsible for it and come up with a series of sanctions. was last seen at the site of the consulate in istanbul on october the second after initial denials the kingdom eventually admitted that saudi agents killed a journalist who criticized the crown prince of saudi leaders see eleven sa

all of his judicial nominees are going to have to run through the lindsey graham gauntlet. it is going to be interesting to say the least. spent manykane has years roaming the halls of congress. you can follow him by going to washingtonpost.com. it is taxes, infrastructure, health care, trade, etc.? we want to hear from you this morning. joining us from inside the capital is david hawking to talk fort benefits and pay members of congress. so what will these new members, what will the new members being sworn in today be paid? guest: they will all be paid the same amount of money, $174,000 a year. there is a lot of talk right now on social media about why our members of congress are going to continue getting paid during the shutdown, and the answer in simple terms is the constitution says so. it says members of congress are to get paid november what. -- paid no matter what. some freshmen members are promising to give back a prorated amount of their pay to the treasury until the shutdown is over, but they will continue receiving this money, that 174,000 has been the same for a

kennedy: lindsey graham concurred it is time for president trump to fund the construction of the border wall barrier democrats hate the idea but a number of republicans don't like it either because it sets a bad precedent to give the executive branch more power and also it may not be legal and that is what andrew napolitano pointed out earlier. >> he can declare a state of emergency with the declaration does not give him the power to take private property and according to the republican of texas that most of it would go most of the property they don't own so they have to condemn it and pay for he cannot do that without congressional authorization or spend it without authorization. kennedy: can the president take this route and what is the consequence? welcome back gail. >> great to be with you. >> there is a lot of disagreement and democrats would send it right through the courts we don't have to worry about through eminent domain because who decides and defines a national emergency? . >> that's a great question the act was passed in 1976 and congress did not define what a national emer

lindsey graham. i've known lindsey for years. we came in together in congress in 1994 and lindsey was always considered to be one of the most genial, reasonable and measured members of congress. as a presidential congress in 2016, he routinely warned us of the moral rot that the election of donald trump as the party's nominee would bring to the republican party and he said that unhinged manhattan developer would destroy the gop if he were elected. well, lindsey was right. then. but now he's one of the administration's leading henchman in hatching plots to run rough shod over our nation's traditions and turn the party into a rudderless collection of mini me donald trumps pap can you believe lindsey graham, a guy who along with me throughout the 1990s championed the power of checks and balances, then of course -- then against bill clinton, we always talked about article one and the constitution and being constitutionalists. well, now that same lindsey graham who actually followed john mccain's lead for

you know i like lindsey graham. he's a good friend of mine from south carolina. he's not as good of a politician as donald trump or else he'd be president. they both ran. one of them won, one of them lost. the president is interested in resolving this issue. >> here's one thing that i didn't hear throughout our entire interview. what is it -- >> because you didn't ask. >> what is the president offering the democrats? what's the offer on their side? right now it's only clear what the president wants. >> let me tell you, because it came up the other day in the private meeting with the big eight as they call them, leaders from the house, republicans and democrats. he was willing to agree and he mentioned this at the rose garden press conference, to take a concrete wall off the table. that is -- if that is not evidence of our willingness to solve the problem, okay, because again what is driving this is the president's desire to change the conditions at the border. and if he has to give up a concrete wall and replace it with a steel fence to do that so that democrats

but republican senator lindsey graham says the president's statements emboldened isissen. lindsey graham / -r- south carolina: "i hope the president will look long and hard at where he's headed in syria."last week -- the u-s started removing some military ground equipment from syria.sen. chuck schumer / -d- minority leader: "president trump's precipitous removal of our troops from syria and his claim that isis is already beaten - we knew would not hold up."about two-thousand american troops are stationed in syria.despite the attack -- u-s officials say there is no change in strategy to bring those troops back home.in washington i'm camila bernal reporting. (robin ) the president's state of the union address is now in limbo, due to the government shutdown. house speaker nancy pelosi says the president should wait to do the address... citing security as the issue. the u-s constitution requires the president to brief congress on the state of the union. in a letter.. pelosi asked the president to move the day of the state of the union... to after the government has reopened...

president trump is rejecting calls by republican senator lindsey graham to declare a national emergency on the southern border..."i'm not looking to call a national emergency. this is so simple, you shouldn't have to. graham says an emergency declaration would end the partial government shutdown.and allow the president to order the pentagon to build a border wall...even if congress disapproves."i think there is a crisis at the border. i think it fits the definition of a national emergency."but the president himself admits that may not work...since the order would likely be challenged in court. meanwhile...the fight over border security...has created the longest government shutdown in u-s history."the government remains shutdown for one reason...the democrats will not fund border security"