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another is is is for example mick mulvaney, john kelly steps down, mick mulvaney moves over to that one now there's a vacancy in omb. a a lot of times it's sort of like whack a mole. you have chosen one person but then you have created another vacancy within your 18 by moving that person over and you are also causing disruption and disruption etc. so i also think another reason why the turnover rates are higher is that turnover begets more turnover. that it creates a sense of chaos it creates a lot of anxiety and stress when people are publicly fired. and i think people are concerned about their jobs. i think with the mueller investigation there's probably some angst and concern about whether they need to hire their own attorneys, which can be very costly. and i just think you know if you're somebody who had a passion for maybe healthcare policy or energy policy, if you're working in an environment where you never know from day-to-day who is going to be around, if there also simultaneously investigations about leaks that are causing people to feel very
another is is is for example mick mulvaney, john kelly steps down, mick mulvaney moves over to that one now there's a vacancy in omb. a a lot of times it's sort of like whack a mole. you have chosen one person but then you have created another vacancy within your 18 by moving that person over and you are also causing disruption and disruption etc. so i also think another reason why the turnover rates are higher is that turnover begets more turnover. that it creates a sense of chaos it creates a...
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mick mulvaney. [applause] >> thank you very much. people always ask me about the dogs named guinness and harper and ask me what i do for fun. i want to thank mr. hage for the introduction. i want to thank you for inviting me. thank you to all the religious leaders and excellence that are here. thank you for inviting me and giving me this opportunity to speak this evening. i will begin by saying this. i really wasn't supposed to be here today. we had been asked by the heads of protocol at the white house not to do any official events today given the solemnity having to do with the funeral. we were supposed to cancel all our official events. i talked to the white house and i said, look, i'm speaking to this group on wednesday evening. they said, please cancel. i said, well, it's in defense of christians and i think it would be something that george bush would probably want me to do. [applause] >> and the white house absolutely agreed and insisted that i come. so i want to thank the folks who make those types of decisions tool lou me to
mick mulvaney. [applause] >> thank you very much. people always ask me about the dogs named guinness and harper and ask me what i do for fun. i want to thank mr. hage for the introduction. i want to thank you for inviting me. thank you to all the religious leaders and excellence that are here. thank you for inviting me and giving me this opportunity to speak this evening. i will begin by saying this. i really wasn't supposed to be here today. we had been asked by the heads of protocol at...
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please give a warm welcome to mick mulvaney. [applause] >> thank you very much. people always ask me about the dogs named beggwynn nis and harr and that's what i do for fun. your excellencies, colleagues from the house of representatives, and more importantly, many of my friends. thank you for inviting me and beginning this evening. i will begin by saying this, i wasn't supposed to be here today. we had been asked by the heads of protocol at the white house not to do any official events today given the solemnity, the-- having to do with the funeral, we were supposed to cancel all of our official events and i talked to the white house and said, look, i'm speaking to this group on wednesday evening. they said please cancel. i said it's in defense of christians and i think it would be something that george bush would probably want me to do. [applaus [applause] >> and the white house absolutely agreed, and insisted that i come. so i want to thank the folks who makes those decisions to allow me to be here and speak to you for a little bit. that being said, why me? mos
please give a warm welcome to mick mulvaney. [applause] >> thank you very much. people always ask me about the dogs named beggwynn nis and harr and that's what i do for fun. your excellencies, colleagues from the house of representatives, and more importantly, many of my friends. thank you for inviting me and beginning this evening. i will begin by saying this, i wasn't supposed to be here today. we had been asked by the heads of protocol at the white house not to do any official events...
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on nbc's "meet the press" acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney said the president is making a concession to democrats. >> if he has to give up a concrete wall and replace with it a steel wall in order to do it so dpms can say, see, he's not building a wall anymore that should help us move. if that's not evidence of the president's desire to try to resolve this, i don't know what is. >> all right. well the shutdown is costing the u.s. economy an estimated $1.2 billion per week jeff bennett is at the white house. that is a little bit of a shift. as we were just saying, it's what the democrats are offering up these pieces of legislation. >> reporter: yeah. well, here is the latest, richard. all this delegation of white house aides meets for a second day with congressional staffers to hash out some sort of deal to end this partial government shutdown, the president already down played expectations for it before that meeting even started. the president told reporters on the south lawn this morning that neither he nor the vice president are confident that today's meeting will yiel
on nbc's "meet the press" acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney said the president is making a concession to democrats. >> if he has to give up a concrete wall and replace with it a steel wall in order to do it so dpms can say, see, he's not building a wall anymore that should help us move. if that's not evidence of the president's desire to try to resolve this, i don't know what is. >> all right. well the shutdown is costing the u.s. economy an estimated $1.2...
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i think i just heard mick mulvaney say the same thing. we would all prefer to see this negotiated the way it should be negotiated. i happen to agree with the president on barriers at the border and border security as an important first step. but there might be a future president that i don't agree with that thinks something else is an emergency. i think it's a bad precedent. i hope the president doesn't have to go there. if we'll do our job, he won't even have to consider going there three weeks from now because we'll have reached the right -- >> the only way we could ever stop, i've thought everything about how you stop this from happening, a shutdown. the one thing we could do to help the american society, the american economy and the american people is to make sure if a shutdown ever occurs by our own making, our pay stops immediately the day it's shut down. trust me, there will not be a shutdown. everything else we can talk about all the policies. you stop the paycheck the same as everyone else -- the only people that got hurt was all
i think i just heard mick mulvaney say the same thing. we would all prefer to see this negotiated the way it should be negotiated. i happen to agree with the president on barriers at the border and border security as an important first step. but there might be a future president that i don't agree with that thinks something else is an emergency. i think it's a bad precedent. i hope the president doesn't have to go there. if we'll do our job, he won't even have to consider going there three...
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mick mulvaney is faithfully executing the job the president asked him to do. as such he's not interested in any other positions. are you sure about that, hogan? >> i'm the acting chief of staff. i'm retaining my formal position of office of management and budget for now. 100% of my time -- >> what does for now mean? for now, there's a chance you do vacant the position? >> it's a good question. no one asked me about that before, how the president and i talked about doing this. we just decided to try it. i think the president had some ideas about how to run the position that was different than john kelly, a little different than reince priebus. he said let's try that, give it a shot for a while. i said, that's great. if you don't like it, you've always liked omb, i can always go back to that. >> 90 day trial, 180. >> we didn't talk about that. >> your goal is to make it full time. >> make the president successful. we had a pretty good week. a couple more months, it would be great. >>> democrats tonight are demanding air time equal to what president trump receive
mick mulvaney is faithfully executing the job the president asked him to do. as such he's not interested in any other positions. are you sure about that, hogan? >> i'm the acting chief of staff. i'm retaining my formal position of office of management and budget for now. 100% of my time -- >> what does for now mean? for now, there's a chance you do vacant the position? >> it's a good question. no one asked me about that before, how the president and i talked about doing this....
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acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney vowing the president will build a border wall. quote with or without -- as a race to come up with a new deal for border security and avoid triggering it in other partial government shutdown. hello everyone welcome to a new our inside "america's news headquarters". i am arthel neville. eric: hello everyone, take you for joining us, i am eric shawn. the president reiterating again, is there to declare the national emergency that if the deal is not reached by faber 15 for awol or barrier wall. this amid criticism for some of his supporters. that he caved 10 democrats by agreeing to temporarily reopen the government. mr. mulvaney says that is not the case. >> he did because many democrats have come to us. some privately and many spoke up publicly that they are actually starting to agree with him on the necessity for a barrier on the southern border. eric: the question now with democrats agreed to pay for the steel fence? we have coverage with ellison barber on the lawn at the white house.reporter: white house thanks some democrats wil
acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney vowing the president will build a border wall. quote with or without -- as a race to come up with a new deal for border security and avoid triggering it in other partial government shutdown. hello everyone welcome to a new our inside "america's news headquarters". i am arthel neville. eric: hello everyone, take you for joining us, i am eric shawn. the president reiterating again, is there to declare the national emergency that if the...
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mick mulvaney says that number, 5.7 billion, is not a made up one. he says that that is the number experts are telling the president that they need. the white house thinks that some democrats are actually willing to approve funding for a physical barrier at the southern border, even though democratic leadership continues to say they have been clear on the wall and that their party is against it. the legislation president trump signed on friday does not include funding for new construction of a border wall, it's missing the very thing the president said was necessary to reopen government, here is president trump on christmas day president trump: i can't tell you whether government is going to be open. i can tell you it's not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they'd like to call it. i'll call it whatever they want. reporter: something mr. trump gave into democrats others say the shutdown was a power struggle at the expense of federal workers, on the left some say it's proof "the situation" at the southern border is not a crisis.
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and mick mulvaney. they're leading the charge as the president's emissaries. they don't have the president's image problems in terms of taking a hard-line position. they can work with people on the hill, including mitch mcconnell, speaker pelosi, and their oub ordinates. i think you'll see a lot more behind-the-scenes action this week, and then, of course, legislation going to the floor in both houses. host: a busy weekend, up early on a sunday morning, linda feldmann, covering all of this for "christian science monitor," thanks for being with us on c-span. we appreciate it. guest: my pleasure, steve. host: let's goat some of your tweets and then phone calls, your reaction to this white house offer that essentially offers protection for those daca, the so-called dreamers, in exchange for wall funding. the president calling it steel barriers. one viewer saying we have a president that allows his policy decisions to be shaped by that awful woman, ann coulter. another from karen saying, how is it bold to give temporary protection to daca that donald trump took aw
and mick mulvaney. they're leading the charge as the president's emissaries. they don't have the president's image problems in terms of taking a hard-line position. they can work with people on the hill, including mitch mcconnell, speaker pelosi, and their oub ordinates. i think you'll see a lot more behind-the-scenes action this week, and then, of course, legislation going to the floor in both houses. host: a busy weekend, up early on a sunday morning, linda feldmann, covering all of this for...
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joining me acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> happy to be here. >> so where we are in negotiations, the meeting is over. and i know that speaker pelosi had said she didn't want to give even more than $1 to the border wall president trump has talked about $5.6 billion. is there any give in the $5.6 billion in terms of whether it has to be for a wall or whether it can be for more generally border security? >> the president said for a long time it's $5.6 billion for border security, including the wall. we recognize that things like technology and border crossings are important. but certainly a barrier is important. we didn't make much progress at the meet chicaing which was surg to me. i thought we could come in to talk about places we agreed on. places we agreed to spend more time and attention, things to improve our border security and yet the opening line from one of the lead democrat negotiators was that they were not there to talk about any agreement. they were actually, in my mind, there to stall. and we did
joining me acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> happy to be here. >> so where we are in negotiations, the meeting is over. and i know that speaker pelosi had said she didn't want to give even more than $1 to the border wall president trump has talked about $5.6 billion. is there any give in the $5.6 billion in terms of whether it has to be for a wall or whether it can be for more generally border security? >> the president...
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acting chief of staff mick mulvaney was asked about the potential for conflicts between the u.s. and venezuela this morning he said this to fox news john roberts. >> i don't think any president of any party doing his or her job would be doing the job properly if they took anything off the table. the president of the united states is looking at this extraordinarily close. kristin: the president named a special envoy elliott abrams. he served in previously worked on relations with venezuela and across latin america. >> there is little event in venezuela taking on the president in 2002. thank you very much. appreciate it. what that would bring a chairman is the el, not swift. good to see yet. put all these together for us. what is the message from the united states between bolton street, and the appointment of abrams, the way you have, for example, maldini speaking on tv today. >> this is an incredible moment in an historic one would need to pay close attention to. the u.s.-led effort to change what is happening in venezuela is a very important thing both for venezuela, for the vene
acting chief of staff mick mulvaney was asked about the potential for conflicts between the u.s. and venezuela this morning he said this to fox news john roberts. >> i don't think any president of any party doing his or her job would be doing the job properly if they took anything off the table. the president of the united states is looking at this extraordinarily close. kristin: the president named a special envoy elliott abrams. he served in previously worked on relations with venezuela...
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whos not just mick mulvaney i will be paying attention to. i will be keeping a watchful eye on all of the financial regulators to make sure they are carrying out their statutory duties, including holding bad actors accountable and promoting financial stability. as we saw during the 2008 financial crisis, large wall that aren't subject to strong oversight and safeguards to protect our economy can do a lot of damage. so in dodd frank, we put in place robust reforms where our largest and most complex financial institutions, including increased capital, reduced leverage, improved liquidity, vigorous stress testing, and thorough living wills, all designed to improve financial stability. established the financial stability oversight council to eliminate regulatory gaps and improve oversight of the entire financial system, including chattel banking. established the vocal rule to ensure that big banks don't just gamble away their customers deposits. all of these reforms are designed to help prevent a future financial crisis. so the committee will be
whos not just mick mulvaney i will be paying attention to. i will be keeping a watchful eye on all of the financial regulators to make sure they are carrying out their statutory duties, including holding bad actors accountable and promoting financial stability. as we saw during the 2008 financial crisis, large wall that aren't subject to strong oversight and safeguards to protect our economy can do a lot of damage. so in dodd frank, we put in place robust reforms where our largest and most...
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we'll talk to acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, next. >>> plus, border wall battle. democrats take control of the house and make clear they're not budging on the president's top priority. >> we're not doing a wall. we are not doing a wall. >> do red state democrats feel any pressure to compromise to reopen the government? alabama senator doug jones is here, in minutes. >>> and taking the house. as democrats prepare to use their new power, passions of new members are already boiling over. >> we're going to impeach the [ bleep ]. >> but with house leadership preaching caution, will the fight over impeachment divide democrats? we'll ask the man leading investigations into the president for the house, democratic congressman adam schiff, in moments. hello, i'm jake tapper in washington, where the "state of our union" is in complete dysfunction. we are now in the 16th day of the partial government shutdown over the president's border wall with no suggestion of progress being made. today president trump travels to camp david to meet with senior staff before meeting with con
we'll talk to acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, next. >>> plus, border wall battle. democrats take control of the house and make clear they're not budging on the president's top priority. >> we're not doing a wall. we are not doing a wall. >> do red state democrats feel any pressure to compromise to reopen the government? alabama senator doug jones is here, in minutes. >>> and taking the house. as democrats prepare to use their new power, passions of...
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we begin today with the president's acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney. he joins us this morning from charlotte, north carolina. welcome to "face the >>argaret, good morning. for ha. >> brennan: is the president really py is. keep in mind, he's willing to do whatever it takes to secure the border. he does take this very seriously. this is a serious humanitarian and security crisis, and as president of the united stating he takes the security of the nation as his highest priority. he doesn't want to shut the government down. let's make that very clear. he doesn't want to declare national emergency. what he wants to do is fix this the way things are supposed to get fixed with our government, which is through legislation. one of the reasons he agreed to open the government this week was to essentially take the democrats at their word. while their leadership have been telling us they were not interested in negotiating and taking thisinand hope the president gives up approach, many democrats, rank and file and some lower levels of leadership say, look, we happ
we begin today with the president's acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney. he joins us this morning from charlotte, north carolina. welcome to "face the >>argaret, good morning. for ha. >> brennan: is the president really py is. keep in mind, he's willing to do whatever it takes to secure the border. he does take this very seriously. this is a serious humanitarian and security crisis, and as president of the united stating he takes the security of the nation as his highest...
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mick mulvaney tells john roberts that's not the case. >> why he did what he did is many democrats came to us, and they are starting to agree with him on the necessity for a barrier on the southern border. that's a marked difference on where the democratic leadership is. nancy pelosi saying even if they open the government she wouldn't give a single dollar for the wall. we go to ellison barber live at the white house. reporter: the white house is trying hard to push back on the narrative that the president gave in to the democrats. they are making the argument you heard mick mulvaney make in private conversations and also in television interviews saying they reached this deal because they had moderate democrats coming them saying they were willing to fund a physical barrier at the wall once the government was reopened. they say president trump took advantage of an opportunity here. republicans were considering crossing party lines and supporting the democratic plan. the short-term agreement the president signed. the white house says moving forward they will try to put pressure on democr
mick mulvaney tells john roberts that's not the case. >> why he did what he did is many democrats came to us, and they are starting to agree with him on the necessity for a barrier on the southern border. that's a marked difference on where the democratic leadership is. nancy pelosi saying even if they open the government she wouldn't give a single dollar for the wall. we go to ellison barber live at the white house. reporter: the white house is trying hard to push back on the narrative...
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joining me not to talk more about this is the president's acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. welcome back to fox news sunday, thanks for taking the time. i know you got back to south carolina to see your family for the first time since new years. >> think so much for having me as always. >> that the president gave the democrats? a lot of democrats think that he capitulated here because he really came away from 35 days of a government shutdown with nothing more than he could've had at least two weeks ago when senator graham propose the same thing and maybe even back to before this whole thing started. >> i think what you've seen here is the president seeing an opportunity created why he did what he did was because many democrats have come to us, some of them privately, many of them spoke out publicly that they are actually starting to agree with him on the necessity for a barrier on the southern border and they had come to us and said we agree with you, winningpoanca barrier on the southern border but we simply cannot work with you while the government is open. if while the go
joining me not to talk more about this is the president's acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. welcome back to fox news sunday, thanks for taking the time. i know you got back to south carolina to see your family for the first time since new years. >> think so much for having me as always. >> that the president gave the democrats? a lot of democrats think that he capitulated here because he really came away from 35 days of a government shutdown with nothing more than he could've had...
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>> i think she's going to struggle to push back against trump and mick mulvaney. when it comes down to it, the reforms mick mulvaney have done has been fast that'sic, it's been a focus on disclosure and focus on preventing fraud rather than a concentration of yet more power in washington, d.c. i know a lot of the -- a lot of the politicians, a lot of bureaucrats want that power, but this is something that the trump administration has pushed very hard against and there will be a struggle, in the end she will not succeed at derailing the great success that we have seen in the last two years. cheryl: let me correct, consumer financial protection bureau, she can make life very difficult to bank ceo's, she would have power to call jamie dimon and all banks and mention in same interview she could go after wells fargo, fake accounts, rough year for wells fargo, she can make their lives very difficult. >> yes, she definitely has that potential and i think a lot of this is more an attempt to grab headlines rather than attempt to force the law. something that i'm quite conc
>> i think she's going to struggle to push back against trump and mick mulvaney. when it comes down to it, the reforms mick mulvaney have done has been fast that'sic, it's been a focus on disclosure and focus on preventing fraud rather than a concentration of yet more power in washington, d.c. i know a lot of the -- a lot of the politicians, a lot of bureaucrats want that power, but this is something that the trump administration has pushed very hard against and there will be a struggle,...
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mick mulvaney said the national emergency option is still on the table. i asked the vice president why should immigrants believe that the president won't support them in three years, and they said some of the tps holders are from s-hole countries and that they're bringing aids to the country. how do we know that they won't be kicked off in three years. and also that the president should be trusted because he is able to put these forward and wants to have tps and daca extended. so really the vice president doesn't have a good explanation for why people should trust him. they say we don't think the president is credible when it comes to immigration. >> americans are fed up with this, they're blaming the president, and they're fed up and there is 800,000 people and a lot more whether they're contractors or people in restaurants around federal buildings, i could go on and on and on that are very upset about it and they could pay anyone that has a stitch of humanity that has seen the stories, but could they look at the speech and say the dreamers get to keep t
mick mulvaney said the national emergency option is still on the table. i asked the vice president why should immigrants believe that the president won't support them in three years, and they said some of the tps holders are from s-hole countries and that they're bringing aids to the country. how do we know that they won't be kicked off in three years. and also that the president should be trusted because he is able to put these forward and wants to have tps and daca extended. so really the...
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. >> mick mulvaney, i think we ran over. i appreciate your time. the current chief of staff, you haven't given up your title. let us know when you do. >> it's always a pleasure. >> joining me is steny hoyer of maryland. welcome back to "meet the press," sir. >> thanks, chuck. >> let me start with that last mick mulvaney said that the president is taking concrete wall off the table if that's not -- if that's not evidence he's trying to compromise, then he doesn't know what is. do you take that as a good faith offer? >> it is an offer he made and it will be discussed. but the fact of the matter is you used mick mulvaney's quote, but you got senator john cornyn who says i don't think we're going to be able to solve border security with a physical barrier because people can come under, around it and through it. lindsey graham said the border wall is probably not a smart investment. mike mccall, the chairman of the homeland security committee in the last congress said, you have to understand, too that a 30 foot concrete wall is a very expensive proposit
. >> mick mulvaney, i think we ran over. i appreciate your time. the current chief of staff, you haven't given up your title. let us know when you do. >> it's always a pleasure. >> joining me is steny hoyer of maryland. welcome back to "meet the press," sir. >> thanks, chuck. >> let me start with that last mick mulvaney said that the president is taking concrete wall off the table if that's not -- if that's not evidence he's trying to compromise, then he...
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mick mulvaney, sources tell cnn, had tried to get the president to focus what is next? whether he is moving on to drug price are or the infrastructure. but the president is focused on his wall throughout the 35 days of the shutdown and he has very little to show for it. because of that, there that why there is concern that the president might put the country back in this mess in three weeks, particularly as he watches the backlash from conservatives and republicans and his own supporters are unhappy he gave up his fight without no talks of congressional leaders on the calendar. it is not clear he is getting his border money at the end of negotiating. >> sarah westwood, thank you so much for the update. >> let's discuss that further with siraj hasmi and julian zeleny. gentlemen, welcome back. julian, let me start with this fascinating piece on cnn.com that explores that wasted month that sarah westwood was just talking about and you remember at the start, early on in the shutdown, there was this retreat, mick mulvaney took senior white aides to camp david to talk about l
mick mulvaney, sources tell cnn, had tried to get the president to focus what is next? whether he is moving on to drug price are or the infrastructure. but the president is focused on his wall throughout the 35 days of the shutdown and he has very little to show for it. because of that, there that why there is concern that the president might put the country back in this mess in three weeks, particularly as he watches the backlash from conservatives and republicans and his own supporters are...
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think of what mick mulvaney said to you. the president takes seriously -- takes security of the nation as his highest priority. well, on tuesday his intelligence chiefs are going to do an annual exercise of laying out the security threats to the country, rights, in an unclassified briefing. if it's like the past five years, you know, cyber is number one, terrorism is number two, nuclear proliferation, rise of china, aggressiveness by vladimir putin, you get to border issues around page 14 of last year's, and yet he has spoken very little about the others. >> there's also a point about political prioritization and the failure of the administration to make a strategic plan. i do think the prominence of the border wall promise in trump's 2016 campaign means he really does have to show that he's made progress on it. he had a chance to do that. last year when theenat democrats offered him legalization of illegal immigrants who came here as minors in return for some progress on the wall. he threw that chance away because he overre
think of what mick mulvaney said to you. the president takes seriously -- takes security of the nation as his highest priority. well, on tuesday his intelligence chiefs are going to do an annual exercise of laying out the security threats to the country, rights, in an unclassified briefing. if it's like the past five years, you know, cyber is number one, terrorism is number two, nuclear proliferation, rise of china, aggressiveness by vladimir putin, you get to border issues around page 14 of...
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two sources who were present tell axios it happened on the situation room on january 4th when mick mulvaney tried to compromise a sum of money for the wall. one of sources said mulvaney was saying if democrats weren't okay with $5.7 billion and the president wasn't okay with $1.3 billion the democratic offer he was saying we should find middle ground. president trump cut him off. you blanked it all up the source said. it was weird another source who was in the room confirmed the account. now two trump advisers familiar with the exchange confirmed the story to "washington post". won compared it to the scene of "the godfather." >> i'm not sure mob reference is a good look for the president. >> joining us once again associate editor for axios. good to see you again. let's talk shutdown. surpassing at records in u.s. history. unbelievable to say the least. how is this reflecting on the president and the gop in general? >> no one really want as shutdown and i think that people on both sides of the aisle are saying to hold a shutdown over people's head as part of a negotiation isn't really the wa
two sources who were present tell axios it happened on the situation room on january 4th when mick mulvaney tried to compromise a sum of money for the wall. one of sources said mulvaney was saying if democrats weren't okay with $5.7 billion and the president wasn't okay with $1.3 billion the democratic offer he was saying we should find middle ground. president trump cut him off. you blanked it all up the source said. it was weird another source who was in the room confirmed the account. now...
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. >> reporter: on "face the nation" this morning acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney says president trump is prepared to shut down the government again to get border security funding. >> he doesn't want to shut the government down, let's make that very clear. he doesn't want to declare a national emergency. >> reporter: democrats and republicans now have until february 15th to agree on government funding and negotiate a bipartisan package. >> i really feel that working with democrats and republicans we can make a truly great and secure deal happen for everyone. walls should not be controversial. >> reporter: today moderate senators suggested what could be included in a bipartisan agreement. >> it's going to be a combination of physical barriers, technology, more border patrol agents, more immigration judges, more sensors. >> an immigration reform has to be part of it just putting money towards a structure is not going to do the job that needs to be done. >> reporter: maggie ewell was furloughed during the shutdown and returns to work tomorrow. >> we will try to settle our
. >> reporter: on "face the nation" this morning acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney says president trump is prepared to shut down the government again to get border security funding. >> he doesn't want to shut the government down, let's make that very clear. he doesn't want to declare a national emergency. >> reporter: democrats and republicans now have until february 15th to agree on government funding and negotiate a bipartisan package. >> i...
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acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney also saying as much earlier sunday. >> is the president really prepared to shut down the government again in three weeks? >> yeah, i think he actually is. keep in mind he is willing to do whatever it takes to secure the border. but at the end of the day, the president's commitment is to defend the nation and he will do it either with or without congress. >> president trump also dismissing the suggestion he offered protection for d.r.e.a.m.ers in exchange for border wall funding. he told the "journal" that is a separate subject at a separate time. but senate republicans are not in the mood for more. >> i don't think shutdowns are good leverage. it is a lesson i've certainly learned in my time here. there have been two shutdowns since the time i've been there and the aggressor in neither one was the winner. >> shutdowns are never a good policy, they are never to be used as a means to achieve any kind of goal. i think what will happen is that the efforts to continue to build physical barriers, which have gone on in the last two administration
acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney also saying as much earlier sunday. >> is the president really prepared to shut down the government again in three weeks? >> yeah, i think he actually is. keep in mind he is willing to do whatever it takes to secure the border. but at the end of the day, the president's commitment is to defend the nation and he will do it either with or without congress. >> president trump also dismissing the suggestion he offered protection for...
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the president has suggested and mick mulvaney the acting white house chief of staff has made clear that they are willing to take this concrete wall off the table entirely. but the president, white house aides and senior democratic sources have all now said that the president now wants that $5 billion -- north of $5 billion for some sort of border barrier deal, border security deal to get this government open. it's one step forward, one step back. alex. >> isn't the opt -- opty much word here concrete? >> right. the president all during the campaign talked about this concrete wall, but that is not popular with the american people, dhs officials who say you need to see beyond that wall, that's why they asked for the steel slat wall as the president refers to it. now the president suggesting that democrats might be more inclined to vote for a steel fence or a metal fence style wall but democrats have said all along they will not pay for or approve any congressional spending for any type of wall along the southern border. >> it does the same thing. but we have a lot to discuss i'll leave yo
the president has suggested and mick mulvaney the acting white house chief of staff has made clear that they are willing to take this concrete wall off the table entirely. but the president, white house aides and senior democratic sources have all now said that the president now wants that $5 billion -- north of $5 billion for some sort of border barrier deal, border security deal to get this government open. it's one step forward, one step back. alex. >> isn't the opt -- opty much word...
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there's a question about the role mick mulvaney might be playing. while his recently departed predecessor general john kelly often tried to restrain the president, mulvaney has been egging on the president in his confrontation with congressional democrats over a border wall. you have worked inside an administration. talk about what the pressure feels like from within when something like this happens. i wonder if the political log jam won't break, maybe this is an administrative log jam that breaks. >> this is the issue with donald trump and whether you like john kelly or not, at least we do know from a significant amount of reporting that he did attempt to sort of block the president in on some of his worst instincts that he thought would be in the negative interests of the country. with mulvaney, he doesn't have any interest, at least from my perspective, in doing so. so not only do you have mull vab any y -- mulvaney, you have forces like rush limbaugh, fox news, significant polling indicates that 87% of republican voters stand with the president.
there's a question about the role mick mulvaney might be playing. while his recently departed predecessor general john kelly often tried to restrain the president, mulvaney has been egging on the president in his confrontation with congressional democrats over a border wall. you have worked inside an administration. talk about what the pressure feels like from within when something like this happens. i wonder if the political log jam won't break, maybe this is an administrative log jam that...
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here is acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. >> the discussions now are between 1.6 and 5. >> we're told the exact ask was $2.5 billion for a comprehensive border and immigration proposal. and that was made by vice president mike pence. democrats swiftly reject this. the following weekend the white house aides began backing away from a president trump's demand for a physical wall. outgoing chief of staff john kelly tells "the los angeles times," quote, to be honest it's not a wall. then kellyanne conway and senator lindsey graham both say this. >> they failed to pass -- no. no, no. that is incorrect. >> the president said it in the oval office. >> excuse me. it is shut down because of border security. >> the wall has become a metaphor for border security. >> 24 hours later, the president contradicts his own advisers and allies, tweeting this. quote, an all-concrete wall was never abandoned as has been reported by the media, making clear this shutdown is about the wall, not border security in general, not a metaphor. days later the president then contradicts his own vice president, saying
here is acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. >> the discussions now are between 1.6 and 5. >> we're told the exact ask was $2.5 billion for a comprehensive border and immigration proposal. and that was made by vice president mike pence. democrats swiftly reject this. the following weekend the white house aides began backing away from a president trump's demand for a physical wall. outgoing chief of staff john kelly tells "the los angeles times," quote, to be honest it's...
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mulvaney who said once again the president wants to keep the government open. they are exploring places where they can extract money to help justify the emergency declaration. so which is it? what is the sense you get from the white house in terms of how it will be participating in any negotiations where there is wiggle room? >> it's hard to believe that he is prepared to seriously negotiate when he's making his demands outside of the negotiation already. first of all, he's talking about he's got to have a certain amount of money. he's also talking about how terrible it is with the rapists and the drug dealers and on and on and on. that's not how you enter a negotiation. you shut up, and you shut down, and you get into the negotiation and you legitimately lay your concerns on the table and people are prepared to talk about what they can and cannot do. >> does that tell you it's going to be a repeat experience? >> i hope not. we believe in border security, and we have offered, you know, how we think it can be done. we want to make sure that he understands that i
mulvaney who said once again the president wants to keep the government open. they are exploring places where they can extract money to help justify the emergency declaration. so which is it? what is the sense you get from the white house in terms of how it will be participating in any negotiations where there is wiggle room? >> it's hard to believe that he is prepared to seriously negotiate when he's making his demands outside of the negotiation already. first of all, he's talking about...
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and we're also hearing that mick mulvaney is getting an earful from democrats as well suggesting that the former gop congressman is happy and wants a government shutdown. dave and christine. >> boris, thank you. real harm is being done by the shutdown. a tsa checkpoint forced to shut down in houston due to staffing issu issues. all flights scheduled to depart from terminal b had to go out of different terminals. in miami, concourse g will return to normal operations this morning. canadian air traffic controllers meanwhile ordered hundreds of pizzas for their american counterparts working without pay since thursday. more than 350 pizzas have been sent to 49 faa units. >> oh, canada, thank you. but for 800,000 unpaid federal workers, the pain is there. government employees have set up more than 1,000 online fundraising pages. some furloughed workers are applying for unemployment benefits, money that they will have to repay assuming get back pay after the shutdown. federal workers who decided to retire could wait a long time for that to be processed because people who ham retirements are
and we're also hearing that mick mulvaney is getting an earful from democrats as well suggesting that the former gop congressman is happy and wants a government shutdown. dave and christine. >> boris, thank you. real harm is being done by the shutdown. a tsa checkpoint forced to shut down in houston due to staffing issu issues. all flights scheduled to depart from terminal b had to go out of different terminals. in miami, concourse g will return to normal operations this morning. canadian...
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you have mick mulvaney saying they are willing to take this all concrete wall entirely off the table thinking that democrats might be able to get behind some sort of steel barrier. although democrats have said all along that they will not vote to fund any kind of brrds barrier because they say it's not emblematic of the nation's values. you have william hurd whose district constitutes 47% of the southern barrier, he says a border wall is the most expensive, least effective way to secure the barrier, that manpower and technology is far more efficient and effective. the president seems to have in his back pocket this notion of declaring a national emergency as one way of making an end run around congress to get this wall that he has been calling for. take a look at what he told reporters earlier today. >> i may declare a national emergency, dependent on what's going to happen over the next few days. we have a meeting, vice president pence, and a group will be going to a certain location that you know where that is and they'll be having another meeting. i don't expect to have anything h
you have mick mulvaney saying they are willing to take this all concrete wall entirely off the table thinking that democrats might be able to get behind some sort of steel barrier. although democrats have said all along that they will not vote to fund any kind of brrds barrier because they say it's not emblematic of the nation's values. you have william hurd whose district constitutes 47% of the southern barrier, he says a border wall is the most expensive, least effective way to secure the...
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we'll bring back the panel jacqueline, john, gabe john, what mick mulvaney said there, particularly the lines that democrats came to the president and said you're willing the battle of the importance of a barrier along the border but we can't work with you if the government is closed have you heard that before is what he saying anyone is. >> it's 100% spin. of course it's not true. the white house is trying to talk its way out of a total backdown by the president and to just reset the stakes, the issue is not whether there is a border on the wall, there's almost 700 miles of border on the wall. what the president did in the 2016 campaign was conduct a make-believe conversation with the electorate and say i'm going to build a solid wall, we need a solid wall and mexico will pay for it none of that was true. it was never going to happen and the president is now saying we never looked far 2,000 mile wall he was holding on the this fantasy that we need a wall he's not saying we have 700 miles and we need 705 miles. obviously democrats have voted for some barriers and they will and they will
we'll bring back the panel jacqueline, john, gabe john, what mick mulvaney said there, particularly the lines that democrats came to the president and said you're willing the battle of the importance of a barrier along the border but we can't work with you if the government is closed have you heard that before is what he saying anyone is. >> it's 100% spin. of course it's not true. the white house is trying to talk its way out of a total backdown by the president and to just reset the...
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committee and mick mulvaney who was a congressperson from south carolina received a prodigious amount of money from the payday lending industry and you can see what he's done he's stymied the rule so is his successor likely to stymie the rule and he pulled punches on some of the c.f.p. cases against payday lenders he eliminated the penalty reduced the penalty in one case he charged the guy one dollar. i start i finish where i started off and say thank you for being there looking up for average consumers bartlett nailer and it'll policy advocate a public service thank you thank you. and time now for a quick break but hang here because when we return here inside the washington beltway while the way has been charged with myriad crimes as senior u.s. government officials ramp up the rhetoric in the ongoing conflict with china on the eve of u.s. china trade negotiators here in the nation's capital in d.c. eligibility age and hillary for it will be with us on the other side of the break to discuss and as we take a super quick pause for the promotional cause here are the daily numbers from n
committee and mick mulvaney who was a congressperson from south carolina received a prodigious amount of money from the payday lending industry and you can see what he's done he's stymied the rule so is his successor likely to stymie the rule and he pulled punches on some of the c.f.p. cases against payday lenders he eliminated the penalty reduced the penalty in one case he charged the guy one dollar. i start i finish where i started off and say thank you for being there looking up for average...
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a source close to vice president mike pence indicated that the talks were productive but mick mulvaney didn't think so. he spoke to jake tapper on ""state of the union"" saying both sides are far apart and believes democrats are simply trying to stall. >> i know that speaker pelosi had said she didn't want to get even more than $1 to the border wall, president trump has talked about $5.6 billion. is there any give in the $5.6 billion in terms of whether or not it has to be for a wall or whether it can be for more generally border security? >> i think the president said for a long time that it was -- it's $5.6 billion for border security including the wall. we recognize that things like technology at border crossings are important, but certainly a barrier is important. we didn't make much progress at the meeting, which was surprising to me. i thought we had come in to talk about terms that we could agree on, places where we all agreed we should be spending more time, more attention, things we could do to improve our border security and yet the opening line from one of the lead democrat
a source close to vice president mike pence indicated that the talks were productive but mick mulvaney didn't think so. he spoke to jake tapper on ""state of the union"" saying both sides are far apart and believes democrats are simply trying to stall. >> i know that speaker pelosi had said she didn't want to get even more than $1 to the border wall, president trump has talked about $5.6 billion. is there any give in the $5.6 billion in terms of whether or not it has...
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mick mulvaney was on tv earlier and said if this shutdown is not resolved by tuesday, people will not get their paycheck this coming friday. and i think if people start to feel this in their pocket books, they're going to be much more vocal about how much they are not happy with the shutdown and the myth that the president has been spreading about all these workers that are happy about the shutdown and want him to keep going. that will evaporate quickly and it will be much more untenable for this white house and for the administration to continue the argument that the shutdown is something that's popular when the polling shows that it's not. >> thank you both. >>> breaking news in the case of the deadly driver -- the deadly drive-by shooting, i should say, in texas. a suspect is now in custody and facing capital murder charges in the death of a 7-year-old. we have details. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." (engaging uptempo music) - with tripadvisor finding the right hotel at the lowest price is as easy as dates, deals, done. going on a work trip? dates, deals, done. destination wedd
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so there may be some truth to what mick mulvaney is saying there. that said, i think it is kind of hard to sort of reconcile that with suggesting that president trump was winning the messaging war. the democrats stayed very, very unified during this entire time. and that was, you know, in large part because of nancy pelosi saying we have to stick together, we have to stick together and they did in the end, the acting chief of staff can say that but the bottom line is on friday the president didn't get a down payment for the wall like he had said just the day before was required instead, he just backed down. >> mick mulvaney's statement there, betsy three options in your answer either it was true, or it was spin, or as jeff is intimating, it may be some big exaggeration. what do you think? >> it sounded to me like pretty classic spin and there was probably a certain element of exaggeration incorporated as well i think jeff's point is a really important one, which is while democrats remained publicly united about opposing giving trump any money for hu
so there may be some truth to what mick mulvaney is saying there. that said, i think it is kind of hard to sort of reconcile that with suggesting that president trump was winning the messaging war. the democrats stayed very, very unified during this entire time. and that was, you know, in large part because of nancy pelosi saying we have to stick together, we have to stick together and they did in the end, the acting chief of staff can say that but the bottom line is on friday the president...
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and we're hearing that mick mulvaney is getting an earful from democrats as well suggesting that the former gop congressman is happy and wants a government shutdown. dave and christine. >> boris, thank you. >>> so real harm is being done by the shutdown. you will hear from trump surrogates that there is not a big deal yet, but look at this, a tsa checkpoint forced to close at george bush intercontinental airport in houston due to staffing issues. all flights scheduled to depart from terminal b are operating out of different terminals. at miami international airport, concourse g will return now to normal operations this morning. tsa staffing problems shut that con course down on sunday. canadian air traffic controllers, how nice of them, ordering hundreds of pizzas for their american counterparts working without pay. more than 300 pizzas have been sent to 49 units. >>> but for 800,000 unpaid federal workers, the pain is real. government employees have set up more than 2 1,000 online fundraising pages, some even applying for unemployment, money that they will have to repay assuming the
and we're hearing that mick mulvaney is getting an earful from democrats as well suggesting that the former gop congressman is happy and wants a government shutdown. dave and christine. >> boris, thank you. >>> so real harm is being done by the shutdown. you will hear from trump surrogates that there is not a big deal yet, but look at this, a tsa checkpoint forced to close at george bush intercontinental airport in houston due to staffing issues. all flights scheduled to depart...
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mick mulvaney has been almost missing in action. you hear it's jared kushner, his son-in-law who is calling up to capitol hill saying the president will give this oval address, and we are convinced this will swing our way. who is in first when it comes to the white house? >> no one in the room. he takes his cues and advice from outside advisers like sean hannity and like others and he has his finger on the pulse of what outside commentators are saying. certainly he listens to some of his advisers on technical things, but i was told earlier in the week that he likes mick mulvaney just fine and doesn't want to hear the long presentations on the numbers. he's watching external advisers, i think. >> the president has said this on his own that he thinks his gut and instinct is smarter than what his advisers tell him. i think inside the white house if he sees people he actually trusts. he has been talking to mark meadows about this on capitol hill and he talked to mark gates who had lunch with him throughout the shutdown and has gone on f
mick mulvaney has been almost missing in action. you hear it's jared kushner, his son-in-law who is calling up to capitol hill saying the president will give this oval address, and we are convinced this will swing our way. who is in first when it comes to the white house? >> no one in the room. he takes his cues and advice from outside advisers like sean hannity and like others and he has his finger on the pulse of what outside commentators are saying. certainly he listens to some of his...
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does it mean anything to you that mick mulvaney is in the room? >> i think it's a show of solidarity in the white house. i think she the head of two federal agencies. is he still not is head of the omb and the consumer protection financial bureau. running a consistent message through congress is an area that the trump administration has vug led and would do well to improve upon. look at just last week when you had the senate voting on that continuing resolution. maybe two weeks ago now to keep the government open after senators had received reassurances from the vice president that president trump would support it. there needs to be the trust between the members and the white house. perhaps for republicans now in the minority having mick mu mulvaney will provide them some kvr comfort. >> i was talking to tom reed about what happens next. they will have this vote to re-open the government. that has to go through the senate before getting to the president. >> that's right. so far mitch mcconnell says he has no interest in take it up. chuck schumer s
does it mean anything to you that mick mulvaney is in the room? >> i think it's a show of solidarity in the white house. i think she the head of two federal agencies. is he still not is head of the omb and the consumer protection financial bureau. running a consistent message through congress is an area that the trump administration has vug led and would do well to improve upon. look at just last week when you had the senate voting on that continuing resolution. maybe two weeks ago now to...