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Aired January 11, 2019 - 08:30 ET
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[08:30:00] AMBER OLSEN, COAST GUARD WIFE: Is not guaranteed a paycheck during these times. My husband's in there making homemade bread because it's cheaper than buying a loaf at the store.
JESSICA DEAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): And federal employees in Ogden, Utah.
CROWD: We want to work.
LYNN STRATTON, FEDERAL EMPLOYEE: I have enough for one more mortgage payment and then I've got to go to CarMax tomorrow and sell my car.
DEAN: And then there are federal contractors, like LaKeshia Grant Shephard, who owns a small business employing about two dozen people. Many of the company's contracts are with the federal government. And, currently, those invoices aren't being paid.
LAKESHIA GRANT SHEPHARD, CEO, VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTS: I'm really considering, do I forfeit my salary because, in the past, I've always sort of sacrificed the lamb, you know? These are my employees. I've always felt an obligation to them. So I would just, you know, you know, bite down and bite, you know, bear the bullet and just cover them.
DEAN: But this time it's different. Grant Shepherd is expecting her first baby in March.
SHEPHARD: Yes, I finally thought I was in a position where we were OK enough, you know, where I could have a child. And, surprise. It's truly something out of our control.
DEAN: Out of their control, but impacting them deeply.
JOANNA MCCLELAND, FEDERAL EMPLOYEE: You know, we work really hard at, you know, DHS, CBP, TSA, all these agencies, because we want to, you know, support our country. We're patriotic Americans, you know? We want to make sure that our country is safe and all that. But when we're told, you know, oh, well you're -- you're unnecessary, just go ahead and go home, you're going to be furloughed, like, it's a -- that's a big hit to your morale. And it -- you know, it really makes you question like, you know, why am I doing this?
(END VIDEOTAPE) JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: All right, our thanks to Jessica Dean for the report.
President Trump is moving closer to declaring a national emergency to fund his border wall. Several lawmakers support him, including Alabama Republican Congressman Mo Brooks. He joins us now.
Congressman, thanks so much for being with us.
Why do you think the president has the authority to make this national emergency declaration?
REP. MO BROOKS (R), ALABAMA: Because the United States code says so.
BERMAN: You, though, have had a long record of being opposed to what you call executive overreach. The 2015 version of Congressman Mo Brooks signed onto an amicus brief that had real issues when the president -- then Obama -- used executive authority. Let me read you part of that.
It says, this is not a partisan issue. When one branch of the government unconstitutionally usurps the powers of another, it affects all Americans because it threatens the very core of our system of checks and balances that has served our government and America so well for so long. If the president can universally -- unilaterally change the law, as he says he can, why then did America's founders create Congress?
Why does it appear you have one set of rules for President Obama and another for President Trump?
BROOKS: Well, John, once again you guys at CNN are misleading the public. Those are different circumstances than what we face today.
What we're facing today is a national emergency of major proportions and Congress has delegated to the president of the United States the right. And it's expressed in the United States code. You can look it up yourself. The right to declare a national emergency under certain circumstances. This meets that bill. So if you want to talk apples and apples, let's do it, but don't make up stuff and try to mislead the public.
BERMAN: Why? Why? Why? Why? What -- why -- I'm not making up stuff and I'll get to why I'm not. What's the emergency?
BROOKS: Let's look at 9/11 by way of example. We lost 3,000 people, more or less, on 9/11. That justified going to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and our troops are still there to varying degrees. Three thousand. With the southern border, we have the loss of at least 15,000 Americans a year. That's part of the justification.
BERMAN: By what? By -- by what? Fifteen thousand -- 15,000 --
BROOKS: You have 2,000 that are homicides by -- 2,000 that are homicides by illegal aliens, according to federal government data. You've got another 15,000, 16,000 that die each year from heroin overdoses, 90 percent of which comes across our porous southern border --
BERMAN: All right.
BROOKS: That's not counting the 55,000 --
BERMAN: Let me --
BROOKS: Additional deaths that cause -- were caused by overdoses.
BERMAN: Let me take that -- let me take those statistics --
BROOKS: A significant amount of which comes across the southern border.
BERMAN: No, a lot of it --
BROOKS: So how many dead people do you have to have, John, before you consider it an emergency?
BERMAN: Let me -- let me take those statistics -- let me take those statistics one at a time.
Yes, the predominant amount of heroin does come over the southern border, but the vast majority of it comes at ports of entry, number one. Number two, you said there are those people who have died at the hands of undocumented immigrants. Let me put up this chart. The crime rate among undocumented immigrants is actually less than --
BROOKS: That's false. That's false.
BERMAN: And this includes -- and this includes -- this --
BROOKS: I -- I have looked at those studies and it --
BERMAN: This is from the CATO -- this is from the CATO Institute.
BROOKS: I have looked at those studies and if you want political propaganda, you go ahead and use it.
BERMAN: Hang on. Hang on. I'm not --
BROOKS: But I have looked at those studies and each and every one of them is flawed.
BERMAN: This is from the CATO Institute, a libertarian group that -- OK.
BROOKS: I have looked at them.
BERMAN: So studies -- these studies, which you say flawed, but other people often lean on, note, that crime among undocumented immigrants is less than native-born citizens.
BROOKS: That's false.
BERMAN: I will ask you this. If there is a high murder rate among native-born citizens, is that a national emergency?
BROOKS: That is totally immaterial to the issue at hand.
BERMAN: Why?
BROOKS: The issue at hand is, how many Americans would be alive today but for our porous southern border, but for illegal aliens and the homicides that they commit upon American citizens.
BERMAN: That homicide rate -- that homicide rate --
BROOKS: We have too many American men, women and children that are losing their lives who would be alive today --
BERMAN: Is --
[08:35:03] BROOKS: If we had a border security, if we had a wall, if we had the gumption here in --
BERMAN: OK.
BROOKS: Congress to protect American lives. And right now we don't with the Democrats.
BERMAN: You said the wall. You said the wall. Again -- again, we're talking about drugs. Most -- the vast majority comes in at ports of entry, not between the ports of entry, not anywhere that a wall would be.
I only note before --
BROOKS: John, they had --
BERMAN: When you talk about violent crime --
BROOKS: What --
BERMAN: When you talk about the crime rate.
BROOKS: What --
BERMAN: My question to you again, you're saying people would be alive -- you -- you use --
BROOKS: What comes in from Canada and what comes in through ports of entry is not the issue. The issue is, what comes in across the southern border and whether we want to continue --
BERMAN: You are conflating, sir -- sir, you're conflating the southern border. You're conflating --
BROOKS: To enable illegal aliens and drug cartels to take the lives of American citizens through their marketing of these poisonous substances.
BERMAN: You're conflating -- BROOKS: And you may want to trivialize it --
BERMAN: No, no, no, no, no.
BROOKS: By talking about other things. I'm talking about (INAUDIBLE) the southern border.
BERMAN: I'm not talking about -- I am talking about what you were talking about, sir. You are talking about stuff coming over the southern border. What I am telling people is that the statistics, including the government's own statistics --
BROOKS: Let's -- let's assume that it's 5,000, John. Are you willing to accept 5,000 deaths? John --
BERMAN: The government's own statistics say most of them come at ports of entry. I think any death is unfortunate.
BROOKS: John --
BERMAN: Congressman, let me finish. Let me finish.
BROOKS: Then, good, you ought to join us and get the Democrats to --
BERMAN: Let me finish.
BROOKS: Quit shutting down the government because they refuse to have the kind of border security that will protect American lives.
BERMAN: No, no, no, this is a debate over the wall. This is a debate over a wall right now, congressman. What you are telling me is a wall --
BROOKS: It's a debate over border security. The wall is a component of that.
BERMAN: Well, the Democrats agreed to $1.3 billion in border security. What they did not agree to was the wall. So that is what the government is shut down over.
Sir, let --
BROOKS: I'm sorry, but I have yet to see a Democrat in the halls of Congress that really believes in border security and is willing to do what is necessary to save American lives.
BERMAN: Well, they agreed to -- they agreed to 1.3 --
BROOKS: They -- they -- they talk about border security, but they do not agree to it.
BERMAN: They agreed to $1.3 billion in border security. Many of them voted over a year ago to a plan that would have provided $25 billion for a border wall that included --
BROOKS: Only in exchange for a vast amount of amnesty for potentially millions of individuals.
BERMAN: OK. Which, again, which I -- which I understand that you, sir, are opposed to. But I want people to know -- I do want people to know --
BROOKS: Which, again, encourages more border insecurity because of more illegal aliens come across our border to the extent they know that they'll get amnesty when they come here.
BERMAN: OK. Congressman, you -- will a wall stop all heroin from coming over the border?
BROOKS: No, it won't.
BERMAN: OK. Will a wall --
BROOKS: Nothing stops all of it. We're trying to stop as much as we can to save as many lives as possible.
BERMAN: Yes. I -- and I think that is a valid thing. I just want people to know --
BROOKS: If you can only do -- if you can only solve the problem with 40 percent or 50 percent of the problem, does that mean you don't do it because you didn't do 100 percent?
You know, we can't stop all murders in the United States of America, but it doesn't mean that our law enforcement officers give up and don't try at all.
BERMAN: The question is --
BROOKS: We try to save as many Americans as we possibly can --
BERMAN: The question is --
BROOKS: With the tools we have in our possession.
BERMAN: And the question is, does it merit --
BROOKS: And the wall is one of those effective tool.
BERMAN: Does it merit a national emergency declaration. And one of the reasons I showed you the statistics --
BROOKS: I'm sorry, but you're wrong, John. Under the statute -- and if you're talking about the statute, the president has the discretion under the United States code. Congress has given him that authority under the United States code to make this declaration.
BERMAN: I -- look, I think -- I --
BROOKS: Now, if you want to get into what he can do under the declaration, that's a different subject matter. But he has ever right. Congress has given it to the executive branch. BERMAN: Listen, let me just tell you -- let me just tell you -- first
of all -- first of all, I've talked to plenty of lawyers -- I have talked to plenty of lawyers who agree with you, who say ultimately when this passes through the courts, the courts will determine he has the authority to do so.
But there is a difference, sir, between "can" and "should." And "The National Review," which I don't think you will call any liberal rag or fake news, which is a lot of term that a lot of people throw around, "The National Review" says it's an offense against the spirit of our system for a president to fail to get what he wants from Congress in a dispute involving core congressional power, spending and then turn around and exploit a tenuous reading of the law to try to get it anyway.
So the difference here is between "can" and "should." Can the president legally do it? Maybe. We'll see what the courts ultimately say. Should he? Again, Republicans have had a real problem in the past when executive power is used to make an end run around Congress. Republicans like you, sir.
BROOKS: Well, let's talk about different circumstances with Barack Obama, since that's one of the ones you want to bring up.
Yes. I believe that it is illegal for Barack Obama, on his own, to issue work permits in direct conflict with federal statutes. And you've seen federal judges rule in our favor on that, particularly coming out of the state of Texas. So you've got a debate there in the legal system with various courts reaching different conclusions.
But I would argue that there is a huge distinction between unilaterally bombing in Syria, or when there are no national security interests of the United States of America at stake of significance or substance, at least in my judgment, where we should not be going into Syria for the purpose of regime change --
BERMAN: So -- so hang on one second.
BROOKS: Which was the stated purpose of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama at various times.
BERMAN: But you're talking about Syria now.
BROOKS: Or issuing work permits to illegal aliens --
BERMAN: I understand. You're talking --
BROOKS: In the United States of America when the statute clearly says you can't do it.
BERMAN: Let -- let me -- let me go back to this matter of national security right now and the president's determination of what is an emergency or not.
Say -- say five years from now there's a hurricane, a vast hurricane, and there's a Democratic president who believes that climate change was involved with the hurricane. Thousands of people died from it. Could that president -- he or she -- then say he needs a national emergency declaration to get money to fight that?
BROOKS: I'm sorry, you'd have -- that was kind of convoluted the way I heard it. Would you please restate it?
[08:40:00] BERMAN: Well, the fact of the matter is, that the whole argument is convoluted for a national emergency act for wall funding also.
What I'm saying is, if a president can make the claim that national security money, emergency money is needed for a wall, could a president at one point say it's needed to fight climate change?
BROOKS: I would have to look at the specific statutes to see what you can and cannot do. That is so far out there. That's not something I have studied.
BERMAN: Why? If it's a matter of national security -- if it's a matter of national -- if it is a matter of national security and the president deems it so, why is it outside the purview of the law?
BROOKS: I'm sorry, I don't see how that example that you gave affects the national security of the United States of America. We're -- we're talking about securing --
BERMAN: The Pentagon and the intelligence services often talk about the effects of climate change.
I'm making a hypothetical argument here, but --
BROOKS: In this instance we're -- in this instance we're talking about protecting the southern border. Any nation to exist has borders. And the primary function of a nation with respect those -- to those borders is to secure them.
BERMAN: Do you know how most of the -- most of the --
BROOKS: So that is a matter of national security by definition.
BERMAN: OK. Most illegal immigrants come into this country undocumented are coming on overstayed visas, which is something you note. And we talk about a border --
BROOKS: That -- that is another -- yes.
BERMAN: WE talk about a border emergency. I will note that the numbers here, you know, coming to the border, near, at or near an historic low, and in so far as it's changed, it's mothers with babies walking into (INAUDIBLE) ports of entry.
BROOKS: I'm sorry, but I disagree with the -- I disagree with that -- that data that you've thrown out there.
But I'll agree that you that what you have just stated is that the wall is a sub part of our border security crisis. It's a sub part. We've also got the visa overstays, which is why we have to do e-verify in order to ensure that illegal aliens in the United States of America do not take jobs from American citizens, do not flood the lab market -- do not flood --
BERMAN: Will the wall keep them out -- will the wall -- will the wall stop visa overstays?
BROOKS: The wall will not stop visa overstays, which is why we need to do more than just the wall.
BERMAN: Congressman --
BROOKS: But the wall will do a great amount of good in reducing the flow of illegal aliens across our southern border. Walls work. That's why historically for thousands of years you've seen city, you've seen states, you've seen countries build them.
BERMAN: Congressman Mo Brooks --
BROOKS: Because they work.
BERMAN: Congressman, always a pleasure to have you on with us. You've been a friend to NEW DAY for quite some time. Thanks for coming back. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
BROOKS: John, you do a great job of representing your view.
BERMAN: We'll be right back.
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[08:45:11] CAMEROTA: The way we dress does not just reflect our taste in clothing. It reflects what's going on in the world around us. And I mean the larger "we," not just John and me.
From World War II to the women's movement, and rebel without a cause, the rise --
BERMAN: Me. Which does include us, though.
CAMEROTA: Yes, it does. Rebel without a cause, the rise of MTV, all of these forces have influenced what Americans wear to work and play.
So there's this new CNN original series, "American Style," and it looks at how the social, political and economic changes of the past 100 years have defined America's unique style and identify.
Here's a preview.
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KIMBERLY TRUHLER, FILM AND FASHION HISTORIAN: The '40s and '50s were definitely America finding itself.
TIM GUNN, FASHION HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR: Americans felt very second rate when comparing ourselves to Europe. VANESSA FRIEDMAN, CHIEF FASHION CRITIC, "THE NEW YORK TIMES":
Sportswear became the defining style of the United States.
GUNN: The bikini was the biggest thing since the atom bomb.
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY, AUTHOR AND PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, RICE UNIVERSITY: Through the '60, '70s, our style in fashion represents freedom.
DR. TODD BOYD, PROFESSOR, STUDY OF RACE AND POPULAR CULTURE, USC: When you look at hippie culture, it's really oppositional to the Vietnam War.
CHRISTOPHER REID, ACTOR, COMEDIAN AND RAPPER, "KID 'N PLAY": Disco was very important in terms of people being free to express themselves.
CHRISTIE BRINKLEY, MODEL, ACTRESS AND BUSINESSWOMAN: In the '80s, it was a lot of excess in every way.
REID: We had our Calvin Kleins and our Ralph Laurens and our Donna Karens.
GUNN: Calvin Klein's advertising was rather scandalous.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: His underwear ad stopped traffic in Times Square.
BOYD: By the '90s and 2000, things had become less formal.
TINA CRAIG, CO-FOUNDER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, "BAG SNOB": Supermodels really brought fashion into every household.
JOHN A TIFFANY, FASHION HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR: Now, what's embraced is being yourself.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Style gives you a voice. It's freedom.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CAMEROTA: Joining us now is stylist Carson Kressley. He's featured in "American Style."
Great to have you here.
CARSON KRESSLEY, HOST, BRAVO'S "GET A ROOM WITH CARSON AND THOM": I'm thrilled to be here.
CAMEROTA: This is fun. This is a really fun special.
KRESSLEY: Yes. I mean, yes, I love fashion, obviously, and I think this is a great series to really explain to people the amazing fashion we have right here in the United States. I mean there's been such an arc of how fashion developed through the '40s, the '50s, the '70s, the disco era. I loved watching that.
CAMEROTA: Me too.
KRESSLEY: I wasn't alive then, so it's kind of funny to watch. BERMAN: He's calling us old.
KRESSLEY: No, you guys weren't either. We were all just --
CAMEROTA: So true.
KRESSLEY: We were in Oshkosh B Gosh. It's fun to see the history.
But it's really fun to kind of see that history.
BERMAN: Is there an American style?
KRESSLEY: Yes, I think -- I think there definitely is. And I think, you know, Tim Gunn kind of alluded to it in that package that, you know, when fashion kind of started here in the '30s, '40s and '50s, we kind of didn't have an identify and were a little bit second class to, you know, European fashions houses like Dior and all those places.
But now I think we really rule the fashion landscape. And there's a great sense of American style. It's optimistic. It's casual. It's fun. It comes from both the street and from high end design. So I think we really have a look that we can really be proud of.
CAMEROTA: You brought up disco and I do love to look back at the styles of that.
KRESSLEY: Right.
CAMEROTA: What decade do you think was the apex of American style? What's your favorite?
KRESSLEY: Oh, I mean there's so many. I mean the '70s definitely had great moments. And we always look back on different eras and say, I can't believe we wore that. But the '70s was just so -- and, again, you know, fashion like any other art form is a reaction to what's going on in the world. And there was so much oppression and rigidity of the 1960s that by the time the '70s rolled around people were like, I'm going to wear like my velour onesie with like flowers all over it. So that was a fun time. I don't know if it was a great time, but it was a fun time.
CAMEROTA: Right.
KRESSLEY: And then, of course, '80s style. And all these kind of trends kind of come back in different ways. We kind of reembrace the good stuff.
CAMEROTA: But somehow they look better in the rear-view mirror.
KRESSLEY: They usually do.
CAMEROTA: Like the '80s looked better in the rear-view mirror.
KRESSLEY: Yes.
CAMEROTA: Like the puffy shoulders. Now it's like, oh, that's kitschy. BERMAN: Look, my velour onesie still looks awesome. I don't know what
you're saying.
KRESSLEY: I -- I bet it does. You have to wear that one day.
BERMAN: It's cravy (ph) but that's OK.
KRESSLEY: Yes. Yes.
CAMEROTA: Oh, boy.
BERMAN: Onesie.
CAMEROTA: Wow, please don't.
BERMAN: You were talking about the primacy of American style.
KRESSLEY: Right.
BERMAN: And there was a phrase that popped into my head, which was America first.
KRESSLEY: Uh-huh.
BERMAN: Which leads me to my question --
KRESSLEY: Right.
BERMAN: Which is, there's obviously so much going on --
KRESSLEY: Right.
BERMAN: Politically and socially right now in this country. Is that reflected in our style?
KRESSLEY: Yes. I mean I think, you know, fashion is an art, just like, you know, anybody -- like film or a painting or any of the other arts. And people use it as a medium. It's a language. And you can react to it and express yourself that way. So if things are not going like you like it, you can dress in a way that shows that you're offering resistance.
But at the same time, I think fashion is something that brings people together. When things are so divisive and so crazy, I think it's also something that people like to celebrate and people enjoy. And it's something that, you know, you can have vastly different opinions, but you might like the same designer, you might have the same taste, and it does bring people together.
BERMAN: Besides Alisyn Camerota, is there someone you would say is the icon of American style right now?
KRESSLEY: Oh, gosh. I mean -- I mean, yes, I think we do have -- I think we look to Hollywood oftentimes and, you know, the Globes just happened and, you know, people like --
[08:50:01] CAMEROTA: Who nailed it?
KRESSLEY: Oh, gosh. I think Lady Gaga looked incredible. I think, you know, she was there -- those red carpet moments are meant to be moments that you remember and that make a statement. And I think --
CAMEROTA: But do John and I need to dye our hair blue is what he's asking?
KRESSLEY: No, please -- I -- that, I don't think so. And that was the only thing of that look, I was like, um, I'm not sure that that was necessary. But it made a statement and it completed the look. And it's something we're all talking about now, so it worked.
BERMAN: Anchor hair does not come in blue.
CAMEROTA: Not yet.
BERMAN: Because I've asked.
KRESSLEY: Save it for later. Save it for later.
CAMEROTA: I -- yes.
Carson Kressley, great to talk to you. So fun.
KRESSLEY: Great to be here.
CAMEROTA: Really looking forward to seeing this. "American Style" airs this Sunday night, 9:00 p.m., only on CNN.
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[08:55:07] CAMEROTA: All right, if you watched NEW DAY yesterday, you saw our raging debate.
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CAMEROTA: See, I feel like he said bye-bye. Not buh-bye. I think he said bye-bye.
BERMAN: We can have that discussion. We can have that discussion.
CAMEROTA: All right, and we're going to.
BERMAN: If we can suspend that debate over buh-bye or --
CAMEROTA: Bye-bye. I think he said bye-bye.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Or bye.
CAMEROTA: Bye-bye.
BERMAN: Buh-bye.
CAMEROTA: No, bye-bye.
BERMAN: Buh-bye.
CAMEROTA: I think it's bye-bye.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BERMAN: This actually makes it seem much more highbrow than it even actually was.
So next --
CAMEROTA: And did you see how riveted they were watching us have the debate, our guests?
BERMAN: They didn't know what was going on.
CAMEROTA: They didn't know what was happening.
BERMAN: All right, but no matter how you say it, buh-bye --
CAMEROTA: Bye-bye.
BERMAN: Appears to be one of the president's favorite parting words. CNN's Jeanne Moos explains.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): You've heard of long good-byes. Well, this is the long --
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Bye-bye.
MOOS: Donald Trump has been saying it forever.
TRUMP: So, you know what, bye-bye.
So I said, bye-bye, without making a deal.
MOOS: But when he said it and then walk out on Chuck and Nancy.
TRUMP: I very calmly said, if you're not going to give us strong borders, bye-bye.
MOOS: It made headlines. Even in France. It's one thing for 'N Sync to sing it.
'N SYNC (singing): Bye, bye, bye.
MOOS: Or Ann Margret to belt it out.
ANN MARGRET, ACTRESS, "BYE BYE BIRDIE" (singing): Bye-bye, birdie.
TRUMP: Bye-bye.
MOOS: But this is POTUS, not some "SNL" skit --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Buh-bye. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Buh-bye.
MOOS: About a mean airline.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Excuse me, could you tell me --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Buh-bye. I'm sorry, what - what part didn't you not understand, the buh or the bye? Buh-bye.
MOOS (on camera): Often President Trump's signature kiss-off line is accompanied by a signature hand wave.
TRUMP: And if they said no, I would have said, bye-bye.
MOOS (voice over): Whether it's about dealing with Iran or NATO.
TRUMP: If they don't pay, bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
MOOS: He loves saying it to protesters.
TRUMP: Bye! Go home to mommy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're a bigot!
TRUMP: Bye-bye.
MOOS: But when it comes to a government shutdown, political analyst Howard Fineman tweeted, at real Donald Trump doesn't understand that being president means you can't say bye-bye. This isn't a real estate deal in New York where you can just walk away.
Sure, a host of a show could do it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Out of time, bye-bye.
MOOS: But out of line according to this analyst. Bye-bye? What is he, a Teletubby?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bye-bye!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bye-bye, Lala.
MOOS: Having their line hijacked by the president, it's enough to turn a Teletubby's tummy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bye-bye!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bye-bye, Lala.
MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bye-bye, Po.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bye-bye.
MOOS: New York. (END VIDEOTAPE)
BERMAN: If any children are watching this, they saw the Teletubby's.
CAMEROTA: Really disturbing.
BERMAN: They are pleased. We apologize.
CAMEROTA: Yes, we apologize.
First of all, I think we missed the opportunity. The president also doesn't wave in a typical way. I didn't know he did a full hand, bye- bye!
BERMAN: All right, have a great weekend. Buh-bye.
CAMEROTA: Bye-bye.
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