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Our panel back with us. ab abby, let me start with you. we just experienced the 50th anniversary of the watergate break-in and the big question there from senator howard baker is, what did the president know and when he did know it? president knew everything. in this case. this isnt some low-level break-in that nixon found out about later. this is -- everything was because donald trump wanted it. he might not have known every single detail, but he was the impetus for all of it. >> and he was awa...

What the lawyers have to say about these insane, quote, unquote, legal theories. and also the machinations that were happening in doj. i think you dont have to be a lawyer to know that all of these ideas were probably illegal, that they didnt make any sense. but i think that the lawyers who are lawyers will be pretty blunt in breaking down why none of this really made any sense and well learn some things, probably, about how close we got to some really unethical people getting installed in the j...

Trying to put into place tariffs against mexico. and also china in the future. alisyn? >> we will see. of course, he doesnt think its unrelated, but we will talk about a lot of that in the program. ab abby, thank you very much. the trump administration insists that tariffs on mexico are needed to slow the overwhelming flow of migrants attempting to cross into the u.s. so why has the situation at the border become so much more urgent recently? cnns diane gallagher is live in el paso, texas, with ...

Take take our word for it, and cnns abby phillip. listen to the authorities who ab abby, i guess this was a win for are actually in florida who say theres no evidence of voter the first lady. i dont know if thats way she or her team would see it. fraud. ballot disputes, yes, signature issues, yes, outdated voting its certainly a sign of the machines, yes, but not the kind impact she can have. >> it does seem, though, like a of voter fraud the president is double-edged sword for her. alleging, no...

The white house. they understand that they have long-term goals here, which include just creating a section of chaos and undermining the political system, undermining the trust in our government. thats where they are going with this. the difference between russia and some other country isnt just that its russia. it isnt just the human rise complaints, it isnt just the sort of treatment of political dissidents, its also they were at the time either about to or under sanctions. the white house, yo...

Determined the outcome but because the russians tried. whether youre a populist that supports trump or democrats you want to get to the bottom of this. >> i would argue they succeeded. if what they wanted was to disrupt democratic process, look what ensued. >> debate necessarily determine the outcome but certainly the manipulation succeeded. >> fair point. ab abby, dick cheney called it an act of war, in the flit cal sphere, latest turn about in play, while the white house is very soft with russ...

In jeopardy if this ends up becoming a landslide that wipes out a lot of republicans who gave him that majority. 2020 maybe. were looking at folks like ted cruz. looking at 2020 and others but i think paul ryan has bigger fish to fry right now. >> i just want to see what happens in three weeks. cant even wrap my head around another four years from now. abby and todd, thank you both so much. appreciate it. we are getting breaking news, let me move on to this. this is breaking news involving the...

Heres the sound. >> is paul ryan hurting you or helping you? >> well, i dont want to be knocking paul ryan. i think he could be more supportive to the republican nominee. were doing well. i think well win the election. >> do you think he want you to win? >> maybe not. maybe he wants to run in four years, maybe he doesnt know how to win. who can know? >> on the 2020 notion, abby, do you think trump has a point? >> its so funny to hear trump say "i dont want to be knocking paul ryan" and then proc...

Designed to paint trump as a petulant schoolboy bully which jibes with everything else that weve seen thats unpleasant and offensive about trump and it goes straight to trumps vulnerability which is that he often takes this bait. it was very loaded and carefully calibrated language. >> if he takes it, if he runs with it, abby, how could that affect donald trump? his own supporters would love that. >> yeah. i think donald trump is going down this road because he knows his supporters want him to. ...