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Hurricanes harvey, irma and maria. life to college station. melissa: a marriage made on pennsylvania avenue, can donald trump and mitch mcconnell push an agenda through congress. we will ask dana perino who is talking to senator tomorrow on fox news sunday. donald trump active on twitter doubling down on his dispute with a florida congresswoman. kristen fisher live in the white house with the details. >> reporter: for the first time since the chief of staff abstaining in surprise appearance in t...

Coercion says, you cant threaten somebody to coerce them into abstaining from otherwise legal behavior. its an absolute crime. >> jeanine: were going to put this up so our viewers can look at some of the statute youre referencing. the first one is coercion.n. in coercion, youre talking about, new york law. under the guise that cnn has offices, and the reporter is based in new york. there are plenty of contacts in new york, so thats a relevant law. then you also have, a federal law, its called co...

Ted cruz was right, only he cited the wrong law. a real straightforward law of coercion says, you cant threaten somebody to coerce them into abstaining from otherwise legal behavior. its an absolute crime. >> jeanine: were going to put this up so our viewers can look at some of the statute youre referencing. the first one is coercion. in coercion, youre talking about, new york law. under the guise that cnn has offices, and the reporter is based in new york. there are plenty of contacts in new yo...

Sixteen bilateral visi visits wh foreign leaders, for some friend, some faux but dialogue and discussion that works to our advantage. china now standing up to north korea, suspending their coal import and abstaining from un votes, reflecting a new era. from all those criticizing the president about obama care, i have have a tidbit for you. it took obama 14 months to pass obamacare. donald trump has barely been there 14 weeks. after the ryan catastrophe, he did what he does best as a dealmaker. h...

Sixteen bilateral visi visits wh foreign leaders, for some friend, some faux but dialogue and discussion that works to our advantage. china now standing up to north korea, suspending their coal import and abstaining from un votes, reflecting a new era. from all those criticizing the president about obama care, i have have a tidbit for you. it took obama 14 months to pass obamacare. donald trump has barely been there 14 weeks. after the ryan catastrophe, he did what he does best as a dealmaker. h...

Air to south korea to send a message to the north and to reassure our allies in the south. doug mckelway joins us with more on this multipronged u.s. response. doug, in so many ways it seems like the chinese are in the middle, and if you listen to president trump, as the mediator. >> reporter: yeah, so what to make of that, thats really the million dollar question, leland, and its significant because china has tremendous economic and military leverage over kim jong un in north korea. heres what ...

Nuclear test. the trump administration weighs its options on how to de-escalate the situation. they are following this from washington. doug, lets start here. china appears to be playing a bit of a mediator role. what should we make of this. >> thats the million-dollar question and its significant because china has economic and military leverage over north korea. they are engaging in tit-for-tat with swords drawn and bows bent. we encourage everyone. [inaudible] china took the unusual step of ab...

Have used their newspaper that goes into north korea to basically warn the north koreans not to do it. that trump is serious. that was interesting. >> one other factor to consider, we have so many troops in south korea, so the north koreans have lots of troops too. if we do something there short of taking out the leader, it could be that they then rush in. thats a whole different dynamic. >> thats part of the complexity of the situation. when you say president trump doesnt know what to do with n...

You know that, right? as far as settlements, i would like to see you hold back on settlements for a little bit. we will work something out. i would like to see a deal be made. >> that was a fascinating moment when he turned to the and said that. what do you think is behind president trumps seeming shift on settlements? during the campaign he blasted president obamas white house for abstaining on a vote and the un condemning settlement expansion? >> he is confronted with the realities now. you ca...

Theres no reason to believe that the palestinians are any less determined. >> the president did seem to kind of push back and directly talk to prime minister netanyahu during the press conference. i just want to play a moment from it. >> as with any successful negotiation, both sides will have to make compromises. you know that, right? as far as settlements, i would like to see you hold back on settlements for a little bit. well work something out. but i would like to see a deal be made. >> that...