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Korean missile test. things have been quiet. now, i dont want to say that theyre not working on their nuclear program. they are, without any question they are and they are working on the ballistic missiles but there is this cooling off period that is just been kind of baked into the process here, the question is now whether the chinese can gain leverage thanks to perhaps american arm-twisting, a lot of the process will be opaque for the weeks to come. eric: foundation for the defense of democrac...

Deliver a pep rally today before house republicans. but again, the real arm twisting is going to come with the senators. steve? >> thank you, kristen. very quickly, kasie, on another front here, guns. you have news of a potential breakthrough of sorts? >> its something of a breakthrough, steve, although people have been advocating for not a measure that goes as far as they would like and it would address a problem that is brutally underscored in this texas shooting which is that the air force is...

New attempt by roy moores campaign to raise questions about one of the win accusing moore of sexual abuse years ago. moore is refusing calls to drop out of the race. were also following a new round of anti-trump rhetoric from north korea. kim jong-uns regime is heaping new insults on president just as a top chinese lets bring in cnns brian todd. >> theyre calling president trump a human reject and a lot of other things. tonight the personal insults between the two rivals are ramping up again a...

But what really bogged me down was how he talked because we are both from texas and you think that would be a benefit. in some ways, it is. but he is also from the hill country and its a very different way of speaking. all time freaking out, that wasnt right. we should do that again and just go, relax! chill out! and he wanted me to -- the -- >> the essence of him and really what we wanted. i dont think people will nit-pick exactly the outside of houston accent as opposed to the hill country. he...

Vice president pence is meeting with the governor of maine, of course, mena being a key state and all of this, in which way is she will go, we know that this is one of those it states that it shows medicare expansion, so they will get less money from what i understand with these block grants. looking on your camera right no now, murkowski, collins, and mccain, what do you think they will do? >> well, i just spoke with someone very close, a senior republican strategist, very close to it, he said ...

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There does not seem to be a good answer to that question right now. susan collins of maine voiced concern. john mccain gave some support on monday. nbc ace gerrit headache asked him and senator mike lee about the bill earlier. >> have you made up your mind on graham/cassidy? any update on where you stand with graham/cassidy? >> no. >> thank you senator. >> that fundamentally is the best thing about gerrit headache. this man can report with one word answers. he is joining me now from capitol hill...

Majority in the house and senate hasnt changed. its still the majority of democrats and the minority of republicans. and so i think it is still important for to us remember that however we get there, whether its in a deal done by trump, bell lessee, and schumer, or whether its through the arm-twisting of mcconnell and ryan, ultimately democrats are going to be a big factor in any deal that gets done to keep the government up and operating, to protect dreamers, to raise the debt ceiling. so wheth...

And thats because the governing majority in the house and senate hasnt changed. its still the majority of democrats and the minority of republicans. and so i think it is still important for to us remember that however we get there, whether its in a deal done by trump, bell lessee, and schumer, or whether its through the arm-twisting of mcconnell and ryan, ultimately democrats are going to be a big factor in any deal that gets done to keep the government up and operating, to protect dreamers, to ...

At? >> clearly the president would like to avoid nuclear war. hes pursuing sanctions and some sort of economic arm-twisting against people doing business with north korea. south korea getting the brunt of the criticism. in a tweet he said south koreas finding, as ive told them, their talk of appeasement with north korea will not work. they only understand one thing. the president tweeted out today, the united states is considering, in addition to other options, stopping all trade within a countr...