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About mcconnells failure, the senate republicans failure to repeal and replace obamacare. but as your report indicates, there is another big issue bubbling under the surface and its russia. >> its a bigger issue for trump according to my sources that i have spoken with. they said the thing that really set off trump in that august 9 phone call with mcconnell were these russia probes that were going on and trump saying the majority leader needs to do more to protect him from those probes. in addit...

Because of health care. he is going after jeff flake because flake said he want it hold trump accountable for his wrongdoing. like david k. johnson said, donald trump sp in this only to protect donald trump. >> i want to read you this report tonight. it says, during the call which mr. trump initiated on august 9 from his new jersey golf club the president accused mr. mcconnell of bungling the health care issue. he was more animate bed what he intermated what the senators refusal to protect him f...

Is smoking thpok stoking, one m mitch mcconnell. sources tell cnn the president and the senator have not spoken since the stormy phone call two weeks ago. some of the details. this is a relationship that could be dangerous to mess up. >> thats right. its not going particularly well right now. im told from sources with direct knowledge of that august 9 phone call that the president essentially blew up at mitch mcconnell. really frustrated about the issue of russia in particular. not believing tha...

Government shutdown, ourselves included. >> tuesday in phoenix, the president said immigration control was "one of the reasons im here." >> believe me, we have to close down our government. were building that wall. >> the president urged a drastic change to parliamentary protocol one that g.o.p. leaders have termed unnecessary. >> we have to get rid of whats called the filibuster rule. we have to. and if we dont, the republicans will never get anything past. youre wasting your time. >> such comm...

North korea, russia. the president has indicated he will sign it soon perhaps this week. although its something he will find he was not happy with the first iteration, thinks he got improved. he intends to sign it. it was passed with bipartisan support. >> bret: august 9 is the last day to sign the bill or veto it. if the president does not veto the bill and it becomes law without his signature, is that a possibility? >> its a possibility but he intends to sign it. >> bret: what about the shakeu...

North korea, russia. the president has indicated he will sign it soon perhaps this week. although its something he will find he was not happy with the first iteration, thinks he got improved. he intends to sign it. it was passed with bipartisan support. >> bret: august 9 is the last day to sign the bill or veto it. if the president does not veto the bill and it becomes law without his signature, is that a possibility? >> its a possibility but he intends to sign it. >> bret: what about the shakeu...

President of the united states or perhaps the president of the united states committed treason by constitutional definition giving aid and comfort to the enemy. these have been process points. its been the question of a cover up and dropping an investigation. we havent begun to get to what that investigation might actually produce. to me that is the most remarkable thing about tonight. if anyone can do it it is robert mueller. >> what he said about himself today at the commencement, i have heard...

Cover up and dropping an investigation. we havent begun to get to what that investigation might actually produce. to me that is the most remarkable thing about tonight. if anyone can do it it is robert mueller. >> what he said about himself today at the commencement, i have heard others say it, was reminiscent of nixons tearful wide ranging is he growing to be okay my mother was a saint speech. it was a woe is me content. >> the difference with that is that was august 9 right before he went out ...

August 9. an altercation that was released by ferguson police, seemed to stem from an apparent drug deal with the clerks. the 18-year-old appears to give the clerks a small bag, pollack claims its marijuana, they give brown a bag of cigarillos, but turns to give it back before leaving. the film suggests that brown did not return to the store to rob it but to get his stuff back. many protesters are upset with the ferguson police departments decision to release a surveillance video of the altercat...

Prompted serious concerns since for very important reasons the military is suppose to be under civilian control. indeed, congress would have to change the law and issue a waiver for mattis to take the job. but hes seen as a potential moderating force in a trump white house and not recently because he tried to talk trump out of torture. mattis could provide a hugely important counterbalance to another general trump has picked for his team, michael flynn. who trump has tapped as his national secur...