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To boom have stories of his sort of early affinity for technology and for using technology to solve crimes. i wonder if there is any sense from the defense that they are going to ultimately be outmatched by this precision and meticulousness, that pardon is their only play. >> if they have that sense, nicolle, they are certainly not sharing that with anyone. in fact, i talked to a representative of mr. manafort who expressed confidence today that there was a good chance of acquittal here. i dont ...

So back to this whole government shutdown notion, which by the way, the republican leaders are saying behind closed doors that trump is saying hell be patient. is this merely bluster? >> yeah. but i think -- i think theres no date on that tweet. in terms of when he would do it. so would he do it before the election? i think mitch mcconnell today said, i hope theres another way we could work this out, hint, hint, mr. president. you have a supreme court nominee that you need to get confirmed. you ...

At best. >> i think it just shows how follow the republican foreign policy establishment, their beliefs in what they were purporting was. i do think theres a place for a more robust foreign policy, ban now john bolton works for the man who -- >> exactly. >> so you see how much of this has been bluster for big donors for or their own hawkish aims. i hate to be that cynical, but you see how little belief they have. >> and john kelly is here to stay. what do you make of that? >> he was going to lea...

Trump has the bully pulpit. he will get credits. i think their hope is to say, is it wall street or main street? thats where were going to focus. what mitch landrieu is doing, on one side of the democratic debate, is saying dont get over your skis, dont do something dumb like root for a bad economy. follow the law. someone needs to be the party of adults. >> government shutdown, the president threatened it. bluster? >> unbelievable. take people at their word, especially this president. that said...

Welcome back, president trump is threatening to shut down the government in september over immigration and funding for a border wall. he wrote over the weekend hes willing to see the government shut down if democrats do not give us the votes for border security, which includes a wall. with the midterms 99 days away, what would a shutdown mean for republicans hoping to stay that the majority in congress? lets talk with it ron brownstein and molly ball. thanks for being here. happy monday one and ...

The president it was not in his political interest to shut down the federal government six weeks before an election. i dont know if this is just bluster, that he feels dissatisfied with the negotiations hes had with members of the senate that they havent even had more of what he wants. we all know how angry he was with the last bill that didnt given his wall funding. >>chris: we will take a break and the later in the program. when we come back, michael, one once boasted he would take a bullet fo...

Enemies. now after meeting with jean-claude, he says the eu and u.s. obviously love one another. seemingly bizarre sbun predictable behavior is part of a canny and wise strategy, that hes playing a four-dimensional chess, operating in space time. if so, hes getting badly beaten here on earth. in none of these situations has he actually been able to extract real concessions and there is a cost to this bluster and flip flopping. trump is creating a reputation for the united states as erratic, unpr...

The president it was not in his political interest to shut down the federal government six weeks before an election. i dont know if this is just bluster, that he feels dissatisfied with the negotiations hes had with members of the senate that they havent even had more of what he wants. we all know how angry he was with the last bill that didnt given his wall funding. >>chris: we will take a break and the later in the program. when we come back, michael, one once boasted he would take a bullet fo...

The president it was not in his political interest to shut down the federal government six weeks before an election. i dont know if this is just bluster, that he feels dissatisfied with the negotiations hes had with members of the senate that they havent even had more of what he wants. we all know how angry he was with the last bill that didnt given his wall funding. >>chris: we will take a break and the later in the program. when we come back, michael, one once boasted he would take a bullet fo...