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There. >> eli and john remain with us. they declined comment on chuck todds notion. john, i heard david tonight suggest to the republicans at least look like rigor behind your solutions. pass a law protecting mueller. put forward a revolution saying mr. president stop waiving pardons around. you can look tough and sound tough but still be trump republicans. i heard you today at 4:00 say the only thing that will turn republicans against trump is the day after the midterm elections, if they lose t...

I think after it comes to pass the democrats take control of the house. that calculus will shift dramatically. >> eli, the part of this we may not see meaning the three of us is the rich folks who write checks and provide the financial underpinning to the republican party across the country. they might get wobbly and pull back. >> they might. or they might say we got tax reform. we got conservative justice. thats when mcconnell is going to say. thats what trump will try to say. >> immigration. >...

Brief reminder here 76 days to go until the midterm elections. chuck todd raised the idea of one person who could help shield republicans from any trump political fallout. >> i do think paul ryan needs to think long and hard about the future of the republican party. this is your last chance off this train. and it looks like manafort and cohen only have more to say. only may cooperate more. this could get worse. ryan is retiring. i think he actually could do the party a favor and if you start the...

Manafort is getting strung up because me worked for me. that is the thing that generally the investigators and prosecutors. they have gone and kept their heads down. tried to not be influenced bid the media and trump tweets, but they have to be cognisant of the implications of this and the sense that the public and the jury may have that they are out to get them. >> lets see what the next factor is. trump cares about another human being. >> seems to be out of self interest. >> he talks like he c...

To say, you know, lets start an investigation and well go from there. >> eli and john remain with us. they declined comment on chuck todds notion. john, i heard david gergen tonight suggest to the republicans at least look like you have rigor behind your processes. put forward a resolution protecting mueller. pass a law protecting mueller. put forward a revolution saying mr. president, stop waving pard ones around in the middle of an investigation. you can look tough and sound tough but still be...

With him or apan don -- abandoning him? i think after it comes to pass the democrats take control of the house. that calculus will shift dramatically in the house and senate. >> eli, the part of this we may not see meaning the three of us is the rich folks who write checks and provide the financial underpinning to the republican party in races across the country, they might get wobbly and pull back. >> they might. or they might say we got tax reform. we got conservative justice. thats when mccon...

Taking responsibility for crimes that hes going to say he committed. but this does not open up a can of worms of him now going on to cooperate against bigger fish in this investigation. >> that we know of yet. >> yeah. >> that we know of yet. okay. lets broaden out the discussion and bring in a couple other folks here sitting next to me. i know its a big day when we have four people at the desk here in new york with me. first, just talking michael cohen. good do see all of you with me. eli, i st...

>> -- >> ? >> today is august 20th and i was surprised to find out its the first day of school in d.c. take a look at my grandkids. eli is starting third grade, the girls are off to first grade. new shoes, fresh haircuts and sparkling backpacks. when i was a kid, school started after labor day in brooklyn, new york, but apparently the first day of school is different all across the country and its getting earlier and earlier. and students are already in school. some of them started in late july,...

Because they dont get paid. republicans pay a little bit more than democrats >> we pay our interns here. >> good for you. >> thats the deal here. >> most people in psychic income. you are going to make a world a better place. >> resume material. >> yes. lining your resume. but this week, the democratic congressional campaign committee decided to pay a stipend to interns. which means that now they can have interns that look more like america. a few more working class kids getting a leg up on a ca...

Your career path in government. but if you look around, most of the interns particularly on capitol hill are from white and wealthy families. >> we pay our interns here. >> good for you. >> most people in psychic income. you are going to make a world a better place. >> resume material. >> yes. but this week, the democratic congressional campaign committee decided to pay a stippen to interns. interns that look more like america. working class kids getting a leg up on a career of government. >> th...