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What will be dominating the conversation. so you stick this in your back pocket and you wait and wait and wait. >> but even the president himself says when i get lost i just say "the wall. >> and this is an opportunity to consolidate more of the systems of power. he likes to demonstrate what he likes to do. >> but he didnt go all of the way there because he didnt do the national urgency, the executive powers, they ordered the military to do this last night. it was fairly clear by yesterday morni...

Made about how to get the security that you want along the border. whether you call it steel slats or you call it a wall, the bottom line is that something has to change along the border and something has to change, more importantly, an immigration policy. that there are several loopholes that could be fixed by congress if they so chose. a lot difference with the democratic control of the house, and thats where the horse trading has seven. >> harris: president obama -- and i only use is because ...

Get the funds needed to build this wall. its uncertain whether he can do this legally. there could be a way for him to call a national emergency and use funds that are not specifically allocated until the department of defense, that could be a possibility, but this would likely face legal challenges. the president has made clear he would rather this get worked out in congress, but we never know. we know the president is not afraid of testing the waters when it comes to using the executive powers...

Wide-ranging executive powers. weve got the older kavanaugh coming i guess for ag. go figure. this is "hardball," where the action is. when i say, "drivers who switched from geico to esurance saved an average of $412," you probably wont believe me. but you can believe this, real esurance employee

So thats the kind of thing. because in michael cohens best self-interest to be fully cooperative. everything he tells them, theyre not going to use against him, theyre going to use in the prosecution of other people. so the conclusions that come to my mind are either someone they he wants to protect or there is someone he fears. >> well said. thank you, natasha bertrand and david corn and ken dilanian. a great power team tonight, and ari melber from joining us from his program, "the beat." much ...

Keeping him from lying under oath. >> robert mueller being quoted even if its not mueller who was interviewed, the mueller team -- the mueller in this excerpt says i need the presidents testimony. what was his intent on comey? i want to see if there was corrupt intent. that certainly squares with what we need -- with what is going on with the investigation. >> what we know. according to the book, the special counsel still would like to sit down with the president of the united states. i think th...

That, and that could ultimately undercut the aca, pre-existing conditions in particular. the democrats are concerned he may strike that down. also on executive powers, as joan just mentioned, how he views investigations of a sitting president. also on roe. they believe i had private comments to senators that roe versus wade is settled law is not enough. they plan to poke holes in that to suggest he would not be a reliable vote and could very well overturn the landmark ruling. >> you mentioned on...

Wade is settled law. but, of course, saying something is settled law doesnt really mean much because while lower court judges have to file a supreme court precedent, a supreme court justice can vote to overturn precedent, and thats what supporters of abortion rights, thats what theyre worried about. and democrats,ana, are going to make that opinion once again front and center during these hearings. >> of course, the mueller probe is likely to come up on this issue of executive powers? >> exactly...

Investigation and the issue that i was just talking about with nina about executive privilege, excuse me, executive powers. how do you think hell answer those questions in his hearings? >> well, you know, i dont think that the justice breyer or justice ginsburg recused themselves from cases involving bill clinton, for example, supreme court case paula jones versus clinton went all the way to the court. they didnt recuse themselves from that. so i be would surprised if any j judicial nominee woul...

>> susan, a president does have broad powers, but do you think he understands the -- how much power the -- how much executive powers, his own executive powers? >> look, i think that he is threatening the mueller investigation with increasing intensity. you have him for the first time in tweets in recent days personally attacking special counsel mueller and calling him disgusting not just the rigged witch hunt investigation, going after him personally. and hes still going after his attorney gener...