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John dean is back with me. good evening to all of you. so, frank, the president of the united states suggesting he could run an investigation into his own campaign. and its only monday. welcome to monday. >> yeah, welcome to another week of trump. >> what is he talking about? >> youre asking me to decode donald trump again and thats always a difficult thing. what i think he kind of means is he through a series of events, through a chain of events he could make mueller go away. and i think he mea...

Rains, floods and mudslides in western japan. the chief cabinet secretary there says 68 people are unaccounted for. many of them in the hardest hit hiroshima area. some residents say they were caught off guard in a region not used a huge rainfall, which began friday and worsened through the weekend. sworn in as turkeys first president under a new governing system giving him sweeping executive powers. he took the oath of office today in parliament following last months election where he got 53% o...

Our democracy and human rights were degraded. so it is important to recognize that there is a living society and therefore there has to be a living constitution in some respect. before we go, jon meacham, what are your top five speeches in american history? soul of america, go. >> the whole history? oh, lord. gettysburg address. the first inaugural of fdr. not least because we have something to fear but fear itself. the biggest cheer from the crowd came when he called for wartime executive pow...

Doing. and i think this is a continuation of that. this is really his strategy as he moves forward into the midterms and beyond. >> jonathan, lets go back to the last thing you said. considering that the court unites even the never-trumpers in the republican party, its one thing everyone agrees on. considering that theyre playing offense, you think this is a week of good times and good feelings in the trump west wing? >> it should be, yes. the president got a number of victories this week. obvio...

Extension of president trump feeling as if he is emboldened. he is embold ped by what he seize as a series of political wins that he sees himself as the mastermind of, and he doesnt need this big staff of people. he has been essentially serving as his own chief of staff for some time now, serving as his own communications director, and he thinks he knows what hes doing. and i think this is a continuation of that. this is really his strategy as he moves forward into the midterms and beyond. >> jo...

Midterms and beyond. >> jonathan, lets go back to the last thing you said. considering that the court unites even the never-trumpers in the republican party, its one thing everyone agrees on. considering that theyre playing offense, you think this is a week of good times and good feelings in the trump west wing? >> it should be, yes. the president got a number of victories this week. obviously kennedys departure is first and foremost. but prior to that the court made a couple rulings that were v...

Case was first heard. i said this is such an anti-immigrant president. if the court does not go behind the bald-faced assertion of executive powers, then who is going to be next? and, you know, i think they -- the case, the decision to intern japanese americans on the basis of national security is -- >> reporter: are you blaming mitch mcconnell for the decision? >> he is the reason that gorsuch is on the court, because he refused to have any kind of hearing for garland. that was totally unpreced...

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President why comprehensive immigration overhaul is beyond the reach of his executive powers. privately the president has groused he should not have signed the order undoing separations. nbcs cal perry is near the border. steve schmidt is at the table. i know he doesnt read books, steve, but he doesnt read the newspaper either. the last two american presidents tried comprehensive immigration reform. george w. bush did it with the late senator kennedy and john mccain. barack obama did it with mar...

Manafort. with the witness tampering charges that we saw, so definitely and also add to that the fact that he is in jail now. its very different when youre on super vised release and youre home versus when youre in jail. >> youre probably not feeling as confident as you are when youre free. >> great to have you with us. president trump could meet with vladimir putin next month, but would he bring up election interference? its something thats frustrating a group of lawmakers on capitol hill. ...