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You can connect some of that there. but thats a new leader in terms of the top issue. a lot of republicans having asking the question, whats the data going to show? 27%, a new number out just this hour. is it -- separating kids at the border, is that a human rights violation? 60% of americans say yes, it is. 36% say no. among democrats, 95% say it is. among independents, 60 say it is. only 21% of the republicans say it is. >> oh, my gosh. >> you have the partisan split, which is on every questio...

Commitments because others see you as a role model. canada and norway also among the nato allies getting similar letters from the president. cnn has learned the defense secretary, james mattis, fired off a similar missive to the uks defense chief, all of this just before a nato summit next week in brussels. then a trump/putin summit. the russian president, we know, likes nothing more than to see the western alliance divided, fighting publicly. lets bring in cnns jeff zeleny at the white house. a...

I think. tru -- i think trump is probably taken with whoever moves him in the moment and looks the part. the president is so taken with optics and appearances and the perception that is so critical in mihis mind to politics and public relations. i think thats going to trump all. i would note she doesnt have an ivy league degree. i dont think the president is big on liberal arts schools. that could be a strike against her, i think. he is very focused on having those elite credentials. >> despite ...

Portfolio. jeff zeleny live at the white house. thank you. with me is rachel bate of politico, jonathan martin of "the new york times", retired rear admiral john kerr by, and cnns katelyn collins. admiral, i want to start with you because you have experience. to jeffs point, angela merkel is in trouble. barack obama, george w. bush, george h.w. bush, bill clinton would try to throw a friend a lifeline at that moment or certainly not pour salt in the wounds. this president seems to relish these f...

When he keeps perpetuating this notion in office. he doesnt want to hear about, well, mitigating facts like the fact that they had a ten-year window to do this. this is trump. i kind of feel like we keep waiting for him to sort of change or to sort of show some kind of growth because its not going to happen. >> in part, the ten-year window, think about how he processes a lot of things. he doesnt want the text to say essentially nato allies are making progress toward a commitment made during bara...

States like missouri and indiana and north korea, there are a lot of farmers there. theyre going to get hit with these countertariffs from china. there are republicans like kevin cramer in north dakota who are tied to the president. >> i love this. this is pat roberts, republican senator from kansas, in politico. individual senators have met with the president, including me. the egg committee met with him. the finance committee met with him. theres nobody for this, said senator pat roberts of ka...

One of them is amy barrett, an impressive conservative record. but if traump is ump is weighinn equals and evening, does this help or hurt? >> what would we have in a trump court? who knows? i think we know for sure -- i could say with confidence, i dont know who hillary clinton would appoint, but i can say with confidence the profile or the kind of constitutional approach she would want. trump, im not so sure. >> its an honest answer. that was just before the election. donald trump was a democr...

Issue of immigration than democrats are. so it all depends on what the electorate looks like. if young voters and hispanic voters who are signaling low interest in the midterm elections get motivated to show up, then advantage democrats. >> i think it depends on what race youre talking about. all these numbers are fascinating. were so polarized now along party lines and along views of trump. i just think when youre talking about it in terms of the midterms, you have to know what race. is this th...

Of problems in domestic politics in europe. but what strikes me is he, trump, has done little to nothing to try to end the civil war, which is causing the migration crisis in the first place. hes done -- theres no diplomatic effort to get to an end to that civil war, to deal with assads grip on power. its all been about just isis. >> quick break. when wie come back, from major confrontations overseas, to a major issue for the president at home. a group of front runners emerges in the presidents ...

We have to do everything, everything in our power to oppose any attempt by donald trump to roll them back. and if we dont win senate elections in november, senate and house, i really worry he will roll back our democracy in ways we have never seen. >> well, lets start with mcconnell. its a fascinating difference between these two guys. mcconnells confidence, is it justified? to his credit, whether you like him or not, hes disciplined, ruthless when necessary, and he has worked this. is his confi...