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Probably the biggest leverage point the republican leaders had for corralling fellow republicans to vote for the debt ceiling. so thats off the table as leverage for republicans to corral their own votes. so he really cut them off at the knees. he basically set them up for a massive showdown they go into now with a lot less leverage than they had at the beginning of the meeting today. >> this is one i never could have predicted. adam and david, thank you both for joining us tonight. really appre...

Leverage point to cut spending. mr. trump has no interest in cutting spending. he ran on a promise not to touch the entitlement programs that are the great drivers of federal spending. so this is really not surprising, and it is in a way condine punishment for a party that has allowed itself to be rented by him. >> today senator bob corker on this very day, when this strangest of oval office meetings occurs, bob corker was asked does he still hold to that position about donald trumps stability. ...

Hopefully, somehow or another, it is built into the kim response. in 2006, when china cut off oil to north korea, the north koreans went to the stable. that is was the single most powerful leverage point. the americans need to get in the room and ensure kim that we dont want to engage in a decapitation of the north korean regime. we just dont want them to have the capacity of a ballistic miss billion a hydrogen bomb on top of it. senator, thank you very much. youre welcome, thank you. late...

Portions of last nights speech. some of that was as we talked about earlier speaking to his base. at the same time, remember those unearthed transcripts from telephone calls with officials from mexico and australia. and with president pena nieto, trump was like youve got to pay for the wall and pena nieto was saying i cant go there, president trump, i think we should drop the subject, mr. trump. so hes bringing it up in the context of nafta, which he knows that the mexican government cares very ...

Political commentator, jason mi miller, and here we go. its like the house all over again. jason miller, you first. president trump already signed his support to the bill. heres what he tweeted. "i am very supportive of the senate health care bill. look forward to making it really special. remember, obamacare is dead." but right now, as you saw, there are four republican senators who say that they oppose this bill. ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnson and rand paul along with three more republican se...

Remember, obamacare is dead." but right now, as you saw, there are four republican senators who say that they oppose this bill. ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnson and rand paul along with three more republican senators who are concerned and are seeking changes. what do you think, jason miller? >> well, don, theres a big difference between saying that theyre absolutely opposed to this bill and this reform in any way, shape, or form and theres no chance they can ever get there or its not there yet ...

Hacking. he said it in this meeting supposedly he was using that as a leverage point, almost trying to make the russians feel guilty for casting a cloud over him. he was using it to extract concessions in the future. this is unusual diplomacy to say the least and unwise at best when you are under investigation. >> i think it was fareed or jeff earlier who pointed out -- jeff toobin that by saying he was -- the pressure had been relieved by or eased by the firing director comey, it undercuts the ...

Truth, then he has just admitted to the world that he invited the fbi director for a dinner. the fbi directors purpose of that dinner was to stay on. and in a dinner where he wanted to stay on, the president then used that leverage point to pressure him about an investigation against him, all of his men, and the white house. he loses in either case, doesnt he, jonathan? >> unfortunately, he does. the irony is that he came up with a bona fide reason to fire comey, if comey answered those question...

Along the u.s.-mexican border. lets bring in our experts and crystal, the conventional wisdom is if theres a government shutdown, the presidents party, the republicans, would be blamed by the president. do you believe that? >> i think president trump is the least conventional politician weve seen in the minor political era. if you control the white house and control the senate and control the house and the government shuts down, its unlikely to be a good thing for your parliament plus, remember,...

Russia. the previous administration gave the ayatollahs everything they wanted. our president is the master of the deal. he needs to offer russia a deal they cant refuse. russia needs to offer assad with eddie snow den in moscow because they deserve each other. its all possible because we dont want first of all what happened in libya when obama/clinton used u.s. air power to take off qaddafi. what has to happen is our president needs to make a deal with putin, as difficult as that may be. there ...