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Ostensible go between was rudy giuliani and according to the reporting, giuliani checked in with individuals at the state department, so i expect to hear from individuals at the state department, including career professionals who are knowledgeable about the way the white house is using this funding as leverage over ukraine. >> jeremy bash, former chief of staff of the cia, also at the pentagon, jeremy, thank you, really appreciate you being here. >> thanks. >> like i told you, the news tonight ...

Iran announced it will no longer abide by the 2015 nuclear deals limits on nuclear research just the latest violation of the deal since donald trump pulled out of the historic international agreement and imposed harsher sanctions. the "new york times" reports that, quote, the president -- the present crisis has drawn the united states and israel and their self-confident leaders even closer together. if it looks like the united states is going to do whatever israels bidding is on any issue then i...

Obama pulled together this incredible report 21st century policing. he brought black lives matter people to sit down with big city police chiefs, and there are so many incredible recommendations in that report that speak to accountability of local police departments, and talk about the federal levers we have to do that, because remember, as a former mayor, i relied on the federal government to fund programs for my police department. we have a lot of leverage, so number one as president im going ...

Worrying, not just that they would follow the order to do it, but then when it was being looked into, they would stone wall. that also seems a little bit nuts to me. >> highly concerning, and i think it wont stand. congress, the armed services committees, the appropriations committees and the oversight committees have numerous levers over the pentagon. there are nominations pending for two of the key services in the pentagon. there areously key personnel jobs to fill that the senate has to revie...

This were happening? >> there ought to be rachel, the ostensible go between was rudy giuliani and according to the reporting, giuliani checked in with individuals at the state department, so i expect to hear from individuals at the state department, including career professionals who are knowledgeable about the way the white house is using this funding as leverage over ukraine. >> jeremy bash, former chief of staff of the cia, also at the pentagon, jeremy, thank you, really appreciate you being ...

In his own party including his own brother, right? i mean, someone whos leaving to spend less time with the family. you dont see that happen very often. >> so whats going to happen? what is going to happen with brexit? >> im more of a right now prognosticator. i look at the things that are feasible. i think that clearly an early election is the most likely thing to happen. the question is does it happen on boris terms where its after the deadline october 31st or does it happen before? and, you k...

China? under this president i can assure you it is always going to be the united states. if we dont step up and stop the bad practices that we see happening with the chinese and the unfair trade, under the chinese government, then were going the lose our country and were going to lose a lot more american jobs. >> bill: the major headline. the chinese are coming to washington in october. trade talks continue. >> this is the last opportunity to fight this fight. if we dont change the way things ar...

Will say the environment isnt cleaner than it has ever been come all the tom steyer talked about this with bret baier last night. we need to be doing more leverage globally, make other countries like china and india stop. >> i agree, we ought to be leveraging them to do it. what is the point of us pulling the rug out from underneath the coal industry? its own to happen anyway over time, we transition away from that. china and india are building coal plants. if they are bringing on nuclear plants...

>> harris: because they dont have to do anything in their own state. >> brian: they want the attention. anyone who looks at this honestly, they will always say to you that the real points of leverage are local. if local responses that make a difference. but that is not help a national politician who wants to get attention. >> harris: asked me to let me change that. what about tone from the top? you have the president, he sits down with somebody like joe manchin, and they say, "here are issues we...

Executed. >> sure. and thats, you know, where the judiciary committee and several of the other committees have been pressing forward. i mean we are dealing with a really unique situation here where we have an administration that has decided to throw the balance of powers between the three branches of government and all historic case law out the window. we have an administration who has said were not going to cooperate with congress. and in the past instead of having discussions about well, are y...