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Sought. the way pretty much everybody sees it. we will see how this plays out in the course because we know this is all about political leverage at this point. the treasury will lose on the merits but its going to take time. >> shannon: your comments on this as a document of any impor import? >> let me confess up front that the worst grade i got in moscow was in tax law, so this is not my area of the law, but thats usually everybodys worst grade in tax law. rather stay closely. its a terrible me...

To replace nafta? >> he might be headed in the right direction on this, but theres a lot more that we need to do. we need to make sure that the u.s. worker is on a level playing field with everyone else against whom we compete. let me give you an example. many of the jobs that used to call my hometown of el paso home crossed the river when the north american free trade agreement was signed. theyre now in juarez where people are making $40 or $50 a week doing what american workers had done before...

That congress had the right to investigate whether there was foreign leverage, fortunateinan leverage over the president and whether his company was engaged in any money laundering. this is the second major setback, its clear now from two judges in two different districts that congress has the right to access the president, his family members, and his companys financial accounts. wolf? >> how quickly do you think theyll be released? >> well, under an agreement that they had before todays ruling,...

That treasury secretary has invoked claiming i can refuse to provide this if there is no legislative purpose. the law is precleared. those lawyers drafted in the internal memo the way they saw and the way everybody sees. we will see how it plays out in the courts because this is all about political leverage at this point. it is going to take time. shannon: your comments on this is a document of any import? >> let me confess up front the worst grade i got in law school was in tax law. this is not...

President accountable. cannot have this wholly inflated idea they have. the mueller report, 63% of the american people are like, lets move on. infrastructure was one of those really crown jewels that you could have done something together with. lot of people would still like to see that happen. i dont blame the president for saying enoughs enough and this is leverage and im going to invoke it. >> dana: listen to speaker pelosi and says what she does for the president every day. >> was it really ...

Where do we stand now? if youve got a strong community in your home state. there are a lot of people worried about these tariffs. steel and aluminum lifted on mexico and canada. ramping them up on china. where do we go from here? >> that was a big development that they lifted the tariffs on steel and aluminum with respect to canada and mexico. it will clear the way for passage at least in the senate and hopefully in the house of the u.s. mca, which is really important for a foreign country too c...

Does as a federal official. so i think hes got leverage. i think that will come to haunt him in some of the other investigations that are targeting the trump organization, the trump foundation, the people who work for him in new york and his finances. new york has quite a bit of leverage over him in these situations, and i think the other thing to remember, kasie, is that new york has a long memory and donald trump is a child and a son of new york. new york politicians, the new york media, and a...

Shannon: some say senator schumer has in common with the president, he wents them to be tough on china. where do we stand now? you have a strong community in your home state. a lot of people worried about these tariffs. as we ramp them up on china where do we go from here? >> that was a big development, they lifted the tariffs with respect to canada and mexico. it will clear the way for passage in the senate and hopefully the house, the us mca which is important too but china is the big market, ...

[ laughter ] >> but the press said to me, were you surprised in and -- and i say to you, surprised? nobody could ever be surprised at anything that happens here. >> so can i -- as a follow-up could i ask you, why do you think you in particular seem to have so much leverage or ability to drive donald trump to this level of distraction, to run out of an infrastructure meeting, he actually hasnt come up with a nickname. why do you think you have done what others havent been able to do which is thro...

>> that hes worried about his poll numbers. >> that hes worried about public approval collapsing. she has the upper hand and leverage. i have to say in my interview with her right after this event, she felt she had the upper happened against donald trump. >> it was striking. i saw more than one newschannel el keeping nothing on twitter to keep a close eye i think its tantigate, whether that was great scheduling. >> it was all a master plan. im association did i not say that earlier? it was all a...