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Liquidity. theyre trying to get the loans up. were still tightening. were taking $15 billion off of the balance sheet. >> neil: the president is critical of that. >> really critical. it makes sense. we dont have the inflation numbers. we dont have rate cuts. >> neil: so play this market out. its willy-nilly accepting this. still not far from highs. >> theres a lot of complacency because nobody wants to be short ahead of china trade tweet. >> neil: you think theyre waiting, this will pass, theres...

To block subpoenas, putting himself and allies above the law. >> the associated press reports president trump has leverage on mcgahn. according to the reporting, if mcgahn were to defy trump and testify before congress, he could endanger his career in republican politics and put his law firm in the presidents cross hairs. trump mused about republicans. the house judiciary issued two new subpoenas, one for annie donaldson, deputy counsel under mcgahn and another for hope hix. we know her. his for...

This needs to be looked into, because if theres financial leverage that the russians hold over donald trump or over the individual administration that has the broadest portfolio, jared kushner, if theres some financial leverage the russians have or gulf agencies can have, this has to be looked into and i think the court will conclude in our case just as it did in the other that there is an overriding legislative and oversight interest here that cannot be deny. one other point that stood out to m...

Accountants -- would it be clear in those documents whether or not the president was actually being audited? >> i -- probably, but not definitely. i dont know. >> that would be interesting if he had been lying about that the whole time, too. >> i mean, i would have to look at the wording of the subpoena, but i think the wording of the subpoena just calls for the returns themselves. >> john, i mean, in terms of the white house blocking former white house counsel don mcgahn from testifying with hi...

Mcgahn has got to be willing not to testify. hes got to be willing to be in contempt of congress potentially. they have no other -- they have really no leverage over him. its mcgahns call. while the president doesnt want him to testify, what -- what is left out of the opinion by the department of justice is the so-called fraud crime exception where there is a criminal activity, and thats what the congress is most interested in. and they dont even address that issue in their memo. >> its interest...

Overall grasp about what might have happened here? >> i really dont. i think the most we can say is this needs to be looked into, because if theres financial leverage that the russians hold over donald trump or over the individual administration that has the broadest portfolio, jared kushner, if theres some financial leverage the russians have or gulf agencies can have, this has to be looked into and i think the court will conclude in our case just as it did in the other that there is an overrid...

I wanted to get your thoughts on quadrupling of its uranium enrichment. what do you think about that prospect? >> its hard to know how much stock to put in that. iran has been producing uranium at a low rate. producing that wouldnt get them into trouble with the agreement until some time. its hard to know what is bluster to get leverage and how much represents a kind of imminent threat to the nuclear deal and sort of a nuclear risk. >> even if its bluster, what does it say? what is the message f...

No jury is going to believe him so far everything he said since he decided to come clean and testify against trump has proven true but you need evidence. the real question there is if trump was, in fact, lying to the american people and saying he had no business dealings throughout the campaign when in fact trump junior and others were negotiating and reporting back to him he was lying to the american people and putin knew it which gave him leverage over him which is a dangerous thing to have le...

There are flaws in capitalism. you can be a capitalist and identify these problems. the things bernie sanders says that even capitalist make sense. a lot of companies squeezing their employees trying to get their earnings higher and higher and their workers making less and less. companies use to take care of their people and they dont do that now. used to get a country club membership if you got a good job in the 80s, that doesnt happen. people are being squeezed. how do you fix that part of it....

Do you see that? >> look, first of all, republicans, when i was in congress, i used to raise the issue. we have a level playing field, and that was like harrisy when i was in the house. republicans were free trade on everything. balanced policy does make sense. however, again, i hate to say this, but we have a bunch of countries that are connected to us through the world trade organization. its the way in which we manage this trade relationship. if you dont have good trade relationships it can l...