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And the short answer obviously is the campaign finance violations because thats where weve seen the president already effectively accused as an unindicted co-conspirator, but, john, i think that misses the point to a certain extent. when there are 17 investigations targeting you the problem isnt one of them, its all of them and its the way that prosecutors can use leverage in one case to advance one of the other cases. one of the things that just is so remarkable in all of this is the shear amou...

The wrong direction, what they consider to be the wrong direction. i think they would rather have the government shut down. i think that president trump knows his base and knows that they would much rather have the government shut down than compromise on the with a you will. >> i think there are far more many people who dont want that shutdo shutdown. i agree with you, he is appealing to his base, but far more of us dont want to see that. and thats why its going to hurt him. he cant make a deal....

Hosts a podcast by example. welcome back. nice to have you back on the program here. >> thanks for having me back. good morning bill and sandra. >> bill: very interesting things on the china deal. one of the things you said is if were going to allow chinese countries and companies to do ipos in our markets in america why cant we do that in china? why wouldnt that be part of this negotiation, or is it? >> i hope it is. i hope one of the things that we do as you know im not a fan of tariffs. i thi...

Have thousands and thousands of people pouring across our border month after month after month. this is inhumane. it is environmentally a disaster for both mexico and the united states. it is a national security issue. in and an economic issue. sitting around going, were going to do a continuation -- im telling you, people are not going to put up with this. ultimately, they are not. >> one of the problems he lost when he said mexico is going to pay for the wall. he has no leverage when he makes ...

Have thousands and thousands of people pouring across our border month after month after month. this is inhumane. it is environmentally a disaster for both mexico and the united states. it is a national security issue. in and an economic issue. sitting around going, were going to do a continuation -- im telling you, people are not going to put up with this. ultimately, they are not. >> one of the problems he lost when he said mexico is going to pay for the wall. he has no leverage when he makes ...

Going through. the administration would not let us exercise that oversight and have a conversation. >> so you remember congress, and congress has the power of the purse. and someones funding the torneo camp. im confused about if congress said no more of this, dont you have the leverage to cut it off? >> we do have that leverage. under republican control of the house and senate, there has been no willingness to even hold a hearing, let alone consider exercising the power of the purse. that camp i...

Privy to, reason to to be concerned about whether flynn is going to be available, truthful, cooperative on matters that he has told him about, and that he might backtrack and frankly, again, going back to the submission, i cant emphasize enough about how flynn brought this on himself with this admission that he seemed to be trying to make excuses and walk back his acceptance of the responsibility, and not in the legal sense, but in the sense that we think about it. and so the judge may be saying...

Solution. heres what he said. >> we have another way to keep government open. its called a continuing resolution. we keep government open as we negotiate our differences. in either case, theres no reason at all for a government shutdown unless the president not only wants a shutdown but demands a shutdown. >> nancy pelosi, of course, comes in, takes over. there goes leverage for donald trump. >> right. and the two democratic offers are a continuing resolution, a stopgap measure to continue the s...

Them. we wanted to find out their stories to understand what theyre suffering, what theyre going through. the administration would not let us exercise that oversight and have a conversation. >> so you remember congress, and congress has the power of the purse. and someones funding the tornillo camp. im confused about if congress said no more of this, dont you have the leverage to cut it off? >> we do have that leverage. under republican control of the house and senate, there has been no willingn...

Sort of relationship. >> any way that the russians can engratiate themselves, seek access, influence, theyll do it. of course, the way for this particular asset, ill use the term advisedly in air quotes, is through ego and financial inducement. of course, from their vantage, im speculating here, is a way in which they could generate leverage and influence over now the president. >> let me ask you this. one of the ongoing questions is whether there was actual conspiracy between members of the tru...