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And adding more tariffs. adding that tariff level could be 10% or 25%. trump said that could include tariffs on apple products imported from china, including iphones and laptops. the president wasnt in any rush to end the trade war. he was willing to more than double the tariffs it placed on chinese goods. what is unclear to me is if this is a negotiating tactic days before he meets with the chinese president to show that it looks like the americans have a lot of leverage here. they really do. a...

Least rhetorically praising to you and opened to working with you in a way that previous presidents were not. >> reporter: tonight, analysts are worried about cutting so much slack, president trump could also be whittling away americas leverage over those countries, not only to get what the u.s. needs from them, but to stop them from behaving badly on the world stage, from committing human life abuses and even murder. coming up, the breaking news, cnn receives court papers by a trump ally to g...

First we have a check and balances in the congress finally so youll see democrats trying to work with republicans. well see if they play ball on kitchen table issues like lowering the cost of prescription drugs and raising wages. those are issues that american voted for democrats for and why we saw a blue wave. >> bill: i dont know if its gridlock for two years or some sort of compromise they can work on. >> the margin in the senate wont matter as much for gridlock. it helps the republicans, no ...

Less leverage. i think in general, this should be viewed as obviously this is a time where democrats are thinking strongly about changing their leadership and their leadership style but probably not at this moment. so, perhaps, nancy is -- representative pelosi is able to eke out this victory but then transition into a new phase of leadership. the democratic party is really struggling right now with its own identity. you have -- you saw in the 2018 elections that the big victories came from more...

Ecuadorian embassy in london. robert mueller would have known about it all along. its almost a spy novel and were trying to get to the bottom of it. >> i was just going to say, all of this coming as julian assange finds his way back in the news here over the past few weeks? >> thats right, with the news that there is a sealed indictment, criminal charges in the united states against assange, and you can imagine that the u.s. would want to use that as leverage to try to secure his testimony if in...

Experts. susan, do you believe muellers team needed corsis cooperation? >> thus far robert mueller hasnt done anything without a pou purpose. we can assume theres a reason hes focused on corsi. and perjury statements are often a way to gain leverage over individuals to get their further cooperation. that said, theres a difference between needing someones cooperation and someones cooperation being helpful. certainly corsi is the kind of person who could provide helpful cooperation and potentially...

Back locked at the border. there a lot of people who are asylum seekers and there is a process for that. you see with the photos while its not clear who the people were, there were some mothers and children caught up in this. the president could face criticism over that. with children rethinking how they did that. >> does it help or hurt or do we know the answer and the president wantings billions for his wall. the president knows he has a month left of full republican control thaw would think h...

People will look at that picture and say thats not what we want america to be, tear-gas on children? >> absolutely right. i think thats what anna maria was referring to in terms of some of the photos being staged. those pictures are horrific, you dont want to see the united states tear-gassing children. that does highlight the way this debate has become so toxic and fear-driven on both sides. that is not the america we want to see at the border. at the same time, rushing the border is not what w...

You believe that the president is being dishonest with the american people about the murder of jamal khashoggi? >> i probably havent seen all the thaenlintelligence that ada seen but i have seen some. nothing happens without the leadership position there, plus the intelligence ive seen and the conclusion of the cia as reported, i dont think theres any doubt that the crown prince ordered this. the president, obviously, who is not necessarily a good friend of the truth has other reasons for trying...

Back to politics, democrats threatening potential government shutdown, they want protection for special counsel robert mueller in exchange for supporting the spending bill, mat joins us live as congress barrels towards a december 8th funding deadline. good morning, matt. >> good morning, heather and everyone at home, we all can agree that copying is contentious but hold on because it could become more heated as we inch towards the december 8th government funding deadline, republicans and democra...