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The white house. >> reporter: we have been talking about this for almost a year. now it appears the moment is upon us. the president seems to be ruling out a one-on-one sit down with robert mueller. i ask the senior white house official, kellyanne conway about what gives might the president be feeling newly emboldened now that theres a perceived ally in charge of the investigation. here is her response. >> the president seems to be ruling out a sit down interview. does he feel like he has more l...

The investigation by someone who has not been confirmed by the senate and has expressed hostility to the investigation. how my kcolleagues dont see ths as priority now, i dont understand. it needs to come to the senate floor and is worth using a little leverage here. >> youre pushing hard for a vote on the mueller protection bill. chuck schumer in the senate and jerry nadler in the house says the best way to get a vote is to attach it to the year-end spending bill, which could force decision mak...

Given responsibility for the mueller investigation to somebody whos not been confirm bide the senate and someone whos expressed hostility to the mueller investigation. how in the world my colleagues dont see this as priority now i just dont understand. it needs to come to the senate floor and is worth using a little leverage here. >> youre pushing hard for a vote on the mueller protection bill. democrats, chuck schumer in the senate, jerry nadler in the house, says the best way to get a vote is ...

Precedent for letting people like jeff flake use their leverage to tell him what to do. >> didnt it seem earlier in the year mcconnell was all for it as part of that chorus and now deafening silence. matt lewis and michael zeld on, good to see you both. still ahead, president trump said the u.s. has the tape that captured part of the murder of jamal khashoggi, but the president is not going to listen to it. we will tell you why. okay, i never thought id say this, but i found bladder leak underwe...

Protection bill. take a listen to what he said. >> this has to be priority now. we have a situation where the president has fired the attorney general and has installed and has given responsibility for the mueller investigation to somebody who has not been confirmed by the senate and somebody who expressed hostility to the mueller investigation. how in the world my colleagues dont see this as priority, i just dont understand. it does need to come to the senate floor and think its worth using a l...

States, that they feel has a lot of leverage when it comes to the saudis. so they wanted the western allies and especially america to be at the forefront of this effort to hold saudis accountable and to achieve justice in this case but at the same time, you know, and if you look at what president erdogans been doing, george, this is a man who never really hesitates to speak his mind. at no point have we heard the president come out and point the finger at the crown prince or name him specificall...

A very big question you know the extent to which theyve got the leverage they require to tackle wasnt to do the heavy lifting required to deal with some of the massive problems that europe is facing and then theres also the fark of course the dangler mouth was a bit of a wounded chancellor here in germany because of political developments recently shes often being described rightly or wrongly as a bit of a lame duck in the context of german politics maybe even on the international stage and then...

From the koran is very clearly unity and togetherness going forward in the european union. over to you then eh talking about them. ssage there from the lady is a lot of talk and they walk the walk and believe delivered the meaningful reforms that the european union needs really is a very big question you know the extent to which theyve got the leverage they require to tackle wasnt to do the heavy lifting required to deal with some of the massive problems that europe is facing and then theres als...

>> theres no question that there is bias. a rep as a child in the reagan era and i remember watching all the press briefings. sam donaldson sitting there sparring with ronald reagan and so forth. but i think that there is a certain edge to todays media. that is a little different. even worse. what we saw with acosta is terrible but he is all about him sapir the white house for him as a prop. hes using thats leverage and promote himself. its not about journalism and seeking the truth. hes making ...

Essentially pushing the republicans aside. that is when they really surprise republican leaders in the house that they will have even less leverage next year. so i think a lot of the concern the presidents supporters are worried about is that he will stray from them and try to work together and cut major deals with democrats. >> it doesnt sound like theres a lot of organized opposition to nancy pelosi. marcia fudge is one who has floated a trial balloon about running against her peers as she wil...