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If he wanted to, he has a lot of leverage. so, first of all, you know, the global magnitsky act gives a lot of, you know, capacity for sanctions in this area. but the fundamental leverage that he has is not legal. its diplomatic. the saudis are very dependent on their relationship with the united states. and the president, they require a great degree of cooperation. they buy their arms from the united states. and so a president that wanted to turn up the consequences here has a lot of options av...

Capitol hill and democrats believe that mr. mueller should be allowed to do his job. and i have no indication he is going to be interfered with at all. >> i know you have said you would support this bill, this mueller, essentially, the mueller protection bill, i think you voted for it, in committee. >> yes. >> in the judiciary. democrats have talked about connecting it to the spending bill. and using their votes in the house that will be needed as leverage. do you support that move? >> not reall...

Is, is nancy pelosi the best for them? and secondly, where is the rise in leadership for black women, say barbara lee or karen bass? and i know that the congressional progressive caucus has been negotiating with soon to be speaker pelosi around progressives broadly speaking on important committees. so i think thats where the action is, and thats the most important thing to take away here. >> well, one of the things that is happening in this fight is everyone now senses leverage. you have freshma...

Tina montelongo, sams then-wife and javiers friend, wasnt buying it. can you conceive of javier going through with a murder or being involved in it because of his loyalty to sam? >> no. i dont see that. if sam did it, would javi help him just because theyre close family? i dont see that. >> reporter: neither did the d.a. who decided there was not enough evidence to file charges. how do you tell mary bennett, "we had javier, but we had to let him go"? >> it was extremely difficult. there was a lo...

Got a phone call from mary bennett. >> reporter: cathys mom. it would be their first conversation of many. mary told daron how shed seen reports about a new program in orange county centered around investigating cold cases. cathys case had specifically been mentioned. >> and mary said, "if theyre going to use my daughters murder as publicity for their program, by all means theyre going to work it. and its your job to make sure that that happens." >> reporter: there were no new murders in placent...

Investigation. and the senator corker is absolutely right they are going to rush to protect mohammed bin salman and much harder to get the iron clad evidence to hold up in court. i think it is imperative for the u.s. to stand up for this journalist that wrote for the "washington post." there is a lot of leverage and bipartisan support in congress for ending arms supply for the saudi war in yemen. and also holding whoever is accountable here holding them accountable via sanctions. so far the trum...

People and work for those. bring america back target again. >> do you see the president sending a message that it looks like hes showing eeg everythingness to work with democrats? >> i would rather see that message through actions instead of just words. hopefully the realization theres leverage on both sides and hopefully will work together on those issues. >> congressman ohalleran. coming up, we get a picture of the senate race. ♪

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...

They have increased majority in the senate. the bills they pass they still have to get a consensus, arent they. >> those things arent going to happen. at least what progressives want single pair. thats not going to happen with a republican controlled senate and president trump in the white house. republicans have more power than democrats do at this time. the way that democrats are going to try to exert power or use their leverage is primarily going to be around spending bills. thats when they w...

Avoid perjury, but hes clearly not. if the facts are incriminating, he has no easy way out. he can lie or risk perjury charges or tell the truth and incriminate himself if the facts are incriminating. i think part of the reason why this negotiation has taken so long is theres been a lot of political games manship here. the president wanted to drag it out. would republicans control the house or senate. hes had a lot of interest to try to drag it out. sorting dominance is the one place where the u...