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I dont think she has the votes today to be the next speaker. what do you think? >> i think you should not bet against her ability to just exorcise the role of power just observing how shes been such a survivor and so strong. i think if you just take a step back and think, whats in the interest of the country? what do we want to see here? seems nancy pelosi could have a constructive relationship with president trump. and get things done. im actually interested in the problem solver caucus. they r...

$13 million worth of lobbying on 100 lobby is to deal with, and he will put 20,000 more people right next to d.c. in northern virginia every time there is an issue that affects amazon, there is boots on the ground and the office of politicians. even if it means consumers into their small businesses lose out. its all about getting his hands on the leverage of power. >> tucker: im a property owner in the district of columbia. having lived here for a long time, i can tell you the last thing we need...

Worth of lobbying and 100 lobbyists to deal with it. now hes going to put 20,000 more people right next to d.c. in northern virginia toex make sure every time theres an issue that affects amazon he has boots on the ground in the halls of congress and the offices of politicians to get his preferences past, even if it means consumers and other small businesses lose out. this is all about getting his hands on the leverage of power. >> tucker: im a property owner in the district of columbia. this ma...

With the white house? >> i suspect not. i suspect the timing of these answers which is related to the timing of jeff sessions being fired and the new acting attorney general being appointed. i suspect that the president knows that mueller no longer has the leverage of a subpoena to threaten, because the acting attorney general wouldnt approve one. so now the answers he gives will be very circumscribed, to say the least. >> and do not involve obstruction. >> thats right. >> that whole issue. >> c...

Remember, although he pled guilty several weeks ago -- several months ago at this point in time in new york, talking about the statements where he actually directly implicated the president of the united states being involved in a campaign finance violation, he talked about that directly. now, he still is on the hook until he is actually sentenced, which means if you think that mueller has leverage in other areas, well, there is quite an incentive for people like michael flynn, who had not been ...

Courtroom. so that should be very foreboding to somebody like roger stone. that his associates are also being questioned and have their breaks, quote unquote, talks breaking down, says to me that mueller has a great deal of leverage. he need not negotiate if he has the upper hand and has -- of peoples statements, documents, et cetera and the grand jury subpoena power. so i suspect that the noose is tightening because it is. >> chris, listen, at least eight mueller prosecutors worked today, which...

Team. hes not been in front of the grand jury, which to me is the most telling thing of all. the fact that he, himself, has not been afforded the opportunity to try to defend himself or explain his own hubris in many ways or his bluster over the course of 18 to 24 months about his involvement and his connections with people like julian assange says to me that they have zero interest in hearing his explanation outside of an actual courtroom. so that should be very foreboding to somebody like roge...

>> yeah, it is groundhog day. so should we be reading anything? is it just a coincidence. i dont know, laura, what do you think? is it just a coincidence that michael cohen is in d.c. after we get -- >> i dont know his vacation plans, but of course its not coincidental that he is meeting with mueller or actually in washington, d.c. perhaps when his sentencing has been put off till december. remember, although he pled guilty several weeks ago -- several months ago at this point in time in new yor...

The justice department will be able to go on without dealing with whats gonna come out. if they talk about impeachment too early, theyll pay a price for it. i think people in large part were voting for a check on trump, but not necessarily to save us against trump. >> democrats need to look at history. look at how the impeachment proceedings for bill clinton blew up in their faces for the republican. focus now is the next two or six years. whats the focus? james holman writes in his daily column...

Flattering. she is historic, but parting of being a leader is knowing what its time to move on. >> melissa: i want to ask you about the sprint to the finish, because in very interested in that. heres what president trump had to say about the sprint to the finish on the border wall, and what could be involved there. >> are you prepared to go with a shutdown strategy during the lame duck, since this might be your last chance? to secure that? >> not necessarily. i speak to democrats all the time. t...