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>> thats a key point, because what we are obsessing on is the lets prove they did it. because americans have fascination and an obsession with due process, because if it happened here, thats the mode wed be in. but its pretty clear what happened. the more vexing question is what do you do about it? and the assumption from the administration, the spin to us is, hey, we cannot mess with this relationship. its fragile. it is pivotal. and if we lose it, what we want for the middle east, gone. billio...

The original $1.5 trillion is ballooning the deficit. swelling 17% in 2018 to $779 billion. the highest in six years. insiders say this is a campaign talking point. >> no need to speculate. it is a blatant lie. >> two weeks before the midterms. >> no plan. >> the president wants to remind people he cut taxes and he wants the middle class to think he can do more. >> if he wanted this tax cut, he had 18 months to get it through. we all know what this is and im certain the crowd knows what this is....

Nancy pelosi says democrats will use subpoena powers if they take the house in the midterms. at cnns citizen conference, she told dana bash she would use subpoena powers to gain leverage. >> subpoena power is interesting. to use it or not to use it. its a great arrow to have in your quiver in terms of necessity going ygotiating on o. >> she is comfortable she will be speaker again if the democrats win the house. hurricane willa bearing down on the western coast as a category four. the aftermat...

For the middle east, gone. billions of dollars and weapons, gone. jobs by the thousands and thousands, gone, so be careful. >> you should always be careful. but in state craft, things are never walk away or give in. you lose -- you use the leverage that you have. we have substantial leverage over the saudis. this gives us even more leverage. >> more? >> yes, because theyre in a disadvantaged situation with respect to us and it is bared to everyone of how needful they are in this relationship. re...

Which i think is the fundamental battle. by your home and not your pay i think that europe does not have to tell us what we have to do. because they are prejudiced against us the stopping comparison to other european countries are enough to confidently expect a yes the president. on tuesday the european commission is set to discuss and decide the next steps in the procedure for assessing italys proposed budget for next year. now for more on this topic were joined by dr john whittaker an economic...

Which i think is the fundamental battle. of what i mean about your faith i think that europe does not have to tell us what we have to do also because they are prejudiced against us the stopping comparison to other european countries may not be confidently expect a yes they praise europe. on tuesday the european commission is set to discuss and decide the next steps in the procedure for assessing italys proposed budget for next year. now for more on this topic were joined by dr john whittaker an ...

Of stumble onto a good idea. to put pressure on south america and central america and mexico. make them come up to the plate and do their job of enforcing their borders. if you do that, then it makes it a lot easier for us to deal with our border. >> the united states has leverage with these countries. it must be true that they are not doing everything they could be doing to try to prevent this from happening. these people are walking through several countries on their way. the united states giv...

Region. erdogan has certainly become a much more challenging ally of ours. given his policies that he has taken and moving it to an islamic state. they obviously have an authoritarian rule. a conflict we have over them with syria. he is actually using this as leverage against the saudis. what is fact and what is fiction? that is why the administration sent the director of the cia to turkey. we dont know when they are long and telling the truth. >> martha: as you say, there was all this talk abou...

President trump and president putin. so this will be one issue. i mean, if, in fact, mr. bolton has gone to moscow with this statement by president trump, as a means to try to push the russians back into compliance, i would be all in favor of that. im just worried that thats not what were trying to do. >> i know you laid out what you believe would be a winning strategy. one of the things that you suggest is really pressing both european and asian allies. is there still a window to do that? >> th...

But its not a -- its not something one party does. there are many -- more than -- not more than, in addition to any subpoena power, and subpoena power is interesting, to use it or not to use it. its a great arrow to have in your quiver. >> its a great arrow to have in your quiver. but she also went on to say that maybe that they would use the power of subpoena as leverage, as a negotiating tool for other issues. i was surprised that she said that, frankly, and republicans are jumping on it alrea...