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Of the republican base. but theres also a reality going on separately that he understands that he has to deal with. and that is he doesnt have the votes and hes got to deal with these republicans who understand their leverage and are using it to the nth degree. >> quickly before you go, we heard lindsey graham, a few other republican senators calling on dianne feinstein and her office to be investigated for the leak of this -- dr. fords letter, et cetera. she came out with an ardent defense yest...

Exchange provision. both can provide models for negotiating in asia. the kinds of things barack obama did not accomplish in the transpacific agreement that donald trump decided to back out of. this is important because now it lays out what we expect. moreover, as europeans said, mexicans agreeing, you have a lot of leverage. canada is in the european camp, a free-trade agreement with europe, in the end it was better to make a deal for us. this president is serious, after putting america first, a...

Goalposts that democrats are going to say at the end of the week, we didnt have a long enough fbi investigation. thats true. we know thats going to happen. but again, the democrats arent the issue here. its those three republican senators who i am told are going to, until the very last minute that they can, work together as a block, because as a block, they have unlimited leverage because if they stick together on the process of the fbi investigation and what they expect, then mitch mcconnell do...

With jeff flake or do they think he was giving the others coverage? what do they believe? >> if jeff flake was a pinata it would be shattered on the floor. theyre frustrated but he has all the leverage because its a tight situation. he has the votes. so they just have to keep their mouths shut. if they were saying what they really thought about jeff flake, what theyre saying privately, you wouldnt be able to broadcast it on fox news. >> bill: wow. its that strong. >> stronger than that id say. >...

The judiciary committee only has a one-person majority for republicans, 11-10. im that 11th republican. i had leverage there. and i felt that my friend chris coons on the other side of the aisle had just made an impassioned plea to have a short limited time duration fbi investigation. and i thought there is no reason we shouldnt accept that. >> during an event in boston today arizona senator jeff flake offering that almost grim acknowledgment of the power and influence and impact hes had over th...

Im that 11th republican. i had leverage there. i felt that my friend chris on the other side of the aisle had just made an impassioned plea to have a short limited time duration fbi investigation. and i thought there is no reason we shouldnt accept that. >> during an event in boston arizona senator jeff flake offering that almost grim acknowledgment of the power and influence and impact he has had over this nomination of brett kavanaugh. if kavanaughs candidacy survives the finding of the fbi hi...

The judiciary committee only has a one person majority for republicans, 11-10. im that 11th republican. i had leverage there. i felt that my friend chris on the other side of the aisle had just made an impassioned plea to have a short limited time duration fbi investigation. and i thought there is no reason we shouldnt accept that. >> during an event in boston arizona senator jeff flake offering that almost grim acknowledgment of the power and influence and impact he has had over this nomination...

Institution, is having issues, as well. and thats why chris coons and i felt that it was important to hit the brakes here and to make sure that we can give, one, our colleagues more confidence, that weve done all of the investigating. two, the country needed to see this, as well. that we had taken this very seriously. >> the move with senator coons, the compromise, which, again, led to the fbi investigation, why havent you used that more? when the senate is so split, and before the passing of jo...

Its one of my only good traits. i dont drink. wherever theyre looking for something good, i say, ive never had a glass of alcohol. ive never had alcohol, just, you know, for whatever reason. can you imagine if i had, what a mess id be. i would be the worlds worst. but ive never drank, okay? but i can tell you, i watched that hearing and i watched a man saying he did have difficulty as a young man with drink. the one question i didnt ask is how about the last 20 years? have you had difficulty in ...

It comes about a month after the u.s. and mexico signed a trade deal between the two of them. at the time the administration threatened to leave canada out. leaders of the three countries are expected to sign the deal before the end of next month. the big sticking point here was dairy. canada will make some concessions for that. thats really been a source of frustration for the u.s. so in return, the united states will dial back the threat of new auto tariffs, although the details still arent cl...