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Tariffs. brian: wants that 300 percent for dairy farmers, he wants that reigned in. he wrote a check to farmers because he knows they are going through hell right now because of these tariffs. >> thats the presidents hard line. thats his leverage, do, this negotiate, or tariffs. and you cant afford the tariffs. brian: when do we see varney and company? >> 9:00 eastern time, five days a week. brian: because you wet my appetite. i cannot wait for more of your show. >> really? a fine promo, brian, ...

Are worse off for the president has tried to do, we got about a year longer and thats their rocket assembly facility and nuclear test sites. these are good signs. we also change the flip the script where china was a facilitator of all the diplomacy in both the clinton and bush administration which i first served to one where we are dealing directly into our leverage. its very easy to go back to maximum pressure because we never really stopped doing that, except for that minor military drill that...

Youre basically putting alliance equities on the table to negotiate with north korea. we shouldnt be doing that. those exercises help to preserve the peace. they dont create provocations with north korea. for the defense secretary to say that i think is a good sign. its good for all the other countries in the region to know that the united states is not backing anway from it. >> so has split the allies and also weakened our negotiating, our leverage. >> and vis-a-vis china as well. chinas moved ...

We traumatized these kids. lets at least give them farrah si -- fair asylum proceedings now. i dont think these kids can ever be really whole, but lets get them back. i got off the phone talking with a counsel. the government came back with something about asylum hearings. theyre not giving farrir asayl hearings to these families. >> the government making these excuses for kids that dont fit the class and slow-walking these reunifications, even the ones theyre ordered to do. is there any other l...

Talked to robert mueller about negotiating a plea deal before the trial but those talks fell apart. joining me is jill wine-banks, former assistant counsel of the army. jill, thanks for being with us. the scene was the jury was deliberating over in alexandria, virginia, on the first trial. what would get the defense lawyers to sit down and start talking about robert muellers lawyers about a plea deal, not a cooperating deal but a deal to avoid the second trial. what would be the leverage on eith...

The charges that manafort was facing in the second trial. seven felony counts. they are similar to in some ways but also they depart from the kinds of charges he faced in virginia. why would they have thought that they had leverage with the special counsels office at that point to get prosecutors to drop those charges? what could they have been offering? >> they dont really have leverage unless theyre willing to offer full and complete and truthful cooperation. that doesnt seem likely to me. so ...

Would be left with really just the convictions, but not the cooperation. they absolutely want the cooperation. and that is the small bit of leverage that mr. manafort has. but in order for him to trade that, he is going to have to give the prosecutors everything about everyone. that may be a painful road for him to walk. >> one last question for you. less a pure legal question and more like a real politics question. the president has publicly praised mr. manafort for not being a rat in the presi...

They are similar, too, in some ways but also they depart from the kinds of charges that he faced in virginia. why would they have thought that they had leverage with the special counsels office at that point to get prosecutors to drop those charges? what could they have been offering? >> they dont really have leverage unless theyre willing to offer full and complete and truthful cooperation. and that doesnt seem likely to me. so there really isnt a lot of leverage. and im not surprised that defe...

Cooperation and that is the small bit of leverage that mr. manafort has. but in order for him to trade that, hes going to have to give the prosecutors everything about everyone and that may be a painful road for him to walk. >> one last question for you on this, chuck, and i guess this is less a pure legal question and more kind of like a real politic question. the president has publicly praised mr. manafort for not being a rat, in the presidents terms, calling him brave and saying he wouldnt br...

That be because a lack of cooperation? >> it could be. and it may be that as john was saying in those moments while the jury was still out, its kind of like the moment before the roulette wheel stops spinning, everyone feels like they have leverage at that point. it could be the special counsel was reacting to the manafort team not wanting to give too much or wanting certain sort of advantages that they werent going to give. usually they need to have some serious discussions and proffers to see ...