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Rebel. donald trump is on twitter. we saw this in the primaries. im going to boycott the fox news debate. he did. the ratings went down and the network panicked and came back. >> donald trump has the leverage. eric, tiffany, theyll join us later in the show. have a great rest of the day. your moment of maxine up next. when my hot water heater failed, she was pregnant, in-laws were coming, a little bit of water, it really- it rocked our world. i had no idea the amount of damage that water could...

>> apparently it means going the other direction, though. it doesnt mean going towards responsible governing. >> heres what happened this week, and this is why this week is good week. its a good week in america because at the beginning of the week because of this guy and some other folks over at helsinki everybody got to see the degree of leverage -- we dont know exactly what it is, but the degree of leverage that vladimir putin has over donald trump was laid bare on the international stage with...

In helsinki. it was embarrassing to see how that went down. and since it happened, the proof has been in the putin. hes had two chances to show that trump is right and hell be a friend, and he showed off his armaments and he blocked the united states at the u.n. what does that tell you. >> mr. trump has been overcommitting and overpromising and somehow has this preternatural ability to sway these authoritarian leaders. he did it with kim in singapore when he overcommitted and overpromised and he...

Because of no real leverage? >> interesting question. havent heard much about a deal or negotiations with federal prosecutors. seems he prepared to go to trial and assert innocence. part of his defense will probably be he didnt have control over these accounts and didnt have specific intent to defraud the government. so its curious as to why he hasnt given the mounds and mound of evidence against him, paper evidence. got to be compelling to jurors sitting there looking at all of these lavish, yo...

>> hillary clinton suffered one of the most shocking defeats in american history. >> i know how disappointed you feel because i feel it, too. >> at least in part some observers say because of the alleged hacking operation. >> this is painful, and it will be for a long time. >> putin had apparently avenged his old grudge. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> yeah. >> and he may have achieved even more. >> the 45th president of the united states. >> if donald trump is in some w...

Stuff, there are guardrails. i really felt this week for the first time the president is just ignoring all the guardrails. >> i got to tell you adm, i was in helsinki. it was embarrassing to see how that went down. and since it happened, the proof has been in the putin. hes had two chances to show that trump is right and hell be a friend, and he showed off his armaments and he blocked the united states at the u.n. what does that tell you. >> mr. trump has been overcommitting and overpromising an...

Administration, the united states of america, is that a there would be no repatriation of refugees under any area under control of bashar al assad which of course is assumed by the russians. if the russians have any leverage there, it would be only to return refugees into syrian government territory. so that creates a schism, potential friction between the white house and the policy wonks within the united states of america. and ultimately russians are saying that weve got a lot of great new wea...

So does russia have compromising material on president trump? thats a question being asked seriously by some intelligence officials and even republican lawmakers after president trumps strange performance alongside putin earlier this week in helsinki. our story on what exactly the russian koss have on the president. >> again, president putin, thank you very much. >> reporter: the presidents stunning embrace of vladimir putin in helsinki has again fueled questions over putins possible kompromat, ...

Wanted. >> hillary clinton suffered one of the most shocking defeats in america history. >> i know how disappointed you feel because i feel it too. >> at least in part because of the the alleged hacking operation. >> this is painful. and it will be for a long time. >> putin had apparently avenged his old grudge. >> so help me god. >> congratulation mr. president. >> and he may have achieved even more. >> the 45th president of the united states. >> if donald trump is in some way compromised, if t...

Active when they identify someone who may be an influential individual and they could exercise leverage over. they go after them. >> reporter: president trump said if vladimir putin had compromising information on him it would have been out a long time ago, but analysts say its likely well never know exactly what kompromat putin has on trump saying the point of having compromising information is to hold it over your rival, extract concessions as long as you can, because as soon as putin releases...