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These lawmakers off the hook. as theyre preparing to go home on this recess, again in action on immigration -- again, inaction on immigration despite the outrage they have been speaking about despite whats happen eing at the border. we heard the president try to push the hand forward and passing legislation using the family separation practice as some leverage of sorts. almost admitting to doing just that. then issuing this executive order. help us understand why lawmakers are so hesitant to act...

None of you guys are there. >> thats right. we know -- i have real concerns. the president met with kim jong-un and started using his own talking points and praisesed the guy thats been responsible for deaths of hundreds of thousands. hes going to talk with putin right at the time of the nato summit after he has gone out of his way to question our relationship with nato. the president has suggest that had russia, who we even put sanctions on for marching into and taking control of crimea for wel...

Over russia and what it wants to see happen in syria? >> i think that if the u.s. went out of syria, they would have very little leverage over the russians. they would have to trust the word of the russians. the other -- the interesting thing that was syria, the russians have a very, very close relationship with the israelis as well. we had benjamin netanyahu here in town a couple of weeks -- a couple of months ago, and then he might be coming back for the close of the soccer world cup in july. ...

Here. low and behold it did. now mitch mcconnell said eliminate the filibuster. the democrats are left with no leverage. they are in a very very difficult position now, and they have to engage in this fight. and theyre going to fight to the bitter end because so much is at stake. they know the odds are really stacked against them. >> yeah. kennedy, he did vote in favor of trumps travel ban but also offered a rebuke. what does it say to you, kevin, that kennedy, who is a republican, is willing to...

Committee that wrapped up the investigation. schiff talked to a lot of people involved in this. he was part of an investigation. today he suggests that russians laundered money through the trump organization, and that is why the president is seen as soft on russia. its an incredible thing to come from a sitting congressman. heres what he said. >> one of the things i think needs to be investigated by the special counsel and the congress is whether the russians were laundering money through the tr...

What is essential front in center. we got our first taste this week with that decision on immigration, of how the court mirrors the larger body politic when it comes to the trump era. >> democrats are really, they feel burned, they are fuming because they -- you know theyre looking back to what mitch mcconnell did, he wouldnt have allowed that to go through president obamas nominee. but also, this president could end up filling another seat as well. thats ruth, 85 years old. shes not getting any...

That they dont have any leverage anymore because now they dont have a filibuster anymore, that was done away with. but, they have to fight, because they have to fight because these are issues that are really important to them. these are issues that are important to their base, to their party. the democratic party now, you could argue is driven by women. if roe v. wade becomes the issue, this will galvanize democrats. what theyve got to do now, they have a tough job is theyre going to fight this....

Favor. >> look, the democrat is going to wage a fight and fight really hard because this is important to them and important to their base, but they know they dont have any leverage here. they have lost the filibuster as phil mattingly pointed out earlier. and they will talk a lot of row v wade because this is important to them, and important to women who are the backbone now of the democratic party. and what they are trying to do is corral all 49 democrats and get them to stick together. and tha...

Compelled to vote along with his president. you can yell and scream, but as far as strategy and official rules, you have no leverage. >> again, i look at a lot of the seats people did not think were in play that are in play right now. don, i was in dallas, texas, on friday night. they had 2,000 people at his grass roots event running against ted cruz in texas. >> if they get a vote in the mid-terms? >> thats why i think if you put pressure on these incumbent senators they may not just rubber sta...

Promise of two supreme court justices, thats a serious record. that will get a lot of conservatives to the polls. i expect this to happen fast. >> gloria, one of things was for democrats, they were going nuclear and getting rid of the filibusters. >> yeah, harry redid it because he was frustrated about not about able to get barack obamas federal judicial nominees through. one thing led to another. its mitch mcconnell standing up on the floor of the senate saying, youre not going to always contro...