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Re-election in states donald trump won in 2016, five of those represent states trump carried by double digits. so theyre going to feel compelled to vote along with his president. i understand what youre saying. you can yell and scream. 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 agai...

A trade surplus lose much more than those with a deficit. is wrong the eurozone should not maintain the kind of surplus spearheaded by germany we should reduce it to do so we have to spend more at home companies in the state need to invest more in the name but instead the german state is letting infrastructure fall apart. twenty eight place out of thirty two according to the o.e.c.d. when it comes to going digital so theres plenty to do if we could repair germany show that were. trying to avoid ...

In -- it hasnt even been enforced to an extent that america had any kind of leverage at all. president trump is the first president who cared more about american jobs and florida farmers then about the swiss diplomats at their tea parties. hes fighting for us and i am excited to see finally a president take on the trade wars who will benefit american workers, florida workers, florida businesses and florida farmers. >> bret: gentlemen, thank you. >> martha: now moving onto the issue of entitlemen...

About earlier this week that families got to get together within a month. you have to reunite these kids again. there is the possibility -- there had been the possibility, still is the possibility that the da could fight that. i said are you going to fight it? >> well, were going to see. but we believe that families should be together also. so theres not a lot to fight. but we believe families have to be together. but what we really do is we believe in very strong borders, no crime, and the demo...

Fix. that aint happening. >> and another example of how congress doesnt do something especially on immigration that theres a crisis happening, there were going to act on family separations until the president did the executive order. they could pass a stand alone bill, but it seems like theyve kind of forgotten about that. they talked about it a lot two weeks ago. i think if im just speculating here, this is something that the president wants to use as leverage. he wants to use this family separ...

Person i remember saying that was actually arlen specter, republican moderate republican from pennsylvania who wanted an answer about -- it was not about rowe. and he just simply said to then justice rehnquist, im not voting for you for chief justice unless you answer this question. and he eventually answered the question. >> thats a good point of leverage. nina and nancy, thank you very much. >> youre welcome. >> ahead, senator bernie sanders joins me to talk about the massive implications of k...

So if you have the president of the united states coming out and taking russias word for it that they did not meddle in the elections and then you have a hearing in which the republicans are lamb pasting the special counsel who is investigating that very interference and whether or not trump was involved, well that just spells trouble in the come months. >> ned price, these two things intersecting here. we are talking about the mueller investigation. we are talking about russia. we are talking a...

Potentially at the very least clued with the russian government during the campaign. if putt putin had either personal leverage over him as we have heard some allege or financial leverage. much the same could be said on the international stage. when donald trump meets with vladimir putin and as donald trump has fulfilled his duties as commander in chief over the past year and a half or so why is it that he is consistently cow toed to the wills and whims of vladimir putin, which interests certain...

Democrats, if the shoe is on the other foot say im not voting to confirm you unless you answer this question and the last person i remember saying that was actually arlen specter, republican moderate republican from pennsylvania who wanted an answer about -- it was not about rowe. and he just simply said to then justice rehnquist, im not voting for you for chief justice unless you answer this question. and he eventually answered the question. >> thats a good point of leverage. nina and nancy, th...

So what leverage does the democratic party have right now? >> well i could tell you, within the senate rules very limited leverage. but we do have the court of public opinion. the american people will get to judge whether or not donald trumps selection for a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land is consistent with american values or represents an extreme point of view. if they think it is extreme, they can make the feelings felt. not only by contacting congress, but by their vote...