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Countries. to simply say they have more to lose, wrong. they also have a political system that allows the leadership to do whatever they the ud states, we dont havet that. we have a political system that if people dont like whats happening on trade, they can take it out on their representatives. so the politics are different. the amount of leverage is higher in china. >> you put something in perfect context that every viewer should understand. who gets hurt worse. that was your question. your qu...

That nonsense, instead, hes not. >> can we just talk about wage enforcement for a moment? i want to take us back to immigration. when the presints its all these undocumented ants, those undocumented immigrants, they would love to get paid minimum wage. they would love to get health care and vacation. if we actually have a zero tolerance policy, and we went after those who hire undocumented workers, who pay them less than minimum wage who hold out pay because they have no leverage, that could hav...

And the lawyers in that case, on the plaintiff side of that case, have unique papers, peter shea has told me. they are authorized to enter and examine any of these detention facilities anywhere in the country at any time. they are the only people who can do this. and that is news to me. and i think hes going to bring some real news to this discussion tonight. >> wow! ive never heard that at all. thats -- that is whoa if true. thats a big deal. >> they have a set of leverage points they can bring...

Tonight in minnesota, continues to talk about. you heard in those comments he thinks this was an act of weakness. he felt he had to do it but he wants to appear strong and hes going to hammer that home. he believes it will galvanize his voters in the midterms to vote for republicans and will energize voters on the other side, as well. this might be the defining issue of the midterm election. not the russia investigation, not the economy or health care premiums rising. >> democrats saying they ha...

Problem. but were not willing to be held hostage and dont want the kids to be held hostage to allow the president or paul ryan or mitch mcconnell to use their trauma and abuse as leverage to get us to agree to a border wall or to be able to short circuit due process and kick out other immigrants without any kind of due process. so to solve this problem, yes, were absolutely on board. and of course, were always in discussions about some comprehensive immigration reform. but were not going to be t...

Why? what happened? >> well, i think the president is getting hammered. hes getting pummelled by people from all over the countries. he is getting pull emed by his wife, his daughter. and i think that what he once thought would give him leverage to get legislation through congress. i mean, using this as political leverage is now backfiring on him. and when he spoke to members of congress last night, he talked about, look, i know those pictures. they dont look good. the president, lets get this c...

Hes using children as the negotiating tool to get a bigger immigration deal done. its not clear after that meeting yesterday with house republicans what he really supports. >> right. its not clear what he wants. they are correct. hes using this as leverage as he ended daca as a means of getting leverage. we do know he wants pretty punitive policies on the border. he wants a restriction as to agenda implemented. the question is will he compromise at all to get that. >> the house would like leader...

This was ad hoccism at its very worst. they did not sort of zero tolerance policy, were going to be tough, were going to be strong. were going to use it to negotiate with congress so we can get our wall and we can get etching we want. >> leverage. >> it backfired on them in a huge public disgraceful way. disgrateful. >> so why is kristen nielsen the secretary saying ask congress to do their jobs? this again, first of all its a majority in congress, a, b, its not about congress doing their job, b...

He wants. and hes working with hard-line elements in the gop who have grown in numbers over the decades and want to get a bill that cracks down on the border, that builds a wall, and this is leverage. this is his ideas of leverage in legislative negotiations. >> when its which to legislation, there -- when it comes to legislation, there are two bills in the house this week. one, a conservative approach that doesnt appear to have the votes. one, a more compromised bill, backed by paul ryan. its n...

Perfectly happy to have them released even though they wont have their parents. their parents will be held. they will be released into the united states. the question i keep seeing asked, why dont they reunite them and send them across the border they came n. i think you will hear that question rise more and more and more and the system we have the obama administration owns a lot of the recent rampup of this. they have the responsibility for it, is encouraging these families to come and encourag...