Page 1531 - Leverage News Today

They doubled down on them being victims themselves of being held hostage by democrats, and the logic that they employed was, were not holding these poor, innocent victims hostage, but if we dont get what we want, were going to continue the policy. so they are using them as leverage. they as much as admitted it. don, i have to tell you, this is one issue ive covered for 35 years, and its frightening in its scope. both parties have punted this issue for years. and when you think about the fact tha...

He certainly has a constituency who support the idea of standing up for american interests against getting ripped off internationally. >> by the way -- >> the markets dont like it, and the business community certainly doesnt like it. >> by the way, trade deal with canada and the tpp would help in negotiations with china. the president has weakened his standing as he tries to get some kind of concession. david rohde, the most fascinating factor in all of this, i dont think its disconnected, is ki...

We move forward and measure this thing in missed opportunities about more specific about what theyll do. >> david rohde, getting more concessions requires china to maintain the sanctions. the minute china lets up on its economic pressure on north korea, what happens? >> theres no pressure at all. kim jong-un needs his economy to grow and shows his population that there is hope. but 90% of north koreas imports come from china. china has all the leverage here and china is increasingly angry at don...

Leftist politicians from senators to hillary clinton took their best shot. >> it is unacceptable in my mind. i think in the minds and hearts of many american that someone can justify a policy of deliberate harm to children as a way to gain legislative leverage. >> in fact what hes doing is holding these kids and their parents hostage to a whole set of other immigration issues. >> separating families is not mandated by law at all. that is an outright lie. and its incumbent on all of us, journalis...

Know we can with one phone call, congress needs to fix this and fix it fast. >> bret: inside the sound bites, inside we heard congress trickle congressman meadow say, what senator schumer is saying, is that its a political leverage tool. both sides are seeing the upside for fighting the battle. >> its ridiculous. makes people so angry, rightly so. the compromise bill, as its described, as a.b. said, it addresses the immediate emergency. issues on the table from chuck schumer. the changes they ma...

>> it is unacceptable in my mind. i think in the minds and hearts of many american that someone can justify a policy of deliberate harm to children as a way to gain legislative leverage. >> in fact what hes doing is holding these kids and their parents hostage to a whole set of other immigration issues. >> separating families is not mandated by law at all. that is an outright lie. and its incumbent on all of us journalists and citizens alike to colleges that. >> laura: okay. well, she should kno...

Public products to target. american allies say they will retaliate. the state department claims arguments will not affect other aspects of international relationships. >> encouraging you not to conflate the two issues. we have complex relationships with so many countries around the world where we have things with are in total disagreement over and areas where we are working to develop better agreements. >> some analysts disagree especially on china and its involvement with north korea. >> they a...

And so the president continues, mika, to play games with peoples lives to get what he wants whether its the 800,000 daca participants or now the little children at our borders to get what he wants and then -- par for the course -- when he cant come up with a rational explanation he lies about it or blames the democrats or both. he never takes responsibility for the harm that he causes. >> katie kay? >> senator, i was wondering, most of your democrats clearly -- the president is not just holding ...

Resettlement. we havent been able to get a list yet. i understand its important to keep the list confidential so theres not threats to the girls where they are but we have to have congressional oversight. the fact that the secretary isnt familiar with the other side of this that is so relevant to her policy is deputies ldeep troubling. >> what about whether she should resign? >> she should. she gave so many different false storie stories. thats exactly the argument that sessions, our attorney ge...

Misdemeanor charge, they would accomplish just about the same number of prosecutions but they wouldnt have this child separation thing. they want to separate children from their parents. they want to use it as a deternd deterrent and negotiating leverage to get the border wall. >> on that point, i think its true in this respect too. ive been very struck that trump hasnt defended the details of the policy. he pretended late last week he was very upset about this. he is engaged big time on twitter...