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About this. nothing unusual about this or its the democrats policy. this has never ever been done before as a systematic policy to take kids away from their parents at the rate of 100%. its just never been done before. its reminiscent of native american children being taken away from their parents or children separated from their families japanese internment camps. this is not an immigration policy weve seen from the federal government before. >> kate, the talking points of the rnc is sending ou...

As a cooperating witness, then they sort of own him. and when they put him on the stands, theyre going to be perceived as being aligned with somebody who has tampered with witnesses. and, you know, that makes for a real credibility challenge for that kind of a witness. >> glenn, quickly, then, with this now added on to the balance, does this give mueller even a better opportunity, would you say, now to flip him finally? >> if muellers team is interested in bringing mr. manafort on as a cooperati...

Blows up politically. he acknowledged himself he wants to use these child detainees as leverage to get democrats to give in to his demand to fund his border wall and enact tougher border legislation. >> well, more on paul manafort next. president trump defending his former campaign chairman on the same day he is sent to jail over allegations of witness tampering. >> manafort has nothing to do with our campaign. but i tell you, i feel a little badly about it. they went back 12 years to get things...

Doesnt spend the rest of his life in jail, flip on the president if he has anything to give or not do it. the president by saying this was unfair and rudy giuliani coming out and saying what he said, dangling a pardon, has put doubt into manaforts mind maybe he doesnt have to cooperate. probably removed the threat of jailtime. it is an insidious thing theyve done. at some point, i think harry makes a good point about it. its tough to ask whether giuliani crossed a legal line here. but i can tell...

From both sides is in effect, he may have more leverage to steal this debate. he might be thinking that that could get him money for the border wall. this may be a tactic. >> erin del mar, john harwood, thank you, guys, appreciate the conversation. questions about cash -- what the trump foundation did with it, and just how much jared kushner and ivanka trump have made since starting their white house jobs, we break it down for you, next. ill take you there. take this left. if you listen real h...

Partners to get something really significant done on any number of fronts, not only with north korea. >> so real quickly as i looked at the book, some of the fundamentals for good negotiation according to you, preparation, maximizing leverage and controlling the agenda. did the president fall short in any of these? >> he did unfortunately. i think that he himself admitted that hes really not much of one for preparation, he goes with his gut, he goes with his instincts and i think that was a prob...

The president is trying to use it as a leverage. hes trying to say as long as these children are separated fr their families, it is the democrats fault which is not true. the president is calling on congress to put tough i immigration laws and including money to build the law. the president is trying to use them seeshl essentially as a bag chip. republicans are more likely to go along with the presidents plan. >> susan, i will turn to you with the question. is that the reality here? are these ch...

Their law -- thats their law. the democrats forced that law upon our nation. i hate it. >> but theres no law that says families have to be separated at the border. >> its their laws. >> reporter: so what accounts for all of this? the president yesterday acknowledged hes in effect using these children as leverage. suggesting he wont change the policy until democrats give in to his demands for a border wall. now, you have republicans on capitol hill who are also uncomfortable with this administrat...

There is certainly not a single page in that entire 500-page report that weve all looked at that speaks to the presidents exposure on either the issue of collusion or obstruction of justice. what there is is a detailed account of james comeys actions all throughout the 2016 election season, and what it finds is that he was repeatedly insubordinate and that he essentially ignored doj protocols. what the president is appearing to do is leverage that to say, you see, all along i had a reason to fir...

As leverage to put in a bunch of other bad stuff while solving the crisis that they created. >> so youre saying that if you dont go along with it, help me understand the logic. if democrats dont go along with it, then can the president say, look, we had a fix. republicans suggested a fix. democrats wont go along with it. thats whats happening at the border. >> thats absolutely what hell do. he did a similar thing with north korea, for example. he got credit -- he and kim jong-un got credit for t...