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Week. >> okay, lets talk about that. so if this is just a tactic in order to get leverage, and i hear your theory on that, heres what the republicans have brought to the table in this draft bill on immigration, okay. so let me just lay it out. $25 billion for border security, including the border wall. we know thats long been one of the presidents top priorities. ending the diversity visa lottery. cuts to family-based visas. path to citizenship for daca recipients, so i assume that you would be ...

Just spin things, he lies. you guys should be clear about that, he lies. >> i appreciate your candor in this because this one is hard to figure out what hes saying. hes the president. the attorney general is his attorney general. the attorney general has announced this new zero tolerance policy. there wasnt a zero tolerance policy before they came to office. >> right. >> so how he can possibly say that this is up to the democrats, this one is a total head scratcher. you know, why are they doing ...

Migration, and it also expands amnesties in a way that is really dangerous, in a much where people who are children of foreign workers will be able to apply for amnesty. thats an uncontrolled program and i think the white house should look a lot about why they are really truly onboard with this, or whether they are giving up way too much and losing their leverage. >> both sides are saying, the other side is preventing them from getting bill down i bill across the finish line. it seems like it ma...

And you have retreated. >> bret: there is some heart failure on capitol hill today and the white house put out a statement this afternoon. the president supports both bills and in this mornings interview he was commenting on the disk charge position in the house, not the package. so straightening that out, it is important. >> i have half an eye on a a midterm election that is five months from now and its my sense that none of this moves until then. perhaps depending on the outcome in november, w...

People. now he is trying to tell us no, it is the democrats who are causing this problem. the president for all of his dumbness and all of the various crazinesses of him. he knows thats not a winning argument. he also knows these picture are devastating. they have to find a way out of this because its not going to go away. its not like fewer cameras are going there. more are. >> this is why you see two pieces of legislation coming out from congressional republicans. one the good lat, wont go any...

This means h is going to flip. hes not happy. people change lawyers all the time. what do you think it means? >> he is facing an indictment tation with experience ve in the southern distric new york, a new york lawyer that has fought these battles before. i think its time for him to switch to a different kind of lawyer, and it probably doesnt mean much more than that. >> >> you say tha southern district of new york wants cohen to cooperate, and theyre going to bring strong charges to apply maxim...

Americans putting in a lot of pressure on pakistan these days they have withdrawn their first suspended to military aid the putting him as above we are putting diplomatic pressure on power so i must start i went to pakistan three times and in the last year i talked to not only the civilian government which was a her main but its of course also the military leadership which is we have the power and the country have to face that you know and were talking a lot we are pressurizing them but for paki...

Americans putting a lot of pressure on pakistan these days they have withdrawn their first suspended to military aid and the putting as above that we are putting diplomatic pressure on pakistan i myself i went to pakistan three times and in the last half year i talked to not only the civilian government which was a whole main part of it its of course also the military leadership which is we have the power and the country have to face that you know and were talking a lot we are pressurizing them ...

I think the bigger question coming out of summit, the question is does this become the moment where the north koreans are let out of the box. does president trumps willingness to be overly kind, overly gracious and make a mistake in terms of protocol, does this send a signal its okay to engage with the moenort koreans. are they let out of box prematurely in way that does damage to our leverage and ability to negotiate the details of what the president says he wants and what secretary pompeo laid...

Quixote. michael cohens legal battle shakeup foretells a possible battle with trump." and democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut. lets get the update on michael cohen, emily. everyone keeps asking him if hes going to flip. why wouldnt he and whats the timeline on this? >> well, michael cohen is in a place of leverage right now. he feels like he has not been protected by the president, by the presidents family and be his inner circle in washington and this is a man whos been around for m...