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>> shannon: less than 30 minutes from now attorney general jeff sessions expected to announce a crackdown on the leaks in washington well take you live when he steps to the podium. china is stepping up military readiness after a series of missile launches by north korea, why the pentagon is taking very close note. >> china controls 80 percent of the imports into north korea. a massive point of leverage. they wanted a buffer state since 1950. at some point a buffer state that destabilizes the reg...

Perform i.t. and still getting paid on the hill. so now there are new questions about this. in a piece in the "wall street journal" the scandal everyone is ignoring. based on what we know the aman story at the very least a tale of massive government incompetence, allowed a family of swindlers to bilk taxpayers out of millions. house democrats would be forced to step down in a more accountable world. this is a gop member of congress and russian nationals, if that was the case these would be getti...

Ive never seen anything like this but never transcripts of presidential phone calls. how would you like to be a world leader talking to president trump? this undermines his ability to be an effective president. it has to stop. >> shannon: is that the point? do you think the leaks, is that the point by these people who maybe feel like the ends justify the means? >> definitely. let me say this about the president. were a country of process, not outcomes. were going to follow legal process. nobody ...

Capitol hill patients like jorge will never lose their safety net. this from a conservative republican who is committed to preserving it. that is a story, leland, in the debate that you have not likely heard until now. >> leland: unquestionably true on that point. thank you, sir. all right. shannon. >> shannon: were just moments away from attorney general jeff sessions and other top doj officials discussing how they plan to confront the ongoing leak problem. r visitor experience. improve our wor...

Like we did in desert storm against iraq. >> appreciate your time. thanks as always. >> shannon: check this out. incredible video coming in showing a car tangled and hanging from power lines. how the mother behind the wheel and her children ended up sticking up in the air like that as you see on your screen. severe weather in the west. floodwaters nearly washing out train tracks. well take a look at the damage coming up. >> my legs are shaking at that point. we cant go nowhere. so im like what i...

Here is what i think is interesting. they might not the republicans who dont like trump might not like his tweets or the language he uses and he might make political mistakes in the things he says. as a conservative whether you look at pushing back on healthcare, reducing government regulations, taxes, securing the border, crushing isis, building our military, a pro-life president. all those things that me as a conservative have been fighting for in congress donald trump is fighting with me. thi...

Following day. on the surface there appeared to be nothing of national security value in those calls beyond the embarrassment it caused the president. but kellyanne conway begs to differ. >> leaking the phone calls between our president and other heads of state is nothing short of a national disgrace. democratic senator from virginia mark warner agrees with that. he said so yesterday. >> what foreign head of state will want to speak openly and confidently with the president of the united states ...

When you get to the point the minority can stop business as usual. the point about the president. what do you make of those within your party who are openly criticizing him. questions about how much tension between there is the hill and white house. you try to get things done and so far a major legislative win alluding you. >> thats been the big frustration. the healthcare the largest of those. 49 republicans solidly behind getting a chance to get rid of the individual and employer mandate. move...

Single handle the matter of north korea. what card left do you have to get china to act? >> we have the presidents twitter feed, we have the most powerful man in the world making it very clear that we came out of the summit with high hopes. lets look at the facts. forget op-ed pieces in newspapers across the globe. china controls more than 80 percent of the imports into north korea. thats a massive point of leverage. china has wanted a buffer state since 1950. but at some point a buffer state th...

You have to have 60 people to agree to start debate and 60 people to agree to end debate and then when you pass the bill it just takes 51. what im proposing is taking away the first one. it takes a simple majority to open up debate. debate any issue, topic or bill. if the minority is not heard you keep the 60 vote at the end to make sure we can keep debate going until every voice is heard. thats the heart of the senate is do debates, not prevent us from doing debates. keep the 60 at the end. get...