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Major missile shield system to poland and other nations. were talking a $5 billion deal. certainly sort of hedges his ambitions. seems to be common knowledge that vladimir putin dreams of the good old days when the ussr was a bigger entity, a bigger power player and maybe could reconstitute that somehow. >> no doubt about it. nobody since stalin has expanded basic russia territory since putin came along. thats what hes been doing in crimea, eastern europe, georgia. ill tell you why. you mentione...

Washington , one of their own is trying to change that. heres our power player of the week. >> i wasnt scared. i wanted to get some accomplishments under my belt. >> thats elise stefanik. explain whyshe turned me down for a power player segment . >> i wanted to make sure my first impression to my colleagues is that i am a workhorse. i invest myself in learning about policy issues and i add substantive ideas to the discussion. >> representing fort - - in upstate new york, elise stefanik is a memb...

Washington , one of their own is trying to change that. heres our power player of the week. >> i wasnt scared. i wanted to get some accomplishments under my belt. >> thats elise stefanik. explain whyshe turned me down for a power player segment . >> i wanted to make sure my first impression to my colleagues is that i am a workhorse. i invest myself in learning about policy issues and i add substantive ideas to the discussion. >> representing fort - - in upstate new york, elise stefanik is a memb...

Theater packed with celebrities. the unlikely star is a freelance write effort turned political power player. after donald trump won, he felt just like these folks did. >> i was feeling, you know, despondent, depressed. >> reporter: like the new yorkers at this party, he lives in a deep blue congressional district in western massachusetts. >> i was looking for a place where i could make a difference. i found it just across the border. >> reporter: he found out 75% of americans have a congression...

With just four months to go before the midterm elections, democrats today are getting a major boost from some new political players. hundreds of grassroots groups borne out of donald trumps election are now channeling their anger and frustration into political action. one group in particular known as swing left has come up with a bit of a unique plan to flip the house blue. msnbcs chris jansing got an exclusive look inside their campaign. >> reporter: in a broadway theater packed with celebritie...

Preventing a lot of the things you wanted to accomplish, which is why frankly the presidents have become very good at being able to choose people and know what kind of a justice theyll be. >> dana: thanks, chris. well be sure to watch "fox news sunday." his power player is leonard leo. judge napolitano, i want to come back to you. i want to get your thoughts about the big issues facing the country. you mentioned a few of them. reproductive rights, abortion rights is always one. theres bigger iss...

Does this mean? >> there will be -- it depends on the issues that get before the court. the court doesnt choose the issue. so theyll have to wait for a case to bubble up and get to their level. social issues, whether gay rights, abortion rights. you can see all kinds of -- look what happened here. executive authority always come up as we saw with the decision on the travel ban yesterday. i will say, i did a power player with leonard leo, who will be an enormously influential person in this. one ...

Anthony kennedy was the swing vote and sometimes the liberals prevailed especially on social issues. if donald trump is able to nominate and confirm a solidly conservative justice and swing it 5-4 conservative, that is going to change the supreme court and could perhaps for a generation or two. this is a very big deal. you know, i hear talk about you dont want a swing judge. i did a power player -- i feel smart about it -- about leonard leo, the key person at the federalist society that put the ...

Its really early on in this mystic is a four to call foreign and. >>chris: i want to talk about the passing of our colleague, charles krauthammer. back in 2013 when charles best-selling book came out, we did a power player segment on charles and it was the only two-part power player we have ever done. there is a portion of that. >> the best thing i had going for me is from the first day i had no hope. no hope is a redeeming thing. i knew what life would be like and you either accept it or you d...

Cronkite turned against the vietnam war. i suspect george w. bush thought if i lose charles krauthammer ive lost the country. next, the power player of the week. if there is a [music] [music] [music] >> this last week in june marks