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Make this move, i may be leaving too. >> yeah. do you think, josh, this was in some way a warning of a, of a you know what storm if trump pulled the trigger on axing rosenstein? >> well, its a good question. i think its hard to predict anything until things actually happen and you have people pulling out, but theres certainly a lot of consternation at doj with the president. his moosings about firing rosenstein, his several attempts to oust jeff sessions. thats part of the obstruction inquiry by...

Free trader. and the republican party used to be for free trade but donald trump isnt. >> the truth is with donald trump you can probably find him saying a lot of different things on almost any different issue and point to that particular moment. the most consistent thing he has said, of course, is the free trade agreements of the last quarter century or so have been bad for the country, have been poorly negotiated, and that he plans to rip them up or change them to the benefit of the united sta...

Time, i believe in free trade. but it has to be reciprocal trade. he always qualifies it. >> thats not what larry kudlow said, larry kudlow said, he is a free trader. and the republican party used to be for free trade but donald trump isnt. >> the truth is with donald trump you can probably find him saying a lot of different things on almost any different issue and point to that particular moment. the most consistent thing he has said, of course, is the free trade agreements of the last quarte...

Is his talk about ripping up the iran deal, ripping up nafta, pulling out of syria, how much of this is intentionally maximized in order to gain advantage in negotiation in which his good cop/bad cop staff pulls him back from some seemingly extreme version of events to something more tenable that the allies and other partners have to meet him more in the middle? thats an interesting question that i dont know we really have a good answer to. >> anita, ill ask you to answer this. how much of this ...

Because what he has done is pulled out of the tpp, which was designed to contain or at least limit chinas commercial sort of growth in the region. and he has cleared the space for china to redefine asia around its own commercial and economic objective. so in literal terms, china has its own alternative to the tpp which it created called the regional comprehensive partnership, if its approved later this year, it will be the largest trading block in the world. and the united states will not be a p...

Partnership, if its approved later this year, it will be the largest trading block in the world. and the united states will not be a part of it. by pulling out, we have really sort of cleared the way for china. >> so is this the way where china says to north korea, look at our experience. look what he said about us, raping the american worker, to use donald trumps phrasing during the presidential campaign. and look how trump doesnt do anything negative to us. might china teach north korea to not...

Not a war hero. hes worried about the deficits. this will create a huge hole in the governments deficit and debt. so, they have to work through those concerned before they have a road to passage. >> lets talk pelosi and schumer not showing up yesterday besides that amazing photo op. with the empty chairs. strategically, how do you think it plays out? in the dems favor or republicans favor? >> i think its an even score. both sides look pretty bad. trump, you cant go into a negotiating strategy by...

Among not just the big three gm, ford and chrysler but foreign-named plates, toyota, volkswagen that have invested in the united states and mall manufacturers that are suppliers to all of those companies, they formed a united front to oppose this proposal, the only thing that it would accomplish would be to raise the cost of manufacturing here in the united states. it would create incentive for manufacturing to go outside of north america instead and so we are pushing back hard on that. its a pr...

Among not just the big three gm, ford and chrysler but foreign-named plates, toyota, volkswagen that have invested in the united states and mall manufacturers that are suppliers to all of those companies, they formed a united front to oppose this proposal, the only thing that it would accomplish would be to raise the cost of manufacturing here in the united states. it would create incentive for manufacturing to go outside of north america instead and so we are pushing back hard on that. its a pr...

Out for that runoff. >> curious. does the alabama republican party, are they operating with any official guidance from the president or not? >> reporter: i will say, though, you know, with the rnc pulling out, 11 operatives as well as a joint fund-raising agreement. donald trump that oversees the republican party. ive been reminded over and over by rnc committeemen and women that donald trump oversees the rnc. its his. that decision, we dont have reporting independently, but that decision, surpr...