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In office. its a lot of pressure now on him. and obviously the president insulting his attorney general and calling into question whether he believes in justice department -- in the justice departments independence is a real big problem for sessions. so he is sort of a man on the ropes already. and this revelation i think adds to the pressure there for perhaps sessions to resign if not after this, im not sure what else, what other new revelation could come forward. especially because of the accu...

Health care and taxes matter the most. and when they killed health care, they took it over and it was a big defeat. . were all talking about personnel today instead of the health care. the biggest defeat of the trump administration. there is method toe that madness. the spth goipresident is going youngstown on tuesday. he is by no means on the ropes, i dont think it is accidental. >> i dont think that is accidental either, that is true. republicans, do they have an ally in donald trump? >> this ...

Good idea? would you vote yes? >> i dont think such a vote is necessary. we always said let the facts lead us where they may. facts are stubborn things. let the special counsel do their work. we dont need to be interfering with it in congress. we have intelligence committees, oversight committees. if they deem it necessary to look into this, let them do their work. we dont need a vote on the floor to verify this or justify this. let the facts lead us where they will. >> congressman budity carter...

The turn from a humanitarian mission into a terrible military catastrophe. >> 12 soldiers killed. >> why let them drag by ropes through the streets. >> we have gone way beyond what our original intention was in somalia and its time to get out. >> after two days of stinging criticism, the president said today the u.s. needs to, and i quote now,en collude its role in somalia. >> if the american people are to say yes to u.n. peace keeping, the united nations must know when to say no. >> there was e...

Were dying by the thousands. >> americans are very generous about putting their treasure and lives on the line, but we have to be disciplined and careful where we do st. >> when president clinton came into office, there was a reluctance to get american forces involved. we were trying to figure out what is americas moral responsibility. if, in fact, people are being killed and we know about it. >> stunning news from somalia. the deadliest battle l yet involving u.s. forces. >> the battle began af...

And part of the reason why health care is in trouble as well. >> right. he isnt out there rolling up his sleeves holding town halls, canceling a foreign trip akin to what president obama did when his health care bill was on the ropes. now, some could argue, you know, republican leadership in the house and the senate, mitch mcconnell doesnt want the president to be doing that, but it is not his focus it seems right now. rebecca, let me ask you about this. the meeting between, and the joint appear...

>> so are you saying that an american administration should not collect the widest opinions, the expertise -- >> im not making a statement. im asking a question. >> im asking you. do you have a problem with us talking to professionals in this area whove been there, seen it, done it? >> steve feinberg -- hold on a second. steve feinberg is not a military professional who spent time in afghanistan. >> let me finish. we have -- we have eight years of listening to wonks, okay? the wonks that brought...

The closest i can think of is in 2000 the gore campaign did receive opposition research from the bush campaign, a debate binder. what did they do? they didnt hupd l amongst themselves and discuss it. they called the fbi. in this case, what is striking is you begin to have the outline of potential quid pro quo. you have to russians talking about something they wanted, the end of the sanctions for the act, and you have the trump campaign outlining what it wants, which is damaging information on hi...

>> we have to stand up to his bullying. hes somebody wholl take as much as he possibly can. but, it was what happened in 2011 that marked a point of no return. it began with the arabs spring protest early this year. the kind of popular up rise that putin dreaded. he begins to see himself through the eyes of closing the mark. >> the mark of egypt was facing prosecution. >> syrias bashar al-assad was on the ropes. peculiari putin may have feared the same bloody fate for himself. just a few weeks l...

I find anyone in the world of espionage and international terror who has not read silva. daniel silva, welcome. great to have you here. >> so nice to be here, thank you. >> i wanted a novelist because a week that includes north korea with an icbm, putin, and trump in russia, and the fall of isis maybe, i thought maybe we need imagination. isis is on the ropes, raqqah has been breached, novel down to 200 yards. your book, "house of spies," is about isis. will isis be dead when raqqah and mosul ar...