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From syria, conservatives called him a gutless president and questioned whether he would ever build a wall. political friends began privately questioning whether trump needed to be reined in. political correspondent for "the washington examiner" and political analyst david drucker joins me now to discuss all this. so, david, theres a growing list of gop leaders who have been publicly and privately more critical of trumps latest moves. what are you hearing on the hill? >> well, i think the differ...

Assistance that the state department was supposed to deliver. how is he going to ask other coalition members to continue the fight if were pulling back? >> admirable kirby, is there any hope in your view of holding bashar al assad accountable for war crimes and maybe international courts? or do we just now live in a world where the genocide of a million people happens before our very eyes and we do nothing? >> i want to be optimistic, s.e. i think the international community is still animated en...

Also want to remind people, its also a humanitarian disaster and a genocide. >> absolutely. >> a million innocent people have died, 50,000 of them children. millions are displaced. theres still so much we can do there, but only if every with a presence on the ground. >> the presence on the ground is important, s.e., no question that helps us with some leverage, but its not the answer to everything. i think the argument by the administration that we were a huge, you know, counterbalance to iran a...

Democrats plan to investigate that specifically. >> it is so swampy, s.e. and as much as a president likes to attack fbi agents, gosh, is he giving them job security. you look at these lines of effort they haveregulators. its a cascade of potential corruption and one thing that struck me today. our friends at the "washington post" had this dramatic lead in one of their stories that said two years after donald trump won the presidency, nearly every organization he led is now under investigation w...

Congress. this after ethics violations have already seen the departures of hhs secretary tom price, the secretary and epa administrator scott pruitt. trumps white house isnt just a revolving door. its political. you might come in but youll come out. i want to go to boris sanchez with more on the latest of all of these developments. >> reporter: hey there, s.e. the white house has been closely watching these developments with ryan zinke. the reports out there he was asked to leave the administrat...

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>> john, you know, with michael cohen doing this interview, this is going to be the presidents achilles heel because hes going to keep talking. from the get go i have said his lawyers need to put him in a padded room with mittens on and no phone. he keeps telling different stories. sometimes he gives details. at some point hes just going to say i ordered the code red. >> youre right, i did! >> so i think that one of the things that we are going to watch, because he just cannot help himself, is h...

>> so youre done with the lying? >> i am done with the lying. i am done being loyal to president trump. >> all right. lets bring in our phenomenal panel. we have cnn political commentator s.e. cupp unfilters, phil mud and former federal prosecutor. well, were out of time, guys. thanks so much. s.e., it is remarkable to hear michael cohen on every level of watching this down fall play out. on a legal level, what do you hear when he is speaking out publically now. >> it is a tragedy. it is a sha...

Congress. weve got a lot of work to do on agencies. remember scott pruitt. >> i do. >> remember any number of individuals no longer serving in hhs because of the ethical questions. were talking about american taxpayer money. the congress has a role to play in making sure its being used wisely. >> you point out republicans in particular have not been doing that job, being a check on the executive. do you think that starts to change with some of the early findings of both mueller and the sdny brie...

Their representatives, republicans and democrats, are not listening. >> some critics are suggesting in michigan republican lawmakers are violating the state constitution. obviously you were the governor of that state. do you think the republicans move will actually collapse under legal strut any? >> i think in both states theres significant legal challenges. i was the attorney general as well of michigan. this kind of stuff would clearly end up in court in michigan just as one example, s.e. the ...