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Trump seems to be climbing the walls with worry over his election prospects. sources say he has told aides to break the law if they must to build the border wall before the election and offer pardons for any wrongdoings. >> an outwater threat. satellite photos now suggest kim jong-un may be building a huge nuclear capable submarine that could pose a major new threat to the united states. what is going on in that north korean shipyard? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." breaking ne...

Protected political speech or a foreign imposter that is attempting to manipulate audiences. and they are becoming tougher and tougher to actually identify. >> given what you and your firm have done to study these groups, how youve seen them involve, what do you think about the prospects for the effort of trying to figure out if they had help, if they had american confederates who either sort of opened the gate for them in some way or directed them in some way that would help maximize the effect...

Identify. >> given what you and your firm have done to study these groups, how youve seen them evolve and theyre effectiveness, what do you think about the prospects for the effort of trying to figure out if they had help f-they had american con fed writs who either opened the gate for them or directed them in some way that would help maximize the effect that had would have on trumps election prospects, what do you think of the prospects of figuring that out. >> im not sure. im a cyber thread in...

>> the program targeted illegal foreign bribery in the jarlts criminal division. cnn reporting the potentially explosive news investigators turned up intercepted communications appearing to show efforts by russian operatives to coordinate with trump associates on damaging hillary clintons election prospects. including specific references to paul manafort. meanwhile, vox reporting that james comey is likely the only one to be questioned with regard to the probe. as ten or more officials likely to...

Independents are sowering from the president, and if he is just focusing on base management, that doesnt bode well, never mind for the sort of election prospects in 2018, maybe 2020, but for governing, for governing. i go back to what i mentioned about the health care bill about the this is it. if they cant convince people that their alternative is better, then its probably going to be very difficult to pass the senate. thats probably a big reason why were seeing them struggle. >> im sure theres...

Industry on that. im begging against the pharmaceutical industries. and i told the president that. and i told gary kohn that and i told him we need to have leverage. there is none in here. so i hopekohn that and i told him we need to have leverage. there is none in here. so i hope as the senate looks that the, and ive talked to senators and my staff is talking to republican givdemocratic governors to get it done. >> on friday the nonpartisan political report downgradedican governors to get it do...

Christie staff. >> i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. >> joining me now, charlie cook, editor and publisher of "the cook political report" and msnbc political analyst david corn for mother jones and msnbc political analyst. okay, charlie, nobody brings a more sober and careful look at these kinds of election prospects. the senate as a whole and the individual race. im dying to hear what charlie cook thinks about chris christies prospects for the pres...

Analyst. okay, charlie, nobody brings a more sober and careful look at these kinds of election prospects. the senate as a whole and the individual race. im dying to hear what charlie cook thinks about chris christies prospects for the presidency now. >> i think its a convenient narrative to say the front-runner has been derailed. but i defy anybody to go to the iowa straw poll in 2011 or spend time around republican primary voters in 2012 and tell me that chris christie had a decent chance of wi...

Has political staying power? even if the website is fixed which it certainly will be, or will it be forgotten quickly? and perhaps well before the 2014 midterm elections. lets say like april its all perfect. are we going to be thinking about this in november? >> i think this absolutely has political staying power. this is president barack obamas signature campaign promise. its been a blythed rollout by any account. regardless whether or not the administration is successful in meeting its deadlin...

Of obama officials willing to talk about classified information to the media in a way that boosted the presidents election prospects. theres a bit of an irony here in that conservatives were furious. they were demanding very strong investigations. i guess they didnt specifically say that the presss phones should be tapped or phone records should be seized. >> they werent tapped. they werent tapped. >> no. they werent tapped. what im saying is they werent calling for a crackdown on the press, per...