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President trump canceled a 2.1% pay increase for civilian federal employees. the political implications of that have not been assessed beyond virginia and maryland where a lot of them live but there are 450,000 civilian federal employees who dont appreciate the rich getting a tax cut while their pay increase doesnt come until who live in california and texas where there are several congressional seats in play. this could be a sleeper issue. >> california with the seven districts held by republic...

Politically advantageous fight for democrats to draw out through the mid terms because i think at the end of the day he will get confirmed and we, democrats, want to focus on other things because republicans vote on judicial nominees. i think as voters they care about that more than democratic voters. i think its a fair question to ask about his philosophy and i think democrats are fair to oppose him. i also dont think this helps us politically the closer it gets to the midterm. >> katie: i thin...

You guys elected him because you guys gave him all that attention. thomas freidman is saying from the times, saying give him all the attention. >> lets say you dont have a -- lets say you have a decent democratic candidate to oppose him. you dont have the punching bag of hillary clinton. i think the contrast between trump and that candidate could be very large if he continues to go around and calling people like don lemon and lebron james dummies or his daily kind of divisive and really unstable...

You. this is another summer of extreme weather. the sleeper issue for 2020 presidential election could in fact be that we have an election thats not about left or right or hot or cold. if you look at whats going on now or the west thats burning of the center of the country is baking, the east is flooding. you got fire and sweden above the arctic circle and crazy drought by austria. the big question on the ballot is not who lost north korea but who lost planet earth? a democrat candidate who focu...

Owned by power companies, penetrating key vendors with trusted relationships. the chief of industrial control analysis at dhs says they got to the point they could have thrown switches and disrupted power flows. officials add the campaign likely continues. it is unknown whether hackers used access to prepare for some future attack. department of homeland security has been warning utility executives about russian groups threat to critical infrastructure since 2014. russia has denied targeting tha...

For justice roberts and justice alito. he knows the drill. this is going to be a lot of fireworks mostly about roe, a little bit about healthcare. and i think the problem is, the democrats dont have the votes. as long as the republicans hold together, my bet is that they will, it will be a lot of sound and fury. i dont think itll be bourque 2, i think it will be like a chinese new year parade, you see the dragon, everyone throws off firecrackers but its a lot for show. >> harris: theyre usually ...

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...

Strong korea would mean for the region. just thinking that through is just astronomical. >> tucker: huh. and china would not be in favor, and japan would not be in favor. >> i dont think -- japan i think you could convince them in the long term. china i think it would be one of their biggest fears. >> tucker: well, we are thinking ahead. for the moment, this is really -- its amazing. >> its history in the making. >> tucker: again, as usual, no one in d.c. predicted anything like it. harry, great...

What a strong korea would mean for the region. just thinking that through is just astronomical. >> tucker: huh. and china and japan would not be if favor. >> japan convince them in the long term and china one of their biggest fears. >> tucker: we are thinking ahead. for the moment amazing. as judicial, no one in d.c. predicted it. >> thanks, tucker. >> tucker: a lot more on this breaking stoffer later in the show. immigration, sleeper issue of the 2016 election. no one in power on either side wa...

And major jobs back to america cutting to 20% corporate tax rate is the way to do that but a lot of people have a big problem with small business not getting the same, tell us how to break small business will give this current plan is it is versus corporations? >> johnson brings up good points and he will offer an amendment. a lot of people believe that would move it in the right direction. senator mike lee and marco rubio on the end of a scathing editorial from the wall street journal, would mo...