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Smart guys who didnt mind breaking rules to get things done. trump also admires mobsters no nonsense language and bias for action. he cites the godfather and goodfellas among his favorite movies. the trump business is in new york, atlantic city, which has to do with him being a real estate developer. hes in the casino business. hes crossed paths with some very unsavory characters. do you see more to that, more in it than that? jennifer, ill ask you that. >> look, he grew up in queens. there have...

Hes in the casino business. hes crossed paths with some very unsavory characters. do you see more to that, more in it than that? jennifer, ill ask you that. >> look, he grew up in queens. there have obviously been reports for many, many years that his development business had a lot of organized crime ties. you know, its hard to say. i think he also acts like a lot of strongmen that we see, autocrats around the world. i think some of that is his personality. some of that is where he grew up. but ...

Some of the significant events that happened under his watch. gillian turner has more from washington. >> reporter: few, if any, american presidents arrived at 1600 pennsylvania avenue with the breadth and depth of foreign policy and national security experience that george h.w. bush brought to his presidency. early on he made the ouster of strongmen who threatened freedom and democracy around the world a priority, ousting panamas noriega and saddam hussein from kuwait within his next two years....

And more troubles for former campaign chairman paul manafort who they say lied to him and double-dealing with the trump administration after signing a a plea agreement. and brothers in a arms, two of the the presidents favorite strongmen have a connection today. they are both pariahs at the g20. goodday, everyone. im andrea mitchell in new york. the president at a world summit in argentina, but judging from the tweets theday, he started the day thinking of the dramatic events in the russia p...

Well in the democratic races and state legislatures. what does this mean as far as a blue wave is concerned? >> this is a pretty significant blue wave that has swept across the country and there is doubt that it is in retaliation to president trumps first two years. thats what midterms are. theyre sort of a report card from the american people on the presidents first two years and president trump did not get a very much of a passing grade from the american public in these midterms. >> we all loo...

Maneuver, and their economic siege of qatar has cemented ties between do ha and tehran. so far from a force of stability, i think a case can be made without some course correction, chris, that theyre a force for instability. >> is there merit to the argument, in your opinion, that the posture of america here is a nice, wide-eyed message for strongmen in other parts of the world. >> 100%. you didnt need -- the most tragic manifestation of this is the way that we have acquiesced and enabled the sa...

Strongmen around the world that do horrible things. i mean, we saw that when he first embraced mr. putin. we see that now with kim jong-un. we now see it with the crown prince. these are individuals that you need to stand up. americas strength is our value. and our foreign policy needs to be wrapped in american values. >> do you want -- >> and the president is doing a disservice. >> do you want the so-called magnitsky sanctions to be imposed on the crown prince himself? >> i think they need to g...

Sort of barbarian hordes at the gate, rapists and talking about deploying soldiers. theres a difference. >> but they are talking about immigration. >> david. >> the president has a penchant for scaring people because that makes people anxious, and it also makes them embrace strongmen. somebody who can bring order out of this, but the economic numbers gave him a chance to give a different message, that is im going to make the world more secure for you, im going to make the world safer for you. we...

Left are working extra hard to levine republicans, the president is focused on aus serious situation at our southern border and at this hou tonight the migrant caravan is pushing closer to her southern border. president trump is now sending up to 15,000 troops to help secure the border the first of active duty military arrived in texas earlier today the president a clear warning to those coming towards our border with no intention of protecting our sovereignty, a rule of all, and our borders. ta...

Our country. the laws are so bad. they are not archaic. they are incompetent. its not that they are old. they are just bad. and we cant get any democrat votes to change them. its only the republicans that are -- they want to change them. >> jesse: the hot-button issue has been the migrant caravan headed towards the united states. trump once again vowing to stop it. >> president trump: at this very moment, large, well organized migrants of -- caravans of migrants are headed to our southern border...