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Just yesterday when asked about the possibility of this bill succeeding the senate minority leader chuck schumer told rachel maddow hes optimistic. >> i know that there are a whole bunch of republicans who wanted to vote yes and mcconnell and some of his leadership put a lot of pressure on them to vote no. but now that i think theyve seen that 11 others have voted this way, yeah, i think we have a real shot. >> ultimately, only those 11 republicans broke ranks and sided with the democrats on thi...

Oligarch and proven ally oleg deripaska whose name has popped up in the mueller investigation vis-a-vis manafort. just yesterday when asked about the possibility of this bill succeeding the senate minority leader chuck schumer told rachel maddow hes optimistic. >> i know that there are a whole bunch of republicans who wanted to vote yes and mcconnell and some of his leadership put a lot of pressure on them to vote no. but now that i think theyve seen that 11 others have voted this way, yeah, i t...

Sided with the democrats to stop the trump administration from lifting these deripaska-related sanctions. thats a big number of republican senators breaking ranks, especially after the trump administration lobbied the senate and the house really aggressively on this issue. well, today, this afternoon, despite those 11 republican senators breaking ranks and being willing to side with the democrats on this, it turned out to be not enough because today there was a crucial vote on this matter which ...

Amount. 11 republicans voted with democratic senators. that is significant. and certainly we heard concern from them going into that vote tonight saying that they didnt necessarily want the trump administration to move to ease these sanctions. and especially notable the fact that the white house behind the scenes was really lobbying republican senators to toe the line, to stay in line here, and not break ranks. that really did not happen tonight. >> and when do we see a final vote in the senate?...

Tactics and i think that speaker pelosi will treat differently some of the other people who had district issues and newcomers who needed to vote against her, but this is just saying, hey, you know, dont mess with me. >> and this was, i think, what was on the minds of everybody who thought about opposing her speakership before it was determined and they know that there are consequences and political consequences with not backing pelosi when she had enough support and then made sure that she got t...

Seen movement, do you feel there is an opening for the white house and the answer is no. leaders say, go ahead, have the meeting. their view is at this moment there has been no daylight. there is no daylight between democrats in the senate, democrats in the house. you have seen leadership stick together in both chambers as well. they feel confident by where they are standing because the threshold is this. democrats say we are happy to discuss border security, have to re-open the government first...

>> this is what they want for him to do this. >> of course. no president, no president -- nobody thats ever walked into that office since nato was formed has ever thought for one second about shutting down nato. not one second. because everybody thats ever walked across the threshold of the white house and into the oval office knows that nato has always been our check against soviet expansion and against russian expansion and only vladimir putin, only vladimir putin would be wanting the united s...

Expressed his desire to pull out of nato several times over the course of 2018. >> by the way, mika, that organization that was started after the cold war has kept russia in check now for 70 years. >> this is what they want, for him to do this. >> of course. no president -- nobody thats ever walked into that office as soon as nato was formed has ever thought for one second about shutting down nato. not one second. because everybody thats ever walked across the threshold of the white house and in...

Ats his post in d.c. tonight, robert costa, national political reporter for the "washington post." moderator of "washington week" on pbs. welcome to you all. jeremy, perhaps because we just heard from your former boss, id like to begin with you. have we just entered another new period? we had the scene today of the president being asked on camera if he was working for the other team. >> its unprecedented, brian, a word weve used often here over the last two years. what has really struck about me...

The russian investigation, but also the other factors involved. >> with that, lets bring in our leadoff panel on a monday night. here in new york, jeremy bash, former chief of staff at cia and the pentagon. cynthia alksne, former federal prosecutor, veteran of the u.s. justice department. and at his post in d.c. tonight, robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post," moderator of "washington week" on pbs. welcome to you all. jeremy, perhaps because we just heard from your f...