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With the "washington post" reporting. lets keep the spotlight on guns. if anything is going to change this time around, if klecongress going to act, you have bill barr and a memo with suggestions for gun control legislation making the rounds. you tweeted, quote, washington 101. if you want to kill something, leak it. tell me more. >> i mean, thats clearly what happened yesterday. because a lot of the senators that i talked to who were privy to this document of bill barr and a top white house off...

The whistle blowers concerns involve a promise that the president apparently made to a foreign leader. the promise the leader still unidentified. were joined by white house reporter for the "washington post" and white house editor for axios. margaret, youre covered washington for some time. there was a law here that requires something clear. dni has to report this to the house in a certain time frame. hasnt done either thing. hes testifying behind closed doors. its not clearest going into detail...

And you mention mcconnell. i want to play just what mitch mcconnell said about this today. >> im looking for something that president trump supports. and hes not yet indicated what measure hes willing to sign. as soon as we figure out what he is for, then i would be convinced that we were not just spinning our wheels going to this issue on the floor, but actually dealing with a bill that has a chance to become law, and therefore solve the problem. >> eli, as soon as we figure out what he is for....

Tonight the attention again is squarely on the news out of washington. the worsening scandal that has quickly enveloped the clinton white house and threatened the presidents second term in office. today even more graphic and salacious allegations came to light and there is increasing activity at the white house tonight as a result as the trouble for this president is now growing. >> a young and so far unidentified anchorman reporting 20 years ago tonight from havana, cuba. a bombshell story was ...

>> eli, as soon as we figure out what he is for. he is talking about the president of his own party there. >> right. as much as the presidents defenders and allies say he knows what he is doing and there is strategy in this, it doesnt look like it. washington 101, you have to understand if you ask members of your own party and people in the opposition party to take difficult votes and compromise, you have to send clear signals that you will or wont sign this and that legislation. he made a muddl...

Saved the day. so having said that, eli, where is the avoidance of a shutdown as of right now in washington? >> thats an area you just played out. it could happen, but right now, people on capitol hill are not even confident that theyll pass the cr that the house is set to vote on tomorrow. chances are most people expect something will get done. nobody on either side, republicans or democrats, are really all that hot on having a government shutdown here. but its really fascinating looking at wha...

Spinning our wheels going to this issue on the floor, but actually dealing with a bill that has a chance to become law, and therefore solve the problem. >> eli, as soon as we figure out what he is for. hes talking about the president of his own party there. >> right. i mean, as much as the presidents defenders and allies may say, he knows what hes doing, theres strategy in this, it doesnt look like it. i mean, washington 101, you have to understand that if youre going to ask members of your own ...

Proposition. for more on this we welcome back to the broadcast jill colvin, white house reporter for the associated press. and eli stokeels, "wall street journal" and nbc political analyst. eli, someone familiar with the presidents thinking and operating methods said to me flatly, you guys are getting played, this is a reality television star wanting to build drama, build to a crescendo. so at or on the one-year anniversary of his administration he can fly to mar-a-lago, into the figurative suns...

>> tonight the attention is squarely on the news out of washington. the scandal that enveloped the clinton white house and threatened the presidents second term in office. more graphic and salacious allegations and increasing activity at the white house as a result as the trouble for this president is now growing. >> a young and so far unidentified anchorman reporting 20 years ago tonight from havana, cuba. a bombshell story was published by the news sight drudge report alleging that then presid...

And white house reporter for the "wall street journal" and msnbc political analyst. tonight someone familiar with the presidents thinking and operating method said to me flatly, you guys are getting played. this is a reality television star wanting to build drama, build to a crescendo so at or on the one-year anniversary of his administration, he can fly to mar a lago into the sunset having saved the day. having said that, eli, where is the avoidance of a shut down as of right now in washington?...