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Being the kind of person putin wants on his sleazy low level of world view where they no longer have a moral advantage as a good guy. it seems like thats what he wanted was this guy were looking at. >> he relates to strong men to, authoritarian leaders whether it be the detertes. >> to get a guy like trump and make trump more like putin? >> he is body that be able to deal with him, hes not going to be driven by principles and the moral compass the united states has led the free world. >> being a...

This spygate issue, does he drop this given he appears to not have any evidence to substantiate those claims, wolf. >> manu, thank you very much. this is very, very significant, that those republicans who were in on that highly classified briefing, almost all of them, now going against the president, siding with trey gowdy saying the fbi did nothing wrong. lets stay up on capitol hill and get more reaction now, these remarks from paul ryan and senator richard burr. among the strongest pushback a...

By republican leaders. >> thank you, wolf, for your question. as many americans now know, the president just makes stuff up. and in this case, theres no evidence that there was a spy put into the trump campaign. but there is a lot of evidence that what the fbi did is they ran a counterintelligence operation because they were so freaked out by what some campaign associates were doing with their interactions with russia. the republicans and democrats looked at this and said it was appropriate what...

Closest ally the united states has, certainly the number one trading partner of the united states? >> reporter: its not very good, wolf. i think she told cnns dana bash over the weekend that she would describe this as not a trade war, but a bad rift between the u.s. and canada. when the president of the united states says there are national security implications for imposing these trade tariffs and citing the war of 1812, saying that canadians burned down the white house, to the canadian prime m...

Another confirmation fight. we shall keep an eye on that. thanks for joining us on "inside politics." see you back here tomorrow. "wolf" starts right now. this is cnn breaking news. hello, im wolf blitzer in washington. wherever youre watching from around the world, thank you very much for joining us. up first, were following the breaking news, summit showdown. were not talking about north korea. the g7 summit of the worlds wealthiest nations, shaping up to be a rather tense gathering, with ...

Amid news that president trump was on the verge of issuing dozens of new pardons, he has offered a lifeline to a woman named alice marie johnson, convicted on a federal drug offense. last week, kim kardashian-west was at the white house, there you see a picture with the president, to plead johnsons case. jeremy, the -- also on the phone by the way, were going to get he is reaction from van jones. but tell us about this decision by the president. >> reporter: thats right, wolf. today, the preside...

-- which goes way beyond, which is how china is preparing to win in the industries of the future. they have a china 2025 policy. they want to be free of western tech and dependance by them. we need to have a strategy at home, but we hear nothing about that. its not sexy. its about retooling education and supporting a policy that supports american jobs, but were not hearing anything about that. >> david, the -- its not just on trade where there seems to be these serious splits between the u.s. an...

Investigators in connection with how he had information disclosed to the press, that actually hurt the hillary clinton campaign. so i can see why hes asking for immunity. but its important for the american people to understand, this is related to andrew mccabe, who potentially hurt the hillary clinton campaign. it has nothing to do with special counsel mueller or any of the investigations ongoing against our current president. >> i know you have to go vote, congressman. thanks for joining us. >>...

The breaking news this hour. white house accusing the eagles of a political stunt after a number of players declined an invitation to meet with the president who responded by canceling the event. chris, how are you taking on this nfl with the president on your show tonight? >> im going to echo your intentionality in this, wolf. thank you for having me. always good to be with the team captain. we have to take it on is the answer to the question because its about more than football. its about more...

That president trump is quote, obsessed with pardons. the source says there has been favorite thing to talk b about. he may sign doz or more in the next two months. what does that tell you? >> tells me the its just the latest thing that the media has made relevant that the president wi play to advantage. hell talk about self-pardoning and experts telling him he has an absolute right to do it. you know thats nottrue. not what the legal community believes. probably not even what the president beli...