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It seems to me to let me state the obvious. this is not a functioning white house. this is a white house that is dysfunctional, seems to be unraveling before our very eyes. you not only have the mooch versus priebus but the fact that they didnt tell mattis about what they were doing on transgender. . and that they have been threatening senators if they dont vote for them, sessions drama is playing out. you have lindsey graham trying to find a way to actually legislatively prevent donald trump fr...

That weve been talking about for the past several days. theyre desperately worried that if they pass the bill and it gets sent to the house, instead of it going to a conference committee where house and senate members will hash out a more grand bargain, theyre concerned that the house will pasds the bill and send to president trump. now mitch mcconnell has given his members assurances that that wont happen, but wolf, were standing by here in the next ten minutes, a group of five republican senat...

Congresswoman who was just on the air today, you know, reinforcing the presidents point about cost. let me play her side of this and then i want your response. >> its a totally different policy change here. these are individuals that have a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria, which could require very costly medical treatment. i had an intern that was denied the ability to go into the military because she had a bunion on her foot and the argument was that this may cost the military, and she ma...

About the fbi acting director right now, but wolf, i know that the men and women who serve our country from the street to the agent level, theyre not going to be bullied by this president. its bad -- its a bad look for america right now. >> congressman swalwell, theres more we need to discuss. theres new information coming into the situation room. well take a quick break and resume our coverage right after this. hi, im joan lunden with a place for mom every day we hear from families who partnere...

They do go forward and build this, it is supposed to be a facility that is even bigger than the pentagon. and you know what that means, wolf, because you covered that building for a long time. that is basically its own city. so, it is -- never mind kind of the size of it. it is about jobs. and it is about turning around the notion of things that americans use every day, every five seconds, which is this, and not built here. and finally building them here. i was just reading something that appare...

Transgender members of the military. senator john mccain, of course, in the armed services committee saying any able-bodied american should be able to serve in their military. so hes critical of that as well as other republican senators, wolf, so this is something that is going to be very controversial going forward, the implementation as well as the politics of this one. >> lots of criticism of the presidents position. jeff zelany at the white house, thank you. lets get more of the uncertainty ...

Just a little while ago the house overwhelmingly passed a bill giving congress the power to block any effort by the white house to weaken sanctions on russia offering a direct challenge to president donald trumps authority. it is unclear when the senate will vote on the measure. and in the russia investigation, cnn has now learned that the senate judiciary committee has dropped the subpoena aimed at forcing the presidents former campaign chairman paul manafort to testify publicly. we are told ...

Procedural vote. mostinteresting, what you laid out. the presidents statement in a couple hours. over the weekend, vice president mike pence in ohio putting pressure on senator rob portman, a republican holdout up to this point and later this evening the president travels to west virginia. shelley moore capito, the senator joining him. another holdup. the type of effort, wolf, were used to in past administration and frankly the effort youve heard from republicans who wish the president had done ...

Ive also felt we should have an independent 9/11-type commission take a look at what russia was doing here in the united states. one thing is very clear -- russia was trying to compromise our free election system. we need to know how they were operating, who helped them, and to make sure this never happens again. >> quickly. i want to move on and talk about the russia sanctions legislation. what do you think about the way the president is treating your former colleague, the attorney general of t...

Certainly burrowing in on. we do not believe jared kushner will take questions when he speaks this afternoon in just a short period of time here, wolf. >> making a rare public statement. live coverage is coming up fairly soon. jeff zeleny, suzanne malveaux, guys, thanks very much. as we await jared kushner and his statement, lets talk about what the latest developments are all about. with us here chief political analyst gloria borger, chief political correspondent dana bash, laura coats and ry...