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With the black boys, you know. The black boys not players so im not going to make it there. I kept playing and playing. I said one day im going to play baseball. Tonights last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts right now. Tonight, the president swears he did not know about that Trump Tower Meeting in advance, while someone close to Michael Cohen tells vanity fair cohen is sitting on top of a Treasure Trove of damaging information and theres a lot more to come. For the tenth straight time the president ignored questions from reporters and thats since the trumpcohen tape came out on ...

>> congress is barely meeting right now. that's the case until september 9th. lawmakers i spread to the 4 winds for the august recess. republican ohio senator rob portman presided over the abbreviated senate session which lasted all of 21 seconds. >> into the previous owner the senate stands adjourned until 9:00 am friday, august 9, 2019. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says, quote, the republicans are prepared to do our part but nobody expects senate action soon. the house approved and enhanced background check bill months ago. that is why democrats are ramping up pressure on the re...

Chad is digging around on that. >> shannon, the problem is the congress is barely meeting right now and that's the case until september 9th. lawmakers are spread to the four winds of the august recess. rob portman had been in dayton but portman presided over the senate session. >> under the previous order of the senate adjourned until nine 9:00 a.m. on friday august 9, 2019. >> senate republicans are prepared to do our part but nobody expects in action soon. the house improved and enhanced background check months ago which is why democrats are ramping up pressure on the republican-controlled s...

Outside shot that senate republicans would lose their majority. certainly they're trying build up as many votes as they can for the president. but this right now i think the president is treating the midterm elections as though he is on the ballot this time. because he knows that if one of those chambers of congress flips his agenda will be put on ice between 2018 and 2020. as he's running for re-election, remember he filed for re-election on inauguration day, an unprecedented thing. he's been holding political rallies earlier and more frequently than past presidents have in advance of the mid...