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Republicans in the senate are protecting donald trump. but if he continues it down the path he is on, i don't think that will continue. and as for the idea that trump is really upset about health care he attacked jeff flake who voted with him on health care. he is going after jeff flake not because of health care. he is going after jeff flake because flake said he want it hold trump accountable for his wrongdoing. like david k. johnson said, dona donald trump sp in this only to protect donald trump. >> i want to read you this report tonight. it says, during the call which mr. trump initiated o...

Heal some of the damage from the president's behavior. there is talk of trying to set a meeting between president trump and mitch mcconnell. i vote on the debt ceiling and obamacare are looming next month. >> mitch mcconnell just put out a statement, by the way, trying to downplay any rift with the president. your sources have told you they haven't spoken in quite some time. >> that's right, actually since august 9. remember what happened on that day. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell went out, gave a speech, made some mild criticisms of president trump, suggesting he had, quote, unrealis...

Issue that really irked the president was russia. he felt he didn't do enough to protect him from that. he did not like the way it played out and made mitch mcconnell aware of that, even dropped some curse words, i am told. then afterwards they have not spoken face to face or on the phone since that august 9 encounter. >> it overwhelmingly passed the senate 98-2. that is overwhelming passing the senate, that russian sanctions bill. let's talk a little bit about the whole russia probe. what does the president want mitch mcconnell to do, to tell the senate intelligence committ committee's republ...

York times" national reporter shares the byline and joins me now. ummm, is mcconnell not sure that president trump will serve his full term? what does it mean he may not be able to salvage his presidency? >> he's expressing pessimism and frustration in a range of ways, anderson. but from the get-go of this story, it was clear that the senate leader is really telling people close to him, people who are supportive of his agenda in general and who he relies on to pass legislation and support the party on the national level, he no longer feels that president trump can be counted on to be a dependa...

There's a new cold war between president trump and mitch mcconnell. mcconnell has privately expressed uncertainty over whether it may be too late to save the trump presidency now. >> this has always been a very uneasy alliance. these guys couldn't be more different stylistically. but one thing in particular that has irked the president. he went after mitch mcconnell on an august 9 phone call, saying he wanted the majority leader to