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White house is backing down, but everything changes if there's an inquiry. >> when it comes to contempt or any other issue that might go to the ag, do they believe that ag barr will be on their side no matter what? does the president have in ag barr what he did not in sessions and what he said he wanted, which was a protector? >> well we have seen instances in which this attorney general seems to be protecting the president and this is a case in point. because he's effectively made the decision to protect. the complaint. will that continue though? i'm not sure because there are going to be tes...

To follow through on it. i think a lot of the world is looking at donald trump and thinking we got this guy, we understand how he bluffs, and therefore we can keep testing him. the one thing donald trump -- the real danger is that donald trump does not want to appear to be weak. he does not want to appear to be backing down, which could lead to the kind of miscalculation that leads to war. >> well, pompeo's tough message on iran was enacted on capitol hill today by senator lindsey graham. let's listen to him and his unusual break with president trump. >> this attack on an oil refinery by any r...

Hard in the opposite direction was quite striking. >> and you think, john, that was because it seemed somewhat ambivalent. the president seemed to be backtracking. we know the president likes to punch harder. you know, we know. his wife said that's his style. and we've seen him punch down, if you will. you think he was just pushing back harder to try to make his point? >> the president is very responsive to the needs of his ego. and he values being seen and projecting the image of a tough guy. and so when you have remarks like he gave that flip remark, whatever it meant, when it became interpr...

She said, i think that's a bit of a tenuous story. 7- eight other women who had also said that al franken had made them uncomfortable or touch them inappropriately. and you have to take the entire body of work there. you cannot be partisan and have to take the totality of the story. >> politically kirsten gillibrand if she starts backing down -- figure out i did think either of these threats down the accusations considering the fact they have zero corroborating evidence and even the witnesses that christine ford named contradicted what was said, she was forced by her friends to change her stor...

Reporting on the ground there for us. this morning could be the moment we all look back on and say, ah, that is when we knew the president's exact 2020 campaign message. a searing, unforgettable display where the president welcomed a rally chanting send her back. this was in response to his attacks on ilhan omar. this morning all the major papers have new articles about the president's 2020 campaign strategy and basically that moment is it. cnn's lauren fox live on capitol hill. seems crystal clear now, lauren. >> reporter: that's right. you know, this twitter controversy really fueling the ...