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Talking to macron today. he ain't backing off. so we are either going to defeat him or he's going to win. we need to understand that. frankly doesn't care about yachts. when he gets done he'll take the billion dollars a day we are sending him and he can buy yachts for all of his oligarch friends and he doesn't care. we don't understand the russian mentality. it's a much tougher system than we are. >> laura: yeah, you bet. thank you for your expertise as always. great to see you. in lviv, ukraine, that's where lucas tomlinson is standing by with the latest at the nuclear power plant. lucas. >> ...

Normally says. is that still, even from a goofy blog, enough to terrify those 35? should we expect them to all start backpedaling on their votes, like tomorrow? >> i'm impressed you were able to find that statement on his blog website that he's got down there. [ laughter ] look, i think, sadly, it is enough to terrify them. just look at what we've seen from a couple of members, for example. you got john cornyn, who on february 13th tweeted that he agreed with nancy pelosi. this was a month after the insurrection that we needed a commission. last week said he wanted a commission. now he's backi...

Democrats have been firing back at the letter president trump sent upon speaker nancy pelosi. you heard speaker pelosi's response basically blowing it off. a short time ago senate democratic leader chuck schumer weighed in, warning the president not to tangle with speaker pelosi. >> well, he's obviously under a great deal of duress, but if he thinks he can bully nancy pelosi to backing off, he's with the wrong customer. the amazing thing about president trump as president and before, the very things he does, he accuses others of doing. bully. this is the most bullying president we've ever had....

Risk his identity being exposed. and they don't need his evidence. the thing is, there's yellow tape around that telephone call. it's a crime scene. and the whistle-blower has -- was one stepped removed from that. his testimony, we moved past that. it's not necessary anymore. this inquiry is being broadened. there's now a criminal investigation the southern district of new york has opened into rudy giuliani and others. there's nothing bill barr can do about that without exposing himself to an obstruction of justice charge. so, that investigation is going to play out. there's a cascade of evide...

>> they're not aware of any calls. i want to read you one exchange. steve mnuchin was asked directly, were there not actually -- was there not actually a call last night? mnuchin would only respond, there were discussions that went back and forth. let's just leave it at that. so the secretary of treasury won't confirm there were actual calls. it does seem to me what margaret is saying, the president seems to be backing off this morning at least for now. they have assessed the situation or told the rhetoric has been too hot and he's backing off. >> that's right. the president is engaged in poli...