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Reporting. thank you for being there. cnn commentator, president trump's former director of legislative affairs, mark short. we know this has been and will continue to be a big focus for the president. it's a rallying cry to his base to say things like we may shut the border. does he weaken his case when he makes comments like that? the economic consequences on trade would be devastating. the state department came out and said 1.7 billion in goods and services cross the border every day. why does he throw that out there? >> poppy, i think that the economic consequences would be severe. i also ...

Midterm elections. everything he is doing has also helped extend it here. but no question at all, the moves that we're seeing over the last 24 hours are not legal maneuvers. they're political maneuvers. and that's a different matter. >> sara, let's talk about the president listening to outside advisers on his fight with the doj, because as i read in the open here, steve bannon, his former campaign manager, corey lewandowski, david bossie and the president of the hispanic council, cnn commentator, steve cortes. they are going about this campaign to try to undermine the investigation and to, i b...

We'll check back with you because there's a lot to discuss right now. lynn sweet, washington bureau chief for the chicago sun times is with me. david swerdlick, cnn commentator, and brian stelter, host of reliable sources. and michael zeldin, former special assistant to robert mueller at the justice department. good to see you all. let's begin with this latest news from dowd, his statement. and whether this was a template for the potential end of the mueller investigation. so michael, trump's attorney calls the mccabe firing brilliant and courageous, and says he hopes rod rosenstein follows th...

So what do you think was pardoning sheriff joe arpaio, former sheriff the right thing to do? not about the law the morality at play and the sheriff violate aid court order from two different federal judges. congressman steve king from iowa told us profiling which is what he says joe arpaio was doing is necessary for law enforcement. he draws distingttion between profiling and racial profiling gets confusing. let's discuss. cnn commentator, jen saki, former state department spokesperson, and former republican pennsylvania senator rick santorum, cnn senior political commen day tore. what did you...

And what it means for their party. >> i am joined on the phone by cnn commentator, van jones. van, i want you to take a listen to part of the president's remarks just now. he made it clear his original inspini instinct on saturday was how he truly feels. the fault for the violence seen in charlottesville on saturday could not just be laid at the feet of the nazis, clansmen, alt right, and various racists but it was actually the fault of both sides. take a listen. >> i think there is blame on both sides. you look at both sides. i think there is blame on both sides. i have no doubt about it. >> ...