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Ways, m financially, militarily we have thena luxury of two oces but the greatest asset we have is thatst most people around th world want to be alied with us. and so that gives us enormous ability to -- it's a force multiplier. i don't think the president shares that view nearly to the extent that the rest of us do. i thinke senators need to stepp and reassert a bigger role for the senate in defining our foreign policy. >> does this extend bigger than that, dan balls wrote this week that many republicans -- he said the-- question now, more urgents a result ofow what mattis said,s whether repu...

Conversation, the fate of rod rosenstein and the russia probe. as dan balls describes it in "the washington post," the circuits of politics & is overloaded. we have it all straight ahead. but first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> deluge is a good word for new york city this morning. so this little storm off the coast, this is still we're in the peak season of hurricanes. and now this area could clip the outer banks here, but we're not worried about it hitting the same areas that florence did. so this area off the coast, we're giving it a 50% chance of become a becoming a tropical...

We're looking at? what do you think we're looking at? >> i think it's a reminder that robert mueller knows a lot. think about the implications of the matter for trial coming up. what manafort, if he chooses to cooperate, could talk about. and cohen, especially. he may not be cooperating yet but if he chooses to cooperate, the amount he would know about not just the particular crimes, which he plead guilty and seems to be i implicated president trump in but as lanny davis, the other things that cohen could talk about. >> day-to-day stuff. >> i think it will get to russia. any pro trump talking ...

Trump in but as lanny davis, the other things that cohen could talk about. >> day-to-day stuff. >> i think it will get to russia. any pro trump talking voice tonight they've been well, where is russia? it's not collusion in russia. let's see how long it lasts. >> you gaieugene, you have a co that can turn a phrase. his name is dan balls and i quote "no day during president trump's 19 months in office could prove as dangerous or data habilitating as tuesday." this was a day when truth overran tweets when facts overwhelm bald assertions. presidential tweets, however provocative, eventually disap...

And to show you the way and to tell you what it's about and to avoid making those mistakes, reaching out to sitting members of congress. i hear she's beginning to do that. i just haven't had an opportunity to meet her yet. >> interesting, she did make that point about immigrants as to why she would have done this. but, dan balls, this sort of raises a broader question, too, in my mind about how people do have a chance to interact with their elected officials. fewer members seem to be doing town halls, more are doing teletown halls or events where people have less of a chance to get to see them...