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Chief of the revolutionary guard who's very hard line, harder than his predecessor who wasn't exactly soft on america just said today that america's power is like the twin towers. it looks strong, it looks stable but it can be brought down with one hit. so i'm sure that will heighten tensions through the course of the day. >> well, that just sent chills down my spine as you relate that. thank you. joining me now reporter for the hill and dave levienthol. look, the president has denied any conflict within his cabinet on the issue of iran, and then you have ali's report and you hear what's goi...

Rally his base, and his base doesn't want to see any sort of compromise on this issue. and to dave's point i don't see there's going to be much of any movement on this issue ahead of an election because we know how the president likes to rally up his base. and he almost seems disinterested in trying to get more swing voters on this issue. so i don't see democrats really trying too much to come to the table with president trump on this issue because they know how volatile he's been on this issue before and really where his priorities lie, if you will. >> yeah. so moving to this topic with you, ...

Mr. president is on this issue because it seems he's being pulled in several different directions. that's made a very hard for congress to gauge the issue on this, because ultimately they control the purse strings in terms of armed conflicts with the u.s. and where they go. so it's really creating a lot of frustration up and down pennsylvania avenue. >> absolutely. okay, let's move to the topic of immigration, dave. here's how two top house democrats are reacting to the president's latest plan offering from thursday. here it is. >> there should be comprehensive immigration reform and not immig...