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"washington week". >> tonight with you at 8:00 p.m., i've got a hot date. i hope you'll be watching. they just laid it out. this doesn't help in the short term. what if there is no long term? bannon running the clock, waiting for the midterms, hoping republicans win, and then this whole committee could be, proof, gone. >> well, steph, to the extent there's any good news, bannon will not be able to run the clock the way a dan mcgahn was able to run the clock because we need to recognize the difference between civil litigation, which is what don mcgahn was involved in, and he successfully, you k...

Process, could this thing still get detailed? >> yeah, it is a long process, and what's going to happen is the committee is going to convene next week where they will vote to recommend that the house of representatives send bannon's contempt to the department of justice, and then the full house is going to have to take that vote, and then after it does, presumably, that will pass, it goes to the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia, where they will decide if they press charges or not. if the district attorney -- if the attorney presses charges, then there's a trial and he could be acquit...

And moore is a disaster for trump. an absolute disaster, because moore, if he goes down, takes down bannon, too. and bannon is useful to trump. so i think there's a lot going on here. it's not just that president trump doesn't want to talk about allegations of sexual and predatory behavior because they affect him, too, it's because his brand is an anti-establishment brand and it is tied to moore whether he likes it or not. >> david, help me out on time here, how long can he avoid speaking directly on roy moore? >> he can avoid it for a long time, if not forever, because unlike a typical politi...

Trump. an absolute disaster, because moore if he goes down, takes down bannon too. and bannon is useful to trump. so i think there's a lot going on here, it's not just that president trump doesn't want to talk about allegations of sexual and predatory behavior because they affect him too, it's because his brand is an anti-establishment brand and it is tied to moore whether he likes it or not. >> david, help me out on time here, how long can he avoid speaking on roy moore? >> he can avoid it for a long time, if not forever, unlike a typical politician, president trump is not sort of -- he's imp...

National economic counsel, former goldman sachs president gary kohn. and a diminishing role for steve bannon. in fact, this week mr. trump dressed down bannon, calling him, just a guy who works for me. many trump voters, though, are forgiving. at least for now. >> i think he does say things differently as all of us would if we had the responsibility. we just see the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: but facing a unified democratic position with an uncomplicated message, not trump. republicans on defense ahead of 2018 are struggling to define what it even means to be a trump republican when mr. ...