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John dean is back with me. good evening to all of you. so, frank, the president of the united states suggesting he could run an investigation into his own campaign. and it's only monday. welcome to monday. >> yeah, welcome to another week of trump. >> what is he talking about? >> you're asking me to decode donald trump again and that's always a difficult thing. what i think he kind of means is he through a series of events, through a chain of events he could make mueller go away. and i think he means in a kind of uber sense he has authority over the whole thing. but if he thinks he could and s...

Rains, floods and mudslides in western japan. the chief cabinet secretary there says 68 people are unaccounted for. many of them in the hardest hit hiroshima area. some residents say they were caught off guard in a region not used a huge rainfall, which began friday and worsened through the weekend. sworn in as turkey's first president under a new governing system giving him sweeping executive powers. he took the oath of office today in parliament following last month's election where he got 53% of the votes that was western around the world. it ushered in the new system and parliamentary gove...

Our democracy and human rights were degraded. so it is important to recognize that there is a living society and therefore there has to be a living constitution in some respect. before we go, jon meacham, what are your top five speeches in american history? soul of america, go. >> the whole history? oh, lord. gettysburg address. the first inaugural of fdr. not least because we have something to fear but fear itself. the biggest cheer from the crowd came when he called for wartime executive powers. and that chilled el nor roosevelt. there was always contention and trouble. i think also we jus...

Doing. and i think this is a continuation of that. this is really his strategy as he moves forward into the midterms and beyond. >> jonathan, let's go back to the last thing you said. considering that the court unites even the never-trumpers in the republican party, it's one thing everyone agrees on. considering that they're playing offense, you think this is a week of good times and good feelings in the trump west wing? >> it should be, yes. the president got a number of victories this week. obviously kennedy's departure is first and foremost. but prior to that the court made a couple rulings...

Extension of president trump feeling as if he is emboldened. he is embold ped by what he seize as a series of political wins that he sees himself as the mastermind of, and he doesn't need this big staff of people. he has been essentially serving as his own chief of staff for some time now, serving as his own communications director, and he thinks he knows what he's doing. and i think this is a continuation of that. this is really his strategy as he moves forward into the midterms and beyond. >> jonathan, let's go back to the last thing you said. considering that the court unites even the never...