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encounters and much more. "cnn this morning" continues right now. under no circumstances you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody? >> except for day one. >> except for? >> except for day one. >> meaning in. >> i want to close the border and i want to drill -- >> that's -- >> he says you are not going to be a dictator, are you? no, no, no, other than day one. we are kpoes closing the border and drilling, drilling, drilling. after that i am not a dictator, okay? >> good morning, everyone. i'm poppy harlow with phil mattingly in ne...

It as appropriate to break the law. we swore allegiance to the constitution. >> let's bring in roberta costa, national political reporter for the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst. robert, thanks for being with us this morning. i want to start with the "post" report. basically saying the president wants to complete hundreds of miles of border wall. and he doesn't mind what it takes in order to get that done, as long as he is able to fast track it. what do you make of that reporting and subsequently of the chief of staff for the vice president denying it? >> president trump, stymied...

>> which is interesting. you mentioned his base. is that all about his supporters? the president just afraid they will leave him if he doesn't construct this wall? or is this really about winning? >> it's also about fighting congress. he has looked to congress for funds for months. but now that it is a divided congress, with the democrats controlling the house and the republicans controlling the senate, very little is expected to get done other than maybe the usmca deal. but a border discussion seems to be far away when you talk to most top people on capitol hill on both parties. you see this ...

Out weigh a subpoena from congress. >> now that lawmakers know these records do exist, what happens next? >> well, it's possible for there to be some kind of compromise. it doesn't have to be all or nothing, said the judges. it is possible that some portions of the records could be released or all of them, or none. what we do know is for the trump organization, the family, the administration, it is a waiting game. they want to push this back as far as possible to get through the next year and a half without those records being public. >> you are saying the family wants to have this waiting gam...

The only one that's won in a red state, if we can't win michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, if we can't make a difference in those areas even that voted obama, obama, trump, it's going to be that much harder to win this election. so certainly think -- that's one of the reasons why i'm in it. i'm in some respects a single-issue voter, and that's making sure that donald trump isn't re-elected come next year. >> so the producers are telling me we have to go, but i have to get in one personal question here. why have you been so quick to rule out a senate run? you know the importance that -- of the ...