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Prove to be a real turning point in the -- at least in terms of the reality, the onset of reality sinking in in the white house about how significantly i'm imperiled the presidency is. kasie, you pointed out that it does seem like a turning point and there are signs on capitol hill that republicans seem to be taking a slightly different posture to the president. at the same time in the last 48 hours we have heard a lot of republicans ranging from kevin mccarthy to john thun to orrin hatch all basically saying when asked about the question of the president's complicit in a felony with respect t...

Some time. >> that's a good point. >> the president until he had this op-ed to complain about had bob woodward's book. here's what he said about bob woodward's book and liable laws that need to be changed. >> totally phony quotes. i mean, totally like fraudulent books. they're like fraudulent books. and then we're supposed to take it because we have lousy liable laws. mike and john, could you do me a favor? create liable laws when people say stuff bad about you, you can sue them. would you please? would you please do that? wouldn't that be nice? >> this is very interesting. he was talking to m...

Books. they're like fraudulent books. and then we're supposed to take it because we have lousy liable laws. mike and john, could you do me a favor? create liable laws when people say stuff bad about you, you can sue them. would you please? would you please do that? wouldn't that be nice? >> this is very interesting. he was talking to mike rounds and john thun, the senators. can you create laws that when people say something bad about you, you can sue them. that's not actually what our liable laws are designed to do. >> the thing that's really important here to not lose sight of is that bob woo...

Least a week due to his medical issue, he went down to the maximum of 49 yeas to get to the bill. out of 9 the senators here, that's not -- out of the 99 senators that's not enough. mitch mcconnell the majority leader needs john mccain here and needs him to vote yes. >> neil: thank you so much. i want to go to senator john thun right now, the republican conference chairman, he can maybe give me a read on this. senator,ets oh always good having you. >> thank you. >> neil: it was interesting the president referring to john mccain with whom he has an acrimonious relationship, calling him crusty s...

>> but now. >> you're clarifying tonight you are voting -- you are voting for donald trump? >> of course i am. >> reporter: up in idaho, senator mike crapo did the same u-turn, and senator john thun, south dakota, was pretty to drop donald trump. >> i tend to support the member of our party and if anything changes i'll let you know, but -- but he's got a lot of work to do i think if he's going to have any hope of winning this election. >> and this is paul ryan, the embattled speaker of the house, and the latest scam focused almost entirely on the down-ballot races. the candidate calls all that...