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>> the question has been, this is the same group that john boehner finally said, forget it, i'm done, i can't deal with this anymore. a lot of people think it's the source of paul ryan's frustration as he goes. even if he doesn't succeed, just doing it causes a divide within the house republican conference. some people say, why would you do that? why would you get everybody in a circular firing squad or looking over their shoulder when the biggest single dynamic in a midterm election year is to try to have unity and intensity in your party? >> absolutely. but a lot of people would also questio...

Former fixer and ally michael cohen. our own m.j. lee here with us today has new reporting on how cohen felt increasingly hung out to dry by the president, showing just how much the current situation facing the white house is, you could say, a large part of the president's own making. cohen, m.j. reports, was looking for a sign from the president or others around him that his long time boss had his back and became increasingly distraught as he realized help wasn't coming. in fact, trump minimizing cohen's work for him over the years, brashly predicting cohen would never flip. rudy giuliani say...

Screwed, folks. >> tough words there. with me in studio to share their reporting and insights, julie herschfeld-davis with "the new york times." molly ball of "time" and cnn's m.j. lee. he's take an lot of blowback from republicans in iowa, republicans in minnesota, republicans everywhere out in the farm economy about this. where are we now? what happened yesterday? he certainly hit the pause button, but he's not backing down completely, is he? >> it's not clear where we are. what is clear is he has succeeded in sort of pushing forward on these talks with the euu such that there may be a deal ...