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The president did so reluctantly, writing he believed certain parts of the bill limiting his tower to negotiate with other countries were unconstitutional. the president did not take issue with the clear statement in the bill that russia interfered in the 2016 election, codifying into u.s. law the determination of the u.s. intelligence agencies that vladimir putin ordered and influenced campaign in 2016. the main legislative push for the white house today, controversial one, a new one. merit-based legal immigration system. john roberts starts us off. good evening. >> top legislative priority r...

It's good to do as the consultation states, let the president have that as a negotiating tool. those are very important right now, because we have, with russia, they are making an alliance with china, something we should find threatening. we need their help in syria, we need to help with iran, with venezuela, we have a lot of interest guiding us there, and to hamstring this and make it more difficult to have worked with this very serious adversary, it is a bad idea, and no one is talking about that. >> you don't think they should be punished at all for what they did in the 2016 election? >> th...

This -- or is this the new normal? is it going to be a constant war between the media and the president over the next four years? >> it won't be constant but it will be frequent and episodic. i think it's a side show. what can he get done with paul ryan and mitch mcconnell and perhaps chuck schumer, and that ability to have a record-fast legislative push in the first six months i think is bigger than anything that is going to be with the media, but i think he will fight with the media. >> is the media irrelevant now? has the 2016 campaign taught donald trump and his advisers that what they say...

Vote for any votes since lbj. when the tide turned against republicans and obama was in a lot of groups. obama lost ground in groups. the one that comes to mind most are white men without college education. blue collar -- >> and the economy. >> right. i think the economy is driving that. his numbers are way down with that group. that becomes that much more important for obama that the groups he performed with well in 2008, he performed just as well in 2012. if romney can make inroad without winning groups but cut the margin, that can go a long way given the other advantages. >> so strategicall...

Bob mueller whether paul man forth colluded with russia. also, the white house is making a new legislative push aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration has president trump is fanning fears the u.s. policies weakened border security. now the justice department is looking to impose quotas on immigration judges. >> president trump once again slamming the justice department as the administration looks to speed up deportations. president also taking aim at democrats for blocking, he says, his nominations and ramping up his war on amazon, whose stock continues to plum met. meantime, the sour...