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Probably the biggest leverage point the republican leaders had for corralling fellow republicans to vote for the debt ceiling. so that's off the table as leverage for republicans to corral their own votes. so he really cut them off at the knees. he basically set them up for a massive showdown they go into now with a lot less leverage than they had at the beginning of the meeting today. >> this is one i never could have predicted. adam and david, thank you both for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you, lawrence. coming up, breaking news tonight. facebook gives special prosec...

Leverage point to cut spending. mr. trump has no interest in cutting spending. he ran on a promise not to touch the entitlement programs that are the great drivers of federal spending. so this is really not surprising, and it is in a way condine punishment for a party that has allowed itself to be rented by him. >> today senator bob corker on this very day, when this strangest of oval office meetings occurs, bob corker was asked does he still hold to that position about donald trump's stability. let's listen to that. >> do you stand by what you said about the president about how he hasn't demo...

Hopefully, somehow or another, it is built into the kim response. in 2006, when china cut off oil to north korea, the north koreans went to the stable. that is was the single most powerful leverage point. the americans need to get in the room and ensure kim that we don't want to engage in a decapitation of the north korean regime. we just don't want them to have the capacity of a ballistic miss billion a hydrogen bomb on top of it. senator, thank you very much. you're welcome, thank you. later this afternoon, the president will take the stage in north dakota to talk about tax reform, but...

Portions of last night's speech. some of that was as we talked about earlier speaking to his base. at the same time, remember those unearthed transcripts from telephone calls with officials from mexico and australia. and with president pena nieto, trump was like you've got to pay for the wall and pena nieto was saying i can't go there, president trump, i think we should drop the subject, mr. trump. so he's bringing it up in the context of nafta, which he knows that the mexican government cares very much about to your point, perhaps as a leverage point. >> okay. but in terms of this is just rhe...

Political commentator, jason mi miller, and here we go. it's like the house all over again. jason miller, you first. president trump already signed his support to the bill. here's what he tweeted. "i am very supportive of the senate health care bill. look forward to making it really special. remember, obamacare is dead." but right now, as you saw, there are four republican senators who say that they oppose this bill. ted cruz, mike lee, ron johnson and rand paul along with three more republican senators who are concerned and are seeking changes. what do you think, jason miller? >> well, don, t...