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We have not seen any instance, until now we have not seen the congress assert itself, certainly not the republicans in the congress have said i'm sorry, we're done, the political consequences of sticking with you are too high until exactly now. and i think that is a water shed moment in this presidency because, to me, it is the most important math calculation of all math calculations that every united states senator has to do. does it cost more to stick with trump or cost more to -- does it cost more to abandon trump? for two years and two months the answer has been it would cost us more to ab...

United states senator has to do. does it cost more to stick with trump or cost more to -- does it cost more to abandon trump? for two years and two months the answer has been it would cost us more to abandon him. at this moment on this issue and potentially now on many more issues going forward, including the existence of the trump presidency, this will be the moment where republican senators have figured out there's a different math game in town, and that could be incredibly bad news for president trump >> rick wilson, we have "the washington post" report from the inside of this story leading...

Math game happening here in which the president's legal team are trying to get mueller to show some cards. you say, no, i'm not going to sit down for those questions. send me some written ones. >> they have all the questions. >> they have broad strokes. >> we know -- >> we know the descriptions. >> rudy wasn't there. >> i think they would like to try to tease out a little bit more specifics so they can get prepped in advance. i also think, maybe this is cynical of me -- >> let me pretty you. they know the areas they have trump on. >> yes, i think that's what they're trying do, get them to tell...

Growing at a 9.7% clip. you about you. a lot of americans have not been enjoying 9.7% pay raises so if we bring that down to still something approaching double the inflation rate, that is something -- >> it's not double the healthcare -- >> neil: focus on medicaid. that's -- >> is this comparable to the defense budget? you know perfectly well that every republican that is currently saying this is not a a cut -- >> neil: you know from your last visit here, i'm for looking at everything in the budget. defense included. i don't want to play the political game. i want to play the math game. >> yea...

Amendment? is it -- give me your take on whether you think this bill's in trouble. >> the math that i'm told is not looking good, the effort to try to garner senator schumer and others to try to garner 70 votes to push the house could really torpedo the bill because it could make it so restrictive that you lose other wings of support on the left. it's a very fragile coalition, and over on the house, you know that house speaker john boehner and paul ryan and other leaders are committed to doing something, but the rank and file is not interested. in the end, it's a math game. it just doesn't loo...