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Susan collins has tried to keep her cards close to her vest during this process. she has been inundated probably more than any other single senator by the protests that have been going on up here, and by extraordinary outside pressure. remember, there was that effort in maine to raise money for an as yet unnamed opponent of hers who might run against her in 2020 if she supported brett kavanaugh. collins has been at the middle, the dead center of absolutely every contentious fight we have had in this congress since donald trump has become president, and she wears the weight of that pretty openl...

To be a lot of outside pressure and not only from the president possibly going to these states campaigning the mentioning of this effort, but also outside groups spending millions of dollars in campaign ads, someone like jon tester who just out with a barrage of president trump in montana will have to deal with likely a barrage on his choice. >> harris: is such an interesting example in a freshman on our minds. real quickly before i let you go. the president makes his choice, what do we know will be the next steps in all of this? the american public and i was wondering what is happened in a da...

This world. >> north korea has never given up military weapons without outside pressure. this would be the first time they go down that path. they also have the pleasure to denuclearize while continuing in this program. while i think we all hope for the best outcome, experience has shown that that won't be the outcome. >> is the president considering withdrawing troops? >> it sends a signal to kim jong-un that the president is so committed to the success of this summit that he will sacrifice what no other leader is willing to sacrifice. by doing so, it will give kim jong-un knowledge that he h...

>> he asked me to satisfy him. he pointed to genital areas of his body and asked me to touch it. >> those details were on paul ryan's mind when he arrived at the podium. >> no one should have to go through something like that. let alone here in congress. i think he should resign. >> the congressional black caucus remains conflicted. jim clyburn called for him to quit but missouri congressman believes that autocratic leaders are reacting like that because of outside pressure. >> leader pelosi had no other alternative. it's not like there were 12 or 13 options. >> senator al franken is dealing w...

Figure out an impasse. i don't mean that in the pejorative way, but repeal straight up. the reason republican leaders didn't do that was because of outside pressure and it wasn't going to pass. at some point, there needs to be a meeting of the minds about what should happen. republicans proceeded on a path without democrats. when the president said, democrats obstructed, that's not true. republicans chose the mechanism that didn't require democratic support. i think at some point, everybody needs to join a conversation that's more rooted in reality. >> jon: explained to us if you can, mitch mc...