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The biggest threat to the united states. russia's economy is the size of france's. >> tucker: texas. >> c'mon! now russia and china are doing military exercises and we are on sideline going okay, we have to act really mean on everything with russia because of the mueller investigation. it had a profound policy effect i think on the government. >> tucker: yes. >> and we will never know really the effect on the american people, the geopolitical position. that must be examined. >> tucker: on the social fabric. you have notice out here like you, i am not from washington but i spent most of my life...

We're just trying to get that pushed through. >> i've heard you speak on this and passion nall about helping those who continue to live impacted by the toxins of those days following 9/11, firefighters, policemen and women. how will this bill help them? >> thank you for having me. i'm passionate because people are sick and dying. i've been to 181 funerals. the pain, the struggle. the fight is real. when this went into effect the conversations are now do i put gas in the car or do i put food on the table? do i keep a roof over my head or pay the utilities? this is real and this policy effect is...

He says don't be silly but adds, you started it. and who cares democracy is broken? it took dealt la just six days. by removing a tax break from the airline. still no word out of washington on when we'll see legislation to make schools safer. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to le"the lead." chaos has been part of how donald trump has run his businesses, how he ran the country. is there something boris this week's maelstrom? an ally of the president's tells gloria borg per this past week has been different and quote, something is very wrong. that advisers are scared. the president is spiral...

It's just deja vu. i can't tell you how many times i've been on shows like this after a mass shooting, having conversations about the politics and what happens next. frankly, we all know what happens next. that's the only policy response from the government is to lower the flags at half-mast. we know that congress is not going to do anything. there won't be a policy response in washington. you know, what's worse than that, don, i was reading a study from harvard business school in 2016, they studied the policy effect of mass shootings. and the major finding is that over the last few decades, t...

>> and what would be -- i guess, can you give an example of something that happened, where reconciliation was not allowed because of this byrd rule that someone tried? so we have a real-world example. >> well, one issue that i remember very well was in 1995 when they had a very large reconciliation bill. and there was a provision that was in that bill, which provided that no federal funds could be used for abortions. it was my view that that violated the byrd rule, even though it did score, it would have saved the federal government money, but part of the byrd rule is that if something is in t...