watching windsor castle, that, of course, is where the president will meet with the queen, pamela. joe johns, thank you so much, joe. now let s bring in our panel. cnn commentator, ana navarro, and bill crystal. happy sunday to you both. thanks for spending sometime with us. let s jump in, bill. what do you think, is biden s trip all about repairing relationships that became strained under trump? yes, and i think he will have a successful first part of the trip who will like the trip to the queen, and the nato summit should be a love fest because they will be happy to have a american president committed, and i was talking with a democrat the other day who is concerned that the rest of the trip pales in significance to
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reporting. thank you for being there. cnn commentator, president trump s former director of legislative affairs, mark short. we know this has been and will continue to be a big focus for the president. it s a rallying cry to his base to say things like we may shut the border. does he weaken his case when he makes comments like that? the economic consequences on trade would be devastating. the state department came out and said 1.7 billion in goods and services cross the border every day. why does he throw that out there? poppy, i think that the economic consequences would be severe. i also don t underestimate the president here. he has promised since his 2016 campaign that he s going to do what s necessary to make sure that the southern border is secure. can you watch, you can see the images on screen and know it s anarchy at the border, a lawless situation and the president is going to continue to do what he
midterm elections. everything he is doing has also helped extend it here. but no question at all, the moves that we re seeing over the last 24 hours are not legal maneuvers. they re political maneuvers. and that s a different matter. sara, let s talk about the president listening to outside advisers on his fight with the doj, because as i read in the open here, steve bannon, his former campaign manager, corey lewandowski, david bossie and the president of the hispanic council, cnn commentator, steve cortes. they are going about this campaign to try to undermine the investigation and to, i believe they don t think that john kelly is forcefully enough representing the president or pushing back on this investigation. yeah, i mean i think we ve seen a lot of frustration from the president allies outside of the white house in particular who may feel the ability to voice their feelings more loudly than they would have when they were in the white house or in a official capacity that trump
we ll check back with you because there s a lot to discuss right now. lynn sweet, washington bureau chief for the chicago sun times is with me. david swerdlick, cnn commentator, and brian stelter, host of reliable sources. and michael zeldin, former special assistant to robert mueller at the justice department. good to see you all. let s begin with this latest news from dowd, his statement. and whether this was a template for the potential end of the mueller investigation. so michael, trump s attorney calls the mccabe firing brilliant and courageous, and says he hopes rod rosenstein follows this example of jeff sessions and ends the mueller probe. the attorney says, of course, he s speaking out on his own behalf. there were two things there to tackle. is he indeed speaking on his own behalf or is this an extension of the sentiment of the president? and does this now serve as a