Trump heads west to POTUS-friendly Iowa

>>> LETS ACLOSE BY ASKING OUR
REPORTERS TO SHARE A LITTLE
TIDBIT FROM THEIR NOTEBOOKS AND
HELP KEEP YOU OUT AHEAD OF THE
BIG POLITICAL NEWS COMING UP.
PHIL, I'LL START WITH YOU.
>> SENATORS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A
LOT OF SPACE TO FIGURE OUT THEIR
DIFFERENCES ON HEALTH CARE,
THEY'RE ENORMOUS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
THAT ENDS THIS WEEK.
I'M TOLD THAT AT SOME POINT
DURING THIS WEEK, LEADERSHIP
WILL COME DOWN AND SAY IT'S TIME
TO MAKE A DEAL, THE NEGOTIATIONS
ARE OVER.
IT IS NOW TIME TO COMPROMISE.
FIGURE SOMETHING OUT, BECAUSE WE
HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE'VE ALL KNOWN THIS MOMENT IS
COMING.
NOW WE KNOW WHEN IT'S COMING.
EXPECT IT BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS
WEEK AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS
FROM THERE.
>> NEGOTIATIONS OVER COMING UP.
>> TIME TO MAKE A DEAL.
>> ABBY?
>> MY COLLEAGUE LISA AND I HAVE
A STORY IN TODAY'S PAPBER AMONG
REPUBLICANS THE SLOW PACE WHITE
HOUSE MEMBERS ARE FILLING
POLITICAL POSTS.
THERE WERE IS NO ONE TO
IMPLEMENT THE TRUMP AGENDA AND
ALL THAT TALK OF DECONSTRUCTIVE
THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE HAS
GONE OUT THE WINDOW.
THIS WHITE HOUSE DOES WANT TO
FILL MANY OF THESE POSITIONS BUT
THERE IS SOME NERVOUSNESS AMONG
THE CANDIDATES ABOUT COMING INTO
A WHITE HOUSE UNDER SIEGE BY A
NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS, BY A
PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T LISTEN TO
SOME OF HIS AIDES, AND SO ALL OF
THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO A LITTLE
BIT OF A SUPPLY AND DEMAND
PROBLEM FOR THIS WHITE HOUSE IN
TERMS OF STAFFING THE
GOVERNMENT.
>> WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
KAROUN?
>> THIS WEEK IS A BIG TEST IN
THE GREATER PROBE AROUND TRUMP
COMING UP IN CONGRESS.
THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
ASKED HIM TO PRODUCE THE TAPES
BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND IT'S
A TEST OF THE EFFICACY OF THE
RUSSIAN INVESTIGATIONER HAVE
SUCCESS THE CREDIBILITY OF THE
PRESIDENT.
IF HE PRODUCES THEM WHAT'S IN
THEM COULD CORROBORATE HIS OR
COMEY'S STORY.
IF HE DOESN'T, CAN CONGRESS YELL
AND SCREAM AND BEAT THEIR CHESTS
OR SUBPOENA SOMETHING THEY'RE
NOT SURE EXISTS AND THE QUESTION
WHERE DOES THIS GO FROM THERE.
THIS IS A PUSH/PULL AND WE'LL
SEE HOW THIS HAPPENS ON THE
ISSUE OF THE TAPES AND THE
QUESTION IF THEY'RE NOT THERE,
NOT PRODUCED, HOW MANY TIMES CAN
THE PRESIDENT TWEET ABOUT
SOMETHING IN AIR QUOTES, WIRE
TAPPING, TAPES, AND PEOPLE
DEFEND HIM AS THIS IS A SLIP OF
THE TWITTER FINGER AND NOT POOR
JUDGMENT IN TERMS OF TRYING TO
DIVERT ATTENTION AWAY.
>> HE SAID WHATEVER THE OUTCOME
OF THE TAPES WE'LL BE
DISAPPOINTED.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
JEFF?
>> THIS WEEK THE PRESIDENT IS
GOING WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
FOR FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
HE'S WITHIN IN OFFICE WHICH IS
UNUSUAL, FIVE MONTHS IN, BUT
GOING TO IOWA ON WEDNESDAY TO
CEDAR RAPIDS.
HIS ADVISERS ARE TRYING TO GET
HIM TO LEAVE THIS BUBBLE OF
WASHINGTON, TRYING TO GET HIM
OUT OF HERE, BUT FOR SOME REASON
HE'S NOT AS INCLINED TO DO SO.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHY THAT IS.
IS HE GOING TO IOWA ON
WEDNESDAY.
LAST WEEK I WAS WITH HIM IN
WISCONSIN AND IT'S AMAZING WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE LOCAL NEWS
COVERAGE IS ON THE ISSUES HE'S
TALKING ABOUT.
WE'LL SEE IF THIS MARKS THE
BEGINNING OF A TURNING POINT OF
MORE TIME OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL.
HE IS INCLINED TO STAY HERE FOR
SOME REASON BUT ON A WEDNESDAY
IN IOWA, HE'LL BE THERE FOR THE
FIRST TIME, ONE OF THE STATES HE
TURNED FROM BLUE TO RED.
>> I'LL CLOSE WITH DEMOCRATS,
SENATE CAMELLA HARRIS OF
CALIFORNIA DID HERSELF AND HER
PARTY SOME GOOD CREATING VIRAL
MOMENTS WITH HER TOUGH AND
POINTED QUESTIONING OF
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS.
SHE UPPED HER FOLLOWING ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, GOT SHOUT OUTS ON
LATE NIGHT TV, "THE VIEW" AND
SEVERAL BLACK MEDIA OUTLETS, AND
WOMEN'S OUTLETS AS WELL.
THAT KIND OF OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY
BUZZ MEANS HARRIS IS BREAKING
THROUGH AND COULD BE A BIG HELP
TO DEMOCRATS IN 2018 AS THEY
LOOK FOR FRESH STAR POWER AND AS
THEY LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN
BRIDGE THE PARTY DIVIDES.
SHE HAS HELPED FUND RAISE
ALREADY FOR CLAIRE McCASKILL,
JON TESTER AND ELIZABETH WARREN
AND I'M TOLD SHE PLANS TO DO
MORE OF THAT COMING IN THE
FUTURE AND ALSO FOCUS ON ONE OF
HER SIGNATURE ISSUES, CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM, IN THE COMING
WEEKS.
THAT'S IT FOR "INSIDE POLITICS."
THANKS AGAIN FOR SHARING YOUR
SUNDAY MORNING AND A HAPPY
FATHER'S DAY TO YOU AND JOHN
KING WILL BE BACK IN THE ANCHOR
CHAIR TOMORROW AT NOON.
UP NEXT, "STATE OF THE UNION"
REQUEST JAKE TAMER.

Trump heads west to POTUS-friendly Iowa

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