saving sites until after christmas. >> bret: mike emanuel on the hill. thanks. let's get some analysis from former house speaker newt gingrich, author of the new book "understanding trump." he joins us from arlington, virginia. thanks for being here. >> good to be with you. >> bret: you have been through a number of these battles, these fiscal clips in your time. how do you look at this, about one, getting tax reform across the finish line, whether republicans can do that and two, dealing with all the loose ends on funding the government. >> there will be a little bit of a mess. the tax bill will be less of a master they are close to working out a deal. i think they probably will meet the president's goal of getting it on his desk the week of the 18. it's good for the american economy. we are above 3% real growth.