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for the white house. Just today north korea conducted an artillery drill, designed to annihilate the u. S. Imperialists bases of aggression, their termology. What more are you learning about this briefing at the white house . Well, anderson, it was important at least at the white houses view for optics that the senators all came over here to in building. I was told by a Senior Administration official, that optics were indeed a central reason, not just for domestic political reasons, but to send the message abroad to north korea and china and elsewhere that the u. S. Government was speaking with one voice here and the level of gravity of this meeting was heightened in view of the white house by having it all over here. I talked to some senators afterwards, including some democrats who were not nearly as
take away from the meeting . Anderson, i seriously felt like i could have gotten all that information by reading a newspaper, i did not see any new information coming out of that meeting to me, it felt like a dog and pony show more than anything else. Kwhwhy do you think the whit house would do that . It might have to do with his first 100 days in office. But those that kairm there to brief us, came back to the capitol to brief the 400 members of congress and i talked to some of my former colleagues in the house and they said there wasnt anything new in their briefing either. Was there not a room big enough at the senate . Theres actually not a room at the white house thats big enough for 100 senators, we have that room here in the senate, here in the capitol complex. But they didnt talk about any Military Action in this briefing. Essentially youre saying this was a photoop or Something Else to put on a list of accomplishments of the first 100 days. They successfully got 100 people on three busses and tying up traffic in washington, d. C. To get us over there for a briefing. Do you think the white house carings more about optics. Si wish the white house would actually care more about getting stuff done instead of coming out with rhetoric and tweets, lets come out with some real policy that can actually move forward. For a long time ive been talking about the need for infrastructure investments, lets talk about that. Ted cruz says north korea is one of the most dangerous spots at the moment. The white house is ratcheting
up the rhetoric, what happens when north korea does something that they have tested a missile, are we then bound to attack them . Im just very concerned that the white house is Ratcheting Up Rhetoric but has not come to the house or the senate or the members of congress with a real plan on what they would like to do. Thats the one place where he seems like hes willing to initiate Military Action, my concern is that hes moving forward without any real plan and that anything that he does will be much more knee jerk. Look, if north korea does anything that will endanger japan or south korea, we have a treaty or alliance with those two nations and of course we will come to their aid, if they try to attack the United States, of course we will come and defend our home land. But i didnt see anything in the briefing today that talked to any real specific plans that the white house had for what theyre
going to do to get north korea to actually scale down their nuclear capabilities. Coming up after a short break, more big news from the white house, the president s tax plan or outline might be a better word, what is in it and what a lot of people are pointing out is not in it. Were keeping them honest next. And then later, President Trump says he absolutely wants to break up the 9th Circuit Court of appeals, and well talk about whether thats something the president can actually do, ahead. When you have allergies, it can seem like triggers pop up everywhere. Luckily theres powerful, 24hour, nondrowsy claritin. It provides relief of symptoms that can be triggered by over 200 different allergens. Live claritin clear. So i stepped on this machine and got my number, which matched my dr. Scholls custom fit orthotic inserts. So i get immediate relief from my foot pain. My knee pain. Find a machine at drscholls. Com. Mone hundredts thousand times a day, sending oxygen to my muscles. Again so i can lift even the most demanding weight. Take care of all your most important parts with centrum. Now verified non gmo and gluten free. Now which learn he has no intention to. The president has no intention, the president has released plenty of information and i think has given more Financial Disclosure than anybody else, i think the American Population has plenty of information. You can decide for yourself if you have plenty of information, we dont know how the president s bottom line would be affected by this tax plan, and keep in mind, we dont know one really important thing, the price tag, there are cuts and how it would be paid for, Bullet Points with about 350 words or so. The theory is that its going to pay for itself by stimulating the economy, there will be new tax revenues, company also hire more workers, thats the idea, thats the cheery. All we got today was the broad details and the cuts. There is real concern about the plan mobile exploding the deficit, which is interesting considering what we heard from then candidate trump during the campaign. We owe 19 trillion as a
country, and were going to knock it down. I will do everything in my power not to touch Social Security and to bring down our deficits. Im the king of debt, nobody knows debt better than me. I understand debt better than probably anybody. I know about debt than practically anybody, i love debt. I am the king of debt, i love debt, and i love playing with it. I also love reducing debt and i know how to do it better than anybody, its tricky and its dangerous and you have to know what youre doing. I have made a fortune by using debt. If things dont work out, i renegotiate the debt. How do you renegotiate the debt . You go back and say, you know what . The economy just crashed, im going to give you back half. A lot of big pronouncements from the white house, but again, it really was one page bullet
points, less than 250 words. We obviously have to wait for more details. But the sort of big picture stuff, i think we can talk about which is in idea that the tax cuts can pay for themselves through economic growth. I know someones going to bring up ronald reagan, while the truth is the deficit exploded and reagan did raise them in 1983, bush 1 raised them and then bill clinton raised them and so did the deficit. So you have to balance this out, you have to accept the fact that while the economy may be stimulated, youre still going to end one a deficit. Does this benefit the people who voted for donald trump . Of course it does. I mean the reagan tax cut its to save taxes, an llc, i mean i have an llc. It may be good for me, but im not sure theres a lot of coal workers or miners that have llc. It was the reaganclinton combination that brought down the deficit, that balanced the budget eventually, that caused about 20 years of economic growth. Do you really believe these tax cut also pay for themselveses . You have to have the cuts in spending to go with them. Therein when Ronald Reagans political problem, because the republicans controlled the house, they didnt control the senate for the first few years, but they did control the house which controls the Purse Strings and that was tip oneill and he wasnt going to go down that path. And in the Clinton White house, we got there with balanced budgets. He doubled the federal
revenue. But he also ended the cold war, so that bill clinton could reduce defense spending, yes . Remember that . That just seems like a stretch to me, i mean we have to accept the fact that his economic plan did lead to a huge deficit, and ultimately taxes had to be raised to pay for that deficit. Because democrats would not cut spending. Im not im not even making this a democrat versus republican, im just talking about facts that at some point taxes have to be raised, right . Is it possible this thing is going to pay for itself . Alexis is laughing. I am laughing because i dont want to get in the middle of that conversation. The way i would characterize this in is in two factions, one this is all about stimulant. What theyre focused on right now, how do we increase jobs, how do we increase investment and how do we get spending going in the economy . And what we have witnessed since election day, if you look at the dow and the s p, they have priced in a real pro Growth Strategy that they have not yet been able to deliver. So what you saw today, particularly around Corporate Tax rates is how do we stimulate the economy, how do we create jobs, and what theyre talking about, just in terms of repatriating, bringing dollars from overseas back to the United States. If you look at Companies Like microsoft, oracle, they have hundreds of millions of dollars oversea, if you bring a couple of trillion dollars back into the United States that could be dividends that are in your Retirement Savings and other things. The other part of this is simplification, thats what they talked about today, so to me its about stimulant and simplification of the code so that we cannot spend 700 billion hours on filing your taxes. Its the first step in the right direction, but i like what they said, they were realists, they said were not going to get it done by august, if we get it done by the end of the year. So to me, i actually like the way they laid out the plan today. Matt . No, i think that its this is a very good start. I dont think that tax cuts pay for themselves, but i do think that it will generate some revenue, i think that this could stimulate the economy, put people back to work, which was one of Donald Trumps plans, the potential problem that theyre going to have, though, is, you know, the devils in the details, as you said, but in order to do this through reconciliation, which they want to do, it has to be revenue neutral. You can try to score it dynamically, and we could make an argument that using the
curve, these taxes will pay for themselves, but theyre going to have to find a way, maybe its the cbo score, but theyre going to have to show that its revenue neutral, thats not going to be easy to do to get through the senate. How does giving an Estate Tax Break to incredibly wealthy people, at this point its people who are giving more than 5 million in their estates, how does that Help Somebody whos they get hired by people who have the money to hire them. Poor people dont hire poor people. People who have money hire poor people. So kids who inherit large amounts of money, they dont just sit on that money. Theres a moral aspect to this. I mean if your great grandfather built up a farm and this gets passed down and then you are going to lose the farm because of taxes, thats a lot of buckings right there, because thats not fair. We know at the other end what happens. All this money go into the federal government and basically its divvied up by politicians who hand it out to their buds. Its like crony inch, thats bad. The estate tax actually does, and i dont know what his plan is, i mean if it would affect where the line is for him. But it currently definitely affects people who are not multimillionaires. It does affect people who, i have a friend who inherited a family home and had to sell it because she woucouldnt afford taxes on it. Look, our tax system is broken, theres no question, it needs to be looked at and needs to be fixed. There are some good things in this plan, i think the Corporate Tax hate should be looked at, and the Bigger Picture has to be considered about the deficit which actually does matter. So, youre saying like, theyre going to have to make it revenue neutral or definite neutral or
just do what bush did and have them expire. If you know theyre going to expire, youre not going to reinvest it in your business. Or that gdp is going to go to 3 from 2, thats what theyre counting on. The president takes his anger out on the 9th Circuit Court of appeals, he threatens to break it up. Well also discuss legal questions with Jeffrey Toobin and laura coats. Get your ancestrydna kit. Spit. Mail it in. Learn about you and the people and places that led to you. Go explore your roots. Take a walk through the past. Meet new relatives. And see how a place and its people are all a part of you. Ancestrydna. Save 20 through wednesday at ancestrydna. Com red line, 20 minute delay. Oh, no. Rhythmic Clatter cant get a signal . So annoying, right . Yeah, and im late for a job interview. Hey, man, can you just nix it, just for like two seconds . Thank you. You need verizon. They have the largest, most reliable 4g Lte Network in america. Its made to work in places like this. With verizon unlimited, we could video chat the interview in hd right here. Okay. Hey, man, ill cue you. vo when it really, really matters, you need the best network and the best unlimited. Just 45 per line for four lines. Im a people person. Drumming Resumes
sarah, what did President Trump tell you about the future of the 9th circuit . Reporter President Trump said that he would consider proposals that are now in congress to break up the ninth Circuit Court, there are republicans who have been trying to achieve this legislatively for years now, this is not a new idea, this is why i asked him about it. There are republicans who want to carve out a 12th circuit from states who are under the jurisdiction of the 9th. This is what trump called it was judge shopping, he said that the concentration of liberal leaning judges on the 9th circuit creates an atmosphere for politically motivated parties to get their preferred outcome. When President Trump said he wanted address the overreach of the 9th circuit, how he views it. This was based on a question
you asked particularly about breaking up the 9th circuit, sometimes hell say, oh, yeah, im looking into that or did he bring this up on his own . Reporter hes actually mentioned his plan to break up the 9th circuit previously. Obvio its not new that they have scene a lot of their Signature Policies halted by those judges so its not surprising that President Trump would back a preexisting republican plan to break up the 9th circuit, its supported by republicans like john mccain and dan sullivan in the senate. The first 100 days obviously are close to wrapping up. Did he time pleased with how things were going . How did he seem . I asked him to give himself a
grade and he did give himself an a. He stressed that he did get to sign several pieces of legislation, he said that by saturday, he expects that he will have signed 32 bills, and it seems like where a lot of that is coming from is the Republicans Congressional Review at to redo obama era regulations, but once the Congressional Review Act window closes, they wont be able to use that tool anymore after friday and the pace of legislation will likely slow a bit. I want to discuss this now with our cnn legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin and laura coats. The president s proposal to break up the 9th circuit, is this something he can do . He cant do it, congress has to do it. But this is not new, this has been proposed for decades to try and break up the 9th circuit and
break what is regarded as a little bit ral bastion in the court of appeals, but that can only be done by congress. Congress added an 11th circuit, they split up the 5th, so this is not something thats wildly unprecedented, its just not something that the congress has decided to do. Hes argued that its basically forum shopping, but in order to change and break up the circuit, it would have to be based on bureaucratic backlog or inefficiency, not on ideological progress of the United States. 18 of its 25 tsangs are appointed Bier Democrats which obviously are going to perhaps infuriate a republican president. But its not appropriate to break it up if its based on ideology as opposed to
injustice. President obama did it during a State Of The Union address, criticizing citizens united. Its about blaming the message versus the messenger, and basically what trump is doing is saying the messenger is the problem. How can someone criticize the judge . I love how everybodys getting the vapor over these judges. These judges are appointed for life, why shouldnt they where criticized . I dont know why donald trump cant criticize them. One thing he has not done is suggested he wont comply, like president Andrew Jackson did. But these people are important, theyre big boys and girls, they can take some criticism, i dont see anything wrong with donald trump criticizing both the message and the messenger. I do, and i think a lot of
people have the same perception, when he criticizes them based on their per sechgs of what their nationality will be, when he complained about the judge who may oversee one of his Donald Trump University cases, judge cure yel, when youre talking about the ciriticism of the messenger itself, when you criticize a judge on nonlegal grounds, on grounds that have nothing to do with their actual mission and job judiciary. Demoralizing . Are these people so sensitive that they cant take some Kroit Criticism . Part of the judges ruling was based on things that the Trump Administration has said about Sanctuary Cities and we have seen this on the ban from seven countries, the temporary
ban, i want to play some quotes that the judge himself cited on this. I dont Want To Defund anybody, i want to give them the money they need to properly operate as a city or state. If theyre going to have Sanctuary Cities, were going to have to do that. Certainly that would be a weapon. The Department Of Justice would also take all lawful steps to claw back any funds awarded to a jurisdiction that willfully violates 1373. And the president is going to do everything he can within the scope of the Executive Order to make sure that cities that dont comply with it, counties and other institutionses that dont get federal government funding in compliance with this extra order. Is this appropriate for the president to use somethi president judge to do to use things that the president has said theres a famous Supreme Court court case where the court said its okay for congress to say if you want federal highway
money you have to raise the drinking age to 21, congress could pass a law about Sanctuary Cities, that would be permissible. The problem here is that trump did it without congressional authorization. We have to leave it there. Up next, theres Breaking News from capitol hill on the house Intelligence Committees investigation on russia and the trump team. Sources say some key decisions were made today by Committee Members on who they want to speak with, including one big name in the white house, i talked with a committee member, our conversation in a moment. A sneak peek at the new episode of sound tracks, songs that define history that airs tomorrow night here on cnn. Im in a New York State Of Mind the music and the artist post9 11 are reflective of what we feel. We played for an audience of police and firemen and Rescue Workers when they needed a boost. I put a firemans helmet on
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interviewing witnesses its very important if we are not conveying to a witness Classified Information or we are not receiving Classified Information, i think it should be open, some witnesses will have Classified Information and that can be done in secret, but i think the American People benefitted when Director Comey and director rogers came forward, and the more we can do that, the more trust we can engender to the American People. To agree to share documents with your committee, that they were reticent to that do. My experience during the past few years is that Intelligence Agencies have expected and just through the custom have seen the Intelligence Committee Work Together in a bipartisan fashion so this was unusual to see the chairman do what he did, so i think for us to be back on track with a new leader of the investigation, its probably restored the faith among all and we just want to get back to work and i can say right now that
thats the case. How difficult does it make things for your community that there are now four separate investigations into the same issues and a lot of the same witnesses questioning the same documents . No question there are some redundancies, it would have been better if we had a joint housesenate investigation, but that was a decision that speaker ryan and mcconnell made. To debunk a lot of the myths out there is to have an independent commission and im pursuing a separate track. We all saw the drama obviously with nunes and kind of the trips to the white house, do you believe your committees investigation is back on track . Yes, and i also have a lot of faith in mike conaway from texas, i take him at his word and have seen him at work and i think he just wants to follow
the evidence and we all have an interest in finding out what happened, you know, getting to the bottom as to whether any u. S. Persons were involved, thats something very important to both sides and then making recommendations so that no country, russia or otherwise is able to pull this off again. We saw this first open hearing that you all had, it was a tale of two committees, republicans asking questions about leaks and democrats asking about russia, do you still see that sort of division . What we have a response to just follow the evidence. And so the democratic side, we wanted to point out the deep personal, political and financial ties with trump and his team that at the time were interfering with our investigation. We too want to pursue anyone who violated the law if there were leaked violations, but thats not as important as our Sovereignty Being violated an us Doing Nothing about it. And Michael Flynn in terms of getting him to testify is an offer of immunity, is that a possibility . Im not familiar with one and unless he were to proffer to us why we should do that, in other words what he could offer that we could not otherwise obtain, i dont think that would be a good idea. Appreciate your time, thanks. Just ahead tonight, Retired Coal Miners who were promised Health Care Benefit for life are just days away from actually losing coverage. Tonight theyre waiting to see if President Trump who they helped elect will have that back. And i became diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma. That diagnosis was tough. I had to put my trust in somebody. When i first met steve, we recommended chemotherapy, and then we did high dose therapy and then autologous stem cell transplant. Unfortunately, he went on to have Progressive Disease i thought that he would be a good candidate for immune therapy. Its an intravenous medicine that is going
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retired miners unless congress acts. One option, the miners protection act, would secure Lifelong Health benefits and pension. Last Year Congress voted to extend Health Benefits only for four months. Back in 1946, might have beners with the federal government. Its also called the promise. Miners agreed to work in the mines at least 20 years and in exchange, the federal government promised to provide pension and Health Care Benefits to the miners and they families for live. From the cradle to the grave is what the phrase was that they promised for our health care and our pension benefits. The fund for Health Benefits dried up over the years as Coal Mining Companies filed for bankruptcy and stopped paying into it. What we need as mine workers is a permanent fix, and now were at the short end of the fuse, time is running out. Donald, if youre listening, i believe you were being sincere when you made a statement you were for the miners. Reporter we shared the complaints with the white house which told us they are working with congress to address this matter. Adding, its the subject of sensitive ongoing negotiations. How much will you have to struggle if you lose your benefits . I have health issues. In fact, i have Crohns Disease and other maintenance things that i need. And my drug cost would be more than what i bring in a month now. If i lose my Health Benefits, im hurting. Im one hospital stay away from if i have no insurance, from losing a home or wondering where my next meal is coming from. Or worried about my loved ones,
how im going to take care of them. And i feel like i have worked hard for this. They promised me this. Reporter all of the miners have health issues. To a person say they cant afford private insurance if their benefits dry up. Some miners have said, this feels like a slap in the face, that natheyre not being taken care of. Absolutely. Its sticking a dagger in you. Reporter still, critics argue if congress bails out coal miners, then congress will have to bail out everyone else facing the loss of benefits like truckers. So be it says this group. That promise was in the contract that was made that we were supplying the coal that powered this country. And fuelled this country and through wars and Everything Else that a lot of us served in. Reporter a promise for life thats turned into a lot less. The money for these benefits would come from a fund thats
already been established to clean up abandoned mines. I should point out that there is a competing bill on the floor. Although, that does not shore up life long pension benefits, only Health Benefits. We know the miners want both. Its going to be interesting to see how this plays out in washington. The senator from West Virginia is a democrat. He has been pushing for years now to get this fixed. He wants them to have the life long Health Benefits and life long pension benefits. He has a Good Relationship with the president who has remained silent on this issue. Were going to be watching that drama and see how it all plays out in washington. The clock, of course, is ticking. Its coming down to the wire for these miners. We will follow it. The Trump Presidency barrelling towards day 100. Score card coming up. Day mark back in october. His campaign released Donald Trumps contract with the american voter, a 100 day action plan to make America Great again. Back then mr. Trump seemed to exbrae embrace the 100 day deadline. Now he calls it a ridiculous standard. Let me read that for you. No matter how much i accomplished during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, and it has been a lot, including sc media will kill. Like it or not, the mile marker is three days away. Tom foreman tonight reports on where things stand. Reporter almost 100 days of promises colliding with political reality started with a staggering loss. On my first day, im going to ask congress to send me a bill to immediately repeal and replace repeal and replace repeal and replace that horror show called obamacare. Reporter that pledge brought applause on the campaign but calamity in office. The president s party even with control of Congress Found itself bitterly divided. Some saying his plan went too far, some not far enough. His first attempt at major legislation was yanked without a vote. I will not sugarcoat this. This is a disappointing day for us. Reporter despite talk about a pledge to build a border wall and have mexico pay for it the wall gets built. Reporter theres no progress on that either. True, this president has signed more legislation than any of the previous five president s in the same period. Much of it erasing obama era regulations. But none of it produced the Public Impact typical of major laws. For that, he has turned to executive actions, signing more than any other president in the first 100 days since harry truman. Quickly wiping out the trade deal known as the transpacific partnership. We just officially terminated tpp. Reporter his most incendiary idea, Banning Travel from several majority muslim nations, has stalled in the courts over the administrations protests. Protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States is a vital measure for strengthening our national security. Reporter the legal branch is where President Trump has scored his biggest victory. We have to replace judge scalia with a conservative great judge. I neil gorsuch reporter despite opposition, neil gorsuch was approved and seated on the Supreme Court. And i got it done in the first 100 days. Thats even nice. Reporter this president has tried to move forward at a break neck pace. Perhaps many of his promised will yet come to pass. But faced with the string of protests and a plummeting approval rating, his first 100 days, as he himself has hinted, have turned out to be much more complicated than expected
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