Coast. The rhetoric has ramped up to the point where one u. S. Senator said, quote, were heading for war if things dont change. We begin right now with Cnns Jim Acosta at the white house. First of all, lets talk about the how the president responded to news of this launch. Anderson, he was much tougher on democrats today than he was on kim jongun. There was no talk of fire and fury. No talk of little rocket man earlier today, but the president dill tell reporters who were gathered here at the white house earlier today that hes on top of the situation in north korea. Heres what he had to say. As you probably have heard and some of you have reported, a missile was launched a little while ago from north korea. I will only tell you that we will take care of it. We have general mattis in the room with us. And we have had a long discussion on it. It is a situation that we will handle. Now, the white house says as of this evening, the president has spoken with the leaders of japan and south korea, but anderson, absent from the president s comments from today was really any of the brinkmanship we have seen all year long with respect to kim jongun, which is an interesting development. Well have to see if that continues to be the case at the white house because obviously thats raised a lot of concerns across washington as to whether the president should be engaging in that kind of brinkmanship, getting into name calling like he does with Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer when this person has their hands on the nuclear weapons. It is a real test for the president coming not long after listing north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. Thats right. Not omdid he decide to change the policy, the Bush Administration before barack obama took north korea off the list of state sponsors of terrorism, as we know. In addition to that, anderson, keep in mind, he just came off a nearly twoweek foreign trip during which he softened his rhetoric on china with the intent of using china to have some kind of leverage over north korea. That has been his policy throughout this entire administration, ten months of it so far. So far, it has not yielded results. Hes tried everything from using china, even talked about using russia during this foreign trip. And hes also obviously raised ratcheted up the rhetoric on north korea as well. None of those things have really had the intended effect of deescalating the situation with north korea. Which is why its no surprise you heard Lindsey Graham earlier tonight saying on cnn that perhaps it might take military force to change the situation over in north korea. If that is the situation were heading towards, that will obviously be a critical moment for this presidency and obviously for the entire world. Jim acosta, appreciate that. The president says well take care of it. Clearly tonight, whatever that entails just got more complicated. Todays shows that kim jonguns engineers on a learning curve, in fact an accelerating one. Jim sciutto joins us with more on that and where this all appears to be leading. What is the latest, jim . Whats key about this test, the highest altitude test north korea has ever conducted. It went 2700 miles directly up into space, and then back down to earth. That is more than ten times the altitude, for instance, of the International Space station. Why is that important . Because that is the arc, the flight path consistent with an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, a missile that can go from north korea to, for instance, the United States. And it also fits with a pace that we have seen this year of north Korean Missile testing that we have never seen before. This is the 23rd missile test that north korea has conducted since donald trump was elected president. We have never seen that before. And with each test, they are learning more, getting closer to being able to threaten the United States. So is it the view of the pentagon that right now north korea does have a missile capable of hitting the u. S. Mainland . What north korea has not yet demonstrated in a test is the capability to bring a pay load, in effect, a Nuclear Warhead back into the atmosphere. They havent done that yet, but each of these tests brings them closer to doing that. And for months, the view of the u. S. Intel community has been this, that we have to assume as a country for National Security purposes that north korea has an untested capability of doing that. And thats about posture, that you have to be prepared for that possibility and really that is a game changer because as you know, anderson, we have talked about this before, that multiple administrations, democrat and republican, obama, bush, going back to clinton, have all said this is a possibility they would never allow to happen. And we are this close to that being the reality. Its just an alarming reality today. Yeah. Jim sciutto, appreciate that. More now on how south korea and the region are reacting. New developments on that front tonight as well. Will ripley has just spoken to a north korean official. He joins us now. What did the north korean official tell you . Well, basically what jim said, that north korea hasnt proven they can bring a warhead back into the atmosphere. Thats what north korea still feels they need to prove. This is the same official who told me back in october that north korea basically had to show the Trump Administration two things. One, they had an icbm, they showed that today. Two, that they can detonate this device, which would be an above ground nuclear test like the kind that north koreas foreign minister threatened back in september, possibly over the pacific ocean. It could just be posturing. Maybe we could see another underground nuclear test, but the sense i have gotten from repeated conversations with north korean officials is in order to round off their Nuclear Program, they need to conduct this type of above ground test that would be so alarming and so provocative to the rest of the world, but the koreans feel so justified doing. They point to china which did it 40 years ago, the United States, russia, all Nuclear Powers that had to conduct above ground tests to get their programs to a certain stage. The North Koreans feel theyre almost at that stage, just a couple more steps to go. Of course, the big unknown, how would the United States and the region respond to that . Yeah, how has south korea responded so far . Well, you know, you have president moon who was speaking in the last few hours. This is a president who came into power after an impeachment, promising not to take a hawkish approach to north korea. Talking about peace, sitting down and having discussions with kim jongun, now saying if north korea continues this kind of behavior, peace would be impossible. Then you had the unification minister even before this Missile Launch saying that their analysts here in south korea now believe that north korea is closer than anyone ever expected to finalizing, finishing their Nuclear Program, and the u. S. Has stated that it could be early next year, perhaps a matter of weeks before north korea has this reliable icbm Nuclear Capable in their arsenal. That north korean official you talked about, he talked about two conditions essentially north korea wants to achieve. An icbm, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and some sort of above ground test. Have they ruled out diplomacy with the u. S. Until they can demonstrate their Nuclear Capabilities . Theyre not ruling out diplomacy all together, but there are a number of things that lead the North Koreans to believe diplomacy is not an option right now. First, the mixed messaging from the Trump Administration. You had secretary tillerson talking about diplomacy, and then President Trump beating the war drum, calling their leader rocket man, saying the u. S. Can totally destroy north korea, bolstering the fact that they have to arm themselves against the United States. The North Koreans do want to talk to the United States at some point, but they want to do it after they feel they have proven to themselves and the world that they have this full fledged Nuclear Program so they will be accepted into the International Community as a Nuclear Power because they have said repeatedly, even as recently as a couple weeks ago, that getting rid of their Nuclear Arsenal is simply no longer an option they would even consider. Will, you have been there more than anybody i know, certainly, for cnn repeatedly. Does any of this surprise you . Given what you have seen, given the militarization that we have all seen in images and what you have seen on the ground, can you explain what their mind frame is on this . Yeah, this test absolutely not a surprise to me. Yes, its been more than two months since north korea conducted their last Missile Launch over northern japan, then they had the nuclear test back in september as well. But this long pause, think about the kind of things theyre trying to accomplish now. These are big tests and they need to get them right. It could have been technical reasons, could have been political reasons at home. North koreas leader has been appearing in state media talking a lot about bolstering his nationschy in the face of sanctions because theyre expecting to really feel the impact of the sanctions in north korea, but theyre trying to tell their people even though theyre going to keep launching missiles and developing nuclear weapons, theyre also somehow going to try to provide them a Better Living standard as a result. Will ripley, appreciate that tonight. Thank you very much. Coming up next, one senator warns against war with north korea. Our military experts weigh in on what it would look like and what it would look like when its over. Later, how the president won over republicans and dissed two Democratic Leaders on taxes today. 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Were not going to live this way. To our friends in china, were not going to live this way. You need to help us. If you dont help us, well take care of it. Us taking care of it means the wars in your backyard, not ours. Taking hundreds of thousands of lives on the Korean Peninsula and possibly beyond. Joining us, Mark Hertling and retired air force colonel rick francona. How big a step forward, first of all, is this for north korea, the fact that they now may be able to hit the east coast of the United States . Its pretty big, anderson. You take a look at some of the data that came off this Missile Launch, and it shows a significant improvement. What were talking about whenever you launch a missile thats three phases. You have the boost phase as it comes off the pad. They have had that down for a while. Then you have the midcourse phase. For it to travel up to 4,700 kilometers, thats higher than the space station is circling. That means it can get in upper atmosphere and come down wherever it wants. Then, you have the reentry phase. So the fact that it traveled as far as it did, as high as it did, is significant. The last missile they shot up hit 3,500 kilometers, and that was a big launch. So from the standpoint of Technical Capability of this rocket, it was an improvement, and theyre showing steady improvements across the board in their missile systems. The speed with which north Koreas Nuclear capability seems to be increasing, what is that due to . This is what is surprising, the fact theyre achieving these goals so quickly. As the general said, they have already mastered these three phases of flight. They have already mastered the staging. Thats also a very critical part, is having the ability to launch multistaged rockets. Now, they have done that. I think that their stumbling block right now is this reentry, the third phase. When this vehicle reentered the atmosphere, it has to survive. The North Koreans claimed a few months ago and showed us pictures of that miniature nuclear weapon. They need a housing for that that survives. Thats what theyre working on now. I think thats the next step. But thats not it. Theyre not done just yet. They wont present this in a few weeks. Theyre going to have to have some way to fuse it and guide it. So we still have some time, hopefully, for diplomacy to work. General, the president said today well take care of it, and that its a situation that we will handle. Thats a quote. Do you know what that means exactly . Because i mean, when obviously theres diplomacy, but military options, we have talked about this before, none of them seem good. None of them are good, anderson. And i heard the president say that. Im a little bit concerned about that because there is no published strategy. Now, of course, President Trump has said in the past that hes not going to let people know what hes doing, but there doesnt seem to be an indication that there is a strategy for this particular area of the world. Theres been a lot of talk about coordinating with china in an attempt to get north korea to do our bidding, but the truth is we also need to get russia. Russia supported north korea for about 20 years in the 80s and the 90s, gave them a whole lot of financial support, and in fact, fed the regime. So i think russia needs to play a part in this too. Frankly, i believe russia is countering every action of the United States in this part of the world to cause more confusion. But to get to the conflict that you just talked about, if you have studied the korean conflict of the 50s, you will know that it is a conventional war without equal. It was very tough. You talk about frozen in fact, baldwin went over there a couple weeks ago and i talked to her before she went, and i said when you get in a helicopter around the dmz, look at the terrain because its some of the most difficult terrain to fight a conventional war in that you can imagine. If thats not the kind of war were going to fight, if its something else, and i dont want to mention what that might be, the artillery, the rockets and all of the things that north korea has to fire on seoul has been reported many times, can kill hundreds of thousands of people, more if youre talking about a nuclear exchange. Very briefly, an icbm heading to the United States, is that something that can be taken down . It can. We have Missile Defense systems. There are systems in japan, there are systems on the west coast of the United States. In hawaii and in guam and in other places. But truthfully, anderson, we would know of a launch through strat com, and they would be able to tell it, but when youre talking about a missile, an icbm Missile Launch, its hard, very hard. Appreciate it. Coming up, the state of the republican tax bill. The president visits capitol hill today. The bill passes the Senate Budget committee, so well tell you whats next and of course whats at stake. Fargo . 107. 00 at. Doggie lovers warehouse . No. I would never. Doggie lovers . Please you know me. I dont even know where that is look, im replying deny. See . Oh, come on [phone rings] hello . Wells fargo. I did not make that purchase. I didnt do it im so glad you caught that. Uh huh. Directv has been rated number one in Customer Satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. But some people still like cable. Just like some people like wet grocery bags. Getting a bad haircut. Overcrowded trains. Turnstiles that dont turn. And spilling coffee on themselves. 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As we get closer to tonights cnn tax debate, more on the Senate Tax Bill that moved forward today. The questions are what did it take to get to this point, and most importantly, whats in the bill for people to look forward to or be aware of. Cnns Phil Mattingly joins us from capitol hill with what hes learning tonight. Whats the current state of play . Does it look like the tax bill is going to make it through . Look, anderson, theyre in a much better place right now than this morning, no question about it. Whats important to note, even though its gone through the committee process, theres still a lot of hurdles left. Mitch mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader likened this parole process with trying to work with a rubix cube. A lot of competing demands. You have deficit hawks on the republican side of things. This is a 1. 5 trillion proposal, and these individuals dont want it to add to the deficit or debt in the long term. They want a trigger, basically something that would snap back the tax rates into play if the Economic Growth projections didnt match up to what they were looking for. Thats senator james lankford, senator jeff flakes. Then you have Susan Collins who a lot of people assumed would be a no from the get go. Thats not the case. Shes closer to yes. Why . Shes gotten a commitment than will add the state and property taxes capped. Then you have to look at the issues that really kind of bogged this down leading into today, the passthrough rate. People like senator ron johnson, senator steve deigns, they want the rates for llcs, partnerships, scorps to be expanded further. Then you have marco rubio, a proponent of expanding the child tax credit. The senate bill does that, but its not fully refundable. Thats what senator marco rubio wants. In closing and why this all matters, a lot of those things cost a lot of money. Thats where senators right now are trying to figure out how to get this across the finish line. Thats where Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is trying to figure out if he can actually get this done. Theyre in a much better place than this morning. The cbo has scored this. Can you explain what kind of impact this would have on americans if it were to pass in its current form. The issue is if you look at the analysis we have seen, theres one current theme. That is lower income americans, lower to middle income americans start to get hit, start to actually see tax increases at varying paces that runs contradictory to what you have heard republicans say. A lot is because of the repeal of obamacares individual man date. Those makes under 30,000 would start to get hit in 2019. Those making under 40,000, 2021. Those making under 75,000, a few years later. Why youre seeing that is because the scoring is that the subsidies would be taken away and lead to a tax increase. Republicans reject that idea all together. They say take that out. People can still get insurance and get the subsidies. When that occurs, numbers look better until the end of the decade. 2027, look across the income brackets there, under 75,000, a lot of people getting a tax increase. Why . Well, the individual side based on the senate bill sunsets because of budget reasons, because it costs a lot of money. This really underscores the priorities in this bill. The corporate cut from 35 down to 20 , thats made permanent. A lot of corporate side of things are made permanent. The individual side, that sunsets. What you understand is republicans relying heavily on this idea that what theyre doing on the corporate side will create a lot of growth. They need to make that permanent for planning purposes, but what that takes away from is the individual side suffers if congress doesnt figure out a way to extend those tax cuts past 2025, anderson. Phil mattingly, stay there. I want to bring in our senior economics analyst, stephen moore. Hes an informal adviser to the white house on tax policy. Also with us is Dylan Ratigan author of greedy bastards, how we can stop corporate communities and other vampires from sucking america dry. Quite a title. You see it, do you buy what the cbo has said about this bill . I mean, you buy what the cbo says, i would say within, you know, a 25 margin of error. Its going to create some sort of deficit. Is the cbo right . Probably not. Are they in the right direction . Probably. The thing that really strikes me about this, anderson, is theres an extremely valid argument for the idea of warehousing capital in the private sector, putting more capital in the hands, whether its corporations or individuals, for it to be invested in society. Thats a very valid argument for the use of tax policy. Whats confusing to me about this is that the idea of warehousing more capital in the private sector by altering the tax policy is not being matched in a way that rewards actual investment in the development of enterprise in america and the creation of jobs. Its one thing to put more money in the hands of wealthy corporations and individuals. Its another thing to only put that money in the hands of wealthy individuals and corporations contingent on an investment in American Enterprise that creates jobs, and i would argue that thats a significant oversight in the overall interpretation of the policy. Again, you dont want the government to have more money, i understand that. You want to have private individuals have more money . I understand that, but to put more money in really wealthy hands without creating a distinct incentive to invest it is nonsensical, and it goes against the biggest companies, and i feel like theres an attack on the economic engine of america. Let me for the working. Every republican i have talked to says, look, this is going to create jobs because these companies are going to be hiring more people. How can you guarantee that . Well, theres never any guarantees. By the way, this was a very big day, anderson, for the tax bill. I think its looking more and more certain. I would say 80 odds now that republicans are going to get this done, in part because they realize theres no turning back now. Look, i disagree a little bit with dylans analysis. Dylan, i think one of the big things thats going to cause a big burst of growth and investment spending starting on january 1st of 2018 is the immediate expensing. And anderson, that allows businesses to invest in building a new plant or equipment or new machinery and basically you get to write it off the first year. I talked to a lot of business men and women, dylan, who say you put that in, well start spending right away. I think you could see 4 to 4. 5 growth in the first half of next year as a result of that. And look, i also disagree with you on one other thing. I do think this is going to bring a lot of capital, dylan, back to the United States. I think a lot of those, the outsourcing thats happened for the last 15 or 20 years of companies leaving the United States, i think a lot of those companies will come back as we make our tax rates more competitive globally. And i dont even disagree with that as somebody who has invested millions of dollars in a business in louisiana, the advantage of the immediate writeoff that personally will affect the way we do our budget next year. I dont disagree with what you said, but if the idea is to create more capital in the hands of entrepreneurs and businesses for the explicit purpose of creating more robust American Enterprise and more jobs, which is the basic fundamental argument between whether you put more money in the public or private sector, why not be more explicit and tie that tax benefit explicitly to bringing the money onshore, as you suggest it may happen. But why should we put all of this money into the private sector and then hope as opposed to really create guardrails to insure thats how the capital flows . Its a good idea. And look, this bill is not done, by any means, as you just heard. There are a lot of bridges to gap in terms of the house and senate bill. One of the complaints, anderson, that were hearing from some of the senators is theres not enough tax cut for the small businesses, the kind dylan is talking about. I think thats something that has to be fixed. More reductions in it, because youre right, dylan, the small businesses, the entrepreneurial companies, thats where the jobs come from. I want to ask phil, all these tax cuts, phil, cost money too. The cbo projected its going to add 1. 4 trillion to the deficit. How concerned are republicans about that number . A lot of them simply dont buy that number. I think theyre not concerned about the 1. 4 trillion because theyre assuming growth projections. Thats the entire crux of this, why you want the corporate side to plan long term, use what theyre getting, the permanence of that, to create jobs, to create growth, to create wage growth. I think the issue right now is, look, we havent seen whats called a dynamic score where at least a legitimate dynamic score from the nonpartisan analysis that lays out what kind of growth youre going to see, but what we have seen on both the static side and on some of the early iterations of that dynamic score is that theres nowhere near enough growth thats going to create 1. 4 trillion. I assume steve is going to disagree with me on this one, but i think the bottom line here is republicans have very, very rosy projections on growth in kind of the near term and on growth over the next ten years. Ill give you one i have to get a break in. To be continued. And dylan, i think i said helical holdings. Thanks very much. Coming up another woman says congressman john conyers sexually harassed her. How did you do that . Masterpass. Masterpass . Masterpass. Nice chair. Thanks. I used masterpass. Masterpass . Yes, masterpass master. Pass . Yes masterpass pass pass was it expensive . Priceless. 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She says there were two more incidents involving conyers, one in the spring of 1998 when she says conyers touched her as he drove them both to the airport. His hand was feeling me all over my what do you call it, my abdomen. In 1999, she said she was on stage during a conyers Community Town hall. He walked up to act like he was whispering in my ear, something about the town hall meeting, and he stuck his hand up my dress. And whispered in my ear, wow, youve got great looking legs. And that is in front of everyone. She says the Office Culture was one of inappropriate behavior and that conyers wasnt the only person in the office who harassed her. A male staffer also forcibly kissed her and documents she shared with cnn shows she reported it to the fbi and the house ethics committee. She retired in 2005. This is why i want to, and im saying before i die, and because im going on 80, i want to before i die see changes made. I want to see a different capitol hill. Deanna maher is now the fourth victim whose allegations against conyers have been made public, anderson. Hes 88 years old and tonight hes under pressure from democrats, from the congressional black caucus, to step down, to resign from his job. Hes the longest member of longest serving member of congress. Hes also one of the founding members of the congressional black caucus. And given all of that, the democrats are kind of doing this dance, trying to figure out a way for there to be consequences for these allegations while giving him a sort of ease, a way of stepping down without, as they put it, the trampling on his legacy, anderson. All right. I think she gave good testimony about what his legacy may actually be. Also in washington, a court ruling on who will be the acting director of the Consumer Financial protection bureau. Jessica schneider joins us with that. What did the judge decide . Anderson, Mick Mulvaney will stay in as acting director. The federal judge ruled that he will not overturn the president s pick, and he also ruled that leandra english, who was named to that same position by the outgoing director when he resigned friday, she didnt show the irreparable harm that was necessary for the judge to grant her a temporary restraining order. It was just monday morning when both mulvaney and english showed up at the cfpb, staked their claim to the acting director title, even sending dueling emails to staff, but the judge saying Mick Mulvaney has the rightful claim to the acting director position. Does that mean that battle of the bosses is over . Well, for now, yes. But leandra englishs attorney, he is promising to continue the fight. Holding on to that argument that she is the rightful acting director under the language of the dodd frank act, thats the law that set up the Consumer Watchdog Agency in the first place, so her attorney, anderson, saying hell either file a new motion in federal court or hell appeal this directly to the d. C. Circuit, but its interesting to remember this. English, shes still at the bureau. She has the title of deputy director. President trump hasnt fired her, so shes still there, presumably shell be at work tomorrow, but of course, the official boss after this ruling today will be Mick Mulvaney, at least for now. Jessica, thanks very much. Up next, President Trump calling Elizabeth Warren pocahontas, and the white house claiming she claimed native american ancestry to help her career. Jeffrey toobin with the details ahead. At tmobile, when you holiday together, great things come in twos. Like tmobile and netflix. Right now when you get an unlimited family plan, netflix is included. 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As a reminder, here is what the president said. I just want to thank you because youre very, very special people. You were here long before any of us were here. Although we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her pocahontas. Well, just after those remarks, multiple reporters including abcs Jonathan Karl asked Sarah Sanders about what the president said. Heres part of her response to another reporter, Kristen Welker of nbc. Is it appropriate for the president to use a racial slur in any context . I dont believe that it is appropriate for him to make a racial slur. A lot of people feels as though this is racial slur. Why is it appropriate for him to use that . Like i said, i dont think that it is. I dont think that was certainly not the president s intent. Does he see the more offensive, the most offensive thing im sorry. Does he see political value in calling people out racially . Why use that term . Look, i think that senator warren was very offensive when she lied about something specifically to advance her career. I dont understand why no one is asking about that question and why that isnt constantly covered. Well, keeping them honest, cnns chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin wrote an in Depth Profile about senator warren for the new yorker. You heard what Sarah Sanders said. Did Elizabeth Warren claim native American Heritage to advance her career . Two false statements in one sentence by ms. Sanders there. First of all, she never used it to advance her career. I went through the tenure process at harvard, they didnt know that she had ever claimed native american background. It was of no benefit to her. She got tenure completely independent of any sort of native american background she has. In terms of her native american background, her family, like a lot of families in oklahoma, white families, theres a family story that a couple generations back, there were some native americans. If you talk to people in oklahoma, white people, its very common. Its not like some exotic, crazy claim. Im sorry. Go ahead. My dads family in mississippi always thought there was native american. I did an ancestry test and there is none. Many of us have family stories that may turn out to be true, may turn out to be untrue. But did she ever write down in a forum, i am part native american. It did appear, yes, in certain law directories. And thats the root of this controversy, that it did appear in these directories. But she said she passed it on because it was a family story. But as far as i could tell, she never got any benefit from it, and she got no affirmative action. She wasnt hired because of it. It was just something she wrote on a form. On the form, did she describe herself as native american or part native american . I think the form was not that specific. You know, 1 32, a lot of people measure themselves that way, but the forms as i understand it didnt have that level of specificity. More on the tax bill in a moment as we count down to tonights cnn debate. First we want to remind you there are two weeks left to vote for the cnn hero of the year. You can do that right now at cnnheroes. Com. Tonight, on whats known as giving tuesday, we want to show you another way you can sport one or more of these top ten cnn heroes. Take a look. Just go to cnnheroes. Com and click donate between any top cnn hero to make a direct contribution to that heros fundraiser on crowdrise. Youll receive an email confirming your donation, which is tax deductible in the United States. No matter the amount, you can make a big difference in helping our heroes continue their lifechag wolife lifechanging work. 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I ran on stopping illegal immigration and won big. Were away with a special cnn town hall debate over tax reform. Senators bernie sanders, Maria Cantwell squaring off with senators ted cruz and scott. Now heading for a senate vote, the consequences could shape the economy for years to come, perhaps shake up congress as well. I want to talk about it as we get closer to the debate. Gloria borger, Peter Beinart and Scott Jennings are here. I mean before you can get something to the floor, you got to get it through committee, and they made a lot of promises when the president met with Senate Republicans today. But promises made are not promises kept. So theres still a long way to go before they get to that vote this week, and every senator who has made a promise senators like Susan Collins or bob corker, concerned about the deficit, theyre going to be watching to see how this bill morphs. I just want to Say Something about the president s tweet. Its kind of a bookend to what his tweet was this morning, which was, you know, i dont see a deal. We may have to shut the government down. And, you know, thats why they decided not to go to his meeting. But hes really, every day, seems to now be pushing towards blaming the democrats if, in fact, they cant come to an agreement on immigration and other things that he mentioned. Scott, as dploria said, the Budget Committee vote, the first of many hurdles. A ways to go to get some reluctant republicans over the finish line. When you see johnson and corker come on board, that makes it more likely theyre going to pass the senate. They still have to reconcile this version with the house version. You can feel the momentum in the republican party. They also confirmed another judge today, and so senator mcconnell and donald trump are working together on that. The consequence really wants to get a victory. They want to cut peoples taxes, and they want to keep a promise. Theyre still smarting from the loss over obamacare. This would help reverse that by eliminating the individual mandate while fulfilling another big Campaign Promise and keeping this momentum going. You can feel it happening, and id say better than 50 odds they get this thing passed by friday. Peter, some Senate Republicans were pretty optimistic after lunch with the president. Its interesting to see his level of involvement with the negotiations and hard to overstate how badly the president and Congressional Republicans need a legislative win. Right. They desperately need a legislative win. Thats part of the reason theyre pushing this through with no hearings. Even though theyre not waiting for congresss own budgetary analysis. They dont seem concerned the university of chicago asked 42 different economists across the spectrum and only one said this would increase Economic Growth. They dont seem concerned that by 2027, taxes on americans earning under 75,000 under this plan will actually go up because youre right. Theyre simply desperate to be able to say they did something, and they cut taxes even though most the vast majority of the taxes they cut will be for the very rich, who dont need them. Scott, do you agree with any of that . Well, look, you know, anderson im sitting here in louisville tonight. We know a thing or two about horses out this way. I can certainly tell you when theyre beating a dead one. These are the same steal talking points you get from democrats every time republicans want to stimulate the economy and boost growth by taking money out of washington and giving it back to taxpayers. You get the same stale talking points and this crying wolf, and i think people are tired of it. Weve seen this twice before. Weve seen the way this movie ends. When Ronald Reagan did this in the early 80s, when george w. Bush did this, the budget deficit went way, way up. We know how this plays out. We know that reducing taxes for the very rich is not the best way to stimulate the economy. You know, anderson theyre cutting taxes across the board here. Actually, taxes are going to go up for americans earning under 75,000. The good news for republicans, as scott says, is they may get the tax bill. The bad news for republicans is that they may get the tax bill. And in the end, if people dont see their taxes go up, if they see tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy become permanent and their tax breaks expire, then its got republicans brand on it, and its got the president s name on it. They want to get this done. They didnt get health care done. I agree with scott. I think its more likely than not that they are going to get this through, but theyve made a lot of promises, and they have to keep them. This back and forth, peter, between the president , nancy pelosi, Chuck Schumer, the tweets, the empty chairs, does it play well for either side here . It plays well for both sides, right . Republicans dont like Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi and democrats dont like donald trump. Sch Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi can stand up to donald trump because their supporters hate donald trump. So its good for them, but its also good for trump because hes picking a fight with democrats. I think this benefits both sides. Im not sure its good for the country, but it works well for both sides. The fact is the president needs democrats to avert a government shutdown. He does but theres going to be a lot of chatter about shutting down the government. I dont think anybody wants to shut down the government. It would be galactically stupid for either side to shut down the government