But raise taxes for some. For the president its a challenge of quintessential 2017 multitasking. Its can he slander and legislate at the same time . Cnn is all over this as senators await his arrival. Christine romans here in new york. Suzanne malveaux live. Where do we stand with the votes . Reporter its a critical task for the president and his party, and the Senate Budget committee will vote on this, expected to vote on this, and they have a dozen members of republicans on the committee and they can only afford to lose one of the republicans, and so far you have two that have been outspoken critics about this or at least about their concerns, and one is ron johnson and he is talking about the fact that he doesnt believe its doing enough for Small Businesses, they need bigger breaks. He has been in contact with the president and white house officials. They think that maybe hes a bit malaable and can help him out and his concerns, but its senator bob corker, he is not going to listen all that much to what the president has to say and what his concerns on. Hes focused on the federal deficit. The problem is if you satisfy one you may alienate the other and that would initially make the legislation stall in committee. Lets say they get it in committee, and then you have a bigger problem, and you have more senators concerned about this and they range from a host of issues, where some say we agree, its not good enough for Small Businesses. Others who are not in favor of repealing the obamacare individual mandate that too many people will suffer, will not have insurance because of that, and the deficit hawks say this plan is too expensive. The mood here on capitol hill, as senator Lindsay Graham said yesterday, something has to get done and that failure is not an option, but john, its far from certain whether or not they can satisfy the members to move this thing forward. Suzanne on capitol hill. Thank you. Christine romans, given what we know, what does it too . The cbo says what we are seeing here, the tax cuts basically benefit Big Companies and the rich to a lesser extent, the middle class and everybody else. In fact, over time this is how it changes by the year 2019 people making 30,000 or less would see a higher tax bill if nothing is done, and by 2021, it would be 40,000 a year and less, and 2027, people earning 75,000 and less. If you appeal the individual mandate for obamacare, things get more expensive. A middle tax cut goes away because of the higher costs. That means the government doesnt have to pay for them, and it comes up to 338 billion to help fund the tax plan. It doesnt go all the way. In fact, another Sticking Point that they are going to be squabbling over is what is the deficit addition going to be, about 1. 4 trillion over the next ten years is what the cbo estimates and its going to be paid for by the exploding Economic Growth, but theres no guarantee it will explode and theres a debate on how you claw back the tax cuts if the economy is not doing well, and so its a real conundrum from an economics 101 standpoint. And then the business of the pass through businesses. You are hearing from senator ron johnson and others who are worried this tax plan as it sits right now benefits big business and not smaller business, but pass through businesses, about 69 of all pass through income goes to the top earners, so theres a worry if you help some Small Businesses you are tilting it toward the rich and corporations over the regular, john. What makes this different if you harken back to the bush years, those cut taxes for everybody, and everybody saw a tax cut. This will raise taxes for some people. It will cut taxes for maybe, and maybe even most but there will see tax increases . Thats correct. It will cut taxes at the outset for most and then raise taxes for some. Over time, because in some of the proposals, the middle tax cuts and small tax cuts expire, and Corporate Tax cuts are permanent and thats where you see the tilt. The administration argues that will be good for the economy and that might be the case but thats an economic theoretical argument right now that will only bear out over time. New this morning, the president facing the fallout for a remark deemed to be flatout racist. 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. But you know what . I like you. Because you are special. Cnns joe johns at the white house for us. Joe, senator warren is responding to these comments. What is she saying . Senator warren has really gone after the president as she has in the past, but john, its also interesting and important to mention that the target audience on a Statement Like this and how its received is very important as well. The president of the Navajo Nation on new day this morning indicating in his view that the way it was used, it was he says it was a racial slur or at the very least culturally insensitive, and its important to say also that this was not only the president speaking to navajo code talkers, world war ii heroes, but also speaking in front of a painting of Andrew Jackson, the president , who signed the indian removal act that effectively launched the trail of tears native americans on a death march many thousands of them from the east to the west. So given all that, and now lets listen to what senator warren had to say about the president s remarks. I really couldnt believe it, that there he was at a ceremony to honor native americansmen who had really put it all on the line. Really amazing people, and President Trump couldnt even make it through a ceremony to honor these men without throwing in a racial slur. The president has used the pocahontas name to call out senator warren for her claiming ethnic indian heritage, and that has been very difficult for Fact Checkers to trace, and nonetheless the senator has been raising money on the latest iteration of the name calling, and for her the White House Press secretary has essentially blamed senator warren for the entire mess. Back to you. Joining us, sunny skyhawk, and sunny thank you for being with us. Can i get your reaction. When you heard the president say what he said yesterday in the room with native american war heroes, what did you say . It was a slight against our people and a slight against our heroes, and maybe people also have their heroes, and these were some of them that were represented. When it comes to the code talkers, there were various tribes that had code talkers and not just the navajo, and that having been said again, hes politicizing this racial slur, and its something that is totally unacceptable to our people, and we feel slighted for having done that. We have to hold this president accountable for what he says. I heard a comment a while ago that the American People need to take a selfie to realize what they are doing and why they still support this president , and i think its partly how we feel. To slight the native people of america is beyond acceptable. You know, sunny, you know Sarah Sanders faced questions about this and she said no, i dont think its a racist term. Explain why you think it is . Again, dealing with pocahontas and the way that hes used the name pocahontas in the past is self explanatory. You dont have to go very far to listen to some of the comments he made prior to this against Elizabeth Warren, so this is not about Elizabeth Warren, its about a president that takes it upon himself to bring about racial slurs, and not just to native americans. Hes an equal opportunity racist is my estimation. The picture of Andrew Jackson, he was president during the indian removal act and the trail of tears. What did you think when you saw that portrait . Do you think the president knew what he was doing by holding this event under Andrew Jackson . This was totally staged. I challenge anybody to say it was not staged. He knew what he was doing. He has been on Television Long enough to know how to stage what is behind you. That podium was placed there for a purpose and that was to showcase Andrew Jackson and the president. Totally condescending to our heroes and the code talkers. I cant explain how disarming that was to me. You dont think it is possible nobody in the white house think about it, and they hold events there all the time and Andrew Jackson happens to be on the wall . Andrew jackson did not just happen to be in the background. This was a staged event prior to the code talkers appearing there and talking to him. Sorry, didnt mean to interrupt. Go ahead. Maythose people were serving this country before made citizens in 1924, and we had our people in the indian wars, world war i and world war ii as the code talkers, and we defended this country at one time, and its pretty ironic, that the languages we used inward w worl ii, we were prohibited for using those languages, and here world war ii, it comes to play that they defended the United States of america. And they were heroes. One of the things Sarah Sanders did say is the statements in the past by Elizabeth Warren are offensive, and she claimed cherokee heritage, and theres no rock solid documentation to back that up. Is the white house correct in drawing a focus to this . Is there anything wrong with what Elizabeth Warren has said . I think at least onethird of the American Population self identifies with having a connection to a native person or family. That is nothing new. Elizabeth warren might rightly be or might not be, but thats not the point. The point is that we have an american president that is politicizing an honor situation with the code talkers of the Navajo Nation. To me, thats unacceptable and should be held accountable for it. Thank you. Good to have you. Thank you. We are counting the numbers for the tax plan. Plus, the sexual allegations against moore, he says are dirty politics. [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette and her new mobile wedding business. At first, getting paid was tough. 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What he can do to take their different criticisms of the bill and address them knowing that all knowing that each person has enormous leverage, because theres not going to be any democratic votes and only republicans if this thing is passed, and two can stop them. What they want to hear is tax policy and proposals, not platitudes. You are dealing with people that have to write specific things and address specific concerns, and this includes numbers, okay, john . These are numbers. Decimal points. Percentages. However you want to compute it, its not just basic words. Thats the hardest thing for President Trump to do is work to complex policy, and now he has within that room he will go into with republicans, a bunch of different interests. To be fair, math is hard for all of us. And one of the things that strikes me, the holdout of republican senators, and one is bob corker, and he is all but given up on trump as a moral leader, and the question is does that make him more likely to vote against his tax plan . Does it make him a harder get in terms of a vote . Not more likely, but President Trumps persuasion tactics, like today, they go know where from bob corker or jeff flake from arizona, and what they want is proof that the tax bill will help economy and growth in a way that offsets the numbers they are seeing and getting warnings about that really good, you know, saddle debt for generations. The problem is President Trump has shown with the health care, with the Health Care Repeal that he tried over and over again, that going in and saying i will run against you, or i am going to support candidates that suppose you, these sort of threat tactics, they didnt go anywhere last time, and hes not able to persuade on logic and evidence, beyond what he can tweet and just noise, doesnt look like he can do much. Stand by, we have something new from the president of the United States, and later he meets with bipartisan leaders, and meeting with chuck and nancy today, and he means Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi. I dont see a deal. You know, thats an interesting way to say how are you doing, lynn sweet . Is that a nice way to greet nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer as they come to the white house today . No, because it includes things that are not true. The democrats never said they want a flood of immigrants to come in as to suggest theres some new provision they want that is not on the books right now. No, its not a way that you make a deal. Especially when you say you cant have one. This is not a piece of real estate here. He also put conflated several issues, sometimes john, you just asked about corker when you and patrick were talking. Right. Lawmakers on the hill know how to separate things, political an mist and each separate deal, its like poison go into the well for everything he wants to do especially since democrats will probably not give him votes on the tax bill. Other measures he might get them on keeping government open. The line about immigrants in the president s tweets, that appears to be a reference to daca. Remember when the president talked about the d. R. E. A. M. Ers, he said i want legislatively congress to protect these d. R. E. A. M. Ers. Now it looks like hes giving up on that and the d. R. E. A. M. Ers are, you know, being kicked to the curb, at least based on that tweet. So anybody who believed that the president was actually going to take action to protect i forgot how many people, 2 million, i think, and its a lot of people. You know, it looks like its a, you know, too bad for them. Yeah, theres a metaphor i like to say. We are dealing with politics and its like from peanuts, he walks around with a cloud surrounding him and that cloud is controversy, and todays cloud its about the statement he made about Elizabeth Warren, where he called her pocahontas. Sarah sanders said its not racist, and we had an american native leader on that said it is. They have President Trumps number. They have had it for a while. The way he uses names and insults and racial slurs to, you know, sort of get at people. In terms of separating the personal from the political, nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer, they know how he operates. I dont think it has impact in terms of hurting the ability to do the deal, but in terms of just dealing with President Trump, you know, its just that much more sort of trust trust frustrating. They can separate statements like that from the deals they want to cut today. They for two years now they said President Trump is going to say and tweet what he wants and we are not going to defend him, and we are not going to the wall on pocahontas and Elizabeth Warren. All what republicans grumble privately about President Trump, every judge gets confirmed, and except for john mccain and two others, they all supported health care, and they are almost all going to support tax reform. This supposed upset with President Trump doesnt translate. Unless bob corker, or jeff flake, or john mccain, and you dont know where he is on the budge, unless they decide to take a stand on Something Like that, and i just want predict for me what will happen this week. Do you think they will get the vote through . We will have tests early on on thursday. Its hard to see how all of these this is an artificial deadline. It doesnt have to be done this week. I think, may i say that i think there could be a deal, and yes, if this is a less ambitious overhaul. We are trying to look at the biggest overhaul since Ronald Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a less ambitious bill, fewer moving parts, and less retooling all of the aspects of the tax code, you make get something doable. One quick point, i think nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer are more immune to the taunts and insults of President Donald Trump because they come from that more. Right. They could give it as well, not that they would necessarily, but they get the psyche of somebody like that, and they have dealt with versions of trump a lot longer, especially Chuck Schumer, he can decode what is going on and trump can get in his head a little more than some republicans because they know what hes about. And reporting that lawyers from Michael Flynn met with the special counsels office yesterday. What could that mean . When you combine that the flynns lawyers broken off contact with trumps lawyers and the other subjects of Robert Muellers investigation, it certainly suggests that Michael Flynn is heading towards some sort of deal with mueller, which would presumably include a guilty plea and cooperation, and that would be a major victory for mueller, but we dont know what he has to offer in terms of cooperation. Other than a leak to the press. How would we find out . When he walks into the courtroom and pleads guilty. Thats how it works. Thats public. Great to have you with us. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. Thank you. Roy moore goes on the offensive saying the accusations against him are like the russia probe. Two weeks now until election day in alabama, and what do the voters there think . 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Two weeks out from Alabama Senate election, and roy moore taking on the gloves, and fighting the allegations of sex abuse including an allegation that he molested a 14yearold girl. The truth is this is not really odd at all. This is simply dirty politics and its a sign of the immorality [ applause ] its a sign of the immorality of our time. Politicians will stop at nothing to win an election. Remember, again, he is the one accused of molesting a 14yearold girl. Caitlyn collins in alabama with the latest. Caitlyn. Reporter yeah, john, quite a warm reception for roy moore in alabama last night. This was one of his first public appearances back on the campaign trail in 11 days or so, and one of the few appearances we have seen from roy moore since this slew of Sexual Assault allegations has been made against him, including that he sexually assaulted a 14yearold girl when he was in his 30s. Roy moore continued to deny these allegations and with two weeks left to go in the race hes vowing not only to continue to fight and promising to take the gloves off. In the room of about 200 supporte supporters or so roy moore invoked the president s name and a certain investigation into russian meddling. They are trying to hide the true issues, and its no different than when the Washington Post brought out the Russian Investigation at a time when President Trump is trying to get his agenda passed. This is a race that most voters believe will come down to roy moore and his democratic opponent, doug jones, but with just days left in the race, john, another person decided to enter the race and that is somebody who has been a top aide to the white house chief of staff, john kelly a. Retired marine, lee busby, who was on cnn this morning. I simply was not happy with my choices, and if it was a personal issue i would not have gone to the extreme but the more people i talked to the more convinced i became that that feel something widespread here in alabama. Now theres a feeling in that room last night, john, that this will be a close race when voters go to the polls here in alabama in just two weeks, but despite the allegations made against roy moore, those who are supporting him still believe he can pull this off, john. Caitlyn collins watching things for us on the ground. Thank you so much. The tax bill hangs in the balance, and what is the one thing republican senators want to hear from the president . Well ask that next. I used to have more hair. I used to have more color. And. I used to have cancer. I beat it. I did. Not alone. I used to have no idea what the American Cancer Society did. Research . Yeah. But also free rides to chemo and free lodging near hospitals. I used to maybe give a little. Then i got so much back. I used to have cancer. Please give at cancer. Org. In india, conspicuously absent from the summit put on by the state department, any state department officials. This was the decision of Rex Tillerson and hes doing it partially to snub ivanka trump. Joining us live, michelle kaczynski. What is going on . This is a big event. The state department put it on for several years, and it was an obama era. None of them are from the state department, so when you look at past years you see the secretary of state kerry went multiple times, and president obama went to several of these and highlevel state department officials, so it surprised people not only within this building but also at the white house that the state department this year seemed to make it a rule that nobody above a certain lowlevel ranking was allowed to go on this trip, not even the assistant secretary of state for this region, so we talked to somebody that was a former diplomat that worked on this event in past years, and he called this exstarrtraordinary unprecedented that the state department wouldnt send its top people or at least one of them to this largescale event, especially because its in india, and the state department is talking about how they are trying to forge greater ties especially economy, and sources say tillerson and his inner circle do not like the fact that its ivanka trump headlining this and taking center stage, and one source said tillerson doesnt love the idea that first Jared Kushner is stepping over his role, and theres a disagreement with what the role of secretary of state is. When we asked the state department multiple times, first of all, just send us a list of all of the highranking or any statement that are going, and they just wont send it. They said who is the highest ranked state department going, they dont answer. When we asked for a statement on the controversy over a perception that its a snub by secretary of state tillerson, they sent us an on the record statement, but it was just about the summit. It didnt aggress this issue at all and certainly didnt deny it. Fascinating. Michelle kaczynski at the state department, thank you so much. President trump heads to the capitol in a bit to talk about his tax plan. What do they want to hear . Remember how the economic crash was supposed to be a wake up call for our government . People all across the country lost their savings, their pensions and their jobs. Im tom steyer and it turned out that the system that had benefited people like me who are well off, was, in fact, stacked against everyone else. 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I want to get you on the record on what the president said about Elizabeth Warren because i dont think we can let these things pass without recognizing them. He called her pocahontas in a war full of native american war heros and native americans we spoke to said at worst its racist, at bests poor taste. Is it any way appropriate, sir in. First of all the two of them have had a back and forth for a long time usually on twitter and, perhaps, i think it, you know, it benefits both of them with regard to their bases. But so im not going to get into that. Honoring those code talkers, the navaho code talkers, many of whom are no longer with us because these are world war ii veterans should have been the focus of that meeting. What an incredible story what they did for our country. Such an incredible story. You do not think its appropriate to use a name like that in such a setting . Again, he and Elizabeth Warren go back and forth with their name calling and, you know, thats not my style as you know. But i stay out of that. I do think that that event should have been about honoring some real patriots who stepped forward to help our country at a critical time. So, senator, the tax plan, the republican tax plan, the cbo estimates those making under 30,000 a year, they would be worse off by 2019. Those making under 75,000 would be worse off by 2027. Lets take those making under 30,000, how do you explain to them that this tax plan is fair for them . Well, what it shows is because of the way the individual Health Care Mandate is scored by the budget process we got to use here, that some of those people are not going to get as much tax credit, refundable tax credit, from the government for their health care and some of them will not choose to be on medicaid, so those making under 30,000, the vast majority of those folks have no Tax Income Tax liability. The question is how much of a refundable credit, i dont agree with what the cbo has said with regard to the individual mandate. Theyre changing their own model now. Im not sure somebody offered medicaid is not going to take it, which is not a cost to that person, just because theres not an individual mandate. But thats what they say. So that has to it with health care. Otherwise, those folks get tax relief because we double the Child Tax Credit, the standard deduction. The Child Tax Credit is increased. For someone making 50,000, theres a tax cut of 30 , 50,000 with two kids, 30 tax cut. Look at the joint committee on tanksation numbers. 85,000, a 20 tax cut. Yes, it does expire over the tenyear period but so did the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. Thats typical. And congress chose for about 90 of the people as you know to extend those tax cuts. Thats what i hope will happen again. Also will be an opportunity on the floor of the senate to make those tax cuts permanent and if 8 Democrats Join the republicans that will happen. Im glad you brought up 2001 and 2003. You know, you werent a member of the Bush Administration then, you ultimately were, but were a supporter of those tax cuts. They cut taxes on everyone. Everyone saw tuxz, some bigger than others, but everyone saw a tax cut. With this plan many will see tax cuts but there will be some in some cases many in many places that will see tax increases right away. Well, i think if you look at this, again, from an objective point of view, look at the joint committee numbers, the Nonpartisan Group up here, jct. Gov, check it out, to your viewers, what you will see is for every single income bracket, theres seven of them now, there is tax relief. So on an aggregate basis theres huge tax relief. The Biggest Issue youre pointing to is state and local tax issue. And youre right, people at the higher end this goes its a regressive tax in the sense 50 of the benefit goes to families making over 200,000 for a year and states like new york and california, not having that deduction any longer, does kick some of those folks who are upper middle class or high income folks, into a situation where they dont get that deduction, but there are two things they should take into account. One the alternative minimum tax takes that away and repealing an amendment tax which is a complication, they dont get that deduction often now, and second this is a philosophical question. Should the federal government be be subsidizing states relatively high taxed. Ed you should you get a benefit in a high tax state or should there be a level Playing Field here where my constituents in ohio who have an average state and local tax deductionion of 2500, be paying to subsidize folks in New York County who have an average of 25,000 in terms of their deduction and so thats its a philosophical question. I understand. And they say, by the way, the new yorkers, new jersey, california, say they are overtaxed, pay a greater percentage in federal taxes that gets distribute to the rest of the country. You pointed to the joint committee on taxation their website i want to draw peoples attention to your Senate Website where you talk about the National Debt. Youve been a crusader against deficits and debt for some time and note that the nearly 20 trillion in debt now if they were 1 bills would cover the state of ohio, 1. 77 times, white fill the ohio stadium the horseshoe nine times over, and it would buy the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds 11,000 times over. These are great numbers. On my website. It is. Yet youre going to vote for a plan that increases that debt by more than a trillion dollars. Well, i dont agree with that. I think it will decrease the debt and by the way, its not the only answer. Obviously we have to restrain spending but if you dont grow the economy you will not be able to get out from under this. I strongly believe that 1. 9 Economic Growth number that we have to use, again under the budget process, is wrong. I think this tax relief because of the changes, frankly, on the business side that help workers become competitive again, you know, we have the highest rate in the world among all the developed countries on our business side and thats driving jobs and investment overseas three times as many u. S. Companies bought by Foreign Companies than the reverse vest. This will help on Economic Growth. A good letter by the Hoover Institute on this issue that will increase Economic Growth, i believe, in this strongly, fighting for this many, many years. Did the 2001 or 2003 tax cuts, did they reduce the National Debt . Well, they were not focused on this sort of progrowth policy. They didnt go into the business side. They focused on the individual tax relief which is very important, but this for first time in 31 years, we are actually doing the major reforms. Its not about tax cuts to me, as much as about tax reform. If you do the tax reform and do them right no question we will have more Economic Growth and again, protein jex we have is 1. 9 . We grew 3 and 3. 1 the last two quarters. Projection yesterday showing 4 growth next year from an independent group, but if you do that there will not be an increase in the deficit. You will have a decrease in the deficit over the next ten years. Thats what i hope happens. I this has been bipartisan in the past by the way, doing these kinds of reforms were talking about because unless you do these reforms we continue to lose jobs and investment overseas. If we do them we can bring back a lot of the earnings trapped overseas and that will help the economy a lot and increase revenues. Senator rob portman of ohio, were out of time. Great to have you here. Thanks for having me on. Roy moore taking off the gloves, two weeks away from the election in alabama. The Senate Election there. He is now railing against what he calls dirty politics. 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