Virginias senator mark warner, the ranking democrat on the Senate Intelligence committee, delivered an urge gent message on the floor of the senate late today. Firing mr. Mueller or any other of the top brass involved in this investigation would not only call into question this administrations commitment to the truth but also our most basic concept rule of law. It also has the potential to provoke a constitutional crisis. In the United States of america no one, no one is above the law, not even the president. I hope my concerns are unfounded. In many ways, i hoped i would never have to make this kind of speech, but there are troubling signs. It is critical that all of us and as citizens speak up against these threats now before its too late. I ended this show monday night by saying there are moderates like warner and richard bur the ranking republican of the intelligence committee. Senator warner said this would represent an abuse of power and urged his colleagues to hold the president accountable. Congress must make clear to the president that firing the special counsel for interfering with his investigation by issuing pardons of essential witnesses is unacceptable and would have immediate and significant consequences. To fire mueller President Trump would not only need to remove the man overseeing the russia probe, Deputy Attorney general Rob Rosenstein but he would have to have someone carry out his order. Im joined by Hallie Jackson. How is this going to sit with the white house, this direct warning from the top democrat on intelligence, dont do this thing. Dont fire mueller . Reporter right, especially given how vocal senator warner was about it and how public he was about it. Heres the deal. Right . There are folks i know who are close to the president , folks who are talking a lot with his white house who know what a bad idea it would be for the president to actually do this, to go through and set a directive or figure out a way to get bob mueller off the job. There is a real understanding of the political fallout that that would that that would have, right . Theres an understanding of what would happen over on the hill just down pennsylvania avenue with members of the president s own party. So there are those forces that are acting almost as a brake in this instance. You point out rightly that the president has said repeatedly now that he does has no plans to fire bob mueller, isnt considering firing the special counsel, but as you know, this is also an unpredictable president who at times has done things that even his closest aides havent wanted to see. How will this warning from the senator sit with the white house . Not going to love it presumably, but i also think that because obviously hes a democrat there will be them pointing to the partisanship that they might see at play here. Thank you so much, Hallie Jackson at the white house. Im joined by richard bloomenthal, ken delaney and paul butler, former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal scholar i must say. Thank you. I love having you on. Let me go to senator blumenthal. Whats trump up to . Im hearing from jackie spieres that trump has an itchy trigger finger and he has to protect jared kushner, his soninlaw. There is a fear that the president could fire the special counsel or issue a pardon. This i hope will lead to republican colleagues saying the same kind of warning because clearly that kind of rash, impulsive action from the president of the United States would trigger a firestorm. Would that begin what began with the saturday night massacre back in 73, would this lead to an impeachment move . It would lead to a constitutional conflagration, a crisis that is looming right now. Lets be very clear, chris. Theres no question in the Intelligence Community that Vladimir Putin attacked our democracy so as to elect donald trump. The question for the special counsel has been will there be sufficient evidence to take action against the president based on collusion . Without naming names, do you think the moderate i shouldnt say moderate. That makes it sound like moderate is better than radical. Good republican senators, people like richard burr, will he take action if he tries to fire everybody prosecuting him . My colleagues on the republican side tell me that they would simply not tolerate, it would be unacceptable for the president to fire this special counsel, but the president s proceeding on two tracks. One is to say, oh, well i have no intention of firing robert mueller, but the other is to encourage his subservient chorus of defenders, particularly in the house, to attack the special counsel and the fbi. It was like a ceremony for the winter solstice. It was the weirdest thing in the world. Theyre celebrating how theyre stealing all the money from regular people and everybody had a white shirt on today. They were so up for this thing. Paul, i dont know about you, but i look at the republican behavior and i didnt see a lot of independents. I do believe the best of the republicans, morally and patr t patriotically will stand against the firing of mueller. Only if he cant convince his republican colleagues to rise to the occasion. The president obstructs justice by firing robert mueller, he should be impeached. That much it clear. We should also note that theres no direct route that trump has for firing mueller. Give me the route. Hed have to go through the attorney general, who is recused, so that steps it down to the to Rob Rosenstein. He has telegraphed if does he have to fire sessions, his buddy . No, he wouldnt. Sessions is already recused. If he fires rosenstein, then he goes down to the Deputy Attorney general. He has to have somebody fire this special counsel. Anyway, lets go ahead. The Washington Post said the president approves of the recent attacks that they have leveled against mueller. The president has enjoyed these attacks. In recent weeks he has spoken to a number of fox news hosts, republican lawmakers and others who have castigated muellers team. Theres a democratic bias from members inside the team. Lets take a look at some of these attacks. I think its safe to say we never know that we have the most corrupt fbi, the most corrupt Justice Department in our countrys history. This bias is like an infection. Its like an incurable cancer thats inoperable. Weve got to end this mueller probe. The only thing that remains is whether we have the fortitude to not justifier these people immediately but to take them out in cuffs. Were looking at this seeing more and more that this is an attack on the presidency at levels weve never seen before. We may now have proof the investigation was weaponized to destroy his presidency for partisan political purposes. And to disenfranchise millions of american voters. Now if thats true, we have a coup coupe on our hands in america. The fix is in from the beginning. Theyre talking about the candidate trump, the hecklers in the audience, take them out, beat them up, whatever. Now the president s son donald trump jr. Is also saying investigate this part of, catch this, rigged system. More third world talk. According to newsweek there is and there are people at the highest levels of government that dont want to let america be america. My father talked about a rigged system throughout the campaign and youre seeing it. Do you have a suspense about this and how you see it. Very serious guy, mark warner. Hes no lefty because he makes that. He represents virginia and its a moderate state. It sounded to me like history, that this is laying down the cards to the president. Dont you dare. I agree with you, chris. Going back to what you just played, this is really a struggle for the soul of the Republican Party because you had rob rosen stein, good republican and explaining that he saw nothing improper. Robert mueller, a decorated vietnam war veteran was operating within the then you saw Chris Christie on air. Mueller may have made some mistakes, he may have hired people who contributed to Hillary Clinton which christie doesnt like. Theyre talking about a coupe and accusing mueller with no evidence, no basis, in fact, of doing something stupid. Hes encouraging it. Hes saying, hes not going to fire mueller. Only rob roddenstein can do that. You can fire a special counsel for certain reasons. If rosenstein wouldnt do it, rachel brand would do it, shes a partisan republican. It remains to see if were going to have a saturday night massacre type of situation. Thats what it would take. The president seems to think that the prosecutor whos prosecuting him serves at his pleasure, an imperial notion. It is an imperial and totally fictitious notion but in the meantime, chris, the tableau of deception that you just played is accompanied by republican colleagues in the house doing the same thing, attacking the mueller investigation, and it is designed to discredit, o to poison the well, to sabotage the investigation. By discouraging witnesses, from impugning the integrity of the fbi. Think of it for a minute. Our premiere Law Enforcement institution with dedicated men and women who put their lives on the line risk those lives every day and they are being challenged by the like of what weve seen here. I wonder if this isnt poisoning a jury pool. If what you say happens and theres a constitutional crisis, its like trump every day and his minions are saying dont trust the Justice System no matter what theyve discovered. Sometimes next summer they come through with an indictment of the president. We knew this was coming. He selected all the high level officials so two things. The fbi remains the worlds best Law Enforcement agency, and theyre not above criticism. I have concerns about what comey said about Hillary Clinton, the email scandal. Sure. I dont like the issues about them investigating black lives matters. This particular critique is misguided. The fbi and the agents have done nothing wrong including having political opinions and exchanging those messages thats allowed under the rules. The fbi brought down Richard Nixon eventually. And theres no evidence whatsoever that any of the views of fbi agents or any of these vagal will he gagss have had any impact on the special counsel. You dont have the law, you pound the table. Its great to have you in our team. Front lines, first team, in fact. Paul butler, great having you here at the table. Coming up, President Trump and the republicans are celebrating like a druit celebrates at the winter solstice. It was weirdly ritual is stick. All of the guys showed up with white shirts on. This is a direct indication. Its ugly on the inside. They know what theyre talking about. This is going to ship billions. It ought to. Also in 2020, plus two former members of congress, one democrat and one republican debating the tax bill and what it means for the americans. Republicans are more than happy to help the wealthy donors, but what about the 9 million kids who are going to lose their Health Insurance. This is the tiny tim, kids, poor kids, near poor kids losing their Health Coverage to pay for these tax cuts. Democrats are fighting mad about this tonight and thats why theyre democrats. You wont like it, but this is hardball where the action is. Everything you buy, not just airline purchases. Seriously, think of all the things you buy. Great. Is this why you asked me to coffee . Well yeah. But also to catchup. Whats in your wallet . Well, President Trumps first full Cabinet Meeting earlier this year members of his administration took turns lavishing praise on their boss. Listen to that. Mr. President , its an honor to serve the country. Its a great privilege youve given me. I cant thank you for the privilege youve given me. I want to thank you for getting this country moving again and also working again. We thank you for the opportunity and the blessing that youve given us to serve your agenda and the American People. Earlier today trump held his final Cabinet Meeting of 2017. This time around Vice President pence dished out the tributes all by himself. Thank you for seeing through the course of this year an agenda that truly is restoring this country. Youve restored american credibility on the world stage. Youve unleashed american energy. Youve spurred an optimism in this country thats setting records. Im deeply humbled as your Vice President to be able to be here. I want to thank you, mr. President. I want to thank you for speaking on behalf of and fighting every day for the forgotten men and women of america. Well, thats loyalty of a sort. It turns out that the timing was just a warmup for what we saw on the White House South Lawn earlier this afternoon. Thats next and well be right back. I am totally blind. And non24 can make me show up too early. Or too late. Or make me feel like im not really there. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442342424. Welcome back to hardball. A celebration at the white house with them busting into cheer the biggest legislative victory so far of the Trump Administration. The tax bill that passed congress today. The president , of course, praised the legislation. Lets watch him. I have a whole list of accomplishments that the group behind me have done in terms of this administration and this congress, but youve heard it before. Records all over the place, and that will continue and then some because of what we did. But 3. 2 trillion, just think of it, in tax cuts for american families. Paul ryan and mitch, it was a little team. We just got together and we would work very hard, didnt we . Yes, we did. It seems like it was a lot of fun. Its always a lot of fun when you win because when you think of it, we havent even been a year and we did the largest tax cut in our history. The president has a long way to go selling the plan, of course. Polls show its deeply unpopular with the american public. Only 24 , less than a quarter in the latest wall street journal poll say it was a good idea. One reason the largest tax breaks do go to the big corporations and the rich americans like donald trump. Anyway, today the president trying to sound a populus message about the bill saying the larger exemptions for the estate tax arent for rich people to give money to their kids but to safe family forums. Thats what he says. The Corporate Tax cuts are all about jobs, jobs, jobs, not the corporate coiffeurs. Lets watch him. One thing very important for the farmers, the great farmers and the great Small Business owners that were forced to sell their businesses at Bargain Basement numbers. We have provided for the most part estate taxes wiped out so they can keep their farms in the family, and that to me is a very big factor. This is this is going to Mean Companies are going to be coming back and i campaigned on the fact that were not going to lose our companies anymore. Theyre going to stay in our country. That means jobs. I guess its very simple. When you think you havent heard this expression, but we are making America Great again. You havent heard that, have you . Well, will that message play to the American People . Im joined by Jason Johnson and robert costa. Let me tell you, robert, this guy, you want him to sell your house some day or your old car because hes one hell of a salesman. But today i saw a lot of republican guys, mostly guys in the congress and senate with white shirts on, all dressed up for the occasion. Do you think celebration is the right message for a tax cut that goes mostly to the top . Theyre going to have to rely on the president to be their salesman ahead of the mid term elections. Thats at stake in the 2018 elections. Democrats believe by bringing that corporate rate down from 35 to 21, they excel on the left as something thats against the working class, thats for the corporations. But theyre going to rely on trump because he has the connection with the working class voters to make those stark shirt republicans on the hill seem a little more popular. Its a late night. My favorite notion of politics, late night, had a couple of beers. Sitting along a bar route 40 or somewhere out in the country or somewhere and theyre talking about trump, right . Right. One guy says, i dont know about this tax thing. Whats the other guy say, of course it is. Whos going to say, no, its for us . Will they say, hey, i got my piece, i dont care. Right. Is that what theyre going to say, ive got my piece . It doesnt work. The people not involved in politics who i talked to, they went to the tax calculator and theyre like, am i going to get anything . Most people, theyre not. Yeah. If next april everyone looks around and says, my gosh, im making money, now theyre not. What theyre not getting is a postcard short firm. I used to remember being single trying to do my taxes. I do it on my own, the night before, april 14th. I would sit there doing all the math and everything, but i never thought it was simple. And he said he was going to make it a really simple tax form, fill it out, a postcard. What happened to that . Its gone. Its more complicated than ever. Its certainly not a postcard. Republicans have the challenge will the jobs come back . Theyre lowering the corporations. That helps corporations here at home. Does it actually bring jobs back to the sunbelt and the southwest, does it bring jobs back to the rust belt . Thats going to be the challenge for the republicans. They know the suburban republicans are with them because their 401ks are doing well. It drives salaries up, labor shortages. Right. Go to five people, beg people to work for you. At the white House Republicans took the mike one at a time to praise the president. This is a strange ritual. They were all doing what they always do. It seems like he has to get these hosannas from these people all the time. Lets watch the hosannas. Mr. President , you made the case for the tax bill but this has been a year of extraordinary accomplishment for the Trump Administration. Something this big, something this generational, something this profound could not have been done without exquisite president ial leadership. I truly do believe, mr. President , that this will be remembered as a Pivotal Moment in the life of our nation, but honestly i would say to the American People, President Trump has been making history since the first day of this administration. Come february check your check because that will be the pay raise of the vote for donald trump. Mr. President , i have to say that youre living up to every everything i thought you would. Youre one heck of a leader. And we love all of you, and were going to keep fighting and were going to make this the greatest presidency that weve seen, not only in generations but maybe ever. Paul ryan just said how good was that . Trump, even in that manic moment when orrin hatch, fairly straight conservative, he is what he is from utah, hes saying something apparently from his heart. Trump says, good sales pitch. Even trump cant accept a legitimate praise. He sees it all as pr. All as pr. We were talking about him scowling as mike pence is supplicating in front of him. I dont think the president is capable of appreciating how much other people work for him and appreciate it. Why is he like this . Robert, you are my trump expert. Why does he have to hes not god. You dont pray to him, but these people seem to pray to him. The stuff they say to him at his face is prayer like. The Republican Party presented a united front today, but it has not been a united year for the gop. Why are they doing that . Because they need to present to their base the image of auk ses. Are they tying their values are they tying their wagons to 100 . You doo you dont stand in the white house against the president. They dont have control of their base. Theyre relying on him to give him the boost to go into 2018 with the tax cut. Thats like trump talking about people wanting his money and they wont believe anything. At the end of the day, theyre all going to tie themselves to trump. When i ask my friend in ohio, hes clean about the swamp but my tow truck company, when it comes to tax time, they blow it off. Praising him doesnt make it any easier. Even senator corker and others who have had differences with him. Theyre standing right there with them. Republicans dont fall in love they fall in line. Today it looked like he was frightening. Thank you, Jason Johnson. Up next, President Trump once said the republican tax bill would cost him a fortune and it wouldnt help the wealthy at all. Thats clearly not true. Will the tax plan hurt the wealthy . Thats my question for tonight. This is hardball where the action is. 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According to the Nonpartisan Tax Policy Center taxpayers earning less than 25,000 a year would receive an average tax cut of 60 bucks. Those earning between 49 and 86,000 a year would get an average cut of 900. Those receiving 300 to 700,000 would receive 13,000. Donald trump said it would hurt him. He actually said that. Lets listen. Tax reform will protect low income and middle income households, not the wealthy and well connected. The rich will not be gaining at all with this plan. Were looking for the middle class and were looking for jobs. I think the wealthy will be pretty much where they are. Pretty much where they are. In all fairness, this is going to cost me a fortune, believe me. Believe me. This is not good for me. Me, its not i have some very wealthy friends. Not so happy with me, but thats okay. The opposite of what he said. Slashing corporate rates from 35 down to 21 . Thats a big help to the rich. By one estimate more than half of allamericans, 53 would actually end up paying more in taxes by 2027. It would get rid of obamacares mandate which will increase premiums that leave 13 Million People out in the cold. 13 Million People out in the cold because of this tax cut without any health care. Despite all of that, the republicans persuade the general public this bill is a good deal. Im joined by dave jolly. Former republican congressman and donna edwards. You two have been matched up before so lets see what you think. Congresswoman, youre here now. I dont see that the winning thrill here for regular people, and i mean by regular, anybody up to 100 some in joint incomes, i dont see what theyre cheering about. 80 bucks after all of this hoopla and maralago delight. Whos benefitting here . If you look at your chart, middle income earners, youre talking about 80 a month. When i was raising my son i could buy one pair of shoes, two pair of shoes a month for 80 bucks because he changed shoes all the time. So this is really not you have to go to the outlets to do that. Exactly. You look at health care. 13 Million People are going to be left without, but you didnt include the number of people whose premiums are going to skyrocket because of what theyve done. Exactly. So this is a disaster. Let me david, youve been a republican, you probably still are. Sure. What is it that makes republicans republicans . Most republicans who vote republican, some of them are regular people, working people, they like trump. Theyre not benefitting from being republican. If you want to live like a republican, vote like a democrat. Im sure you wont agree with that. Your thoughts. Why do regular income people who are republican like this tax cut . So, listen. Donald trump those are all lies, we know that. At the end of the day its very true, chris because this tax bill actually does reduce taxes for virtually everybody. But the important thing here is why is it so unpopular . I think its so unpopular because a year into the Trump Administration theres a historic distrust for the Republican Party. Go ahead. There is a historic level of distrust for the Republican Party here. We see that now. What about the 60. You say everybody gets something. 60 bucks a year isnt a whole lot . No, of course it isnt, which is why the tax plan is polling at 25 or 30 . Heres what republicans are banking on. This is historic reform for the corporate community. It is not historic reform for the individual taxpayers, we know that. What we saw today is very dangerous for democrats. Its this. This was a unifying moment for republicans. Secondly, all elections are about contrasts and going into 2018 republicans are now going to say its less important that they cut your taxes, its more important that democrats want to raise your taxes. Theyre going to try to pin this weeks votes in the house and senate saying they voted for higher taxes or for lower taxes and in a 28 second commercial that works. Donna, youre running for office again. Youre going to have to face the voters and the republicans say in effect you voted to raise taxes because you voted against the tax cut. Well, i didnt vote for anything but im going to tell you this. Because youre not in the house anymore . Thats right. On state, local, income and property taxes, i know the people where i live, probably half of them are going to see their taxes go up because of that cap. And you look at things like the give away the what i call the real estate the corker kickback, right . The real estate windfall, 414 billion that actually went to people who voted for that legislation. People are going to find in that 1100 the republican senators . Republican senators, and theyre going to find in that 1100 pages that there are all sorts of things like that that enrich individuals and enrich the highest income earners and multimillionaires, multibillionaires. Its not going to help them. When theyre going to find that out is next year because every one of us knows our own paycheck and were going to look to find it. Fair enough. According to a new cnn poll, republicans face an uphill battle. 56 say they favor a democrat in their district while just 38 say they prefer a republican. Thats an 18 point edge for democrats. David, what do you think of that . Let me go after another question i have for both of you. The Democratic Party isnt as left as the British Labor party who are very much selfish, they dont like the rich making anymore. Americans are sort of like if im doing okay, im not mad at anybody. Do you think this time around when the tycoon is president , who seems to be sloshing around in money, luxury, back and forth to maralago. I call them the romanoffs. Its such an image of pigging out that this time the average joe or jane is going to say, i dont usually care how the rich live. I dont like them doing it at my expense. It should be. The American People are right. Donald trump is a president that has lied to the American People since he got into the office. Republicans tried to repeal obamacare without a plan to provide health care to the under served communities. We saw roy moore who was accused of sexual offenses against minors. Republicans nominated him. Today we see a tax bill that favors the rich, not the working class. The challenge is this, chris. Donna knows this. Yes, its good. Where is the message . Im with you. Where is tim ryans plan to say this is our tax plan . Because at some point they need to see a contrast and say i can go with a democrat. You just threw the football to donna edwards. Congresswoman, when are we going to have a picture of the democratic program. Thats a program. Is there one for 18 i know its called a better deal but is that enough . Does that say enough . I think what democrats have to do is go out and talk to the American People about protecting and saving your Social Security and medicare because we know that thats going to come under attack in the next go around in 2018. Is that the next go around . No. We want to create jobs and opportunities. How are you going to create jobs . Investing in infrastructure, for example, investing in domestic manufacturing. These are things we have to do. You have to have the resources to do it. Im completely with you. I dont have a picture of it. I want a democratic picture. Paint it for me sometime. Im going to take you over every road and pothole and crumbling bridge and that will paint your picture because thats where we need to invest. Thank you, david jolly. Thank you my friend donna edwards. Up next, republicans were quick to pass a tax cut that benefits the wealthy. Meanwhile, millions of children in need of Health Insurance can be left out in the cold this christmas. This is a program called chips. Its for kids just at the Poverty Level and a little bit above who need health care and arent getting it. This is really if you think about it tiny tim stuff. Democrats are demanding action tonight. Youre watching hardball. Welcome back to hardball. Democrats have pointed out that the republican focus of the tax bill has made them put the childrens Health Insurance on the back burner. The program is running out of money. Democratic lawmakers held a press Conference Today where they held lumps of coal demanding that they reauthorize the program before the holidays. Lets watch. This is the ultimate bad Christmas Carol story. This may be the most shame full day in the history of congress. Were going to put 9 million kids in this country at risk. So what were doing here today is basically saying, wealthy americans, big, fat Christmas Present for you. Tiny tim, were taking your crutch away from you and all the other kids in this country. And were putting a lump of coal into your christmas stocking. Well, heres tonights roundtable with ginger gibson. Amy linsky and sun min kim is with politicpolitico. Let me talk about the democrats having a problem. Did they really fight the tax cut . Should they have fought it at the cost that you are not going to get certain things you know the government has to deliver so some people can make an extra killing . I think democrats threw a lot at it but what they really need to be doing is how they message it in 2018. If they dont start telling voters its bad for you. Theyve been given a gift. A bill that passed with 30 public approval. That is worse than the aca was. Affordable care act. Affordable care. Democrats have an opportunity to message it, get people riled up. If they miss it, theyll be looking at 2018 as a missed opportunity. Traditionally you dont miss by cutting taxes. Theyll take the sliver rather than nothing. I wonder about trump slopping around in the white house, the romanoffs. This is very tycoon rich loving the fact that they can give breaks to people like themselves. Potentially signing it in maralago surrounded by the wealthy splendor. Thats certainly on the table as something that is possible. He very well may sign it in maralago surrounded by his opulents. To your point about chip, what a contrast that would be to be in this sort of room, not a taxpayer room but a gilde doddfrank ro d room. Its really true. I try to read it every christmas. Its about a guy coming home, little tiny tim on the frozen sidewalk of london. Basically, get out of the way, kid. I want to go home and have my soup. Basically he would love to squeeze a little more money out arent there prisons and more houses. Lets put the people there, the poor people. Its horrible stuff. The failure to reauthorize is another example of why congress cannot just do the basic thing. You have a program that is widespread, it affects 9 million children in low income families. Orrin hatch and ted kennedy created it. So they didnt vote . They didnt vote. What happened was in the house, House Republicans had a chip plan except it was paid for through partisan measures which didnt get the support of democrats in the chamber. Why did pass it was dead on arrival in the senate. Its gotten nowhere outside of the committee. So its really a failure congress here. Meanwhile, they have time to jam in ted cruises home schooling program. Thats congress in kentucky. There should be no versus Hillary Clintons baby as well. That plan is thats her the answer to the Health Care Plan that failed. You do kind of wonder when you mention these legacy programs, thats her legacy. A chance to exactly. Thats kind of how it was. By the way, taking it 13 Million People out of obamacare, the people that are young and healthy, just get out while theyre young and healthy. Dont wear a helmet. Enjoy. Nobody has to bother me. Those people are the ones you want in the insurance program. Theyre all going to get scott free now. The republicans love it because its under financing obamacare. The problem republicans were talking about years ago, which is that these uninsured people can show up in the emergency room and the care that everyone pays for is going to return to that. Its scrooge. Roundtable sticking with me. Theyll have some scoops to enjoy throughout the holidays. Youre watching hardball. The day after chemo might mean a trip back to the doctors office, just for a shot. 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A court has now declared a tie in that key Virginia House race. The democrats thought theyd just won by a vote yesterday. Anyway, the republican incumbent challenged yesterdays recount in saying that one of the ballots was not properly counted. Remember that from florida a number of years ago . Since the race is now tied, state law says the winner will be chosen this sounds like the middle ages by lot. Essentially a coin toss or another game of chance. And that process is expected to take place within the next week. That should be interesting. And the outcome of that tiny kosz will decide control of the Virginia House of delegates. That is democracy. Either republicans will maintain their control in the house or it will be split 50 50 between both houses and i think that the governor will have something to say about that. The democratic governor. And well be right back. Give ancestrydna, the only dna test that can trace your origins to over 150 ethnic regions. 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Oh, yeah, the one for the for the hedge funds, yes. This is something that donald trump campaigned on closing. Lo and behold, the tax plan, you know, arrives and that continues to exist. I was at a breakfast with gary cohn this morning and we asked him about that. And he said up until monday, the president was still trying to debt it closed. S and gary cohn, the president s chief economic adviser pointed the finger to republicans in the house from new york as the i know. Because although they got hit with the state and local tax loss, itll keep the donors happy. Its about the donors. Thats right. Chris, you and i have talked about the issue of President Trump personally interviewing u. S. Attorney candidates, particularly in new york and School District district of columbia. A group of reporters sat down with senator rubio earlier today and i asked him, do you know if he had interviewed candidates for the Southern District of florida, where maralago is located, and senator rubio says that he does not know that the president has done that, but he said if he were trumps lawyer, he would strongly advise against doing that. Because he cut some deals down there . He has interviewed candidates where he has some business interests. Of course, he also worries about prosecution. Thank you all. When we return, let me finish tonight with trump watch. Not going to like this, baby, and youre watching hardball. My dads. Grandmas. Aunt stacys. What are the reasons you care for your heart . Qunol coq10 with 3x better absorption has the 1 cardiologist recommended form of coq10 to support heart health. Qunol, the better coq10. Its an emotional connection i focus on techniques because its really the techniques that are the most important part of any recipe. 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The cuts and Corporate Taxes joins the cuts already slashing around in corporate drawers. The big dollar cuts in the top tax rate. The elimination of the corporate minimum tax that makes Companies Pay at least something. Thats gone. The huge cut in estate taxes, which mean millions more owned by the rich will be kept in their families, ensuring rich kids comforted by grandpops millions for generations to come. How about that one . And there they were today, gleaming in the sunlight, worshiping their sun king, glorying in the shortest day of the year. The day they chose to celebrate the greatest shorting of the American People in history. Thats hardball for now. Thanks for being with us. All in with chris hayes starts right now. Tonight on all in. President donald trump delivered. Exquisite president ial leadership, mr. President , thank you. Youre one heck of a leader. Reporter democrats and republicans agree, republicans own this. If we cant sell this to the American People, we ought to go into another line of work. The brandnew tax cut for the wealthiest americans that destroys health care for millions. We essentially repealed obamacare, because we got rid of the individual mandate