the question is will they actually partner with us to try to do things for the american people. chris: all right. on infrastructure, day one, all federal money you want only $200 billion with the restç coming from state, local and private. they say the private would be a corporate giveaway, so where s the deal? i think i m not going to get in front of the president, but i m very confident. we ve had conversations with democrats, i think there s a willingness on the policy to get there. the question remains will politics prevent it. chris: okay, let s talk about another area because i think it s fair to say there s a deal to be made on immigration. the democrats want the dreamers, the young people who came into this country as children as illegal immigrants, to the get some permanent legal status. in return, what are you asking for in terms of border enforcement,ç and does there he to be at least some funding for the president s border wall? chris, the president put forward to c
they re coming to terms with the fact that the president doesn t have all the prerogative in the world, and if he wants to get these fairly controversial things through, he s going to have to learn to adapt. i just he s adapting to the swamp. when you were saying there s a consensus on the panel, i think my part to contribute, contribution to this consensus would be that the right-wing agenda in america has been advanced by aç republican congress, mcconnell and ryan . you look at the tax bill, remember, trump promised to cut tax increase taxes on the rich, get rid of carried for interest for the hedge fund people. the exact opposite has come through because of the agenda. mcconnell, ryan in terms of cutting taxes on the upper income and in terms of beginning attacks on the social safety net that i anticipate to come on medicare, social security and the like because they ll say the revenue is not there. i think you can rest easy, mr. williams. i do not think that is in the
chris: it s a christmas tradition here to share the story of how one family found a way to express the meaning of the holiday season. it s a moving example of love for our country and personal generosity. once again here is our power player of the week. he would have the opportunities wasn t the people that work for us. he gave their lives for us. chris: is that plainspoken wisdom that has driven him for years on a mission that has touched america s heart. each december he places wreaths at arlington national cemetery and thousands of volunteers are there to help him. i think a lot of people think like i do and they just want to, you know, they appreciate the veterans and they want to show
trying to, i think, you know, they re coming to terms with the fact that the president doesn t have all the prerogative in the world, and if he wants to get these fairly controversial things through, he s going to have to learn to adapt. i just he s adapting to the swamp. when you were saying there s a consensus on the panel, i think my part to contribute, contribution to this consensus would be that the right-wing agenda in america has been advanced by aç republican congress, mcconnell and ryan . you look at the tax bill, remember, trump promised to cut tax increase taxes on the rich, get rid of carried for interest for the hedge fund people. the exact opposite has come through because of the agenda. mcconnell, ryan in terms of cutting taxes on the upper income and in terms of beginning attacks on the social safety net that i anticipate to come on medicare, social security and the like because they ll say the revenue is not there. i think you can rest easy, mr. williams.
general and today we learned the president has been considering this since being elected but afterñm/ speaking to multiple people, our reporting points to the fact that the president was leery of james comey and was worried about that russia investigation and that s why he fired him. thank you very much for being here. appreciate it. reporter: still one question above all others for trump. why did you fire detector comby in. because he wasn t doing a good job. kevin: thoefs parse words is all he had to say about why he firedñrñi james comey. the announce president rocked washington. this establishes a very troubling pattern. 5açó vice presidepresident t kind of strong and devise of leadership that the american