continues, there s still much more to do in the months and years to come. the progress made on the child tax credit would not have been possible without support of mike lee, tim scott and ivanka trump. ali, launched 100 think tanks with the mention of ivanka trump. this is something she has been advocating for, too. and able to the man of the hour to push for this, too. this will make republican leadership feel very good. there s nothing in this conference bill that seems likely to push somebody who was a yes on the senate bill off the wagon. if republican senators only lose bob corker again they re going to pass this thing next week. that s all we know at the moment. we don t know of, for sure nos other than the new reconciled bill. a lot of people haven t seen it. reporter: right. almost no one s seen it. hearing from democrats especially all day that they have not seen the final product here, and they re not going to
see you next week. good afternoon, everybody. i m ali velshi. exactly 2.5 hours away from getting our hands on the reconciled republican tax bill. we are told it is a whopping 503 pages and only republicans have seen what s in those pages. the fate of the gop tax bill is unclear but got a little boost in the last 20 minutes. we now know senator marco rubio is a yes on the bill. the white house is confident that whatever happens, it s going to be monumental. i think we re doing very well on the tax. we ll see what happens but i think we re doing very well. it s something that s going to be monumental. i think that we are going to be in a position to pass something as early as next week. we re going to be briefing our members as well throughout the day and so, again, it will go live at 5:30. i m really happy, peter. i think it s going to provide the kind of middle class tax relief desperately needed right now. you heard senator portman talking about middle class tax
atencio in hollywood, florida. reporter: seeing people trickle in. a couple more waiting in the room behind me. this is the planning council, ali, a nonprofit that helps people enroll in obamacare. just this center alone has enrolled 647 people in the span of six weeks. i want to take you inside one of these rooms where nancy over here just came in. you came in very last minute. almost at 3:00 p.m. before the deadline easy. nancy, did you have health care before today? i did not. reporter: why decide to come in today at the last minute? i was encouraged that it actually might be affordable and i had no had it before, because i could not afford it. so i m checking to see what, whether it s affordable. reporter: you re just starting in, but are you liking what you re seeing? yes. the help is very good. very clear explanation,s. reporter: you supported president trump in the elections. is this something, the
you can go confidently to your employer and that an employer can protect your identity. right, right. and if her name were to come out and it would be publicized in a way she didn t want, he says that would sent a chilling effect for women who had something happen to them they wanted to report. stephanie, thanks for your work. stephanie gosk. still following breaking news from capitol hill. two republican senators on the fence now supporting the final tax cut bill. msnbc s garrett haake has the latest. garrett, all happened in the last 20 minutes or so. you and i talked at the beginning of the show at 3:00 p.m. eastern about marco rubio supporting the bill. just happened 20 minutes before then. now two more votes. where are we? reporter: yes. marco rubio s support for the bill always seemed more likely than not, but the second, bob corker. the one republican nova on the senate version of this bill when voted on two weeks ago announcing tonight he will vote for the final versi
bears repeating the origin harks do with russia s interference in the u.s. presidential election. moments ago at the pentagon secretary mattis asked directly if he believed russia interfered in the election. secretary mattis cold reporters i believe they did. he said that, something similar in the past. i believe in nato february. mattis said something similar. tillerson earlier this week also repeated the charge it it is likely russia interfered, intelligence assessment russia did indeed interfere in the u.s. presidential election. you see a split. the split between the president s national security advisors secretary of state of secretary of defense on russia. the president himself always hedged whether or not russia interfered and now is hedging whether or not he d pardon mike flynn. flynn is already cooperating with the fbi. whatever details he shared are already locked in, in custody of the fbi. hans, thanks very much. hans nichols at the white house. talk more about the