year i reduced the deficit by $350 billion! and you know how much i m going to reduce the deficit this year? $1,500,000 reduction in the deficit. and, by the way, just by dealing with allowing medicare to negotiate drug prices, it means medicare doesn t have to pay out that many tax dollars to buy them. that alone is going to reach over time $300 billion reduced in the deficit. you would think the republicans really cared about reducing inflation, they would vote for the inflation reduction act, but every single republican in the house and senate voted against it. now, i admit someone voted against it they thought it made sense but they couldn t let biden, quote, have a victory. it s not my victory. it s the american people s victory. here in america every single republican voted against lowering prescription drug prices, against lowering health care costs, against protecting your pensions, against lower energy costs, against creating good paying jobs, against a fairer tax sy
You have to your point, to both of your points. You have the physical evidence meaning the documentation, the text messages, the signed checks. You have all of the corroborating witnesses, david pecker, and now you have Michael Cohen. Is this proof beyond a reasonable doubt . Well figure that out eventually, but its all pointing in the right direction. What more do they need from Michael Cohen . Theyre going to need that direct evidence that he acted in furtherance of donald trump i think theyre going to be able to do that well with sounds like the prosecution is really doing a great job laying out the calculated narrative through Michael Cohen but then also corroborating it in a meticulous manner with the text messages. There was an objection but it was overruled. This conversation that cohen was testified to is supported by the documentary evidence. When they get to Stormy Daniels theyre going to be able to show the checks, the ledgers, all of that stuff. I think theyre doing a reall
definitive report into all of these lockdown breaking parties here in downing street and in whitehall where the civil service is based in london, by sue gray which we think perhaps will come tomorrow. in one senseit perhaps will come tomorrow. in one sense it mightjust kind of solidify what everyone thinks about this, that there s lots of anger but not enough conservative mps are angry enough conservative mps are angry enough to actually get rid of boris johnson, or once we see it all in black and white, multiple pages and multiple more pictures, does that start a whole other process that could in fact be very, very unpredictable? just remember, under the surface in the background is a separate inquiry by parliamentary committee into whether borisjohnson lied to parliament in that clip you just played from last year. so there s still plenty of party gait fodder if you like. it there s still plenty of party gait fodder if you like. there s still plenty of party gait fodder if you like.
haake. george, i will begin with you. i m sure you had a chance to tick through the story again. it is amazing to see it all in black and white, the reporting from the new york times reports, of what kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell were saying in real-time, but not surprising based on what you know of these people. exactly right. that s the way to put it. it is a display of cowardice and corruption that i just couldn t was unimaginable a few years ago and i think is unparalleled in american history, and i say corruption because these are men who took oaths of office to defend the constitution of the united states and they knew this man was deranged, they knew this man tried to overthrow the constitution and they knew it was an impeachable offense and all impeachable offenses and yet they did nothing at the end of the day. mitch mcconnell refused to hold a trial before the end of trump s term, and at the end of