controversy or not. that s standard operating procedure on these things for decades. i think it doesn t help the nominee. i think it would be bet fer early on in the process the nominee and his wife were on the today show and people got a sense of who they are. because the person is really lost in this massive political fight that we have around the supreme court. almost every political issue that divides us deeply appears to be decided at the supreme court from abortion to guns to gay rights. so it s not surprising that people are very invested in tearing down or building up the person they think who can change the direction of the court. at the end of the day, they are just a person. don t go anywhere, kasie d.c. will be right back. just a reminder, the msnbc special headliners: paul manafort will be airing at 10:00 p.m. see, they know it s confusing. i literally have no idea what i m getting, dennis quaid. that s why they re making it simple, man in cafe. and more affordable
nominee. i think it would be bet fer early on in the process the nominee and his wife were on the today show and people got a sense of who they are. because the person is really lost in this massive political fight that we have around the supreme court. almost every political issue that divides us deeply appears to be decided at the supreme court from abortion to guns to gay rights so it s not surprising that people are very invested in tearing down or building up the person they think who can change the direction of the court. at the end of the day, they are just a person. don t go anywhere, kasie d.c. will be right back. just a reminder, the msnbc special headliners: paul manafort will be airing at and i treat my mbc with new everyday verzenio- the only one of its kind that can be taken every day. in fact, verzenio is a cdk4 & 6 inhibitor
if she doesn t show on monday, it sounds liking from what i ve heard senator graham suggested they ll probably have to move forward without going into it. it s too bad. it would have been bet fer she would have been willing. to her point, if it s the fbi s job to be do a background collect, can they accurately say they have completed a background collect if there is this allegation out there? i think it s reasonable they should do you some follow-up to previous collection. he s been through several of these. i don t think they would get a lot of new information. imambivalent on this question. what we re getting up against are possibly the limits of me, too. everyone wants to hear her story. like you said, have tried to accommodate her in every way possible after she and her lawyer, her previous or new one, i don t know what s going on with the lawyers at this point said she was willing to testify. they said okay, let s do it. they want to put everything on pause. i understand she m
what i hope happens is if we go to conference i want the best elements from the senate bill and the best elements froms house bill to be the final package. we re focused on getting the best bill possible including cleaning up the things like the fact some people in new york, some people in california will see taxes go up. we don t think that s should be the case. we want some kind of hopefully guaranteed, not guaranteed, word from leadership we ll get the best elements from the house bill. not the worst. we want the bill to be bet fer in fact it goes to conference. let me ask this way. you look at the bill the senate passed. is there a deal break jer something from that bill in the final version you can t vote for it? not saying that i want to see the package. i like they re getting rid of the individual mandate in obamacare and not that they re delaying the corporate tax cut. we like the good part and make sure that our bill, which says the corporate tax cut takes effect right awa
buy, they want to invest. they think things will be bet fer they re business owners. sometimes they don t. for whatever reason. we could debate it for the next hour, donald trump has aroused those animal spirits and people buying in our security markets and maybe out in the real economy and that is the engine of economic growth. you can be worried about the future. you don t like his policy, you don t understand this or that. but that funny thing that kind of raw desire to invest after years of not doing so, maybe that s what we re seeing. all right. still ahead on morning joe, former vice president joe biden receives an award yesterday that is very near to my heart. one named after my father. we ll play for you some of his remarks at the ceremony, including about the time he told vladimir putin to his face he had no soul. the response, priceless. also ahead, former defense secretary under president