travelling past the building. it s the number of boats and the frequency of boat traffic that is threatening the walls. gets into any cracks in the brickwork and thracians the entire building structure it also uses the compacted earth between the piles the centuries old foundations on which the building stand in the attempt to limit the damage the city has introduced a speed limit for water taxis. to launch cruise ships which head for the digging every day are a further problem. these big 6 moves huge volumes aborter you know that s to me these principle there s still a volume within the body of this ship that gets moved and when they re in there are 2 that they ve. all been through narrow the focus on the local level
i think there s a real feeling on this island that we need to materially and sensibly manage and plan a conversation whatever the outcome of this you know find a sort of agreed way forward recent surveys suggest most people in northern ireland prefer to stay part of britain for now but those who want to united ireland say they are in no hurry expecting chaotic to help. and joining me now is due to get correspondent hans van welcomes joslin leg is already ruled out any renegotiation of the big 6 primes to bars johnson insists the backstop moscow is there any point in the meeting this evening well there s always a point in beating there s always a point and talking and getting to know the position of the other person and getting to know that other person a little bit more intimately in more detail so yes there is certainly point in talking and in fact that hasn t closed the doors to any negotiation whatsoever she
who s to say mccain wouldn t vote against the tax cut plan or others as well. that, ironically, where they thought they had the votes and the support, would be far more unifying they don t. orrin hatch, had one of the big 6, was right when he said this could be more difficult. well a lot of moving parts on this. i don t know if it s more difficult. any member, house member from new york, will they vote to end the state and local tax deduction, right? that s a big thing for taxpayers in new york. new jersey, every high tax state. that s a big thing. neil: you ever to get a big old marginal tax cut to compensate for that. that would likely not be in the offing. our businesses are really going to want you to end the interest deduction on the seal of debt. it sounds good to end it. but they re going crazy about it. they have, the private equity business has prevented, you heard this report on fox business, they ve already ended
because congress couldn t do anything about immigration reform. now they have got six months to figure it out. abby: be a they will be forced to. mid terms next year. this is a controversial decision. daca is emotional for a lot of people. he is going to want to move on quickly today and get to tax reform. brian: meet with the big 6. all these people working hard to put together a program that s eventually going to get a vote for tax reform for the first time since the 1980s. steve: meanwhile it s 6:11 in new york city and jillian has headlines. jillian: good morning. welcome back the two of you. abby: we were here all day yesterday. jillian: good morning to you at home as well. florida under a state of emergency as hurricane irma sets its sights on the u.s. powerful life threatening category 4 packed with winds over 150 miles per hour and only getting stronger. puerto rico and other caribbean islands expected to feel irma s wrath later today before it could take
reform. will the president go forward with tax reform with his committee? we put out a statement with the big 6. we ll continue working with them and report the out come as it happens. now that anthony scaramucci resigned, that s also a clean slate. has the slate been totally cleaned at this point? any more staff shake-ups? everyone else in senior staff positions plan to remain at this time? yes. two very brief questions. is there any chance you will just leave the job of communications director alone having had two people who held it leave rather abruptly in both cases? we ll let you know when we have any personnel announcements to make on that front. the other thing i wanted to ask was when the president made his speech to police officers on friday, almost within minutes statements came from police