watch this. president trump: we have actually in the republican party in a true sense we have great unity. look at the democrats with bernie sanders who got taken advantage of by the dnc. now you see all the stuff coming out. you see what s happening. but you look at hillary and bernie, that s big league stuff. we have very, very minor. we have great unity. bill: is this relative? we watched the dust-up this week. it s confounding for a lot of people. now there are pieces being written if you aren t on the trump train as a republican you are in danger ala jeff flake. these are definitely crazy times. as a long-time political observer i love all of it and i think it s healthy for the system to have the discord and the open discussion of differences. i think it s healthy. exactly what the founders intended. i think it s great. but i do think that the president makes a very important point and that is
advantage of by the dnc. now you re seeing all the stuff coming out. you see what is happening. look at hillary and bernie. that s big league stuff. we have very minor. we have great unity. i was with the senate yesterday, the entire republican senate. other than two people, i tell you, there was a lot of love in that room. corker and flake, the senators the two people. but neil, when it comes to tax reform, the chairman of the house ways and means community, kevin brady made news today when he hinted that key changes to 401(k) plans, which the president said are off the table may not be off the table. the big picture, there s details on taxes that still need to be worked out. republicans still continue to insist that they can get this done, get a budget passed tomorrow and get tax reform passed through the house by thanksgiving. neil: connell, we ll see. a quick peek at wall and broad. there s some concerns that it
trump has held since he took office. the very fact that now the meddling is on the table, and we may have disagreements about how that conversation developed, but that they re developing a framework for future cyber attacks and how they re going to handle it on each side and how they re going to keep the russians out of the u.s. and other countries, that is promising and this agreement in syria could be very promising. it is a multistate agreement. not only with the russians and the united states but also with jordan and israel. and if we could start working together with the russians, that s something john kerry wanted to do in the obama administration. we could start working with the russians more closely on syria, that could be very promising too. this was presidential. this was big league stuff. the fact, though, laura, to you next, as a former member of the obama administration, you have been very critical of president trump. your reaction. do you give the president credit with
would be president. reporter: her father s company have seen 35 trademarks approved by china. any growth is done with caution. reporter: her company will neither confirm nor deny the numbers to cnn. issuing a statement saying, we have recently seen a surge in trademark filings by unrelated third parties trying to capitalize on the trump name. it s our responsibility to diligently protect our tradem k trademark. that s big business, considering how much the trump family has brushed away concerns about politics affecting their financial interests. i don t think it matters. this is so much more important and more serious and so that that s the focus. what ivanka is trying to say, who cares? who cares? this is big league stuff. this is our country. reporter: an attorney for
i you know, that s the focus. i think what ivanka is trying to say, who cares? this is big league stuff. this is this is our country. an attorney for ivanka trump says she has nothing to do with trademarks and when she became a member of the white house staff, even an unpaid one she officially put all of her business into a trust so there would be no conflict of interest. but it s worth bearing in mind, while the president actually has legal protection from conflict of interest claims, that is not true of his staff. and if she were to step across any lines she could come under very harsh scrutiny. tom foreman, cnn, washington. a lot of people are watching. yeah. interesting. and you ve been watching cnn newsroom live from los angeles. i m isha sesay. i m john vausz. you ve been watching cnn. (alarm beeping)