Name to the full senate. So far, republicans and democrats have been making their cases along party lines. Everyone in this room knows that liberal and progressive groups have been pressuring the minority leader to find a reason, any reason, to filibuster the nominee. Hes a mainstream judge whose earned the universal respect of his colleagues. This nominee that were voting on today is a judges judge. There was simply no reason that the nomination of judge garland could not proceed, other than to deny the then president of the United States, president barack obama democratic leader Chuck Schumer is demanding 60 votes to confirm gorsuch. That means with only 52 republicans in the senate, eight democrats will need to support gorsuch for him to pass. Right now, only three democrats, all of whom happen to be up for reelection next year, say they will vote yes for gorsuch. Chris jansing is joining us live from the committee hearing. Chris, good to see you. Using the socalled Nuclear Option,
In cleveland. That i may have met him possibly, might have been in cleveland. So many people having so many contacts and not remembering, it doesnt make sense. Theyre either the most forgetful team in political history or the most intimate with russia. Good day everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. As the political fallout continues over attorney general Jeff Sessions misleading answers about his meeting with the russian am was for. President trump remains steadfast in supporting his earliest senate endorser after the attorney generals selective memory of his september meeting with Sergey Kislyak. I dont remember a lot of it but i do remember saying i had gone to russia with a church group in 1991. We talked a little bit about terrorism as i recall and somehow the subject of the ukraine came up. He said something about inviting me to have lunch. I did not accept that. I dont recall any specific political discussion. The top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee adam schiff
Im surprised it didnt come on a napkin at this point. We will let you know the specific details at the appropriate moment. One could argue the rollout of the plan was supposed to be the appropriate moment that you would have some of these details. Its a great plan. Its going to put people back to work. I find it fascinating that blowing this gigantic hole in the debt is not an issue anymore. He is the king of debt, and now were seeing it in realtime. The people who will get a gigantic tax cut are corporations and very wealthy people, people like donald trump. Will the president release his tax returns the president has no intention. The president has released plenty of information. Ha boy, has he got his talking points down, doesnt he . This will pay for itself with growth. No tax cut has ever paid for itself through growth effect. This is pure magical thinking. You would have to hire David Copperfield to make this work out. So on day 97 of the trump presidency, with the clock ticking
And the democratic evolution. I think the Democratic Party is reimagining itself. He jones me on what it means to be a trump era democrat. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd in washington. Welcome. President trumps tax cuts, the biggest. The reductions, massive. The reform package, the largest in history. Never mind the could not flicks in interest, the awkwardment onics or who will pay for it and how does it get through congress . It is to show case something big, the white house rolled out a tax reform plan with gary cohn and Steve Mnuchin that ends up raising a lot more questions and certainly raises major obstacles. First off, it bears little resemblance to populist middle class warrior donald trump that he branded himself in the campaign. There are tons of items that wealthy individuals have been lobbying for. The top tax rate, slashld. Alternative minute tax repealed. To be fair, it is not all geared just toward the wealthy. There is a one time
This under current. Perhaps there is something here. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is new day. Sit monday, october 30th. 6 00 in new york. Here is on our starting line. Will we see the first arrest in bob muellers investigation today . That is the question. It is possible in light of news that cnn was first here for it. They did return the first indictment on friday. Now, at this point we dont know the nature or the target of the indictments. President trump, though, seems once again to slam the investigation into a witchhunt, insisting that Hillary Clinton and democrats paying for Oppositional Research about trumps ties in russia is the real russian collusion. The president s Attorney Says mr. Trumps tweets are unrelated to mueller news. So all of this could overshadow a big week for President Trump. House republicans are set to unveil their tax bill but suffering a major setback ahead of th