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Russia. We do not know the content of the calls. Theres a big question about who does. Those calls taking place before mr. Trumps inauguration and before flynn was apparently authorized to discuss such things. All of this raising new questions about the president s ties to russia. Our chief White House Correspondent john roberts has the latest from the white house. John . Reporter jenna, good morning. Departure of the Lieutenant General Michael Flynn not a tough decision for the president to make because you have to protect the presidency. Simply a tough thing for him to do. Michael flynn was one of his most loyal and trusted lieutenants. I was at Campaign Events across the country for months and months during the primary and general election. Many times general flynn would introduce donald trump on stage. Sunday night it looked like he might survive, skate through this is what one Administration Official put to me. But when all of the bad news came out yesterday morning, it pretty muc
Also for mortgage. Theyre lowering the dividend and Capital Gains tax to encourage people to invest, to create jobs. Lowering the Corporate Tax rate to 15 . Also putting in a one time tax to encourage companies to repatriate their profits back here. They doubled the standard deduction. Thats a big tax cut for everyone. So this is a lot for tax cuts, for growth in the economy. Incredibly important. Job creation. Lets bring in chief White House Correspondent john roberts who joins us now with more. Boy, who was thering for everyone there. Reporter there appears to be, particularly with the tax rates, 10 , 25 , 35 , and then the fact that you wont pay tax if youre a married couple on the first 24,000 of income. That will effectively increase the number of people who are at a zero tax rate. Im told the Decision Making process was that twhaeupbted to maximize the bang that this plan would have for middle income people, which is why the proposed rate for higher income people went from 25 to
Done its going to be something we dont like and its okay and i understand that. I think we have a chance to do something very, very important for the public. 52 senators invited to the white house to huddle with the president after shelving one of his Signature Campaign promises. Its a complicated subject. I remember how challenging it was for the democrats when they were enacting this in 2009 and 2010. We are optimistic. I believe we will get to yes. Its going to take more discussions in the most critical question is how do we lower premiums . Chuck schumer wasnt ready to unfurl the victory banner just yet. We know the fight is not ove over. We are not resting on any laurels. Numbers for the majority leader didnt add up. Started with four senators who said they would not support the procedural motion to proceed. As the day wore on, those numbers grew, and after the bill was pulled, even more republican nos came out of the woodwork. G. O. P. Leadership was talk. Not willing to accept w
Done its going to be something we dont like and its okay and i understand that. I think we have a chance to do something very, very important for the public. 52 senators invited to the white house to huddle with the president after shelving one of his Signature Campaign promises. Its a complicated subject. I remember how challenging it was for the democrats when they were enacting this in 2009 and 2010. We are optimistic. I believe we will get to yes. Its going to take more discussions in the most critical question is how do we lower premiums . Chuck schumer wasnt ready to unfurl the victory banner just yet. We know the fight is not ove over. We are not resting on any laurels. Numbers for the majority leader didnt add up. Started with four senators who said they would not support the procedural motion to proceed. As the day wore on, those numbers grew, and after the bill was pulled, even more republican nos came out of the woodwork. G. O. P. Leadership was talk. Not willing to accept w