territory because that would mean no grand coalition with angela merkel s conservatives aren t you worried what will happen to the s.p.d. if there are new elections this year. i don t think so because i don t i m not quite sure if there will be new elections so there s another option. that minority rule for example so that this is the law says she won t do that she says that she doesn t want a minority government you know but it would be the first time that she changes her mind right. fair point very fair point tim i want to talk with you a bit more about the dynamics within the party itself because you know the youth of the s.p. day they asked people to join the party just to vote no. if the vote is decided by those people we know twenty five thousand that that s about the number which have done so is that democratic in your view because you know is it democratic to join a party just to vote no and
liberties with a child sol that s the person john kelly testified on behalf of in 2016. all of the ramifications of the story are going to spill out over the next few days and weeks but at the core of the story it seems that there s a real truth to the trump administration that we sometimes allude to but never really get to and it is this. don mcgahn, the white house counsel, found out about this a year ago january six months before john kelly became chief of staff and because he was impress and the president of the united states was impressed with rob porter s professionalism and hiss ability to handle paperwork, security clearance or no security clearance they are impressed with the job that he could do, they didn t care about the difference between right and wrong. yeah. and there are, katty kay, just, so many systems that are lacking
immoral behavior. i think it s more than rookies and systems. this story is shocking because it gets to an attitude that seems to be somewhat pervasive amongst some people in this white house towards women and what s acceptable about women and it comes from the president who is himself, we should point out, accused by 22 women of incidents of sexual harassment. general kelly at one point said women should be revered and honored but was prepared to not give weight to reports that subordinates of his, whether it was in the military or the white house, actually acted violently against women and i think that attitude is worth exploring and worth acknowledging and don mcgahn also didn t seem to take domestic violence against women as being particularly serious. those are flaws of character and
plan that you guys have together will have enough support in the house to pass? he said, look, we haven t even whipped it yet, staying away from any, making bold predictions whether it would pass or not. certainly house republican leadership behind the scenes they are feeling a bit more confident and spending bill that came together overnight and presented to their conference. that keeps the government funded for at least the next 28 days until february 16th. the new plan does not address d taxt ca, what many democrats want to see included in the spending plan. but it does add funding for the children s health insurance program, extends that for another six years, something that many democrats wanted and delays some key obamacare taxes. key here is what house conservatives, many members of the house freedom caucus, can they get behind that plan. that is a big question for house republican leadership going forward as they certainly try to sell his plan up here. if they do sell it sunl
this accomplishment outweighs in the headlines the president s personal divisiveness and the shenanigans that tend to get covered more in the news media and whether republicans can sell the bill. it s been one of the biggest weaknesses of both congressional republicans and the trump administration, their ability to effectively sell legislation. that s a great point. in sports you get a win it crear creates momentum. does this create republican momentum or when they have to deal with obamacare fixes, a lot of conservatives aren t happy about that, infrastructure divides the party. a lot of republicans who voted if more have deficit concerns. is this a building block or a one off? i asked senator mcconnell this question yesterday. he s not making promises. it s characteristic for him to underpromise rather than overpromise but he pointed out that the success of taxes was in part unique to that issue. there s an enthusiasm that there wasn t on other issues. the idea that a 51-49 senat