Casualties. There has, in fact, been a surge in reported civilian casualties in the u. S. Air campaign against the socalled islamic state. And under trump, a massive increase in u. S. Drone strikes, more broadly, almost one every two days according to the council on u. S. Foreign relations. Today, tragically, marked the third time this month a u. S. Led air strike may have killed civilians or even our allies, with 18 syrian fighters alied with the u. S. Killed in a Coalition Air strike in syria. The pentagon blamed partner forces. That news comes on the heels of last weeks air strike in syria and now today the decision to launch the mother of all bombs. And we are just 84 days into the Trump Administration. Im joined by Steve Schmidt larry corb. Larry, im going to go to you first because there is a very strange donald trump relationship to the military. He claimed during the came papa
that you knew more about the generals, that he was smarter about isis, now hes in office hes outsource
Democrat wins in ohio, michigan, or give me a name. I like tim ryan in ohio, and i like my mayor out of palm beach out of miami in florida. Nick, katherine, harold, that will do it for hardball. Chris matthews is back here on monday. All in with chris hayes starts right now. Tonight on all in. He wanted to have dinner because he wanted to stay on. Dinner with comey. He mentioned that he had been invited to the white house to have dinner with the president and that he was uneasy with that. New reporting contradicting the president s claims. And tonight, new questions about oval office recordings. Did President Trump record his conversations with former fbi Director Comey . As the president threatens his former fbi director with tapes. Plus, as the Deputy Attorney general reportedly signals no
special prosecutor should we do the pledge . Raise your hand. Who else was asked to take the donald trump pledge . Then david cay johnston. And my extended interview with senator Elizabeth Warren.
He hasnt been charged with anything yet. But it would be standard procedure, and a Special Counsel investigation, to look into any financial heres what Jared Kushners lawyer is saying in a statement tonight. We do not know what this report refers to. It could be Standard Practice for the Special Counsel to examine financial records to look for anything related to russia. Mr. Kushner previously volunteered to share with congress what he knows about russia related matters. He will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry. Whats your reaction to that . It may turn up nothing. But this is part and parcel of this long drawnout investigation that were in for. The idea that any one of these little new additions of information is going to be the body blow that, you know, unravels this whole mystery or takes down the administration, thats not going to happen. On the other hand, the idea that any one of these stories on its own is going to Vindicate Kushner or Presiden
Fewer people will actually pay tax at that rate. Now, let me tell you what else they want to do. They want to nearly double the standard deduction. 12,000 for individuals. 24,000 for married couples. Thats the justification for raising the lowest tax rate from 10 to 12 that a whole lot of people arent actually going to pay for. The plan also calls for the elimination of the socalled marriage penalty. Raising the tax credit for a child under 17 by a yet to be specified amount. And look for a new 500 tax credit for nonchild dependents. That replaces the idea that you can actually otherwise claim nonchild dependents. In addition, the plan calls for repealing the estate tax. What a lot of republicans call the death tax. This benefits generally speaking the wealthy. It also repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax. At lot of you might say i pay the Alternative Minimum Tax. Heres the problem. It was actually meant to be something for the wealthy. Wasnt indexed to inflation so a
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Last issue that most republicans in the congress can agree on. They are all for tax cuts, thats part of what it is to be a republican i think. Is there anyway that this this doesnt pass . A very narrow majority in the senate, there are benefits in this tax code now that would have to be stricken to make room for the cuts, so you dont have a big blowout in terms of the budget and so they will be fiercely supported and defended by those affected. It wont be easy, not with a narrow majority of the kind that we have now among republicans. Democrats by large do not favor tax cuts, particularly tax cuts they will inevitably say benefit the rich. Its not that easy sl for this reason. For one thing, every time you pass tax cuts and you are the president tonight say theyre going to increase the number of people in the zero bracket, you
have fewer and fewer people actually playing texas. That is fewer and fewer people who stand to gain when taxes are cut because it is simply a mathematical truis