That is entirely up to the department of justice. Reporter going back to volusia that, when he said he spoke with putin and he believe he meant what he said, in other words, there was no collusion he actually said he believed that putin believed what he said. That he wasnt going to get into an argument with him over that when they had bigger things like north korea, like issues in syria that he needed to deal with and Work Together on. Reporter so the question being he always maintained it was democrats colluded with russia. He saying putin exonerated the democrats . The president still firmly believes there was collusion with the democrats during this election process. Defend he is not going to get into back and forth with a world leader he needs to work with and wants to work in order to deal with big and serious things facing our country right now. Reporter followup. I will move ahead. Reporter as new yorker is concerned deductions for state and new yorkers will cause exodus on new
Schedule but play it out. This is aggressive time questioned all, it will be tough especially sexual harrassment allegations that keep piling up. As you mentioned there is a thanksgiving break. A number of senators hear from constituents. Democrats are mobilizing on this. A lot of commercials in the washington area, where those are targeted so far, have been kind of bad. If this thing Gains Momentum over the last week you will which see a lot more of that advertising. Democrats will make the case that these tax cuts favor the wealthy and they can point to a number of provisions in this senate bill, that a lot of democratic voters arent going to like and independent voters might not like. Rob obviously ron johnson made the comment how the bill favors corporations over Small Businesses and there are a lot of things they can point to draw out constituents. Im sure a number of senators who might be on the fence will hear from them. Neil she is right, chris, a lot of the attack lines the ri
An hour and 50 minutes. The hearing will come to order. Welcome. Im very i think the committee is privileged to see our distinguished careful joining us. Ed rice. Thank you for your ongoing leadership and for yesterdays important briefing with nikki haley, our ambassador to the United Nations, and important briefing in the afternoon was on the congo. Thank you chairman royce. The democratic republic of congo was supposed to conduct elections one year ago this month. In order to achieve the required transition by december 19th, after years of stalling on making preparations for elections, the government of the drc failed to hold elections last year. And relied on a constitutional provision that Joseph Kabilla could not step down until an election was held to select a replace. Both the chairman and i and others have had ongoing meetings with the officials, including high level people who have flown here to washington. Time and time again we have admonished them stick to the schedule and
S p 500 by. 5 . Nasdaq down. 75 , well off the lows it is worth noting. They had been down more than 1 at session lows. All this following the headlines and Michael Flynn did plead guilty to lying to the fbi and is agreeing to cooperate in the russia probe. Abc reporting he may testify against President Trump. The idea President Trump had in fact been connected to the russia contact. If we take a look at the intraday chart of the dow, we see this roller coaster ride up until about 11 00. It had been slightly higher, on pace for a record close. As the headlines crossed we see an absolute nosedive. Session lows down 1. 44 . On pace since the worst day since may. Also true for the s p 500. The russell 2000 down significantly, its worst day since may. A little bit of a moderation as investors trying to figure out with this means and the implications. Right now perhaps the moderating of the selling action suggests there is not enough information to know whether or not it could affect the u.
Coming up in an hour what the republican tax bill means for you. Tax host good morning. It is tuesday, december 19. A twoour washington journal is ahead for you. The Senate Reconvenes at 10 00. The top item will be the final vote on the gop tax reform legislation. That will also be the focus of washington journal with republicans confident they will be sending President Trump a tax overhaul for his signature. Ifwers, call and and tell us you support or oppose the bill. If you support, the number for you is 202 7488000. If you oppose the legislation, give us a call at 202 7488001. You can catch up with us on social media. Good Tuesday Morning to you. You can start calling in now. A little over a month ago, the house passed its version of tax 2 to bestdecember passed its version of tax reform 5149. After reconciling the 2 bills the final legislation is expected to hit the floor in both chambers and republicans are confident they have the votes. [video clip] kevin brady, the chairman of t