9 00 in the east, 6 00 a. M. Out west. Heres whats happening. Taxing situation. The battles that lie ahead, the gop gets ready to rewrite the u. S. Tax code. Were going to tell you about one idea that could keep high earners from getting a big break. Gone but not forgotten, the lives of four american soldier were remembered this weekend while the search for answers intensifies. New insight into why so many troops are in africa and what their mission is. You knighted front. For the first time in years, five former president s gather on stage at the same time. What prompted the gathering and how it helped so many in need. But we begin with politics and President Trumps ongoing feud with democratic congresswoman Frederica Wilson, entering the sixth day with the president ramping up his attacks in a tweet again this morning saying wacky Congresswoman Wilson is the gift that keeps on giving for the republican party, a disaster for dems. You watch her in action and vote r. In a series of twe
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to go out with any any opposition. they both say they will vote against the pay-as-you-go rule. it is with the deficit increases and that means conveying any other programs. it does make sense economically. nancy pelosi, the presumed house speaker walked right by me. i asked her for the deal was in the works and she just smiled and kept walking. bret: live on capitol hill, thank you. next, plenty of new faces in this new year for president trump s cabinets. later, why an american accused of being a spy by the russians was in moscow in the first plac place. and last year, i earned $36,000 in cash back. which i used to offer health insurance to my employees. what s in your wallet?
but we re seeing growth that is as good as the united states or better around the world. so, the growth right now may or may not work that way, but you have made the argument as many have made that this is part of a republican play book. let the deficit increase, and use that as a reason to cut back on the size of government. oh, i think that s absolutely inevitable. i think all of the deficit hawk groups that have been very quiet during the tax cut debate are just, you know, itching to get out there and start talking about slashing medicare, medicaid, social security and i think there s a lot of republicans who are very receptive and looking for an opportunity. but i don t think trump is going to give it to them. i don t think he s going to go after those programs which means they re really going that s the worst of all worlds. the hawks don t get their cuts and the did he ever s and the deficit increases. that s exactly right. i don t see how we can avoid
largest tax cut in american history. you heard lindsey graham say yesterday, failure is not an option. even though there are political risks. there is this very deep belief among republicans right now, that they need to get this done, it s one of the big differences i m seeing right now between tax reform and the push we saw earlier with health care. they understood the political risk. they felt like the risk outweighed the reward for them. they believe the reward is going to be bigger than the risk they re taking here. can they do it? they can do it but the margins are slim and they don t have a lot of time. very few people believe this will increase the gdp they will own deficit increases, et