rubio world. rubio generally believes this bill does way too much for the rich and corporations and not enough for working class families. and so i think his concerns will probably get addressed. he s just going to play some hardball to get that child tax credit expanded, but the issue is, that would increase the bill s cost by a lot of money and you have to find revenue somewhere because this bill already cost about $1.5 trillion. when you think of the four names i mentioned, three of them have had personal beef with president trump at some point. mccain, bob corker, and marco rubio. no surprise there. let s talk about the possible shutdown. why are house republicans sending a bill to the senate they know will not pass. are they playing a game of chicken with democrats you think or what. i think house republicans, this small segment, the freedom caucus, they are driving the train on this. this is they re familiar gamut
many people feel that the president at worst is a racist and at best is a sympathizers for white supremacist. is he. donald trump is racial. he s not a racist. yes, i will acknowledge many of the exchanges, particularly in the last six months have been racially charged. do we then just stop and label him as a racist? no. one correction, that interview aired on abc last night. former white house aide claims she has a profound story to tell, but can t share it until after her official last day which is january 20. when asked why omarosa would be on the payroll for another month, white house press secretary referred the questions to hr. let s get a check on the weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. a surprise snowstorm in the works in the northeast. minor event. enough to call a lot of people delays. one to two inches of snow in d.c. baltimore, philadelphia, new
representative tim ryan will be on morning joe later today. hear from him directly. he s coming up in just a little bit. senate republicans set a new record confirming president trump s 12th circuit court judge. vote gives trump the record for most circuit court judges confirmed in office. outpacing john f. kennedy and nixon who previously shared the record. chuck grassley celebrated the vote proud to say the judiciary and senate made history confirming the 12th circuit judge this year. the most in the first year of any president in the 228 year history of our country. now, trump however has a long road ahead with 144 judicial vacancies left to be filled. let s turn to business. rolled back net neutrality rules on a party line vote. dismantling regulations to treat all site traffic and speeds equally. cnbc joins us live from london. what does this mean for the internet and how soon will the
if if he wants a job, he stumbled at his last go at trying to become speaker. and, you know, ryan took that job. the other person is steve scalice who recovered miraculously from the shooting. if mccarthy ones, scalice has a major decision to make, does he want to challenge his friend kevin mccarthy or maybe salaries should wait a couple of years. let s transition and talk about the tax bill. how heavy of a lift for the gop leadership to get these holdouts. we talked about marco rubio being a no. corker being a possible know. two senators with health issues that may actually make them absent from the vote on the senate floor. this is a big problem for republicans because rubio and trump don t have the best history. when trump was calling him little marco, that doesn t engender a lot of goodwill will
what going to happen with lebron james. you think he s going to make the move. you can tell, even that little conversation. creates a lot of buzz. the other thing is this. the lakers would have serious star power between the two of them. i wonder whose team it would be. it s still lebron james s team. definitely. i think wherever lebron goes, it s his team. i wonder if his father is excited about that move. wait and sure. i m sure he won t be quiet long. a phone call between vladimir putin and russian president s end of year news conference. plus, much more on the republican party s race to pass tax reform before the end of the year. will it happen? we ll be right back. republicans are still working on tax bill. paul ryan even tweeted out own version of.