what do you think? well, look, given the president s history on race, given the fact that he, a few months ago, told us that there were good people on both sides, when neo-nazis were marching in charlottesville, yeah, i think we have a right to be suspect, that he is treating the people of puerto rico in a different way than he has treated the people of texas or florida. let s turn to the president s tax plan. the president wants to double the standard deduction so that a married couple won t pay any taxes on the first $24,000 of income. is that a provision of the president s tax plan that you might be able to support? it is. but overall, i just listened to mr. mulvaney, who says that nobody can make an analysis long-term of what this tax proposal does. he s wrong. the tax policy institute has said that 80%, jake, at the end of ten years, 80% of the benefits will go to the top 1%. so it s not just that they want to repeal the estate tax, which benefits only the top 0.2%, families
myself on visiting the college with my son. and that s also funded. good, let s turn to the tax reform plan that the president and republicans in congress rolled out. eliminating tax breaks and loopholes that primarily benefit the wealthy, benefit of tax reform go to the middle class not the highest earners. chris: director mulvaney, independent experts say what the president just said isn t true. i want to put up this chart. nonpartisan tax policy center did this analysis, it shows the middle fifth of households in america those earning between 28,000 and $86,000 a year, they ll get average tax cut of $660 next year. mane while the top 1%, people making more than $730,000 a year will get an average tax cut of almost $130,000 next year. now, i understand that this
ryan. they and congressional republicans are going to be very frustrated. they ve once again been placed in this box by the president making a deal with democrats and going around them. one of the republicans we ve already heard from today who was frustrated, the judiciary committee chairman of the senate chuck grassley essentially tweeting what looked like a direct message to the president saying hey, we were supposed to be doing this through my committee. so there s going to be some degree of backlash on the hill. our task is to figure out exactly what it means and if it stops this tentative deal with democrats and the president. that s going to be the task for the course of the next hour, probably much of this day. i want to bring in white house budget director mick mulvaney who s joining us from the white house north lawn. we appreciate your time. let me start with that dinner. you were in the room. the president just said that everyone is on the same page, including top republic
order, daca? we have to make a new set of standards you re going to split up families? no, no, we re going to keep the families together. but you re going to keep them together out? they have to go. so to be clear, carol, the president has changed his mind, whether the deal was resolved last night. he said, hey, you figure out a way to keep him here, is a change of position? yes, that s absolutely right. he was elected to cut deals. i just think a lot of people probably didn t think he was going to cut these kinds of deals. this is what he ran on. immigration was at the core. these are not the types of deals the president said he was going to cut. when you listen to director mulvaney, he s trying to say on one hand to republicans give me some time. i m going to do this on the wall. and also walked a fine line on yet i m also going to have compassion. so he s trying to kind of marry these two things. that was notable when we spoke to director mulvaney. he said no,
feeling the love? are your eyes dry, itchy and gritty? blurry vision at times? grab some face time with your eye doctor and show your eyes some eyelove. welcome back. tomorrow president trump will visit storm-ravaged florida where millions remain without power and millions are suffering in the oppressive heat. damages have been estimated from hurricanes irma and harvey upwards of $200 billion. joining me now, white house budget director mick mulvaney. director mulvaney, thanks for joining us. devastation from irma and harvey, remarkable, horrific. yesterday cnn s martin savidge toured a section of houston where possessions are still strewn about on the street. homes are likely a total loss. the damage estimates for hurricanes harvey and irma may come up to $200 billion, as you heard me say.