Why rob portman is hopeful. Mick mulvaney is warning. And steny hoyer is fighting mad. Theyre all here and only here. We begin with blake burman with the latest. Blake . Its clear here in the halls of the capitol as House Republicans mark up their bill and the senate will release their bill later this week. Theres a host of issues to work through. Earlier today, the club for growth, an influential Republican Group put out a note saying they have issues with four Different Things on the individual side of this House Republican plan. Here they are. Top tax bracket for millionaires with the possibility that those that make in the low Million Dollar range can see the top end taxed north of 45 . They take issue with a portion of passthrough profits would be taxed 25 . Growth. You had big deficits. It wasnt tax cuts that did it. Cuts create growth and growth creates revenues neil but you left out Ronald Reagan. I know. Deficits didnt grow with him. The first two years were high because we ph
Also, israels Prime Minister netanyahu finally came out for secretary of state john kerrys middle east peace efforts this week. But he faces intense opposition within his own country. In fact, within his own cabinet. I will talk to his economics minister, Naftali Bennett who tells us why his boss is wrong. The olympics reminds us of the agony of defeat. But is failure actually good for you . Thats what a new book says. I will talk to its author. Finally, i will bring you back to crimea, to the valley of the shadow of death. If you know the poem, the charge of the light brigade you will want to see these early war photos. But first, heres my take. Inevitab inevitably, the crisis in ukraine has been discussed in washington, largely through the lens of political po lorization. It seems like any and every topic is fodder for partisan dis putt, even the weather. Especially the weather. Many republicans arguing that Vladimir Putin intervened in crimea because of president obamas weakness. Pu
Possible deal. Welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Snuck in here to be next to you. Im errol barnett. The u. S. President , barack obama, said its time to take steps to fix the countrys immigration system. He announced executive action that will shield up to five million Illegal Immigrants from deportation. The centerpiece of this plan would let the undocumented parents of u. S. Citizens apply for work permits, so long as theyve been in the u. S. For at least five years. But mr. Obama stressed that his plan does not grant citizenship alone. We expect people who live in this country to play by the rules. We expect that those who cut the line will not be unfairly rewarded. So were going to offer the following deal. If youve been in america for more than five years, if you have children who are american citizens or legal residents, if you register, pass a criminal background check, and youre willing to pay your fair share of taxes, youll be able to apply to stay in t
daca illegals. and there s talk as well that a lot of democrats holding their nose would be open to some sort of, you know, border wall funding, physical or whatever. so therein lies the deal. not so fast. because both extremes and both sides are still picking on the other and saying each has caved or each isn t caving enough. it s a mess. eric mcpike can make sense of it. erin, it would seem you have the makings of something right there. if the president is open to citizenship, thereby alienating his base if chuck schumer re-visited potential funding for a wall that he took away. you re off to something substantial. what do you think? remember, this is his opening bid. neil: whose opening bid? the white house s opening bid with this big frame work. these frame work that the white
to e get back to we want folks to contribute to the economy and move away from chain migration and towards a merit based. we are interested in folks coming into this country who can contribute. i don t think that ever qualifies. so that world view is coloring the overall debate. i would just add we re 37 hours into this shutdown. we re 37 hours into the shutdown. president trump was working the phones yesterday. but today we have no guidance yet from the white house press staff about how president trump is spending his day. we don t know who he is calling. we don t know if he s going to meet in person with lawmakers. even as we can see the senate con seens, the house is set to gavel in an hour. it s been radio silence from the president s press staff. thank you very much from the white house on that. we re going to start discussion now with eric mcpike, adviser for media group of america, and jeremy peters, reporter for the