steve: contributing more. the question is how much? there you have got the freshman democratic congresswoman from new york. she is not the only progressive proposing higher taxes now that the left controls the house. here to break it all down and the taxes perhaps you can see the change from the democrats, americans for tax reform director paul blair as you can see from d.c. paul, good morning to you. good morning. thanks for having me. steve: nancy pelosi got the gavel last thursday and already we are hearing rumblings that they could increase taxes on families and individuals and businesses. and you hate this. absolutely. look. one of the first acts of the new democratic-run house was to lower the requirement. the 3/5ths requirement to raise taxes. and what we have seen since that time are proposals ranging everywhere from, of course as you just played the clip to double the top income tax rate. a promise to bring back the jihadi mandate penalty tax
us on the set. i wish you could see this at home. jonathan and tom have been reporting this story as they sit here on their phones. jonathan, let me ask you the bigger picture in terms of the road of how it came to today, to michael cohen and this plea deal he s about to enter at 4:00. we ve been hearing rumblings and comments that certainty suggested he was looking in this direction. how long did it take to get here, when did it intensify? what do you know about the road from there to here? it began with the search of his home that caught everyone by surprise here in new york when the fbi went in and seized those documents, those tapes and that s where the road began. then over the course of time it has evolved from michael cohen will take a bullet for the president, never turn on him, to michael cohen is going to do what s best for my family to sort of radio silence for the past couple weeks as he s been engaged in plea talks with the southern district of new york of exactly what h
happy st. patrick s day to you. katy tur standing by to pick things up. i m not wearing any green. you are not. any green. you have time. don t pinch me today. no, i would never pinch you. moving on. it is 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. in washington where folks inside the white house and outside the white house are wondering will today be another pink slip friday. the washington post suggests the president is ready to ask yet another senior member of his administration, this time it s national security adviser h.r. mcmaster. we ve been hearing rumblings about the general s departure for a while now, two weeks ago my colleague nicolle wallace was the first to report the white house could oust mcmaster by the end of the month. the president feels emboldened a year into his
and from the senate. we believe it. we have done that for years. and this strike is over. are we sure as soon as both houses accept this and make this bill official, then yes. they believe the strike is over, right? [ cheers and applause ] they want to go back to school. reporter: that s what they are saying. there were 55 counties out, 270,000 students. it looks like it is back to school. there are students in that hall with you. the teachers have seemed to enjoyed the support of the families and students. it did you want always happen in a strike. reporter: exactly. nine days later we were hearing rumblings from parents about the hardships of trying to find child care and some had to take
today the beat grew louder. kasich team geare gears up for e 2020 bid. he ran against trump once and during the 2018 primary he won only one state. his own what are we to make of it chris stirewalt. the pancake, we remember the wonderful pancake moment. is he stuffing the pancakes into his mouth. talking about john kasich which may not have been clear to some at home. why do you think we are hearing rumblings from john kasich. john kasich would probably like to be president is why we are hearing it from him. is he right about something. look, i have have no idea whether america is ready for this prickly pancake enthusiast to be their potus. i don t know. there is reason to think maybe not. one thing he is absolutely right about, he is absolutely right about the fact that independents in america are pretty fed up with the degree of