of democrats have for him, which is about the execution and how this happened. he talked about the decision, which a lot of democrats don t have an issue with the decision. a lot of lawmakers say they stand by him and the decision he made, but that the execution is what they want answers on and they still aren t getting answers on. there s supposed to be a classified briefing next week for hill lawmakers but they haven t gotten any of the details about why the administration was so unprepared when they made this decision and why they didn t expect afghanistan to fall earlier. and, craig your report, you have access to thousands of pages, documents going through the 20 year history, frankly lies and corruption in afghanistan. you hear from the biden administration they were surprised by the pace of the taliban takeover. they were surprised that ghani up and left. they were surprised the afghans
as you just said it yourself, she has an issue that she wants to or person that she wants basically pardoned. here s the issue, this is a hard issue for jared kushner. because his father was in prison. but at the same time, this is part of the urban agenda that we ve talked about that this president wants to roll out. he is bringing in people from everywhere to include people like mark leal, the head of the national urban league who says, there are areas that we can push back, but there are areas we can find common ground on. mark and the national urban league work on job training and thing of that nature. then you have hill lawmakers, who are working with the administration on possibly helping to get something to move forward. the devil is in the details. it s about, for this white house, it is about prison reform, it is not about sentencing reform. sentencing reform and prison
happened in niger. and the s-hole comments. and then with the nfl, taking the knee issue, which is not about disrespecting the flag. it is about bringing attention to bad policing in this nation, something that the president has changed the narrative on for those who support him versus those in the black community who are trying to bring attention to it. not only this. john, this is really, really key. this white house is now working quietly behind the scenes with black leaders. i don t want to say who they are right now. but they are working behind the scenes with hill lawmakers and black leaders, working on the so-called urban agenda. and also working on issues that criminal justice reform, dealing with prison reform where it does not include sentencing reform. many in the black community are hoping this president will like the grassley bill that calls for a reduction in sentencing.
time. there is no word yet, though, on when a vote might come. the white house sought to explain a bit more about the tax plan yesterday. plenty of questions, though, definitely remaining on the table. joining me now from washington, capitol hill reporter for the hill, molly hooper. another welcome to you. so, can we take some lessons from the health care debacle for hill lawmakers when it comes to this issue or anything else that s controversial on the table? well, i think that s what senior republicans on the ways and means committee are saying. listen, what we need to do is we need to have hearings on the tax reform bill. we need to open up the process. we need to win the debate at home so we can win the vote up on capitol hill. peter told us yesterday, quoting march get thatcher and saying we need to get democratic buy-in. now is the opportunity for president trump to use his office and bring in democrats, have some meetings with them and try to figure out a way to come to