may. the actual special election is august. a lot of people looking at how this goes, as a har bin jer of how things might look in november. her home state of ohio. and chris jansing working on her birthday as well, happy birthday, my friend. thank you, my friend. george will with me now, noted columnist of course. let s talk about the speech tonight. one of the things we re hearing is the president is promising to strike a more optimistic positive bipartisan tone. you buy that? well, the optimism would be curious coming after his last speech on capitol hill which was his inaugural address really in which he described american carnage and america was, as he said during the campaign, a hellhole. wonder of wonders, now 12 months later, america is full of animal spirits, he will say, doing quite well, and he will take credit for it. that s fair, i mean, that s what politicians do.
jersey. senator durbin of the great state of illinois, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. republicans are scrambling to distance themselves from senate candidate roy moore as the alabama judge is doubling down on his denials that he engaged in sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl when he was 32. one republican calling for them to pull their support, governor john kasich, joining me from his home state of ohio. good to see you. the white house is saying judge moore should step aside if the allegations are proven true. is that good enough? i don t think so, jake. i was informed in the beginning, he s too divisive of a person to go over to the senate. look, there s a growing list of people that think he ought to step aside and not be the standard bearer. this is not a criminal case or anything like that. if you re the candidate for the party and these kind of things come out and there s so many people now in alabama saying, yeah, we believe her, and growing numbers of
see before he acknowledges what our intelligence agencies and most people in both political parties acknowledge? there was a definite attempt by russia to influence this election. according to the nonpartisan tax policy center, 76% of americans would get a tax cut next year under the republican plan. with middle class families receiving on average a cut of about $800. democrats, however, keep pushing the notion that the average middle class family is going to to see a tax increase. the washington post fact checker gave that claim four pinocchios. i ll say to you what i said to secretary mnuchin. shouldn t people be honest when discussing this issue? absolutely. and let s be honest about this. we know the wealthiest americans are going to get a definite long-term tax cut. under both plans, house and senate, the state tax, alternative minimum tax, will be permanently reduced. when it comes to working families, it s a mixed bag. in my state of illinois, it s going to be devastating
will be returning to the senate representing the state of new jersey. senator dick durbin of the great state of illinois, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. thank you. republicans are scrambling to distance themselves from roy moore as the alabama judge is doubling down on his denials he engaged in sexual misconduct with a 14 year-old girl when he was 32. one calling for the party to pull their support is governor john kasich. he joins me from his home state of ohio. good to see you. the white house is saying judge moore should step aside if the allegations prove to be true. is that good enough? well, i don t think so, jake. look, i was informed in the beginning. he s too divisive a person to go over there to the senate. but, look, there s a growing list of people that think he ought to step aside. not be the standard bearer. this is not a criminal case or anything like that. it s if you re going to be the candidate for the party and these kinds of things come out an
election. and he ended up showing his true colors and he ended up not mattering because the president won ohio by nine or 10 points. so it really showed his weakness in the state and president trump strength not only in the home state of ohio. they think they re going to run against the president? first of all, these types of stories happened when anyone goes to these early primary states. republicans have the apparatus looking to raise money. they need to continue building their operation. it s a natural, organic thing to happen. what made the news so fake to me was when they brought up president trump s, his closest colleagues in the vice president. vice president pence was doing things. that s the ultimate in fake news. the greatest partner in the administration. it is a ridiculous story.