it hit before the 2020 election. the president s chief of staff is tempering expectations telling me today mark short saying that he supporting indexing capital gains to inflation, but he says the conversations at the white house are still in the infant stages. he hadn t addressed this with the president. capital gains would slash taxes on real estate or stocks. so no taxes paid on appreciate tied to inflation. critics of the idea says it benefits the 1% and could investors to sell. a lot of critics work on capitol hill. but in 1992, some key democrats voted in favor of cutting taxes on inflation. 27 years ago. then congressman chuck schumer said this on the house floor about capital gains. if we really want to increase growth, there are proposals that we can do. i would be for indexing all
bill: various reaction there nancy pelosi called the president petulance. peter doocy is live on the hill. creative ways and the shutdown. let s start there. good morning. bill, some lawmakers are trying a group of moderate republicans got together last night. jared kushner was in the room with them as a go between with the white house and they are basically trying to figure out if there is a way to trade border wall money for a daca fix to help illegals brought to the country as kids. if democrats offer little border wall money, it would be a little daca fix. if they go more big border wall money, it could be a big daca fix. there is a process maybe that will pay dividends and make ensure the president gets his border security funding. and can add some things to the mix that would draw some bipartisan support. it s in its infant stages. no commitment by anybody. but senate democrats had their own plans, chuck
very, very unified party. encourage them to make a deal. i would love to see a big immigration bill where we really take care of the situation. i know you want to. everybody wants to. who wouldn t want to? his son-in-law white house senior advisor jared kushner met with a handful of moderate senate republicans today and senator lindsey graham s office. graham has been working on a deal that would give the president funding for small and democrats something that they want, like protections for dreamers. it s in its infant stages. no commitment by anybody. but i m somewhat hopeful that maybe there s a way to get what the president wants in a fashion that would do the least amount of damage to the country as possible. tomorrow president trump is heading to mcallen, texas, to tour the border. he will be joined by the secretary of homeland security and the new white house counsel, who is an expert in constitutional law. that is only fueling the speculation that president trump
dana: casey, thank you. capitol hill, democrats pushing bills to reopen the government one department at a time. that effort is going nowhere in the senate. majority leader mitch mcconnell refusing to allow what he calls show boats on bills the president will not sign. meantime a small group of republicans is hoping to hammer out a xwar began. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. the hope of some republican senators is getting president trump some border wall money in exchange for adding to that some immigration issues, that would have broad bipartisan support. infant stages, no commitment by anybody, but i m somewhat hopeful maybe there s a way to get what the president wants, in a fashion that would do the least amount of damage to the country as possible. some sources say they aren t sure what president trump would accept after he s felt like he s been burned by previous immigration talks.
the two talked immigration but never got into any specifics about what kind of a deal he might be able to handle. if any. kushner was also at a meeting with a group of moderate republicans last night, hosted by republican senator lindsey graham. i m told the discussion included a possible plan to trade border wall money for a daca fix. to let illegals brought the country as kids stay. right now the number is $5.7 billion. if democrats want to offer less than that, maybe it can be a small-scale daca fix. if democrats can stomach more, maybe it will be a large-scale 16 fix. there is a process, may be, that will pay dividends in making sure the president gets his border security funding. and can add some things to the mix that would draw some bipartisan support. it s in its infant stages. no commitment by anybody. just now on the senate floor, two democratic senators from maryland, homes to tens of