This morning the regime launched a Ballistic Missile over japan and into the Pacific Ocean. Analysts say it flew far enough to hit the u. S. Territory of guam. The u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley spoke at the white house briefing. She said if north korea continuing its aggression, she could hand over the situation to james mattis, the defense secretary. Theres not a lot the Security Council will do from here when you cut the trade and the oil. So having said that, i have no problem kicking to it general mattis. I think he has plenty of options. The United Nations Security Council holding an Emergency Meeting this hour after north koreas launch. John roberts is live for us at the white house. John, what else did the white house says about north korea . Good afternoon. The president left on a helicopter a short time ago to go to Joint Base Andrews for the speech that will be coming in about 40 minutes. He was asked if he was running out of options on north korea. The p
Hillary, you are good at it, and you are the epitome of public corruption. The fix . Your friend barack obama in april 2016 there was no malicious intent on your part to expose our classified documents. Shortly thereafter the Washington Post mimics obama saying there is no malicious intend and our secrets were never in danger. And weeks before 17 witnesses and the target herself are questioned, jim comey writes an exoneration of you as a criminal target using the same words. Except malicious intent is not an element of the crime, folks. And anyone who tells you that a prosecutor drafts an Exoneration Memo of the target before the investigation is complete has
unmitigated gall to Say Donald Trump presents a Clear And Present Danger to the country . It was under your watch that four Brave Americans died in benghazi it was under your State Department that they were refused the security they requested. And you had the gall to sweater man who made the video would go to a jail. But then agai
Fewer people will actually pay tax at that rate. Now, let me tell you what else they want to do. They want to nearly double the standard deduction. 12,000 for individuals. 24,000 for married couples. Thats the justification for raising the lowest tax rate from 10 to 12 that a whole lot of people arent actually going to pay for. The plan also calls for the elimination of the socalled marriage penalty. Raising the tax credit for a child under 17 by a yet to be specified amount. And look for a new 500 tax credit for nonchild dependents. That replaces the idea that you can actually otherwise claim nonchild dependents. In addition, the plan calls for repealing the estate tax. What a lot of republicans call the death tax. This benefits generally speaking the wealthy. It also repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax. At lot of you might say i pay the Alternative Minimum Tax. Heres the problem. It was actually meant to be something for the wealthy. Wasnt indexed to inflation so a
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Of the trump campaign. Just to state the obvious that we all know, the president shoots from the hip. Im not sure there was a ton of fore thought into what he said about sessions. I think he was honest and blunt about his feelings at that moment in time. They are feelings that he has had on and off for some time now. The Russian Investigation as we all know kind of wont go away as a story line partly because theres an open investigation but also because the president is preoccupied with it and he brings it up all the time, in private conversations and apparently in public ones. I think theres a real concern in terms of the comments hes made obviously because they also seem to indicate that, you know, first he wants loyalty from comey, now he wants loyalty or allegiance from Attorney General, like hes wanting to run this the way he runs his business, which is not the way the Government Works and certainly not the way the Justice Department works, which is an independent institution. The
Last issue that most republicans in the congress can agree on. They are all for tax cuts, thats part of what it is to be a republican i think. Is there anyway that this this doesnt pass . A very narrow majority in the senate, there are benefits in this tax code now that would have to be stricken to make room for the cuts, so you dont have a big blowout in terms of the budget and so they will be fiercely supported and defended by those affected. It wont be easy, not with a narrow majority of the kind that we have now among republicans. Democrats by large do not favor tax cuts, particularly tax cuts they will inevitably say benefit the rich. Its not that easy sl for this reason. For one thing, every time you pass tax cuts and you are the president tonight say theyre going to increase the number of people in the zero bracket, you
have fewer and fewer people actually playing texas. That is fewer and fewer people who stand to gain when taxes are cut because it is simply a mathematical truis