important because the american people are tired of the tension. it s adding stress to people s lives when it shouldn t be. the economy is flourishing. the president s policies have been amazing on the economy and on the border. i didn t agree with the child separation policy but the tightening of the border has taken the slack out of the labor markets and why the african-american and hispanic american unemployment is tightening up and the lowest it is. the guy has done an amazing job. bill: a jobs push now, a tax push. can they make the pivot and put it all behind them? wray said it is not a witch hunt or at that interview. i think the president is saying it s a witch hunt because he knows he didn t do anything wrong. wray saying it is not a witch hunt because people on the periphery of the president have
welcome back to the lead. go the sticking to our politics lead now. president trump s jobs push comes as we learn one of his goals of completing tax reform by the end of the summer seems to be in peril. treasury secretary steve mnuchin tells the financial times passing reform by august likely would be pushed back after republicans scuttled the health care overhaul. cnn s jim acosta has more from the white house. reporter: on the road in wisconsin, a state he flipped red to help win the white house, president trump s message was all about the american worker. we re going to do everything in our power to make sure that more products are stamped with those wonderful words, made in the usa. reporter: president trump is saying no to an american tradition, established by his recent predecessors in the oval office. he s refusing to release his tax returns around this tax day. the president s continued
or create 1,500 jobs. wal-mart announcing 10,000 new jobs this year. trump noticed. responding on twitter, thank you to general motors and wal-mart for starting a big jobs push back into the u.s. [ music playing ] reporter: as washington puts on the finishing touches for friday s inauguration, some republicans are apprehensive about trump s rocky transition. senator john mccain told cnn he s not surprised trump s approval ratings are far lower than his predecessors. he seems to want to engage with every windmill that he can find. rather than focus on the large aspect of assuming the most important position on earth. reporter: other republicans in congress say they are being kept in the dark on trump s tax reform and health care plans. vice president-elect mike pence making the rounds on capitol hill, hoping to ease trump s agenda. many democrats say they will
and trump noticed, responding on twitter, thank you to general motors and wal-mart for starting a big jobs push back into the u.s. as washington puts on the finishing touches for friday s inauguration, some republicans are apprehensive about trump s rocky transition. senator john mccain told cnn he s not surprised trump s approval ratings are far lower than his predecessors. he seems to want to engage with every windmill that he can find rather than focus on the large aspect of assuming the most important position on earth. reporter: other republicans in congress say they are being kept in the dark on trump s tax reform and health care plans. vice president-elect mike pence making the rounds on capitol hill today. meanwhile the list of democrats who say they will boycott trump s inauguration is growing. tonight about one quarter of all house democrats say they will not be on hand when trump takes
done. plus, shocking video of white youths rye rotting and running rampant through the streets of huntington beach, california. do we need to have a national dialogue about the violent destructive white youth culture in this country? i think we do, and it s a conversation you won t want to miss. we begin tonight with president obama who took his campaign-style jobs push to chattanooga, tennessee, today, where he presented himself as a principled idealistic fighter for the middle class who maybe also happens to have the most remarkably poor short-term memory in all of washington. the president using today s barnstorming speech to extend his hand to republicans to offer them a deal even as it s a remote possibility. i m willing to work with republicans on reforming our corporate tax code as long as we use the money from transitioning to a simpler tax system for a significant investment in creating middle class jobs. that s the deal. and, you know, i m just going to