To reset expectations on tax reform. Well produce a much better tax code, it will make a huge difference for our country. It will be done during this congress. Trish this congress . Could still be a long time. The message, hang on everyone. Just wait. It will be better if we wait. You know what . That is not good enough, senator mcconnell. Americans elected you to help the president , help get things done. Repeal and replace. Theyre are upping out of patience, republicans risk getting voted out before anything happens. Kellyanne con sway joins me with her reaction. Blake burman from the white house with latest whether we see tax reform anytime soon. Reporter trish, competing timelines between Mitch Mcconnell and House Speaker paul ryan. Mcconnell played earlier today it would happen during this congress. Congress end 2018, leaving possibility it might not be until 2018. Speaking at bowing plant, House Speaker paul ryan was optimistic tax reform would happen this calendar year. Folks wo
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About the president but the president followed up with tweets, despite the two will meet sometime first full week of september, after next weekends labor day weekend, the president tweeting i requested that Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan tie the debt ceiling legislation into the popular va bill. Coming from the president which passed for easy approval. In other words, he is attaching strings to raising the debt ceiling. They didnt do so, president says. We have a big deal with dems, holding them up as usual on debt ceiling approval. Could have been so easy. Now its a mess. Only problem i have with Mitch Mcconnell after hearing repeal and replace for seven years he failed. That should have never happened. In case you thought these guys were going to smoke the peace pipe and aarp apparently theyre smoking at Something Else and smoking and smoldering at each other. Something for tax reform near and dear to the markets is another thing, right . Were getting latest indications theyre pushing
Reuters reporting he was a member of the u. S. Army reserve. Authorities say there was no connection to international terrorism. Dallas police chief david brown says it appeared the shooters plan to injure and kill as many officers as they could. The bloodshed unfolded blocks from where president john f. Kennedy was slain in 1963. We will have more as the situation unfolds. Again, were waiting for the attorney general to take the podium. Now lets send it over to scott wapner for the Halftime Report. Thanks so much. Sue herera. Welcome to the Halftime Report. I am scott wapner. 2 top trade this hour, saving stocks . At the highs of the day. With us for the hour today, jim lebenthal, jim brown, sarat sethi, and Steve Liesman here onset as well. We do begin with the markets. I said, session highs today, a strong rally following that blockbuster jobs number. 287,000 jobs added last month. Way better than expected. A number of class asset, not only stocks. Bonds selling off today. Gold as w
Lochte go headtohead with a photo finish now heading for the finals and Carmelo Anthony sets a u. S. Olympic scoring record as they edge out australia in a nailbiter. Were live in rio for all the action. Good morning, america. Usa, usa. How about Katie Ledecky, pushing team usa to yet another gold medal in the pool. And look at her teammates, reach out, grab her hand at the end there. Another gold for team usa. Big day ahead. Amys tracking all the excitement in rio. It is so exciting here, guys. Team usa dominating in the water and on the bike. Gold medalist Kristin Armstrong who turns 43 today, by the way, finishing strong, celebrating there with her 5yearold son and we have her amazing story just ahead. Okay, amy. Well get back to you in a moment. But first, we want to get to that breaking news, a massive fire in maryland taking down an apartment complex. Firefighters rushing to save survivors. More than two dozen people taken to the hospital. Abcs Gloria Rivera is on the scene in si