Fathers administration. Jeff zeleny is outfront in new york. We learned ivanka trump, Jared Kushner are going to move To Washington. Now, thats a pretty stunning thing, right, if you think about the fact ivanka trump said she will have no role in her fathers administration. This is a clear signal shes going to be right by her fathers side. Maybe she doesnt have a technical title. Shes staying in her job at the Trump Organization. What can you tell us . Reporter something they have to work out and sort through. Theyve already had missteps here in the first month of this Transition Meeting with the world leader, the first meeting that her father had with the Prime Minister of japan, and, but erin, its clear that they are still trying to sort through this. The american presidency is not simply set up for a family like this so theyre going to be making the rules as they go along, but we are told they are planning to move To Washington. Theyre looking for houses there at the very least. She
Protect trump from a special prosecutor. Thats right. He blames him for two things number one, the president is a combatant. He likes people who fight. So he doesnt like that instead of fighting, sessions recused himself. But he believes initial step what set in motion the process that led to special Counsel Robert Mueller who is causing tremendous headaches for the president and his family. His understanding of the role of the Attorney Generalship. Can you square that what most people think an Attorney General should be today . Man or woman since at least janet reno, theyre seen as the countrys Attorney General, not the president s personal lawyer. Thats right. There have been people very close to them as the Attorney General, like kennedy. Or bobby kennedy. He would be the prime example but thats not what we think of. We dont think of the Attorney General being the president s lawyer. We think of him being the lawyer
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Middle income people and for jobs. It will also benefit lots of other things. I mean, were looking to if you look at the whole thing, everybodys going to benefit. But i think the greatest benefit is going to be for jobs and for the middle class, middle income. All right, cnns Boris Sanchez joining us from the white house. The president sounding really confident going into this week as he heads off to camp david. But, you know, hes not quite doing a victory lap just yet. Thats right, fred. Hes still kind of selling this bill as you just heard him do before he departs for camp david. Right now the white house is cautiously optimistic that barring any kind of procedural snafu this will be their first major legislative victory, the passing of the first major Tax Reform Bill in more than 30 years. Theyre confident, in part, because weve seen some republican senators that were previously in the no Column Switching over to yes, including florida senator marco rubio who drew a red line on thur
Peace process, but leaving the specifics up in the air. Why does it matter . Think back to how this year has unfolded. Powell positioned herself, when she came in, part of that wing or faction in the white house. Jared kushner, ivanka trump, but since then working to build rips with people like h. R. Mcmaster is someone that the president trusts and looks to in some of these big settings and high profile moments. And she has influence here in the west wing. That said there have also been questions about her own sort of positioning or the rumors or speculation of where she wanted to end up. She was widely rumored to have wanted to get back to new york. Her family is still there. Which is obviously potentially part of what plays into this. But i would note just a couple things here. Number one this may be just the start of what were now seeing
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Xenophobic religious bigot. Hes not a serious adult. I cant vote for donald trump given the things he said. Trump should not be supported. I believe hes disqualified himself to be president. I just cannot support donald trump. All right. I want to bring in scott mclain. What is Hillary Clinton and her camp saying about this . Reporter yeah, so this is getting plenty of reaction, obviously. What she said about the comments from a fundraiser last night. Perhaps it was aimed at galvanizing her base but its firing up donald Trump Supporters, heres what she said. To just be grossly generalistic, you can put half of Trump Supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. Right . The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophob xenophobic, islam phobic, you name it. There are people like that and he has lifted them up. Reporter basket of deplorable is a Trending Topic on twitter. You dont have to look far to see outrage. Breitbart that steve bannon is calling this Hillary Clintons 47 moment, ref