at humana, we take a personal approach to your health, to provide care that s just as unique as you are. no matter what your name is. welcome back to cnn s state of the union. i m jake tapper. president trump spent most of the week selling his new tax plan, calling it a miracle for the middle class and suggesting the plan will garner bipartisan support in congress. i truly believe that many democrats want to support our plan and with enough encouragement from the american people, they will find the courage to do what is right for our great country. but progressive leaders such as senator bernie sanders are slamming the proposal, calling it, quote, morally repugnant. senator sanders joins me now from his home state of vermont.
it, quote, morally repugnant. senator sanders joins me now from his home state of vermont. senator sanders, i ll get to taxes in just a minute, but first i want to ask you about puerto rico. what did you make of president trump tweeting that puerto ricans, quote, want everything to be done for them? you know, speaking from his fancy golf club, playing golf with his billionaire friends, attacking the mayor of san juan, who is struggling to bring electricity to the island, food to the island, water to the island, gas to the island, that is just it is unspeakable! and i don t know what world trump is living in. people in puerto rico are suffering one of the worst disasters in the history of that island. we have got to do everything we can to help them. we all have got to remember, the people of puerto rico are american citizens, entitled to the same help as the people of any other community in american. the white house denies it, but there are a lot of critics who say that race or e
they would work with major nidal hasan in his death penalty murder case here at fort hood. the judge denied that motion. it didn t end there. basically the judge ruled that this was simply a disagreement in strategy, that major hasan is fully kachab abcapable of repre himself, that he has a constitutional right of defending himself how he so chooses. but then the lawyers said the attorneys kept hammering at the judge about it and said it would be morally repugnant to force them to allow major hasan to essentially in their opinion work with the prosecution to ensure that he get the death penalty. despite all of that and those strong claims from these attorneys, from what we could hear sounded very angry and upset by the judge s ruling. the judge said they have to continue working alongside major hasan. they are not the lead counsel.
the action for us. hi, casey. reporter: good to see you, allie. sounded like we were going to run into a major delay. this could last weeks if not months possibly after the stand-by defense counsel requested a stay, which would have effectively put this trial on hold for an indefinite amount of time. they seemed furious that the judge denied their request to take on a lesser role in the case because they argue assisting hasan now violates their professional code of conduct. it is their impression that hasan wants the death penalty and they say it would be morally repugnant to help him achieve that. a heated exchange ensued between the lawyers and the judge. ultimately the judge denying their request for that stay and said this trial is moving forward with those backup attorneys in place, period. i ve never seen anything like it.