senate on designing things. and we ll be coming out as the president said with more details on wednesday. bill: that was in the briefing room yesterday. treasury secretary. the white house will announce a plan tomorrow. we re already learning on one of the possible changes. a massive slash of the corporate tax rate. president trump said to be looking to cut it down from 35% to 15%, which would be massive by washington terms. tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn is with me in studio. good morning. 35 to 15. does it sound right to you? that is what the president says he wants. bill: what would it do to the u.s. economy if he could get it? you talk to our friend art laffer, he sees a lot of good possibilities. it frees up capital for research, development,
issue, women s economic empowerment. at the end of this panel today there was an announcement of an initiative, still rather unclear how it will all go, but it is to provide funding for women in order to start up their own businesses and it will be overseen by the world bank and then contributed to by a number of countries and possibly the private sector as well, shannon. shannon: amy kellogg live for us in berlin. thank you. we will engage with diplomatically but we are going to have to confront russia where what they re doing is contrary to international law. any weapons being funneled here from a foreign country would be a violation of international law. bill: defense secretary james mattis in afghanistan saying the u.s. and nato must confront moscow over reports they claim russia is providing weapons to the taliban.
and ben roads politicize intelligence. shannon: you asked the f.b.i. and doj for some of this information. were there warrant applications and fisa orders, have you gotten a response? no. that s part of the hearing. he said publicly clapper said there was no fisa warrant issue. the washington post reported there was one and what role did susan rice place in this, if any. it s important to find out. shannon: let us know if you get a response to that letter. bill: had a good time last night. nra has a sweeping set of gun control laws signed about the california governor jerry brown. we ll show you their strategy next in a moment in california. booking.com gets it. they offer free cancellation if my plans change. visit booking.com. booking.yeah.
i wonder if they ll write the same story when we get government continued funding without drama and repeal and replace obamacare. will they write the story speaker ryan is riding high? that s what we ll continue to move forward and keep our promise what we said to the american public. i ve been talking to a number of members what we ve been working making sure we can repeal and replace obamacare. the american public will be excited at the changes we make in the bill and move forward. bill: is speaker ryan okay? is his job all right? no fear with speaker ryan s job at all. he has 100% support from this conference and you ll see it on the actions that move through this week and i think that s just more bluster. remember, let s not feed into what the democrats want. we re going forward on 100 days. what are the democrats bringing up? government is going to be shut down. not true. that speaker ryan s job is in jeopardy, not true. we ll continue to move through with all the rhetoric and
capacity magazines, those with more than 10 rounds, and it bans any rifle using a button that allows for a detachable magazine. you have the california rifle and pistol association. they want it declared unconstitutional crime liess the possession of guns commonly used by law-abiding citizens. bill: what happens next, william? we have one lawsuit filed. five more expected in the next week. the courts have already held that the second amendment generally does protect an individual s right to keep and bear arms but it is not absolute. states can enact in a reasonable restrictions. that s open for debate and why the group waited for the appointment of judge neil gorsuch to the high court. if these challenges get denied by the ninth circuit as many expect they would. it would go to the high court. his appointment is important to