of the reporting and what you continue to learn that there is more of an agenda at play? no, i think this whole what we see again and again in plain sight is, you know, a white house that is a family real estate business. and, you know, the reporting in my book was really all about the deal-making that was going on behind rex tillerson s back in the middle east, in real time. there s a line in my book that i was surprised people didn t pick up on. the february the first february of this administration a man called sheik hbj is his nickname from qatar went to see president trump at mar-a-lago. they had a private meeting. this was in february 2017. he went back to the middle east. he said basically, this white house is open for business. and every time the president uses his family, you know, we all know that the trump a
sight is, you know, a white house that is a family real estate business and the reporting in my book was really all about the deal-making that was going on behind rex tillerson s back in the middle east, in realtime. there s a line in my book that i was surprised people didn t pick up on. the first february of this administration a man from qatar went to see president trump at mar-a-lago. they had a private meeting. this was in february 2017. he went back to the middle east. he said basically, this white house is open for business. and every time the president uses his family, you know, we all know that the trump a family real estate business. it sends the signal to the rest of the world, that the american
reporter: we know that the governor told us that his office had been subpoenaed. we knew the campaign committee had previously been subpoenaed by the u.s. attorney and have the u.s. republican party, this is a pretty serious and thorough investigation by the u.s. attorney. you are right to focus on that time period, another new nuance that emerged last night, christie saying it first came to his consciousness as an issue when he read about the patrick foye e-mail in the wall street journal. that was october 2nd. what christie said last night, this was another sort of new thing, which a lot of people didn t pick up on, when he read that, he called in his chief of staff and chief counsel, then chief counsel charles mckenna and asked them what was going on. it makes it clear now that from that date, october 2nd, this was
about, talking the people around the country, lower corporate rates, lower individual tax rates, make at it 25% maximum. that coinsides with what is ryan s plan. but we didn t corroborate on it. it just makes sense. take capital gains taxes to zero. zero. don t compromise somewhere in the middle. we need it at zero. here is why. this economy is not going to come out of that stale level we are. this stagnant anemic growth. in the next year to six months. president obama s senior advisor is austan goolsbee, was on a tv show sunday. i followed him. he was sitting there uncomfortably trying to defend why the 9.1 number is there. he made a statement that is true. a lot of people didn t pick up on. he said and i quote, the private sector is going to
about, talking the people around the country, lower corporate rates, lower individual tax rates, make at it 25% maximum. that coinsides with what is ryan s plan. but we didn t corroborate on it. it just makes sense. take capital gains taxes to zero. zero. don t compromise somewhere in the middle. we need it at zero. here is why. this economy is not going to come out of that stale level we are. this stagnant anemic growth. in the next year to six months. president obama s senior advisor is austan goolsbee, was on a tv show sunday. i followed him. he was sitting there uncomfortably trying to defend why the 9.1 number is there. he made a statement that is true. a lot of people didn t pick up on. he said and i quote, the