reporter for the new york times is tweeting i m a new york times reporter writing about #expose christian schools. are you in your 20 s or younger went to a christian school? i would like to hear about your experience and its impact on your life. please send me a direct message. the attacks on christian schools are just unbelievable at this moment. yeah u it s the continued attack on christianity. when people say it s not happening, it s happening. let s not be ridiculous. when you talk about karen pence, of course the vice president and second lady from my state of indiana, former governor here in indiana, actually was on this radio station wibc and started his career here, they don t just hate the fact that karen pence took this job. they have hate the fact that she actually believes what she says she believes. and so going after that is fundamental. it s the same as barack obama saying that people clinging to their bibles and their guns. it s this constant vitriolic hate. i do
president trump s legal team responding to a report that they are preparing to discredit michael flynn. and are you confused about whether you can prepay your 2018 property taxes and still claim a deduction before the new tax rules kick in? we will explain at the top of the hour in the daily briefing. julie: new signs president trump space remain strong despite some predictions of a blue wave in the 2018 midterms. the associated press visited kentucky recently where trump won by 30 points in 2016 and spoke to several of his supporters. the reporter writing they believe trump has delivered even if his prominence has not yet materialized. he is punching at all the people who let them down for so long, the presidential embodiment of their own discontent. our power panel is here. marie, many of president trump
one of the top members of the freedom caucus said adding murray to the bill would be, quote, a problem. senator collins is calling for immediate coverage of her support for the tax bill unbelievably sexist. collins reportedly made the comments to a reporter in a hallway near her office in the senate. she centered on coverage after meeting with protesters with grave medical conditions saying, quote, i can t imagine a reporter writing that about a male senator meeting with the same group. back with us, laura barron-lopez. laura, great to have you back with us. let s talk about what the democrats have going forward, as far as the playbook for the 2018 midterm elections. how much are they planning on campaigning on the unpopularity of the tax bill. it s not unpopular by any stretch of the imagination, and
and today, we are learning about a letter from democratic senators franken and leahy asking the fbi back in march to investigate any contacts between sessions and russian officials. with me michael smith, the new york times reporter writing about how trump could should he choose attempt to block comey s testimony. robert deets former counselor at the cia and nsa, and ken delaney national news reporter. first ken to you. my eyes have been on for the last couple days the possibility we may see the comey memo at the hearing next week. do you have any more information? is it all likely we re going to see that memo? that will maybe corroborate what he s going to testify to. i don t have reporting on this, greta, but i tend to think the answer to that is no because so far the fbi has declined to produce those memos and the justice department has a long history as you know of fighting against producing things that could be evidence in a criminal investigation. does is it only the fbi
them in the first part of next year. the treshy inspector general found those lois lerner ee emails. i get your point, dr. keith. republicans don t come from the victim mentality but just raw, smart, political strategy, pass a bill when you control the senate. you got the house. defunding the i.r.s., stripping them of enforcement provisions and getting the democrats to have to on the floor of the senate defend the i.r.s. i agree. are you ready for a southern super tuesday? it could happen. officials in five states, tennessee, georgia, mississippi, alabama and arkansas are reportedly coordinating to hold primaries on march 1, 2016. it would mean voters in the deep south casting ballots all at once and on the heels of new hampshire and iowa. possibly a crucial early test for republican white house hopefuls. one political reporter writing,