Have been too quick to characterize mr. Bushs comments come as a personal slight to the new presidency. Here are some of those comments. Did you ever consider consider the media to be the enemy of the American People . [laughs] i considered the media to be indispensable to democracy. We need an independent media to hold people like me to account. I mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive. It is important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere. By banning people from seven predominantly muslim countries from entering this country, do we make it easier or harder to fight the war on terrorism . Well, i think it is very hard to fight the war on terrorism if we are in retreat. I think we learned that listen, if the United States decides to pull out before a free society emerges, it is going to be hard to defeat them. I want to make sure you understand, argue for or against the ban . I am for an immigration policy that
Then we can actually do this. See three, that would be a good thing. Jason but funding will be a whole different question. Harris in other words, nothing has changed since you left. Jason no. Sandra lets begin. Republicans agreeing on a plan to overhaul the tax code. They shared it in a conference committee. The deal currently called for cutting the Corporate Tax rate at 221 from 35 . Beginning early next year. Cutting the top individual rated 2 30 7 for the highest earner down from 39. 6 . Repealing the obamacare individual mandates, and limiting combined deductions for state and local income, and property taxes to 10,000. President trump eager for lawmakers to vote on the final bill for him to sign. We want to give you, the American People, a giant a tax cut. For christmas. And when i say giant, i mean a giant. As we speak it, congress has reached an agreement on tax legislation. That will deliver more jobs, higher wages, and massive tax relief for american families, and for american
I dont think the Inspector General can answer all of our questions. Some witnesses left the department which means the Inspector General does not have viewers diction. Congress proved itself incapable of investigating this abuse. Doj should not be looking into it. We need an arbiter that is either the special counsel. Peter, how many witnesses does gowdy think are no longer with the Justice Department. Sandra, he says two dozen. That means he thinks there are up to two dozen people who could help crack the case of obamaera abuse whose are no longer at the Justice Department which means they are no longer reach able by the Justice Department Inspector General. Now, other republicans here on capitol hill, are joining him in calling for a Second Special counsel. We cannot have the people currently at the department of justice and fbi investigate themselves, thats why jim jordan and lee and so many republicans joined me in calling for a Second Special counsel so we could have consequences
It could be the 12th. We are talking to them now. They very much want to do it. Wed like to do it. We will see what happens. Sandra meanwhile, the north claiming it demolished the Nuclear Test Site carrying out a series of explosions and reducing it to rubble. Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent greg palkot is live in seoul, south korea, for us. Greg . Greg all right, sandra. The folks in the region are watching closely what is being said in washington. And pyongyang and beyond regarding that possible summit involving President Trump and kim jong un. We heard from the Foreign Ministry up in china about this. They, in fact, say that the u. S. And the north korea should meet each other halfway. They should stay patient. They should press ahead with the denuclearization. Remember it was President Trump who said that perhaps chinese president xi got in the ear of kim jong un and changed his tune. We heard on friday from japanese Prime Minister abe and said possible cancellation of the sum
I dont know what they are but i think they will be terrific. Someone predicted today 5. 3. I dont think that is going to happen. 5. 3. It has a four in front of it we are happy. If it has a 3 but it is 3. 8, 3. 9, 3. 7, we are okay but these are unthinkable numbers. We are going to hear whether they are great numbers. The wall street journal predicting their economists surveyed think it could be in the 4s but we heard a lot of 5s. People who were at the mill yesterday, it was 100 because they had jobs. There wasnt enough business, we are getting deals from other countries, the president says i was a construction worker and i know some of these countries looks like the best steel comes from america. A guy named tony, we dont know his last name and this was on Facebook Live, he got emotional and jobs coming back to granite city. What does it mean to your family and friends to know your back at work. What is the one thing you will take from his speech and the moment today. Sound like we a