Is there any worry there at the white house that his poll numbers continue to be so low . Reporter i think there is concern over here at the white house, breanna. And that is why you see the republicans up on capitol hill. You see people over here at the white house, including the president , trying very hard to get this tax cut plan passed before the end of the year so the president can sign it. And then head off for the holidays. Keep in mind, this poll that just came out pretty alarming numbers for the president and house and senate republicans. It says here 29 say they approve of the republican tax plan, 61 say they disapprove. Thats bad numbers for the tax plan they ran through the senate in the middle of the night the other night. And you heard the president meeting with republican senators really singing is the praises of this tax cut plan and declaring that there is it republican unity in the gop like we havent seen before. He was saying that right next to senator jeff flake of
Bill, republican senators narrowly pass a major tax overhau overhaul. Its the largest tax decrease in the counthistory of our coun by far. Democrats say the whole process was a sham. Republican tim scott is here to respond. Hello, im jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is trying to keep up in thin sanely busy newsweek. With the republicans inches away from passing their tax bill which will have profound consequences for the public, this morning President Trump is focused squarely on discrediting the russia investigation. He was up rather early, sending his first tweet at 6 15 eastern about former fbi director, james comey, saying, i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn. Just more fake news covering another comey lie. The president is prone to twisting the truth when defending hills. Lets be clear, comey said in his sworn testimony, under oath with, based on contemporaneous notes he took and shared with close advisers, that the president privately told him,
So i just want to thank Justice Kennedy for the years of tremendous service. Hes a very spectacular man. Really is, spectacular man. And i know that he will be around hopefully for a long time to advise. Our special coverage begins with nbcs Pete Williams outside the United States Supreme Court and Chris Matthews, host of hardball here on msnbc. Pete, lets start with you. Tell us what happened. It was one of these thing we have been discussing for the last few days, that people have been anticipating but they werent sure it was going to happen. He was up against a deadline whether or not he was going to retire or wait until the next session. Actually im not sure there is a deadline. The Supreme Court justices tend to do whatever they want. The tradition has been that most of them announce their retirement before the last day. The last couple have been in march or april. Justice kennedy, i guess, believes in precedent because the man he relaced on the Supreme Court also announced his in
Of the president s leadership style described as impetuous, adversarial, petty, and ineffective. Within the past few minutes, the White House Press secretary pushed back hard. The chief White House Correspondent john roberts has details from the north lawn. Good evening, john. Speak about the press secretary and president pushing back hard late this afternoon, bret, on this anonymously authored oped in the New York Times, and a lengthy statement, well only read part of it, Sarah Huckabee sanders and, we are disappointed but not surprised that the paper chose to publish this pathetic, reckless, and selfish oped. This cover to do the right thing and resign. A Law Enforcement officer event, a sheriffs event in the past hour, the president running down a long list of what he says are accomplishments that his administration has achieved over the past 16 or 18 months, and also saying that the New York Times publishing and anonymous oped was an absolutely gutless move. Nobody has ever done in