Republican party center ing around bob corker, trying to get him on board, to vote against an amendment that was considered pro forma. As you noted, the issue, the debt. The deficit. Senator corker has not made a secret of the fact that he has a problem with that. But they thought they had a solution, if the tax plan didnt create a growth they think it will, at one point tax increases would snatch into place. One problem with that, the senate rules do not allow it. The joint committee on taxation releasing a report that showed the Dynamic Growth in the bill. That is the key issue for republicans. The idea that their plan, even though it costs 1 1. 4 trillion dollar. It could pay for itself. Not so says the joint committee on taxation, it would only create 450 billion in added revenue, the plan would still cost a trillion dollars. Senator corker making it very clear, he has needs a solution and he needs it quickly. That means the republicans that the point in time, thought they may be o
Very fruitful. And this will not be just a photo op, this will be, at a minimum, well start with perhaps a Good Relationship and thats something thats very important toward the ultimate making of a deal. I would love to say it could happen in one deal, and maybe it can. They have to denuke. If they dont denuclearize, that will not be acceptable. We cannot take sanctions off. The sanctions are extraordinarily powerful. I could add a lot more, but ive chosen not to do that at this time. Meanwhile, the president apparently is not looking forward to that other summit. Were talking about the g7 meeting with the worlds wealthiest nations. That begins tomorrow in canada. It comes as tensions escalate between the United States and several of those tkey allies ovr trade and tariffs and other issues. Lets go to Senior Analyst jeff zeleny. Jeff, give us an overview of the president s meeting with the japanese Prime Minister happening at this minute. The president is meeting with shinzo abe that t
Calls her. A jury acquitted the undocumented immigrant on all charge charges pertaining to her death. The trillion dollar hole the tax cut could put on the countrys finances. The tax bill today on the floor. What happened . What we saw is something that was hours of frustration building up in a single senator boiling wide open. All of the leaders of the Republican Party senatoring around bob corker, trying to get him on board, to vote against an amendment that was considered pro forma. The issue, the debt. The deficit. Senator corker has not made a secret of the fact that he has with that. Tax increases would snatch into place. One problem with that, the senate rules do not allow it. Releasing a report that showed the Dynamic Growth in the bill. That is the key issue for republicans. Their plan, even though it costs 1. 4 trillion. It could pay for itself. Not so says the joint committee on taxation, it would only create 450 billion in added revenue, the plan would still cost a trillion
When you look at five months, this is a largescale version. That was 18 minutes. They say its 50,000 texts and its prime time. Thats disturbing. Harris its prime time and now they have some of them. Catherine herridges live in washington with the latest, what did they find . Fox news within the last few minutes received this letter, which is from the Inspector General david e horwitz. He is writing to Senior Senate republicans so senator ron johnson who chairs government and Homeland Security as well as chuck grassley. It horwitz is not household name but he is really an essential player to both the email casey n the russia case. About a year ago he was tasked with doing an investigation of the fbis handling and the Justice Departments handling of the email case and it was through that investigation that he uncovered these antitrump texts between demoted agent peter strzok and the fbi lawyer lisa page. According to the two page letter that has gone to the hill, theyve been able to reco
Decision to bypass congress will end the growing political nightmare for the Republican Party, and they hope quiet down what has become a global controversy. Well go to Phil Mattingly in just a moment. Joining me now is my panel. Caitlin, we need to see the details and exactly what the president says hes doing. But this is a major retreat from a president who does not like to admit i was wrong in the face. Pope francis criticized him today, the canadian and british prime ministers, more importantly here in the realm of domestic politics, republicans are in a panic, think thing is going to be a nightmare in the midterms. A big retreat. Why . Certainly a reversal. If he does sign something which does do this, which is all still up in the air, we have no idea what thats going to look like or when hes going to sign something. People on capitol hill are just as surprised by this as we are. They have not heard anything from the white house and found out about it through tweets. If the presid