how big of a cloud is the mueller investigation right no. massive cloud. as we get further along with the russia investigation, we see members of inner circle being investigated. steven mueller came out he s been investigated and other people have been indicted. paul manafort. it s a big cloud. a huge distraction from the main policy goals. let s talk a little bit about tax reform. if the republicans were able to get tax reform pushed through, it could be huge for them. they really need this right now. especially after the election results we saw. what are the key sticking points to help this out. i think they really need to reconcile the differences between the house and the senate plan. there s a lot of uncertainty there. and they need to come together and agree on that first. like you said, they need this. i think that s a huge motivation for them moving forward. then quickly, want to look
central element in this investigation of potential obstruction of justice. absolutely. remember, the chaos of this administration, especially at the beginning. pre-john kelly has consequences. and look at the on the one hand you had the attorney general, jeff sessions, working together with the newly appointed deputy attorney general rod rosen stein to lay out one area where they were going to argue how they were going to handle this, the reason for firing, the clinton e-mail handling and then the president and steven mueller according to the president undercutting that. and don mcgahn, the lawyer steps in and said, no, there is no way that is getting out there. but then trump himself comes out a few days later after the firing and said yes, it was the russia thing. so this supports that argument and under cut his defenses and