i d leave that up to security experts. i am not a security expert. perhaps there are places, but i don t think we need it across the entire southern border. but i point out that since president trump has been in office, the numbers coming from the other side have been reduced significantly. and so, i think a discussion on border security is in the national interest of the united states. all right, one other thing we may get from the white house this week is some clarity on a tax cut proposal, including, we believe, a huge cut in the corporate tax rate, all the way down to 15%. now, i know you support tax cuts. i think you even support corporate tax cuts, but you re also a deficit hawk, a fierce deficit hawk. now, unless the white house explains how they ll make up the lost revenue in this tax cut, could you support it? i think 15% may be aspirational, john, and i m not sure we can go down to 15%. i certainly want to see corporate taxes decreased. i m not sure we can go down to
identify tangible victories it can associate with this 100 day mark. but at the same time, we ve seen, there has been no typical honeymoon for president trump with easy legislative victories to start off his presidency. rarely does the president simply walk to an event with no motorcade. but his first visit to the treasury department next door to the white house made that easy. while there, the president teed up an unexpected new headlines for next week. we ll be having a big announcement on wednesday having to do with tax reform. the president described his tax cut proposal in an interview with the associated press as bigger, i believe, than any tax cut ever. the president s plate is full, closing in on the 100 day mark next saturday. with no legislative achievements yet, the white house is reviving an effort to repeal obamacare when congress return these week. it s going to be great.. it will happen. you re going to do health care and tax
achievements. they can point and you ll certainly hear a lot o it over the next week things where he can say promises have been kept, mostly in the area of executive orders or other kinds of thematic approaches where presidential leadership can be involved. so look for the white house to put some successes on the board. reporter: rarely does the president simply walk to an event with no motorcade. his first visit to the treasury department next door to the white house made that easy. while there, the president teed up an unexpected new headline for next week. we ll have a big announcement on wednesday having to do with tax reform. reporter: the president describes his tax cut proposal in an interview with the associated press as bigger i believe than any tax cut ever. the president s plate is full, closing in on the 100-day mark next saturday. with no legislative achievements yet, the white house is reviving
requirements with respect to able bodied americans who are receiving that. but you know, i would say this. one of the things that not member specific to either of the members from new jersey is that members have to understand that the current system is unsustainable. so if you vote no today, what is your alternative. and what do you want because right now, there is a lot of folks that have said they will vote no. which is their prerogative. but at the end of the day, the current obamacare system will collapse on its own. so the question that they have to ask themselves or that they will be asked by their constituents is then what is your alternative because right now this is the choice that will save the system. the other choice is do nothing and that is going collapse the system. the stock market has been largely looking at this as a proxy for how you will do on your tax cut proposal. you can say what the lessons
self doubt. this is another double bi line. mr. trump has told four people close to him he regrets going along with speaker paul d. ryan s plan to push a health care overall before unveiling a tax cut proposal more politically palatable to republicans. with us from washington tonight, robert costa and msnbc political analyst and vivian with the associated press. robert, let s begin with you. it sounds like the setup to a story but priebus, bannon and conway walk into a republican caucus tonight on capitol hill. take it from there. what happened? i have multiple sources inside of the white house who tell me that tonight steve bannon, the chief strategist and reince priebus, the chief of staff met with the caucus for nearly two hours, confronted the freedom caucus, face to face,