shrinking between democrats and republicans. that is a turn dana, if you recall back in early january when the president met privately with republican leader at camp david and republican majority leader kevin mccarthy laid out a very dire scenario in terms of numbers we re looking at. so they look at it as a positive, no doubt about it. but i m told they also approached it with optimism as well as skepticism. the real headwinds that people are facing and the fact that still there are a lot of americans that are opposed to the tax overhaul bill. that is something, dana, the republicans think they can change. i m told when you wake up in the morning, you should be talking about the tax bill. when you go to sleep in the evening, you should be dreaming about the tax bill. that is their focus. that and the question is if they ll get pushback from the
more and more retailers closing down stores and also bankruptcy as well. toys r us and a number of others filing for bankruptcy. there are so many when you flip through it. thank you so much for that. thanks to the passage of that sweeping tax overhaul bill that we were talking about, republicans are ending 2017 with a bang. we will show you what mid-term races they need to win to keep 2018 from being a bust. the international stories that defined the last year. officially declaring the terrorist groups have been totally liberated. now syrian and kurdish flags fly over the city, replacing the black flag of terror.
there. the mouse print. let s bring in a.b. stoddard, associate editor for real clear politics, and cnn analyst, david drucker. david, your paper, the examiner, has some new reporting on this infrastructure plan. how big and what do you know? well, first of all, i think there are young americans all over the place going, stereoinstructionstereo instructions, i have to idea what you re talking about. you re right, you re right. although the battery on my iphone isn t doing so well. i think the president would like to take this tax reform bill and roll it into momentum for infrastructure. but republicans do not like to spend the kind of money it takes to fund the kind of infrastructure bill the president would like to enact, especially after they ve had to play a lot of accounting games with a tax overhaul bill. they think the tax overhaul bill will end up working out just fine, but it s still a lot of games to play with the numbers. and if they re going to get help from democr
according to the sheriff, an accomplished pilot. also killed in the crash, his daughter, victoria, her husband, another one of shannon s daughters, and a family friend. hug your children today and grandchildren a little tighter, and say prayers for the family of these folks on the airplane. absolutely tragic story. thanks to maya rodriguez for that report. this morning the president and his family are spending the holiday at his private mar-a-lago resort. the president wishing the troops a merry christmas, while still finding time to take aim at a familiar target the media. it s revealing words the president allegedly made upon arriving at mar-a-lago that has him in hot water after he told friends, you all just got a lot richer, hours after signing the tax overhaul bill, according to cbs news. kelly o donnell with more on the president s christmas eve weekend, dubbed as wazerbaijs t white house. reporter: a holiday greeting
was an accomplished pilot. also killed in the crash, his daughter, victoria, her husband, another one of shannon s daughters, and a family friend. hug your children today and your grandchildren a little tighter. and say prayers for the family of these folks on the airplane. absolutely tragic story. our thanks to maya rodriguez for that report. this morning, the president and his family are spending the holiday at his private mar-a-lago resort. the president sharing a moment with the troops this weekend on wish them a merry christmas while still finding time to take aim at a familiar target, the media. still, it s revealing words the president made upon arriving at mar-a-lago that has him in hot water after he reportedly told friends, you all just got a lot richer, hours after signing the tax overhaul bill, according to cbs news. kelly o donnell has more on the president s christmas eve weekend and what has been dubbed as the winter white house. appreciate it reporter: a