business owners this helps us. meanwhile as you pointed out, exxon, other big corporation, multinationals didn t want the president to remove himself remove the united states from the paris climate accords. abby: he didn t do it for the big businesses. clayton: that s right. abby: from the beginning of his campaign he has talked about the little guy. the guy who lives in ohio that isn t being thought of anymore. pete: the forgotten man. abby: and i think to new yorkht exactly why he made that you just framed that. clayton: hold on. they have did take a swipe about five paragraphs in while healthcare is stalling, while the president s tax cuts are stalling, this is what small business owners can now hang their has on is him pulling out of the paris climate. pete: great point. here is the quote this small throated. struggles to advance healthcare legislation and tax reform plans in congress they had to get this in. despite the swelling controversy over mr. trump s ties to russia. clay
and broader picture. that s where there s a real disconnect with republicans in the house and the senate and the white house. it will be interesting moving forward. everybody wants the same thing. they re going about it in different ways. republicans tend to air their dirty laundry in front of everybody. democrats do not. that s where you got the nancy pelosi of we have to pass it to see what is in it. republicans instead by trying to rush things are going to end up regeting it later. we re not going to get everything we want in it. do we want tax cuts over tax reform or do we want to repeal and replace obamacare and do we want something different. that s where the struggle is right now. and neil, if i can add to that, remember, you and i were talking back in march for getting out the tax plan. it s the house and the senate working on tax reform plans. the white house still has not put down a plan
it s not your ball game you are in the minor it. if you are the republicans, they really have to support their president, fall in line. but there are mavericks in the republican party who have a traditional view of all things russia and putin-related. it s hard for the white house to keep control of the senate and the senators and the conversation there. especially with a senate investigation going on. richard burr, the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, said that he wouldn t give michael flynn immunity when mike flynn comes and talks to them and that could open up an additional can of worms because they are going to be looking at that really closely. what the trump white house wants to talk about right now. they want to talk about their tax reform plans. they want to talk about what they did on health care and how that is moving forward and they are happy to talk about the travel ban. they feel like that is something that the president tried to do to keep the country saf
republican party who have a traditional view of all things russia and putin-related. it s hard for the white house to keep control of the senate and the senators and the conversation there. especially with a senate investigation going on. richard burr, the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, said that he wouldn t give michael flynn immunity when mike flynn comes and talks to them and that could open up an additional can of worms because they are going to be looking at that really closely. what the trump white house wants to be talking about right now, they want to talk about their tax reform plans. they want to talk about what they did on health care and how that is moving forward and they are happy to talk about the travel ban. they feel like that is something that the president tried to do to keep the country safe and it s these liberal courts in their view they are standing in the way. annie, how are things like infrastructure planning coming? that s a long way down
they want to talk about their tax reform plans. they want to talk about what they did on health care and how that is moving forward and they are happy to talk about the travel ban. they feel like that is something that the president tried to do to keep the country safe and it s these liberal courts in their view they are standing in the way. annie, how are things like infrastructure planning coming? that s a long way down the road i think. they still need to get the health care passed in the senate. the tax reform plan is next. this all needs to be done by august. donald trump is heading overseas later this month for a long trip, his first international trip. there s a lot going on before we get to infrastructure. as they say, and so it goes. we know it has been a long day for everybody. thank you for staying up with us, andy carney, brian bennett thank for your time. another break for us. up next, senator dick durbin reveals the one person who could be the star witness in this