of his office and surround himself with people that are loyalists, that could that threatens our democracy and it reminds me of many dictators in latin america which is why i am telling you and i think that a lot of us feel this way, it s not t political. this is about protecting the constitution, the future of our democracy, it s about myfu children and everyone s children in this country. thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. thank you. coming up, the trump administration making changes to the snap program and hundreds of thousands of americans are about to lose their food stamps. we re going to look at how the program works and what the trump cuts mean for all of this people. we will also be digging into the 2020 race and impeachment with presidential candidate tom steyer. you are watching velshi & ruhle. where else? mississippi. velshi & ruhle. where else mississippi. this is my body of . man 1 vo: proof of less joint pain and clearer skin. man 2 vo: proof tha
wealthy, but analysis shows these trump cuts are more heavily weighted towards the wealthy. he s up in the air. reporter: a senior republican aide told me rather bluntly, we can t let this come down to mccain. they recognize they don t know where he s going to be. we ve seen a lot of on the fence senators get a lot more comfortable with this plan. senator john mccain, well, take a listen. do you have anything to say about the tax bill yet? i haven t decided yet. you haven t decided. i know you said you wanted to i haven t decided yet. do you think the process i haven t decided. reporter: and, jake, it s not just the proportionality in terms of where the tax cuts go, it is all the deficit. mccain a self-proclaimed deficit hawk. it s worth noting while mccain is still on the fence, a lot of other senators appear to be coming around. behind the scenes, jake, i m told there are a series of fix in place to deal with the deficit hawks and susan collins who had some specif