North korea or was there actual tactical importance . And life imitates art. How showtimes hopeland predicts President Trumps struggles. As he escalated war with the intelligence community, we were drop jawed. Thats what we had been shooting. Thats right. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd in washington. This is mtp daily. Much of the focus hack overseas and lawmakers have a reprieve from washington. But plenty are feeling the heat at home and it is not a great time to be a republican. Remember this moment from 2009 . The reforms will im proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. That was South Carolina republican joe wilson. He got a bit of his own medicine this week. Constituents chanted back at him for an answer he gave on violence against women. Its not just conservative republicans lying wilson feeling the heat at home. Moderate republicans were booed while answering questions at town halls this week and taking positions in line
Opposition, despite the setbacks, some optimistics believe they can bridge the divide. Heres James Langford from last hour. This is a a no fail momen. My focus for weeks have been, lets get all the people who disagree and one room and hammer this out in one moment. For whatever reason, we have not been allowed to do that to get all the different factions into one room at one time. We have all been a nogo shady one at a time. If we can everybody and at one time and finishes, get it done. Bill john roberts live at the white house, reactions from the trump team. We start on the hill, where it is a busy morning already. Peter doocy, and what happens next, peter . The vote, will come in the coming days according to Mitch Mcconnell into a hearing. They say they will have a vote soon, and there are only 18 more workdays here in the senate until the august recess, so we hope to know which one it circled on the calendar for this repeal only votes. After all, the republicans get to lunch early t
Assets when repatriated to invest in manufacturing, jobs, the things youre talking about. Share buybacks and other financing eng nearing. How can you guarantee that wont happen this time . Weve heard that numerous times. If thats the worstcase scenario, companies repatriate their money and use it for share buybacks and dividends. What happens . Buy back shares, issue dividends. Pay the wee pate trags, we get another 20 tax on Capital Gains or dividends and then the people that get that money back do what . Reinvest it back in the economy in new investments, new capital, worth putting very enticing rules into the stham wiystem th entice people, giving people a fiveyear writeoff to instantly expense. If that happens. Fine. We know the money will get invested back into the economy and drive jobs, Economic Growth, wages and drive prosperity. Thank you, gary. Asked the question twice and didnt answer. Answer this, because i get your message on the middle class. Theyd that clear, but this ta
Washington d. C. , im Gillian Turner in today for elizabeth prann. Leland great to be sitting with you on a day when we have so much from north korea. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson acknowledging for the first time, the u. S. Has direct channels open to the north korean regime. The secretary making the announcement while in beijing meeting with the chinese prison. Kristin fisher on the ground in new jersey where the president is spending a working weekend at his golf club there. Kristin, this broke a couple of hours ago. How big of a deal is the white house making of this direct link . Well, so far the white house has not publicly commented about this, other than what tillerson a few hours ago. Make no mistake, leland, this is a very big deal because, you know, after weeks of all of this name calling, weeks of all of this talk about using potentially the military option. This is the first real sign that we have, first real proof from somebody in the Trump Administration that theyre s
Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you. 7 00 is the time. Glad youre up early. Start of day two of the Government Shutdown. No sign that lawmakers are any closer to reaching a deal here. Those lawmakers are still getting paid despite the Government Shutdown but same cannot be said for the hundreds of thousands of government workers including military personnel who do not know when they will see their next paycheck. Both houses are back in session in a few hours and a new deal on the table but it looks like it has strong republican support ahead of tomorrow mornings vote. The question is the democrats and whether they are on board. In anys Abby Phillips is live at the white house but we start with lauryn hill. Lauren, what about the hill that is coming up for a vote and what is the chance of passing . Reporter both sides are still very dug in on capitol hill this morning and no one appears ready to blink. Majority leader Mitch Mccon