For congress to include a down payment for his border wall in this weeks must pass spending bill. We feel very confident the government is not going to shut down. The conservative, conservative journalist, hes open to delaying wall funding hours after touting the importance of the wall on twitter. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer calling it good for the company as skeptical republicans welcome the shift. Im for a wall that makes sense. A 2200 mile wall doesnt make sense of theres not a big appetite tore that. Reporter continuing to insist ultimately mexico will foot the bill for the law. Why has there been a discussion about shutting down the government over paying for the wall. Isnt mexico supposed to pay for the wall . I think, jim, the president made clear initially we needed to get the funding going and there will be mechanisms to make sure that happens. The president is trying to deliver on key campaign promises, preparing to slash Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 15 . He will unveil details of a tax cut plan tomorrow setting up a potential clash with republicans concerned about the impact these cuts will have on increasing the deficit. The tax plan will pay for itself with economic growth. The administration arguing that the sweeping cuts which go beyond a plan put forth by House Speaker ryan will pay for themselves, a theory economists dont buy. Meanwhile the Trump Administration hitting five Canadian Companies with stiff tariffs of up to 24 on lumber shipped into the u. S. Commerce secretary wilbur ross saying it has been a bad week for u. S. canada trade relations stoking fears about future trade war with americas second largest trading partner. On the Foreign Policy side the administration continues to watch north korea. There was a big artillery drill there overnight. The president telling conservative journalists last evening hes not so sure kim jongun is as tough as he says he is. The entire United States senate is expected here at the white house complex tomorrow for an unprecedented briefing on north korea. Chris and alisyn. Okay. Thank you very much, joe. Lets discuss todays big stories with our panel. Chris cillizza, a reporter and editoratlarge for cnn politics. Smerconish and al b. Stoddard. Great to have all of you here. Chris, what are you watching for this week in terms of this budget bill, this spending bill, and the border wall . Well, donald trump, i think, has blink. I dont think its terribly surprising thats the case. Look, last week it was we need 4 billion to fund the border wall, now its we can get it in september. The truth is that 1. 4 billion was never going to make it into a spending bill that averts shutting down the government. Democrats would be universally opposed and concern among republicans concerned about debt and deficit. This is a pragmatic move about someone ultimately a pragmatic dealmaker. I dont think we should be terribly surprised. I do think we should note in the standoff, this first major brinks manship, the president blinked. The wall is another example, coming after Corporate Tax, the next one on the table. How big a deal is it hes not getting what he wants on these things. A, hes an overpromiser. During the campaign, everything was going to be easy. Everything would happen easy. Best health care for nothing. Mexico paying. And mexico paying for the wall. These things are not going to turn out to be the way he described. Then we get into this other thing we talked about in the last hour, whether he overreaches in his opening gambit for negotiation, strategy that will help him later. We havent seen that bear fruit yet. The thing with the taxes, hes really taken republicans by surprise. They didnt want to come out once again with something that would shock their members. They wanted to work behind closed doors the way they have been doing now on this new health care bill, keep it under wraps, so it doesnt become an explosion. Its the way that he pops off and just says were going to do this now or im going to walk away from this now that really actually throws much more wrenches into this process beyond the details that he doesnt like to Pay Attention to really much anyway. So Michael Jackson is this a negotiating tactic or capitulation. I think its a necessary negotiating tactic. The big picture is this. Were headed towards saturday, the 100 day with Trump Presidency with very little legislative accomplishment. The common denominator between these two issues, the wall issue and tax cut issue is the fact that republicans cant keep their own houses in order. There hasnt been as far as i know a Government Shutdown where one party has controlled the white house and both houses of congress unthese new spending rules. Its not the democrats who are causing him fits, its the fiscal prudent and fiscal conservatism within Freedom Caucus and other affiliated groups that wont let him do what he wants to do with regard to health care, with regard to the tax cut or with regard to the wall. So thats the story as i see it. So cillizza, lets put up Tax Policy Center on business tax cut. Every time have you a tax cut deficit hawks are going to say how are you going to pay for it. A tax cut means less money into the government. Can you have a Straight Line analysis here. The underpinning were hearing from mulvaney is the toughest sale. Growth, if you help businesses, all ships rise with the tide. This has been said since reagan called trick i will down. Do you think that will be se sellable to the congress and the base . To the base is a more tough question because the base remains quite loyal to donald trump. To congress, no. You know, look, this is a big problem. Basically what youre seeing on the wall and on the tax cut is donald trump and his administration saying, hey, trust me. Were going to take care of this later. So mexico is going pay for the wall but we needed to allocate 1. 4 billion. Were going dont worry about the deficit that will be caused by these tax cuts, the economy is going to grow so much youre not going to think about it. Its not impossible that that happens, but it also is not the kind of thing members of congress who are very committed on the republican side to trying to cleave down the debt and deficit are just going to sign onto. At least i would say members of congress that existed in the Republican Party over the last several decades, has trump fundamentally altered what it means to be a conservative as it relates to fiscal sanity, fiscal conservatism. I dont think he has. But this Corporate Tax cut is going to his tax program more broadly will put it to the test. Corporate tax we dont know if it means Small Businesses or c, thats the engine, Small Businesses. They really need it sit down. They havent resolved health care. Until they abandon it or resolve it, its the monkey wrench. Its really a weight on their shoulders. Until they figure out what they get from that, are they abandoning it and going onto tax reform . Talked to congress its hard to move on. Just yesterday house ways and Means Committee tweeted out something about a study showing how much growth would result from the House Republican tax reform plan, and that included border adjustment tax. Guess what, trumps plan were supposed to hear about tomorrow doesnt include it. They are at loggerheads still. Is 15 going to happen . Is anything going to happen . I wouldnt put my money on it until i see real language, get rid of all the sacred cows and people start coming together. So much moneyed interest that will come in and fight every single carve out they are trying to get rid of. Its a long battle. Thats why it takes 30 years to come back to the table on this issue. Am i confident they are going to get this done in 2017, no. Let me ask you, 100 days, whats the right metric, doesnt matter at all, do you think the good metric for 100 days is how many positions havent been filled yet . Theres a growing narrative whether or not the president is well served by those around him. What about the fact so many of the positions he needs are still vacant. 556 key positions, 470 no nominee, only 22 confirmed. Who is going to do all the work of all these proposals. Well, i do think its an embarrassment at 100 days, particularly when you remember, chris, all the conversation a month, maybe six weeks ago when attorney general Jeff Sessions arrives on the job and says all the u. S. Attorneys need to tender their letter of resignation, which by the way was well within his rights. You would have thought if they were going to call for the resignations of all the chief Law Enforcement officers across the country, it meant they had candidates ready to go. They clearly dont. They cant point this at the democrat and say, well, youre not giving us approval. They havent found individuals. For many of these jobs, i used to have one many, many years ago, they dont require any senate approval. Lets end on what we call a kicker, chris cillizza. In the teeth. That sound great, thanks. This is just a little example of some trump humor for you. Watch this. I want to thank Ambassador Nikki Haley for her outstanding leadership and for acting as my personal envoy on this the council. Shes doing a good job. Now, does everybody like nickkn . Otherwise she can easily be replaced. We wont do that. I promise, we wont do that. Shes doing a fan job. That is some vintage President Trump. He takes an instant focus group. Do we like her . Okay. She can stay. Weve heard stories where hes Walking Around maralago and says, hey, did you see what i did with x. Did you see the great ad for maralago on the website . This is something he has a tendency to do. He would be at Campaign Rallies and he would be like, did you see that speech last night . Do you like it . Some of that is he wants people to applaud for him. There is this constant temperature taking he seems to require. Panel, thank you very much. Great to talk to all of you. So ivanka trump in berlin, her First Official overseas trip as white house adviser. The first daughter invited by Angela Merkel to attend womens empowerment summit. Kate bennett traveling with ivanka. She joins us live from berlin. Give us the headlines, kate. Reporter good morning. You know, ivanka trump actually came in through the back door here today. Angela merkel came through the front. Ivanka is currently on this panel at the w20 womens summit where they are discussing among other issues women in the workplace, empowerment, gender equality. Shes on the panel with Christine Lagarde imf and the footballs minister of canada. So this is a very important big global stage for ivanka trump. Really her first time representing her fathers administration officially abroad. She was invited by Angela Merkel to attend this event in march when she visited the white house. She is, again, dipping her feet into policy. Obviously its not her first time as a Business Leader being abroad but it is her first time representing her father. The german newspaper yesterday here in berlin called her the first whisperer and questioned whether she might be the conduit to her fathers ear and whether she can bend and perhaps be helpful to World Leaders such as Angela Merkel moving forward in the administration. However, back home there was a recent poll that said 61 of americans disapprove of the role ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner have in the white house, being advisers to her father and fatherinlaw. Getting back to germany she will visit the academy and pay respects to a holocaust memorial. Big day for ivanka trump. Back to you guys. Kate, thanks. Check in with us. Let us know what happens. Trumps border wall may not stand in the way of a budget deal but the question remains is it going to happen . If so, who is going to pay for it. Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, former member of the Trump Transition Team joins us next. Plus, how do President Trumps voters feel about some of his visiting positions . Well, he had a change of opinion. He changed his mind. The answer coming up on part three of our voter panel. Mower. Featuring egos patented, 56 volt, arc lithium battery technology, it delivers the cuttingtorque of gas. 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I think, jim, the president made clear initial hi we needed to get the funding going. Theres several mechanisms to make sure that happens. That funding piece will happen in due time. The question alone is whats going to happen. Could the government wind up shutting down over this or over anything. Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn of tennessee is here. Shes advice chair of the Trump Transition Team. Its good to see you. Good to see you. We have a few things. Go from least important arguably to most important. This maralago being on the state department website, is that just a clear nogo, shouldnt have happened . It shouldnt have happened and it ought to come down. In terms of accountability, the white house says they didnt know. Do you accept that . If so, still, where is the accountability especially in light of these concerns about conflicts that the president and his family has with government. There should be a statement to provide some clarity as to how that happened. Thats the kind of thing that should not happen. If it did get posted, take it down immediately. So critic say its proof trump cant separate himself from his business. Hes going to make money off the presidency. I think there again, if this was put up by someone, it needs to come down. There needs to be that clarity brought to the issue that no, indeed, it was a mistake and its down. Thats maralago. As a window into the larger conflict issue, where is your level of concern. We have calendars up of how often he goes there. In truth, the president can go wherever he wants. He does pick his own properties. We do know hes raised the membership fee of maralago 100 , from 100 to 200,000. Hes making money off these visits. Is that okay . I think what you have to look at is the compliance that the Government Ethics Office requires and make certain every i is dotted, every t is crossed and that he is in compliance just as all federal employees and elected officials are in compliance. Thats the important thing to do. They are the ones to say if he is or is not in compliance and will more or less be the referee on that situation. Well have to wait and see if the og decides to do anything about it. Thats right. I havent seen it. Theres an outside lawsuit but nothing in house as of yet. The wall. Is this the death knell of the wall. Concessions yesterday, i always saw the wall as an analogy to make the border safer of the president takes every opportunity to say, no, no, no, i mean a wall. Now it looks like theres no wall in this pass. Most people, what i hear from people who are concerned about security on the southern border, yes, it can be fencing. It can be the wall. It can be surveillance, and it needs to be a combination. With you the most interesting thing to me is the reason for wanting the wall has really changed over the last couple of years. You go into New Hampshire where the Opioid Crisis is rampant. They want it to stem the flow of drugs into the communities. You talk to other communities, they will say, you need to increase that surveillance because of gangs and stop some of the movement of gangs