Jail time for bergdahl. The president just tweeted, the decision on Sergeant Bergdahl is a total disgrace to our country and our military. According to those present, bergdahl was visibly shaken after he reentered the courtroom. The judge read his ruling. Reduction to the rank of e1, or private, for richer for ten months, and it is not discharge bergdahls defense attorney lawyers had argued for no jail time since their client spent four years in captivity, four of the five years intel event captivity in a cage and pled guilty to misbehavior before the enemy and this urchin they had argued he had been abused as a child and suffered from ps td and schizophrenia. The prosecution had argued for 14 years imprisonment, dana. Dana is there any reaction from bergdahl today or his team . His lawyer eugene fight left the courtroom and said he would appeal the decision, saying a dishonorable discharge would he said bergdahl said he wanted to thank members of his unit who had look for him and sustained what he called heroic then saying that bergdahl deserve the best death penalty. To stoke a lynch mob atmosphere while seeking the highest office has kept the dark cloud over the case. Every american should be offended by his assault from the Fair Administration of justice and his disdain for basic constitutional rights. In other words, this case is not over as a military decided today that bergdahl would not spend any jail time. That cannot be reversed, dana. Dana could we expect may be to hear more from the judge with an explanation and how they came with this decision . I would doubt we would hear from the judge. Thats not typical in these military trials, especially since the defense have now decided to appeal. I think he had a very short statement and now it will wind its way through the appeal process. Dana jennifer griffin, thank you very much for that report. Court documents unveiled in a special counsel investigation revealing that attorney general Jeff Sessions and then canada donald trump were both at a march 2016 meeting where Foreign Policy advisor papadopulous, denied knowledge of any knowledge between the campaign and officials. Catherine herridge is live in washington. Catherine, what do you know . The president said this meeting as what is described as a passing inconsequential i dont remember much about that meeting. It was a very unimportant meeting. Dont remember much about it. All i can tell you is this. There was no collusion, there was no nothing. Its a disgrace, frankly, that they continue. The issue is coming to a head now after former Trump Campaign papadopoulus, you see him there in the center, pled guilty to lying to federal investigators earlier this month over his efforts to set up meetings between then canada and trump and russian government officials, including vladimir putin. Papadopoulus wrote the idea at this meeting at the d. C. Trump hotel. If you look carefully, well, you can anymore, but sessions is out of the frame there at the left. A senior democrat Patrick Leahy and others on the Judiciary Committee are now calling on attorney general sessions to clarify his earlier testimony. I have never met with or had any conversations with any russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in the united states. Further, i have no knowledge of any such conversations by anyone connected to the Trump Campaign. We first told you about this meeting at the trump hotel back in september. At the meeting, senator sessions had shut down the discussion about russia. But its coming to the forum now because of his guilty clear on the lying and the unsealing. Dana catherine and what about Foreign Policy advisor carter page. He testified yesterday questioning he told sessions he was going to russia at the height of the 2016 campaign for a conference that he said was unrelated to the campaign. And said to reporters yesterday after a testimony, he said that trip was personal and page says the real crime here is the trump dossier that was paid for by the dnc and Clinton Campaign. Its terrific to have the opportunity to help clear the record that has been the falsehoods from the dodgy dossier which started this whole thing against me in a final two months before the election. The dossier alleges carter page was really russias point person for the Trump Campaign and he was in direct contact with then chairman Paul Manafort. Page has denied that on the record, and we have not seen independent evidence that challenges pages version of events. Dana catherine herridge, thank you for everything youve done this week. A full court press for the House Republicans seeking report for the tax cut plan. House Speaker Paul Ryan was on this show yesterday promoting the benefits. This is going to help us with our economic potential. More jobs, also means higher wages. By letting people keep more of their money, by cutting their tax rates and increasing child credit, that means you get bigger paychecks. That means you keep more of your own money in the paycheck in the first place. Thats really good for families and really good for the economy. Dana mark short is an assistant to President Trump. Marc, thank you for being with us today. Congratulations on the new show. Questions for you. How do you feel about how the rollout when yesterday . Day one is the easiest and the most fun. Day two, it gets a little harder. Dana, without the rollout went great. As you saw, a lot of supports for the emphasis the president had for Corporate Tax relief, to bring jobs back in america, providing middle income relief so we can get the economy going again. And its implication of the tax code. Those are the three principles laid out at the start of this process. We work with the house and senate providing come of reporting to the senate for the next couple of weeks. But the house, it went great yesterday. We look forward to working with the process as quickly as possible so families can expect to appreciate the relief that they will get next year. Dana the tolerance of the white house for possible changes going forward. Just earlier today, kevin brady gave an interview at politico in which he he said about the individual mandate, that the president feels very strongly about concluding this at some step before the final process. Hes told me that twice by phone and once in person, members have as well. There are pros and cons of this, a Health Care Debate has consequences. Do you worry, from your perch as legislative affairs director, getting 51 votes in the senate would be more difficult if you added in the individual mandate provision . I dont think so, dana. I think the president is exactly right. The American People have suffered far too long under obamacare. One of the things of that was to illegally force people to buy a product they didnt want. What we want to do is supply relief of the individual mandate. But that mandate impacts middle income families the most. Most of those families, the ones choosing to pay the tax penalty as opposed to buying insurance for and many other families are getting their insurance for their employer, but this individual when it hurts the most is actually the middle income families. If we think it gets added into the bill, as the president suggested, it would be a winwin, it adds additional revenue which would be able to lower rates more for lower income families. Dana you dont think it would risk support for some of the republicans who declined to vote with the president of obamacare where we fell short of the three republican votes in the repeal of obamacare was issues unrelated to the individual mandate. I think repealing the individual mandate is something that republicans have stood for four years ever since obamacare past. I do not see that as a lock. Dana you wouldnt mind listening to pelosi and schumer, nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer yesterday . Republicans ambushed the American People with his halfbaked tax bill written in the dark to be raised through congress before it is understood. It raises taxes on the middle class. Millions of middleclass families across the country. Borrows trillions from the future. This plan is a tax burden that ought to be on the backs of the wealthy and the biggest corporations. But instead, it drops it squarely on the backs of the middle class. Dana we are about to see the battle of the sample tax family. Republicans will put forward what they think will happen under the bill. The democrats will do it on their side as well. Is there any possibility that democrats will be willing to vote for this bill given that the president would really love to see it on a bipartisan basis . Dana day note we would lo earn my pet support. Chuck schumer has made the indication multiple times, tax on the rich, even the Washington Post gave it 4 pinocchios. This is actually to middle income families. When nancy pelosi argues the bill was done in the dark, talk about the collusion for Hillary Clinton being the democrat nominee. We will find a pathway to push aside the rhetoric and earned democrats supports on the one legislation. The pathway is there are a couple of senators who have provided support for us, even they acknowledge that the Corporate Tax rate in america is so outdated that we are losing jobs overseas and they want to help bring those jobs back. Dana marc, you made my job easier. In the next block, we are going to talk about the dnc occur kerfuffle and is civil war over there. The 2016 election still haunting democrats after a stunning new accusation that the Clinton Campaign rig the primaries. Can a party get out from Hillary Clintons shadow. Political strategist Bruce Millman joins me next. Heres the story of Green MountainCoffee Roasters sumatra reserve. Lets go to sumatra. The coffee here is amazing. Because the volcanic soil is amazing. So we give farmers like win more plants. To grow more delicious coffee. Which helps provide for wins family. All, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee. Green mountain Coffee Roasters. Dana fox news alert. Twitter responding to the temporary shutdown of President Trumps account, saying we will implement safeguards from preventing this happening again. We will not share updates to our security members, but we take this seriously and our team are on it. Twitter earlier blaming an employee intentionally disposing will make disabling it another setback as it tries to move past the 2016 election. Hillary clinton wont go away. Former Democratic National chairwoman Donna Brazile now accusing clinton of packing the dnc from stealing the nomination from her chief ryle a good friend. Im glad that you hear the macs are here the studio this is a you can look at it both ways. Someone like nancy pelosi are saying, i dont know anything about this when you have someone like senator warren saying absolutely, she is right, it was rigged against Bernie Sanders. What do you think . It probably was, although we could argue as many would that the dnc was bankrupt, president obama was focusing on obama for america and somebody to raise the money. I think the debate of whether it was or wasnt rigged in 2016, the reaction from senator warren is a skirmish. The real war is over what the Democratic Party stands for. Whats the future of the party . So many of focus has been on the republicans circular firing squad they have a notice right next door there is a democratic circular firing squad. Dana for the past year, the democrats have been focusing on allegations of russian collusion and not really sitting down and figuring out why did we lose in 2016 and how we can go forward . We were talking in the green room about some recent commentary by democratic senior guys saying, i think we are losing the plot here. Both parties are facing civil wars. There are four parties right now. We used to think it was the democrats and the republicans. There are really two. The steve bannonpart donald trump party, which is very different from the mid meant ryan the commentary you described suggest that donald trump is on track to get elected. The theory is the democrats are going to go hard left, singlepayer, and make up with Elizabeth Warren, and an independent will run in the middle, donald trump will win with the same 42 that bill clinton won with in 1992. Dana is there an issue or should it be a leader that tries to pull these competing units together even on the republican or democratic side . Boy, thats a great question. Dana thank you. You know these things in history and why realignments happen . Theres always a leader when youre done. You will always find whether its Franklin Roosevelt or Teddy Roosevelt or ronald reagan. Always in retrospect a leader. Question is are we looking at any of the leaders today . Take a look at the republican party. Are they protrade or antitrade . The answer is it depends on which republican you are talking about. Steve bannon is saying leave the dana its in the new tax bill with the republicans had yesterday. Theres a lot of debate. I dont recall marc short a moment ago answered whether it raises it or doesnt, but the commentary suggests the top rates are going up. Dana you wrote about and you did a big piece on a new gilded age. What does that mean and how to the parties try to address that . You know, when you think about whats going on today and whether its an economy like hoover or politics like donald trumps, we are in an age of disruption. You are seeing social and technological accelerating change. If you go back and try to understand when this has ever happened and how does it turn out in american history, what you find is to go back to the gilded age. In the gilded age, two elections of a 20 year period where the winner of the Electoral College was not the winner of the popular vote. Sounds familiar . You had red states and blue states. Back then, read was on the north, blue was on the south. Now the red is all all him in the middle, the blue is the coast. You have gridlock in congress. You had jobs going down, jobs in these new industrial sector going up. Now you have jobs and manufacture going down, even though you have more, and you have jobs and Services Going up. Similarly, technologically, you had the robber barons with electricity, steel, oil, the internal Combustion Engine transform the economy. These days, its the internet, mobility, soon its artificial intelligence. Its exciting. But they make people feel they were. People feel very disrupted. What we saw in the gilded age, there were populist outbreaks, William Jennings bryan, and the two main policies reformed and evolved. We enter a era of 2030 years of profound reforms. Dana thousand dating. You have a new gilded gauge at your social media accounts, right . You can. Dana thanks for being here today. House Speaker Paul Ryan is definite, confident that the bill will pass. We will look at some winners and lowers and help to explain it with the help of some cow . So he got home safe. Yeah, my dad says our insurance doesnt have that. What . you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. Ththe next energyngs toto power our dreams,re will be american energy. But hes got work to do. With a sore back. So he took aleve this morning. If hed taken tylenol, hed be stopping for more pills right now. Only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. Tylenol cant do that. Aleve. All day strong. All day long. Also try aleve direct therapy with tens technology for lower back pain relief. Dana so how would the g. O. P. Tax plan benefit you . House republicans say you can find out for yourself with an online calculate are expected to work next week. They hired a private firm to develop it. You put in your tax or ferns and see new payment to respondents of that say thats how most americans will save money. Preserved by decades because of the political costs and challenges. If you want the lower tax rate, turning sickly cows into cash cows find a lot a lot to pay for that. Dana my next guest says the House Republican tax bill cuts some popular deductions to deliver lower rates to workers, but every tax break has its fans, and powerful lobbying groups backing it, which shouldnt lead to winners and losers to what makes it to the president s desk. Join me now is wall street general writer Richard Rubin who created that wonderful video. You can check it on the wall street journal accounts. The tax calculator idea, is that a dangerous proposition to put out there . What if you get a certain number of people who put their numbers in and find out they are going to end up paying more . They certainly might. They are going to be plenty of people, people in high tax states, people with large metal expenses, who would pay more under this bill. The other thing is the way this bill works, if you look at 2018, that doesnt tell you the whole story. So over time, more and more people will shift from getting tax cuts to tax increases under the way they got the thing structured. Dana what do you think are the biggest vulnerabilities right now for republicans to get this just to the house. Lets forget the senate for a minute, but the house on the preconceived timeline . A few things. One, the state and local tax deduction. Youve got the n