matter go. and his friends have been full of spin. is it ever appropriate for a sitting president to clear everyone else out of a room and keep an acting fbi director in that room and ask him about an active investigation? you know why that s appropriate, because jim comey is one who originally asked for one-on-one private meeting with then president-elect trump. so the pattern was set by jim to say i want a private meeting with president-elect trump. be clear joining me democratic commentator and atrney, paul butler professor of law at georgetown law school. sima, criminal attorney and former prosecutor and u.s. deputy general that helped prosecute watergate. i m going to phillip because he has the disadvantage of not being at the table. the question of whether or not donald trump attempted to obstruct the investigation into michael flynn. cory lewandowski who was the former campaign manager to donald trump attempted to des
was jack kemp when he started out empower america in the 90s. a return to style. which didn t work. kemp s policies in terms of pro growth economics and supply economics you re going to see ryan return to that. so does mike lee. tax cuts to the rich. that s what that means. to howard s point the president can own basic fairness doctrine as a principle. at the same time it s worrisome to me democratic asks are something we shouldn t have to ask for. a raise in the minimum wage, fine, controversial. food stamp funding or the end to the skes ter cuts. when you did the last vote, 91-3 in the senate, a whole slew of republicans there. you have to look at the world view. as a republican i don t want to spend government money. i want people to work hard. wouldn t the minimum wage make a
they have been spending a lot of money. one group called americans for a strong defense has already put millions into this effort. really trying to hit some senators in key states that have big defense budgets, saying they should be warned about the potential of a chuck hagel as secretary of defense. peter alexander at the white house for us this morning, peter, great to see you. thank you. as the president turns up the heat on the campaign for gun control, it seems the gun rights advocates are upping the ante on recruiting their target. children. joining me democratic congressman jackie spear of california who was just appointed to a new gun violence prevention task force. as well as dan gross. i want to start with this new york times report that found some gun groups were seeking to, quote, introduce children to high powered rifles and handguns while invoking the same rationale of those older, more traditional programs that firearms can teach life skills like responsibility, et
the country from becoming greece but i m not going to set aside the 1.2 trillion in cuts. any hope of going over the fiscal cliff must start in the senate. not one democrat would support the idea that we could protect 99% of americans from a tax increase. boehner s plan b i thought made as soon as. to my republican kcolleagues, te the ronald reagan model is if you get 80% of what you want, that s a good day. i lime simpson-bowles. the president is going to get tax rate hikes. to my republican colleagues, if we can protect 99% of the public from a tax hike that, is not a tax increase in my book. chuck, maybe you and me and some other people in the senate can find a way to find this on the short term but on the long term there s not going to be a deal any time soon. you think we re going to go over the cliff? i think we re going to fall out of the fiscal tree.
chaffetz of utah, former democratic congressman of tennessee, harold ford, jr., chuck todd and nbc correspondent andrea mitchell. let s talk about the fiscal cliff. are wire going e going to get a? we re going to get a small deal. it s a shame. you wonder is the only thing that could change things, the holidays, does it change boehner s mind? i think the president is making a mistake to make pa small deal. he should try one more time for the big deal. you had nearly 200 house republicans about to vote to raise taxes on millionaires. that means could you get it up from 400 to 750? a deal is within reach. he s got to figure out i think go one more time. they seem to have had it and they don t want to try boehner one more time but i think they re making a big mace take.