maintaining that spontaneity that you talked about? because if they tried to force it, it will be an epic failure. that s exactly right. if they try if everybody watching says boy, they re really trying to make an impression, that s not a good thing. you can t seem to be trying to make an impression. you to seem to be authentic. yes, spontaneous, but also you have to seem like you could stand up against donald trump. you have to seem like you can stand next to donald trump in a debate setting and give better than you get. and that s what i think a lot of people i think what you wrote yesterday about this is who we are, question mark, the country and who we are after next election day is on the ballot. i hear you on the policy stuff. but i think this is about more than just connecting and getting the priorities right. thing is about saving the
later. other senators will have access afterwards. mcconnell arranged for a key vote for kavanaugh s nomination to be held on friday. if that vote passes, there will be up to 30 hours of debate setting up a final confirmation vote on kavanaugh as early as saturday. there are more than 40 people with potential information on sexual misconduct allegations against kavanaugh who were not contacted by the fbi. sources close to the investigation tell nbc news that the fbi did not contact dozens of potential witnesses, including friend of kavanaugh and two of his accusers, christine blasey ford and debra ramirez. attorneys for ford and julie swetnick said their clients were not interviewed by the bureau. one current and two former fbi officials confirmed that dozens of witnesses have come forward to field offices to say they have information on kavanaugh
and his attacks. what you saw from beto o rourke was a different candidate, someone not only forcefully pushing back, some of it with being in a debate setting the first time, but also went out of his way to play offense on a few key issues. cruz you saw what you have seen through the campaign so far, saw him double down on what you ve seen through the campaign so far, him talking relentlessly, almost exclusively to the republican base or what he believes is the republican base in texas. rick, who won. you are watching the polls. reuters poll has o rourke ahead by two points and the cook political report, saying it is a toss up. what do you think, rick? hard to say who s the winner. the expectation is ted cruz was a championship debater in college would do very well, his expectations are high. beto o rourke did i thought remarkably well. great debate. what i liked about it, it mostly
take control of your retirement today! jon: senate lawmakers could take their next step on tax reform today if majority leader mitch mcconnell makes a motion to proceed on the bill and trigger hours of debate setting up a vote as early as this week. sarah sanders says impending tax reform is already having an effect on the economy. the administration has made no secret it s a big priority for us because it s a big priority for the country. one of the reasons we re seeing so much growth is because people have confidence that we are going to get this done. jon: joining us now, ari fleischer former press
discuss thorny topics. you mentioned north korea. clearly the economic issues and all of the issues regarding the one china policy and the dust up over the relationship between the u.s., taiwan and china trgered by the phone call between president of taiwan and president-elect trump then in december. this is going to be a very crucial meeting. and just to brief everyone and bring us up to date, 55-45 republicans have led the vote to invoke cloture no longer requiring 60 votes for cloture. they cut off the filibuster and debate setting up the final passage of the confirmation of there s about 30 hours of debate on that vote. sometime on friday afternoon. bottom line is that they are now well past this rule change and history made on the senate floor today. that brings you in on just what s at stake for this president. there s a different set of rules for the senate. he is, after this vote tomorrow,