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some senate republicans they are just not on board. first back to our top story, donald trump tweeting moments ago, i quote, with all of the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information i have no idea whether there are tapes or recordings of my conversations with james comey but i did not make and do not have any such recordings. for more on this ongoing drama, i want to bring in rich lowery, editor of national review. and, rich, there are some disappointed journalists shall we say today. i think it is interesting he is leaving the door open here. a little bit. trish: maybe somebody else could have done this. what do you make of that? hard to read. maybe he likes the sense of mystery out there to keep people guessing, but what he said in that press conference people would be disappointed, that was pretty good tip of his hand there weren t tapes. everyone would love to read transcripts of tapes with comey. tris ....
fbi investigated the alleged communication. we re on it for you. plus four republican senators say they can not support the bill in it is current form, the health care bill that is, here is the thing. no bill you know will ever be perfect. no bill can possibly undo the damage down by obamacare to the health care and an our health care system. it is only getting worse. will republican lawmakers work out their differences? we ll talk about it. president trump expressing serious concerns over the makeup of special counsel robert mueller s team. here on the intelligence report we ve been saying this all along. we ve been raising concerns. i ve been concerned. i don t know why mueller can t go out to find impartial people for this investigation? do you need to have a guy who is buddies with james comey? does he need a team that basically has a bunch of people that have donated to democratic campaigns and hillary clinton supporters? we ll talk about all of this. first i wan ....
defeating a labour amendment to the queen s speech. it should also win the final vote on that queen s speech tomorrow. so it will then have shown it can survive. but thrive? not so clear. in the last 2a hours or so, we ve seen raggedness of thought and ill discipline of purpose. we thought the goals for this government were to deliver brexit and reduce the deficit, but unity on both those looks to be disintegrating. chancellor philip hammond made a thinly veiled joke at the expense of borisjohnson last night, and appeared at odds with david davis over transitional brexit arrangements. and more confusion today on austerity. there were hints that the public sector pay cap would be dropped, and then those hints were played down later on. when a teacher loses control of a class, it s hard to get it back. is that where mrs may finds herself at the dawn of this parliament? well, nick watt, our political editor, is with me. first, there is public sector pay staff and the morni ....
today the senate will be taking up the nominee to head the white house office of information and regulatory affairs. we are expecting confirmation vote on that tomorrow. live coverage of u.s. senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. gracious god, ruler of all nature, your strong right hand continues to sustain us. lord, remind our lawmakers of their accountability to you. provide them with such a passion to please you that they will maintain a conscious void of offense toward you and humanity. in the flurry of legislative activities, may they not forget those on life s margins. guide our senators to perform those actions that bring the greatest glory to your name. remind them of the golden rule which states, what you don t want done to you, don t do to someone else. may integrity and honesty protect them, as they put their hope in you. we pray i ....
the media loves this. the new york times says party fissures have been exposed in an embarrassing setback for republicans, end quote. and here is a dire warning from the conservatives, if g.o.p. senators blow this, say hello to single payer health care. i repeat, this is not good news. however, yet again, political paralysis has not spilled over to the markets. the modest gain for the dow expected right there at the opening bell today. but the markets are getting nervous. and an another 100 point drop for the dow yesterday, all the big five technology stocks took a hit yesterday and there were modest rebound today, but that s not much. a modest rebound. wait, there s more. gas down again, see that smile? the white house calls out cnn and sarah palin sues the new york times. big day for politics and for your money. varney & company is about to begin. now, the headline there was the collapse of venezuela and, yes, it s really in crisis. look at this. the country s p ....