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office since 1949. nearly half of these measures are measures to take excessive regulations off the book so we can grow this economy. after years of workers and industries bracing for the next regulatory onslaught, all the unpredictability that has been coming with that, we are providing relief for energy jobs, for small businesses, for retirees. it has been an estimated that the steps we have take within this administration will save families and businesses more than $67 billion. that is real relief and that promotes real economic growth. we ve been trying to cut red tape for years and now it s finally happening at record levels. all to promote job creation. the president has signed bills making it easier for women to pursue stem careers and to become entrepreneurs. to help our veterans. the president has signed a bill to lower out-of-pocket costs and to take steps toward fundamental v.a. reform, very much in need. we re going to keep building on this record. right n ....
his wife said if this gets 45,000 likes, i want you to put on a wedding dress and jump into the ocean. like trash the dress. pretty much. but he says he went to goode weg to get the dress. all right, guys. i have the dress on. it s a mermaid dress. there we go. come on. get in. he fulfilled the promise made on youtube. who was it, matt? surprisingly refreshing. that s a look at some of the day s top viral videos. thanks for joining us, everybody. as always, the next rtm is all brand new. just two years ago, chris soules, star of the bachelor and contestant on dancing with the stars. this morning facing a harsher spotlight. maggie rulli with the latest. sounds like he has got himself in a bit of trouble. exactly. remember the star on the bachelor after that went back to iowa. let go of the spotlight. living the small town life. instead now chris and that small town are back in the headlines. this time, unfortunately, for a tragic reason. ....
we do say good morning, everybody. we start with a busy day on tap for president trump, addressing the crisis with north korea while taking on tax reform here at home. the president is unveiling what he calls the biggest tax cuts in u.s. history. in the meantime, the white house is facing more fallout over fired national security adviser michael flynn and his connections with russia. lawmakers now say flynn may have committed a crime. reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. there are a couple of briefings taking place on the white house grounds today. one on the situation with knot korea. the other on president trump s much anticipated tax plan. it promises big tax cuts. today s the day president trump releases his hyped up tax plan. they barrel through the trump s 100th day in office. the proposal is expected to call for cutting taxes for corporations and companies like his, and small businesses, from 35% to 15%. a tax break for child care expenses. and cutting ....
we need to have the opportunity to ask general flynn directly why he concealed these foreign payments. legal troubles mount for president trump s former national security advisor. to shorthand this, would you say after what you reviewed today that general flynn is in a heap of trouble? yes, yes. clearly you can t do this. the president wants to tack a 20% tariff on canadian lumber, which will it start a trade war? it certainly started a back and forth. we can t let canada or anybody else take advantage and do what they did to our workers and to our farmers. president trump has summoned all 100 members of the united states senate to the white house today for a briefing on north korea. the worry is that this rhetoric, overheated rhetoric from donald trump draws the united states into a conflict. wasn t prepared for this. the rain is fading away in north carolina, but there is still the threat of flooding. the biggest issue right now is being able to na ....
and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. i m so pleased to welcome jane mayer back to this program. she spent years cracking the shadowy world of the ultra rich and how they push their agendas. her latest text is called dark money. it s good to see you. great to be with you. you were not surprised given the back story with what happened in november. i wish i could say that were so. i didn t see necessarily trump being the choice. i think the power of the right is incredibly great, and hard to get around, but you know the people, i was writing about, the koch brothers backed other republicans. there was a swivel in the road. maybe not trump, but you saw the influence they had, the money they were spending, and what you detail here that they were pushing to have someone of their choice, of their mind-set in the oval office? yes, and what i had been seeing and following through the obama years and through the election was t ....