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And i think it s doing very well. okay? reporter: [ inaudible ] you promised actually, i think it s going to benefit everybody. it s going to mostly benefit people looking for jobs, more than anything else, because we re giving great incentives, and we re going to be bringing back into this country probably in excess of $4 trillion. $4 trillion. that s outside of the country that right now because of our tax laws can t come back in. and we will be bringing back at least, i think the number will be substantially higher, but at least $4 trillion, which will immediately be put to work in this country. so i think the tax bill s doing very well and i think the republicans are going to be very proud of it. thank you. thank you. reporter: why have you decided not to go to alabama? mr. trump, will you go alabama? donald trump, with world war ii code talkers, calling elizabeth warren pocahontas. can t make this stuff up, folks. jeff bennett is with us of our ....
People? i mean shouldn t pea shine the light and have some transparency if they have a story to tell? i think that s the important issue today going forward. i think that is 1horse% important issue. i won t argue with you on that point. but when you say you ve been representing some men who have been accused in the past, you were a part of the team for harvey weinstein who opened the doors for all of this, lisa. this is man who s been accused by a number of women for not just inappropriate touching and groping but rape. i mean these are so far beyond harassment allegations. these are rape allegations without the accusers coming forward against harvey weinstein, we would not be having this conversation right now. so my question to you, lisa, is if you really care about the victim that you are representing and you really want to her message out there, do you believe that you are the best person to represent her in doing that, especially when you re always going to have an interview whe ....
Past and is particularly sensitive. and i think that came across in the interview. my understanding based on a source familiar with these allegations is that they started when the allegations surfaced last tuesday, they started talking to conyers camp. conyers has a new lawyer involved in the discussions that came in in a couple days later. and my source says they ve reached an agreement for conyers to announce today to step down or step aside while this is being investigated today. but of course after that interview on meet the press, that became politically unattainable so you saw the time line accelerate. it s impossible not to bring up the president and roy moore. the president has gone after al franken over his allegation. but over the weekend again, kristen, he is standing by roy moore. what s going on there? reporter: well, i think you re seeing the tribalism within washington, d.c. at work, katy. bottom line president trump is ....
We are going to cooperate completely with the ethics investigation. he s sorry. he s going to be held accountable. he s going to cooperate with the ethics investigation. casey, is that enough to take some of the heat off franken? reporter: well, katey, i think it s pretty clear what his strategy is at this point, i i think he sort of framed this at the very top of his press conference and again when he left the microphones by saying i m going to go and get back to work. and i think the challenge for franken, and i would say there is a difference between how franken is handling this and how john conyers is handling what s going on with him and how nancy pelosi has spoken about that case. i mean there are nuances between all of these things. and franken clearly has decided he s going to stay here in the senate. that s what i asked him about because there has been a question of about, you know, what is the bar for a public ....
Judiciary but not stepping down from his position in congress. nancy pelosi yesterday on meet the press called him an icon, says he s done a lot for women. that was pretty surprise frg a lot of people and a lot of other democrats who want to maintain the moral high ground in this argument and is going to have a hard time doing that when nancy pelosi says things like that. what was happening behind the scenes? reporter: i think there was a lot of disappointment and surprise among a lot of democrats who sort of couldn t believe their ears when they heard nancy pelosi s interview on this topic. i think they all also understand the politics that work here which is that the congressional black caucus inside the house democratic caucus is a powerful block. thee has stepped ever so slightly wrong when it comes to their leadership posts in the ....