Michigan school of public policy, former democrat tick columnist harold ford jr. And chris tip anderson, columnistened new poll numbers on the president we will get to and paul ryan as you know still seems to be like staying right in a very, very clear lane away from criticizing the president. Frame the morning for us. Well, you know, first of all, you talked about the sweet smell of tax cuts. We had bob corker on several kwooex weeks ago, even before his feud with President Trump. He was talking about how this was going to make trying to Pass Health Care look like a spring picnic and bob corke will be on today, hes sounding the alarm on the hymn. He wants tax cuts to pass. But at the same time he knows they will try to close 4,000 of loopholes, lots of luck. We will be talking to bob corker there. Mika, i think barnacle and willie would both agree, the most important story out there was an incredible world series, mark barnical, it was a homerun derby. It was like a midsummers treat a
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