Tamara keith, White House Correspondent for npr. And ken vogel political reporter for the New York Times. Thank you all for being with us especially as part of our Leadoff Panel tonight. Ken, ill lead off with you. What do you make of this bank subpoena, if true, is it a big deal . What else does it speak of . Absolutely. We always kind of knew that this was a possibility that mueller would start looking into Donald Trumps finances and this subpoena, again, if it is accurate that Deutsche Bank has been subpoenaed, would indicate that he is fully going down that route. Deutsche bank is significant because donald trump it has at least 130 million worth of Donald Trumps debt and it sold some of that debt or could have sold some of that debt to russian banks. That could potentially give these russian banks some leverage over donald trump. And so you have the combination here potentially of Donald Trumps finances as well as his
dealings with russia and how those two things intertwine. So ev
And what im concerned about is someone who doesnt want to try to relitigate 2016, but wants to make sure our country is protected in 2018 when you dont have someone in the white house whos kind of leading a whole of government approach. It means that our response to these kind of actions by russia and for that matter other nations that may try to copy russias efforts, those National Security efforts are undermined by this kind of aversion in the white house to face the reality. Also tonight, another Washington Post report says that music promoter Rob Goldstone who set up that june 2016 trump tower meeting with the president s eldest son and several different russians offered to broker a meeting between donald trump and Vladimir Putin right after mr. Trump announced he was running for the white house. President trump has been outspoken about his admiration for putin. The russian leader dismissed the
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The bill over the finish line. David k. Johnson its an worse than you think what the Trump Administration is doing to america. Jennifer, ill start with you. Has the Jones Victory altered the calculations happening right now in regard to the tax about il . Absolutely. They have no margin for error if this drags into january, theyll go to 51 49. Secondly, i think there is a realization that what are they doing sticking with this president . He is not going to help them. If he cant help someone in alabama, hes not going to help them in other more competitive states. I think also a lot of these polls that are out recently, theres a whole batch of them this week showing just how unpopular this bill is. People have figured out its a gift to the rich, its a gift to corporations. Who would have thunk. So i think at this point there are more reasons to vote against it than there are for it. And i would keep a very choice eye on Susan Collins, who is under tremendous pressure. Remember, she was
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