no one knows when there might be another recession. a trigger could then be a tax hike on americans the a tough economic time. i don't know, what do you call it? is it an out, a failsafe, gimmick? what is it. >> senator corker told me about this trigger idea. another senator just as an example senator kennedy said if you ever see me voting for that, it is such a gimmick, you'll know i'm absolutely drunk. gives you a sense where other senators are. >> it was mostly good noises coming from susan collins and corker and round johnson today. >> president trump deserves a little bit of credit even though all the television last night, all the clips yesterday were of empty seats which i thought another metaphor was mcconnell and ryan so far away from trump. but let's see if the president can string a couple of these together. he's going to missouri today. he has a speech. ostensibly about taxes.