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Hes someone who can be out there and voice that. >> ive read 25 years of hawkish op-ed pieces in "the new york times" and "the wall street journal" and "washington post." they are one thing good at, they raise money for people like adelson and hire them to work nor the enterprise american institute. and they sit there and write op-ed pieces. its a powerful voice and we knew where they stood, war, war, war. they have been absolutely consistent and this guy still is. this is trouble. john? >> the ...

Repeal the individual mandate, how do you think that will sell over on capitol hill? >> well, they cant give up. i look around that committee and i see all these senators, well-dressed, good pay, good titles. all of us have insurance paid for by taxpayers. and theyre trying now a new way to take insurance from 900,000 ohioans. i stand with governor kasich, a republican. im a democrat. i stand with him to say, no, stop it on trying to go after peoples insurance. because if they repeal the individ...

How do you think that will sell over on capitol hill? >> well, they cant give up. i look around that committee and i see all these senators, well-dressed, good pay, good titles. all of us have insurance paid for by taxpayers. and theyre trying now a new way to take insurance from 900,000 ohioans. i stand with governor kasich, a republican. im a democrat. i stand with him to say, no, stop it on trying to go after peoples insurance. because if they repeal the individual mandate, theyll take away t...

One is the people who contribute the vast bulk of the money to the republican party are the ultra wealthy people like robert mercer, adelson, the cokes. they save millions upon millions a year of taxes if they can get the top rate cut. secondly, a lot of republicans, such as paul ryan, i think in their heart of hearts really believe in a sort of ann or andean world, carry the rest of us on their backs. their incentives, taxes, are - extremely important, where as that on the rest of us has no sig...

Street or covered taxes from wall street. tax legislation. people who have worked on tax legislation there is not one who can honestly say that they see any way for this piece of paper to become the law of the land. joining us now, david cay johnston, pulitzer prize winning tax reporter who founded d.c.report.org, a nonprofit organization that covers the trump administration. also with us adelson currently works with the center for american progress action fund. david, there are so many elements...

All democrats. thats how tax reform got done. and thats why tonight there is not a single expert on tax legislation -- im not talking about accountants now. im talking about tax legislation. not people who worked on wall street or covered taxes from wall street. tax legislation. people who have worked on tax legislation there is not one who can honestly say that they see any way for this piece of paper to become the law of the land. joining us now, david cay johnston, pulitzer prize winning tax ...

Press has to hang together. >> you talked about russia and the u.s. and syria. another is the whole question of the embassy -- im sorry, the embassy moving from israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. he did clearly indicate that thats going to be slow walked which you know, it would be nice to also hear why, because as we know from our reporting, that there is a very, very -- a big disagreement internally because donald trump, like many candidates before him, campaigned -- >> every candidate. >> eve...

On the neocon big money guys. he is still trying to woo them and say im going to be pro-israeli and knock off all of the enemies, its not working. >> he is trying to win the billionaire primary. >> singer, i think you got singer. >> he met with him while he was here -- adelson likes rubio, chris, he really does. i have asked that question, here is what his people say. you know, he invested all that money in newt gingrich. that was down a rathole, a personal thing that went back 20 years. he want...

It i did not see one up there tonight. >> okay. >> there are some among the republicans, leaders proven. >> you like trump all the way, right? >> i like trump. i like brush. i like carson. i like the lady. i think shes great. >> fear arena. >> yeah. i think that the country is ready for somebody who is simply telling us the truth and not, well, i voted and then i voted and then i wrote this. >> is it okay for a guy like adelson out here, a zillionaire, that he can pick a candidate like marco rub...

And support your candidates. >> i heard that and youre right, he certainly has the money to self-finance a primary campaign. general election campaigns get really expensive. you going to self-finance that, too? absolutely, there will be money from outside groups, adelson and many others will be part of that. trump will probably change the way he rhetorically handles this but will keep maintaining he is independent because he doesnt need anybody elses money. >> do you think also the fact that hes...