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Wondering, is this real? now we know it was very real. >> people cant ignore the fact that metaphorically they see the escalator going down. not everybody is critical here. you have people in this article that speak highly of the president and think that the venue was very appropriate. >> the venue itself, the setting itself is not only appropriate but extremely important to consider this moment. trump tower opened in 1983. it is singularly the finest achievement of donald trumps life with the p...

>> he was his personal lawyer. i know he doesnt like the term but he was his fixer. and he made these false statements, correct me if im wrong, at a time when he was still on team trump. >> thats exactly right. he said prior to the 2016 election, i had been an attorney and a consultant for donald j. trump. so he was very specific as far as his responsibilities. he said once the president was elected, that at that point, those responsibilities changed. obviously, with the president being elected....

Fred yang, ron nehring, thank you both. >> at least 121 women are heading to congress in january to serve in the house and senate and more in governor seats. the midterms delivered a number of other historic firsts for women as well. joining me now is representative michelle grisham, who will soon be the first is woman governor of middlesex co. congratulations. are were talking about a wave of women? >> keir, thank you for having me on today. i think its an indication that women are serious abou...

The republicans on capitol hill who we often call leaders, and ive pointed out on this show before, members of congress in general are not leaders. theyre followers. theyre followers of the constituents in their states or districts and are going to go where their constituents tell them to go. the one misconception about the president being elected is the reason why everybody did want get the prediction right about donald trump being elected was not because the polls were wrong. there was a bad p...

This president to get anything done. the longer this tax bill twists in the wind, the less people like it, and the less likely it will pass. mitch mcconnell may have dodged a bullet in terms of roy moore being elected, but he still has to deal with having to deal with the math going forward after 2018, after doug jones is installed. >> youre the trump whisperer here. [ laughter ] very quickly, we saw this rather measured tweet from him after the vote. your thoughts about what we will see from hi...

Donald trump, roy moore, the state of the republican party. they have to be very concerned. democrats and a lot of never trumpers and also conservatives are starting to say, if donald trump and the republicans back roy moore and seat him, they are going to be the party of pedophiles. thats harsh talk. but how concerned are republicans on the hill? >> they are very concerned on the hill. this has put them in a terrible biebd. they at least have some degree of solidarity until yesterday where the ...

Welcome back. president trump making the case for tax reform in an op-ed in usa today. writing the optimism has returned. the sun is once again rising over america. our economy cannot take off unless we transform outdated, complex and burdensome tax code. that is exactly what we are proposing to do. senate majority leader mcconnell reinforced that this morning on "state of the union" adding tax reform is possible before the end of the year. >> we have been waiting for the opportunity to do it. d...

Made. >> what changed? being elected president, according to the white house. >> once you take over leading the department of justice, its very different than being a candidate. theres a very clear distention between those two things. i think also having a letter like the one that he received and having that conversation, the outline of the basic atrocities in circumventing the chain of command of the department of justice. >> late today the president again ripped his democratic opponents, tweet...

>> is it strong enough to win? trump won. at least he won in our electoral college. >> it could be strong enough to win especially because we had an attack two days before the first run. this definitely could help marine le pen being elected. why? because it could push her, because shes the strongest on borders. shes the most anti-muslim. it could help francois fillon. fillon is the conservative guy. hes not that bad. hes like sarkozy, but they could be together for the second round. and in this...

>> hindsight is 20/20. >> and look, i never imagined that donald trump would get elected, so take every thing i say with a grain of salt. >> as our cameras remain laser-focused on the scene outside of the trump hotel, im wondering what you all think about whether three months from now, four months from now, when president trump is involved in legislative battles with congress, will there be this level of incredible interest in everything he does? he is a celebrity who is becoming president, as o...