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Fresh start. the democrats are wise, on occasion, to work with them. >> bret: the devil is obviously always in the details for example the corporate tax rate. >> the president has made it clear since the campaign ideally he would like to get it down to 15%. i dont know if well be able to achieve that given the budget issues, but were going to get this down to a very competitive level. >> its what we have been pushing for from the very beginning. at the end of the day we will take the very best t...

The president has made it clear since the campaign, ideally hed like to get it down to 15%. i dont know if well be able to achieve that given the budget issues, but were going to get this down to a very competitive level. and what the exact number is is less important and whats more important is making sure we have a competitive system. >> perhaps a little realism broke out there today on live television on cnbc. welcome back to our broadcast. treasury secretary steve mnuchin today casting some ...

President trump is now seemin y be friending chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. >> president trump is very unpredictable and not tied to any kind of philosophy or direction. he goes across the board and reacts to the moment. he tweets his deepest feelings. a lot of that is being reflected now. to some extent, im a little surprised he didnt reach out to the democrats earlier in his administration. if he had worked with the democrats on funding infrastructure, if he had worked with them on tax reform...

The next two or three years. i think this is a good and fresh start. the democrats are wise, on occasion, to work with them. >> bret: the devil is obviously always in the details for example the corporate tax rate. >> the president has made it clear since the campaign ideally he would like to get it down to 15%. i dont know if well be able to achieve that given the budget issues, but were going to get this down to a very competitive level. >> its what we have been pushing for from the very begin...

There are about 200 people working tonight around the clock. trying to respond to a whole series of storms. also floods that have been in missouri. wildfires out in california. they are working on that as well. on duty at this hour, what is known as the blue team for fema. basically two different groups of people working 12-hour shifts. sean, they have been working since last thursday dealing with harvey. they are going to go to this coming thursday dealing with irma, and harvey -- since that re...

Clock. trying to respond to a whole series of storms. also floods that have been in missouri, wildfires out in california. they are working on that as well. on duty at this hour, what is known as the blue team for fema. basically two different groups of people working 12-hour shifts, sean, they have been working since last thursday dealing with harvey. they are going to go to this coming thursday dealing with irma and harvey -- since that recovery and response is not finished, by the way, they w...

Realign the legislative agenda turn out onto the end of the year. it will get the debt ceiling debate off of the table, you guys are going to focus on tax reform. that is the winning issue if you look at the state level pole and needs a lot of 2018 senate races, this is pulling in the high 60s to mid 70s. by him realigning on tax reform, the other thing he did it was really interesting, by putting it into december, he has said if youre going to try and get this done before the end of the year, l...

Youll understand how totally, morally bankrupt the modern democratic party is. >> the speaker of the house has made an unprecedented threat. yesterday mr. gingrich said he was willing to let the united states default on its debt. >> the republicans decided to go to the wall and to shut down the government. >> were prepared to negotiate on the budget issues, but lets not threaten the country with shutdown. >> the president said we really ought to meet at the white house in the oval office. it cam...

Theres a piece in politico this morning saying that trump is putting together a campaign organization for 2020. i think the jury is way, way out on this. i think he personally thinks he could run again. >> this president has a lot of work to do in september with congress, republican leaders in congress fork get stuff done. a little thing called the debt ceiling. youve got to fund the government. >> yep. >> mitch mcconnell and steve mnuchin, treasury secretary, and the republican senate leader, b...