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Case. hopefully everyone learned a lesson there. mary anne, let me ask you about tax reform. looks like the republicans say they have the votes to get a budget passed which means the trail to tax reform is a little easier. do you buy it? >> i dont. i think chuck shumer had it right earlier in your program. this will be like healthcare. the more you learn about tax reform the less you like it. theres nothing in it for the middle class. corporations get a great deal. estate tax get cut. if you are...

Men and women cep, dhs, that are doing that every day. we need to reinforce what theyre doing on the border. we definitely need more wall or physical barrier. we have about 600 miles of that border now secured by some type of physical barrier. by the way, the secure fence act in 2006, you ought to check it out. who voted for that. certainly senator obama did, i believe, senator hillary clinton, chuck shumer. all voted for it. we have a worse situation on our southern border, not condemning mexic...

Is there any incentive for dems to say, ill come to the table because i have got to get something done for those 800,000 people that fall under the dreamers. i can give you maybe a couple thing, not 70 things on the list. >> theres a couple versions floating around. its going to come down to whether tillis can get republicans behind his plan which is sepb shali a path way to permanent legal status and one assumes an application for citizenship for these people. its a fairly direct tradeoff about...

Which is what senator, the senator from texas said just today. this is not the time. >> shannon: but is this the time? there were lot of folks worried on the right saying the president had given away the candy store to these two with a deal. do you come with a big overask like you do when youre bidding on a house or contract? >> lets not forget who has all of the leverage here. this is a huge deal. this will come with stipulations. clearly president trump wants things. chuck and nancy knew that ...

Administrations point of view? after all, the president has been a big supporter of the nra and the nra has also been a big supporter of the president. >> look, as i said just a few minutes ago, we welcome certainly that and a conversation on that. that hasnt changed. something we are very open to. again, we want to be part of the conversation on that moving forward. >> we have one on puerto rico. just going back to puerto rico, you said that with the debt, theres a process in place, and that th...

Senator, thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> sandra: senator, a lot going on. lot of optimism coming from you and your colleagues over this tax plan. is there enough there to get this passed? >> you know, i believe there is. i think the reason there is, because we have to jump start this economy. there are far too many people in our country who have seen their wages remain the same. stagnant wages mean people havent been able to get ahead. they havent been able to get that leg up t...

The democratic side. ill give you another example that i have been listening to your clips of what chuck shumer said about our tax reform bill being a tax cut for the rich. you know, i noticed something since i have been in washington these nine months. lying is a growth industry around here. now, i really like chuck. i think hes a great guy. i dont agree with him. but when it comes to tax reform, our bill, hes going through a phase. called brain dead. our bill will do more for middle class amer...

Middle class. now were learning healthcare may also be back in the mix. john roberts is live on the north lawn. john, the white house is defending its tax reform plan? >> reporter: they are. in terms of the volume of things coming out of here, it is a typical day at the white house. president said his tax reform proposal is a give away to the rich. tweeting this morning, quote, democrats dont want massive tax cuts. how does that win elections? great review for tax cut and reform bill. chuck shum...

Is what the white house is saying and maybe trying to tease out some more specifics. what we have right now is a frame work. i think its a frame work. i like the messaging. i think tax reform is essential. were off to a good start. but there are some big policy questions that need to be answered, and some holes that need to be filled by congress. and maybe a question that i would ask is what type of direction the president would want to give the bill writers in the house and senate on questions ...

They want. thats not a tax cut for the rich. thats a tax cut for people who get up every day and go to work and obey the law and pay their taxes that need a little help. >> sandra: if its that easy, why cant republicans sell this? >> i think we can and we are. youve got to refute nonsense as spoken by my friend chuck shumer. its not just nonsense. its nonsense on a stick. he knows that. chucks base has white hot hatred for donald trump. theyre never gonna say anything good about the tax package....