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And the nays are 49. the tax cuts and jobs act as amended is passed. >> the vice president of the united states, mike pence presiding over that vote and president donald trump weighing in on twitter with his congratulations saying this, quote, we are one step closer to delivering massive tax cuts to working americans across america. special thanks to mitch mcconnell and senator orrin hatch for sheparding our bill through the senate. he adds he looks forward to signing a final bill before christm...

Stifle the economy. on one end that we now call the laffer curve, the golf taxes everyone at zero percent so the government get no, sir revenue. on the our end, the same thing would happen. no revenues because nobody has any incentive to earn or to spend. laffer concluded that lower taxes would spur the economy. his supply side economics became the cornerstone of president ronald reagans economic pose resulting in one of the biggest tax cuts in history and tax revenues soared thereafter. his nap...

Im heart broken for the brave colleague who came forward to tell her story and any other women who have their own stories to tell. >> cnn senior media correspondent brian stelter is joining us with more details about lawyers firing. what are you learning? >> reporter: this was something prompted by a complaint to hr on monday night. a female nbc employee said that this inappropriate behavior began when she and lawyer were both in russia for the winter olympics in 2014. she told nbc that the inap...

Organization and do it in as transparent a manner as we can. that is the statement from our chairman. >> lets bring in brian stelter. brian, look, were shocked. were shocked. were shocked to hear matt lauer has been terminated. >> he has been the cornerstone of the "today" show for 25 years. he is a figure who is revered in the television business. an icon of television news. but lets face whats going on here a little bit underneath the surface. for several weeks the "new york times" has been wo...

Troubling development. >> it may be the biggest national security crisis facing the united states right now. how concerned are you, senator, that north korea could target your state of alaska? >> well, ive been very concerned. not just about my great state, which is, you know, certainly in the line of fire and closer than anyone else, but the entire country, which is why, you know, in alaska were the cornerstone of our nations entire missile defense. a lot of the systems that track and would sho...

Express. the trans europe express we decided to study the sound of a moving train and most understand this to get hot in the end thats not what we used among them on about real train sounds different because it has two sets of wheels it gives it to the rhythm is somewhat on the tom button but the button put on but you cant dance to that and we were doing dance music that was there when she did it and created a new beat and im guessing the more word on the whole system the know a bit of all. the ...

The white house staff. they have to be looking at each other and asking who has talked to whom and the interview with hope hicks indicates a level of seriousness and severity here that i think is pretty impressive at this point. >> and, senator, michael flynn met with the russian ambassador, the former russian ambassador sergey kislyak last year along with jared kushner. is it possible that flynn could expose kushner to legal trouble by cooperating with mueller? i suppose the tentacles can go in...

That he was apparently forgetful about with sergey kislyak. he could have a big impact on this investigation. >> hes the cornerstone in the trump campaign. he was a big guy in the transition. if any collusion alleged happened, he was there, involved in some aspect if not heading it. hes a big name, even the reason of the investigation by mueller is because of flynn, his alleged conversations, his supposedly forgetting about his conversations, his stretching the truth to vice president mike pence...

From other countries like el salve dor? >> it is quite likely this is a testing ground. however, they should keep an eye on daca, the program for youngen documented immigrants that they are trying to get a legislative fix from. and they will need votes from people like ileana. so this could blow-back in that respect. >> the blow-back at the ballot box. to what extent is this administration concerned that in 2018 or 2020 this comes back to bite them? >> i mean, it is safe to say it will in florid...

Millionaires, because theres a lot that live here, this with the federal -- not having the ability to deduct your state and local income taxes will force people to look to another place. i think thats why governor cuomo is doing the sale thing. hes saying, wait a minute. we have to look at this. >> neil: has governor-elect phil murphy talked to you about this? are you in agreement on this? >> well, listen, the governor-elect -- this was a big cornerstone of his campaign. after i got elected, the...