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The house freedom caucus close to examining all the cross currents. congressman, on this jerusalem thing, do you see this as a distraction to what you want to do to get a tax cut down? that its important and yes, that this could get the eye off the tax cut ball, the budget ball? what do you think? >> no, i think were all good. we had a little complication because at the ends of the year, we load up the christmas tree with spending. so this year you have that issue, plus the tax bill coming up. t...

Office did really put a fear in the marketplace and it manifested itself very quickly. we saw a quick 60-point drop in the dow. and then we bounced back a little bit. now hovering near the lowest levels of the day for the stock market. a stock market that had a massive rally yesterday and is now at these low levels giving back all of those gains. this idea that the markets are trying to figure out whats going on with all of these cross currents. they thought this was about tax reform. the russia...

>> neil: al franken in his first appearance on the floor of the senate. he spoke outside his office a couple days ago. hes speaking against this tax cut plan. says it will do more harm than good to the economy, helps the rich, et cetera. upping the ante as we get to this vote later on tonight. theyll go back and forth. its looking like a late tonight vote. well have more tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. enough about our live show. now to what will be the crux of that live show. this vote ton...

>> theres not a trial. there will not be a fact finding. thats a hedge. it would make perfect sense. but isnt he fundamentally compromised on this, chris cillizza? people are going to jump on his head about the women who came out about him. >> its dicey, much dicier than it would be for a different president, yes. im not sure that that prevents donald trump from doing it. he does lots of stuff like that where you think ooh, this could be politically fraught. it makes it more difficult. i think i...

Equatorial guinea. we need to focus on better policing, the pulling levers project from boston, those are the things that will solve it. were arguing about things that dont address the problem. >> there are bubbles dealing with everything. the coffee bubble is starbucks versus duncan. the self-driving car bubble is the kind of technical class believing who wouldnt want to be driven around versus people who, frankly, are wired like me. i enjoy my american-made suv which runs on gasoline, and i al...

Guinea. we need to focus on change, were arguing about things that dont actually address the problem. >> the coffee bubble, starbucks versus dunkin. the self-driving car bubble is sort of the technical class thinking who wouldnt want be driven around versus people who frankly think like me, i admire my american made car and also dont want to see those long line truckers put out of work. how do we make bubble to bubble cross currents and cooperation and out reach? >> lets start with the fact the ...

>> the coffee bubble, starbucks versus dunkin. the self-driving car bubble is sort of the technical class thinking who wouldnt want be driven around versus people who frankly think like me, i admire my american made car and also dont want to see those long line truckers put out of work. how do we make bubble to bubble cross currents and cooperation and out reach? >> lets start with the fact the admission about ourselves as human beings, we like tribes. we always organize our tribe. you remember ...

You have lots of different cross currents there. president saying we are not going to take sides. now there possibly is additional movement against the kurds by the iraqis. what do you think will happen there? >> it depends. its really a situation we have to watch very closely. the defense department i know and defense secretary said its a dire situation. you dont want the sectarian tension to bubble up again in fighting. its not just iraqi troops. it is shiite militias alongside iraqis. and the...

Putin regarded the actions that the obama administration took against him as something along the lines of a slap on the wrist. i think that we didnt make it plain enough that this sort of meddling, this sort of attack will be met with the kind of consequences consistent with an attack on the very core of our democracy. >> you think that was because president obama and so many other people simply thought hillary clinton was going to win and why raise this issue and a sensitive moment like that in...

These spots. because the currents are cross currents. and youve got all sorts of material coming across and youve got vehicles and trees and had snakes running past me. its wild. >> luckily you have a great both us pulled estimated 80 people out over the last 48 hours. give me a sense of what condition theyre in when you find them. >> honestly, it depends on their age. if theyre older theyre not total shock and say ug things that doesnt make any sense at all. the we pulled a 92-year-old man and ...