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Investigation. i think thats one part of it. the other part is that the more distrust you build among the american people the more credibility you knock on bob mueller, the easier to have a situation where one of three things happens. either donald trump feels em boardment enough to fire bob mueller, or donald trump has, when something goes down and there are more indictments, he issues pardons because he says this whole investigation was so unfair, or he fires attorney general jeff sessions, pu...

Get the tax bill. dont poke the bear until were done with that thing and then worry how he reacts to us saying this is not the way we play here. so they -- if you were to question him, you know, everythings personal. hes going to fire up twitter. youre going to lose the votes needed to get over the finish line. >> the twitter feed? >> theyre terrified. >> jesus christ, the men in the republican party afraid of his tweets? the most absurd thing ive heard all year. >> of course they care. >> for y...

But this is the broader point which is that i actually saw it out. when donald trump says this, when he said this is going to be really bad for me. i sought out an accountant. what is the case where donald trump actually isnt going to see a huge windfall from this tax reform. and the guy was like, essentially if hes not really in real estate and all he does it marketing and gets hit by state and local taxes, maybe. that was the best case. but everything donald trump puts forward about himself, a...

This is going to cost me a fortune this thing. believe me. this is not good for me. me, its not -- i have some very wealthy friends. not so happy with me, but thats okay. >> really? that was the presidents claim that the tax bill will cost him a fortune. but having never seen his tax returns, we have no way of knowing whether that promise contained even a kernel of truth. as the "washington post" philip bump puts it a billionaire president already under fire for blurring the line between his pri...

More time. are republicans dead inside? why dont republicans care that a republican-led justice department, a republican-led fbi, led by men appointed by donald trump is being smeared and the character of the men leading those agencies assassinated by people associated with the republican party, not the democratic party? >> i obviously cant answer for a republican. i dont know how they think about this. >> whats wrong with it? >> i think in every one of these situations there is a very simple tr...

Legit, a hoax, illegitimate, a witch-hunt, he said it a million times and people around this table and every respectable republican i know and most democrats at this moment regard bop mu bob mueller as an american hero. no other conclusion to come to beyond the reach ares of party. the president doesnt feel that way. the president wants to fire him and is looking for a permission slip. house republicans have gishen it already. what senate republicans do may be the deciding factor whether bob mue...

>> i dont understand this. >> whats wrong with it? >> i think they are desperate to get this over the finish line for a whole variety of political and economic reasons, and theyve just decided to look the other way on this one. but its not to their credit. its not to the presidents credit. this is a really bad moment. no question about it. >> let me quickly remind everybody at the table. every president in every year is, by law, audited. so the notion that im under audit and thats why im not goi...

Died a political death. so this really wasnt the bill the house started out with. this is the one that was the merger ever the campaign promises of donald trump with the house dream for business tax reform. theres a trillion and a half in deficits theyre allowed to have. they needed to get some money. they broadened the base, and the state and local tax is the place where the money is. this is just -- >> go ahead, john. >> it leaves the code as much of a monstrosity, if not as much as before. it...

>> if that worked that would have worked when we tried it 20 years ago with the bush tax cuts. that doesnt work. need this plan. we have to get out of the argument where its all government or no government. the reality of it is in 2017 and 18 and beyond, you need a blend of public partnerships, and we need to take down blighted homes and build infrastructure, light rail, high speed rail, those are good paying union jobs with pensions and benefits. >> you say that and the president says he wants ...

Administration or a serious republican saying -- >> no, i think what democrats are saying is, the president must not fire robert mueller. lets remember, this is a president who reached out to senators and tried to get them to stop their investigation. that was reported. this is a person who fired the fbi director, because he wouldnt drop the investigation. so, the apprehension in what the president might do has a basis. and what we want to make clear is we need to protect the integrity of this i...