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Bob corker. the dog catcher tweet. this day couldnt get weirder. number one what does it mean for tax reform? bob corker is still in the senate. he is still worth a very valuable vote on tax reform. i think a lot of this despite started because of tax reform. the president came out the other morning and tweeted about 401ks and he interjected himself into what is supposed to be a congressional activity of drafting legislation. that bothered bob corker. bob corker continues to say leave it to the ...

Differences easing. >> i mean, ultimately the president has said that hes flexible. hes laid out a frame work for both tax reform and healthcare reform. for bills that hes willing to sign that are compatible with his platform that he ran for in 2016. so the president is probably one of the more flexible political players in washington. ultimately he cannot hold their hand on the hill as theyre writing this legislation or rather not writing this legislation. so i mean, unless he wants -- they wan...

Violence? >> listen. theres an easy answer to that. if you look in the wake of sandy hook, i joined with iowas own chuck grassley in drafting legislation, the grassley/cruz legislation, and it focused on what obama should go, tar getting the bad guys. 2013, there were 54,000 fugitive who tried to buy guns. do you know how many the obama administration prosecuted? 44? 44 out of 15,000. the grassley/cruz legislation created a task force so if a fugitive tries to buy a gun, we prosecute them. you k...

Answer for that. if you look it the wake of sandy hook. i joined with iowas own chuck grassley in drafting legislation. it was the grassley-cruz legislation and it focused on where obama should have gone, on targeting the bad guys. so, for example, in the recent years, 2013, there were 54,000 felons and fugitives who tried to illegally buy a firearm. do you know how many of those the obama administration prosecuted? 44. 44 out of 54,000. that is utterly unacceptable. you asked about first grader...

And in fact, you have drafted real legislation, you have history in your experience and background of drafting legislation. and youve done this. youve drafted legislation that you think could be precedent setting in terms of how parents need to be responsible not only if theyre bullying but also if theyre children are going to be bullied. can you give me a synopsis? >> through a nonprofit we have weve done basically a bill that first identifies and defines what bullying is and cyberbullying. we ...

Theres no urgency there. an inordinate power they have in terms of drafting legislation. the other piece of this, and i wonder if richard would agree with me, we have to remember theres been a concerted effort. im talking about the cops, those are labor guys out there in boston. >> i think wisconsin really showed the strategy where the governor was trying to pick off the cops by the teacher, so i think in addition to general railingsal changes to undermine the role of labor, to demonize labor.

I cant say there werent leaks, there were obviously leaks, but they werent from the white house. >> reporter: and alex, ive been talking to some intelligence officials who say its really difficult to determine the source of a leak in part because dozens of people have access to classified information. in addition, its tough to prosecute someone because you have to show that the person had an intent to harm the u.s., and thats, of course, difficult to prove. but we should point out that this is r...

now, the "cnn newsroom" continues with randi kaye. >> have a great day. >> thank you. the treasury is sending out checks as promised, and somehow there is just as much fear and uncertainty and economic anxiety as ever. we will tackle the next three main questions. what is going on with the stock markets? the dow is on track for the ninth straight day of losses. any guesses on how long it has been since nine straight days of loss? 33 years. lots of scary numbers are behind these, and ...

Drafting legislation. he had to turn it over to congress. it was frustrating as a consequence of some of the things in that piece of legislation. but, yeah, i think hes dealing with tremendous challenges. and its frustrating. but where in life arent things frustrating except maybe on this television show. >> exactly. were in a position -- >> why do you think senator bayh is leaving? >> i take him at his word. hes been there 12 years. thats a long time. i was there for 12 years and it felt like i...