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Headquarters. they make the forklift trucks. biggest manufacturer of these forklift trucks. last year, each of these cost $200,000. last year they sold 115. jesse, thanks to donald trump, thanks to the unleashing of the economy, extreme manufacturing has a back order of 900 units. that is the trump effect. >> let me just -- dr. gorka, answer these two questions. fundamental american principle. to be a homeowner, to buy a home. every american homeowner got hosed because the interest deduction on ...

I think folks understand that all these wonderful tax cuts that are being trumpeted by my party go away in 2025. they have got these little caveats in there, like well revisit this and see where we are in the economy and all this other things, but the expectation is that this is going to be massive growth off of this because, yeah, we have been in a sluggish growth period, theres no doubt about that. wall street has done very well, main street not so much. but there are ways in which conservativ...

>> then in terms of honesty in june, steve mnuchin said to the senate, steve mnuchin said to bob corker, when we present this bill, were going to tell you exactly how its going to pay for itself. here we are, december is on the horizon. they havent articulated that. youve got guys like jeff flake, bob corker, john mccain who have been attacked by president trump before, sort of on the fence here. which way are they going to go? because when they say, well, the president is headed to the hill to ...

Horrific. theres a young woman just outside of the city, in cold blood she was raped and murdered on easter sunday. she didnt show up to easter sunday service. her killer was an illegal immigrant in the united states who had already served time in our prison and yet was not deported. its impossible we can somehow justify that its an okay scenario. w >> trish: do you take away federal funding? s do you say okay, we will have to send the feds in there to get this under control because you and chic...

And replace defeat were republicans on the united states senate, what are the processes for tax reform? >> you heard the majority leader say it was daunting. also talked about how challenging this is going to be, if you thought health care reform was a problem it was going to be -- it will look like a piece of cake after tax reform. what they did today was unifying and exciting, they released some principles to make it look at theyre going to do a lot of drastic cutting and some of it well aimed...

>> i think the initial request is not the full 10 billion -- >> its not, but theyre not going -- this is a party, still primarily a fiscal, fiscal and deficit hawks. these are people who under obama were very careful to say, if were going to do disaster relief funding, we need something on the other end to pay for it to offset the cost. suddenly were going to build this wall. i guess hes building it as a down payment. well, well start it and then mexico will pay for it. paul ryan, mitch mcconnel...

Until the end of the fiscal. are they watching fox news inside? theyre all hungry. they are 16 minutes early, but theyre going in there heading to the white house. we are going to take a quick break and head back and continue to cover the action on capitol hill. health care, can they get it done. they say come on over to the peoples house, lets talk about it. stay close.

Were going to learn a lot more about it and we should. >> 97-2, that was the vote? >> i think so, yeah. >> while youre proceeding on that bill, that basically strips a piece of presidential power from the president of the united states, what kind of pushback, if any, do you get from the white house or did you get from the white house? >> ive gotten zero on this. i have a great deal of interaction from the white house. >> did they lobby you before the bill? >> no, not at all. but full disclosure,...

If you want to pass something that is fiscal that has to do with the governments finances and taxes and economic issues, you can have a threshold of a 51 votes for passage. thats the way the senate rules are currently arranged. its called reconciliation. what the president is referencing is getting rid of the filibuster but most republicans would be reluctant to do so. while that would make it easier to pass non-fiscal bills through congress if they ever got into the minority again they wouldnt ...

Get through. i think that was mcconnell who is so careful with his words sending a signal to the white house and other republicans that as of now things just arent working when it comes to moving health care forward, getting, the cuts jump started in terms of a legislative program and so many other issues are sitting there on ice because the white house at the moment is consumed by russia and the investigations and all this political infighting. >> and robert, just a little inside the senate bel...