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Influencing the u.s. elections. those were first tried in the ukraine. and he was the political adviser, so all leads to manafort and the folks around the web that he personally seems to know. >> and what is unknown here and what -- is it a leap from manafort to trump and any russians or is it a smooth glide path? that to me is what -- i think what were all wondering. what mueller is trying to figure out. >> if it was only manafort but we have carter page and all -- we have a cast of characters ...

In its full sense, that we begin to find a pathway forward for the 11 million not included in phase one who are not crooks, drug dealers, rapists, felons, which is the overwhelming majority of the 11 million, that once we get a glide path for them, i expect in return that when they are through the system will have a merit-based immigration system based on the economic needs of the country, that we will have a secure border and we will increase legal immigration so people in the future dont have ...

Trade agreement which is designed to contain china as much as a trade agreement that may, historians may regard that as not a smart move. that said i think there have been successes and foreign policy successes are hard to get. youre dealing with a lot of, its not like youre dealing with domestic politics. youre dealing with many actors outside your own country. so i think its important to give credit where credit is due. >> we dont have much time. but we look back, what will you be looking at i...

Last-minute changes appeased mike lee and senator marco rubio when it came to the child tax credit. when it came to senator bob corker, his concerns that led to a no vote the first time around, that the bill would add $1 trillion to the deficit or $500 billion. there hasnt been -- a lot of politics at play here, a lot of things that are happening. mitch mcconnell has quietly over the course of the last five or six days been working very closely, very intendly with senator corker. he is now a yes...

Kind of throwing a little bit of a wrench into negotiates saying, hey, this might happen. but so far, seems okay with it and everything here seems on track to go forward. >> democrats, kasie, want them to wait for doug jones to get seated. any indication that the democrats are going to have any firepower with mitch mcconnell to get him to delay? >> at this point, i see no sign of that. i would be shocked if they delayed this over seating doug jones. the reality is, for tax reform, jones being se...

Tax increases would snatch into place. one problem with that, the senate rules do not allow it. releasing a report that showed the dynamic growth in the bill. that is the key issue for republicans. their plan, even though it costs $1.4 trillion. it could pay for itself. not so says the joint committee on taxation, it would only create $450 billion in added revenue, the plan would still cost a trillion dollars. senator corker needs a solution, and he needs it quickly. the republicans at this poin...

Senate republican leaders almost thought they were on a glide path to get this bill done. as of thursday night heading into friday morning, that is no longer the case. >> this is going to be fast and furious. a lot of these guys are saying failure is not an option. the congressional report is a do dynamic score. they wont pay the full cost of tax cuts. by the numbers, the senate bill costs 1.4 trillion. that still leighs aboaves about in deficit. at first the bill increases labor supply and inve...

This looked like it was on a glide path when john mccain came around but it was premised on the notion they could get this little piece of legislative gimmick into that would be allowed to have this triggered mechanism put in and bob corker and jeff flake to assuage their conscience and vote for a massive budget busting deficit exacerbating bill and come back and say the trigger thing is exactly what it looks like to anybody that knows anything about tax policy is a gimmick, just a conscience me...

And he needs it quickly. that means the republicans that the point in time, thought they may be on a glide path to passage are on the drawing board. >> where do things stand now? >> reporter: senators and their staff negotiating behind closed doors as well. there are a couple of options in play, its worth noting, these options are options that republican leaders never wanted to go down. the corporate rate dropping from 35 to 20%. this is sack crow sangt for the president. republican leaders said...

Problem. senator corker went on. the solutions to those issues, those havent been figured out yet. the reality is senate republican leaders thought they were on a glide path to get this done. as of thursday night, that is no longer the case. >> all right. phil mattingly. not a done deal yet but tax reform is already rocket fuel for stocks. blasting the dow past 24,000 for the first time in history. look at that. 6,000 points since the election. the dow surged 332 points yesterday. it was a great...