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The white house press secretary saying, quote, its laughable that anyone would take a convicted liar like cohen at his word. but david, members of the senate intelligence committee tonight tell us this was a serious grilling, and that the cohen that showed up today was, quote, a very different guy. david? >> mary bruce leading us off tonight. mary, thank you. and we should note, abc news will have live coverage of the cohen hearing tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern right here. and what is uncle...

>> reporter: richard painter has been critical of donald trump for not doing enough to shield himself from potential conflicts of interest as president. when jared kushner became a senior adviser, he complied with the law by resigning from his familys real estate business and selling his assets. the issue is that his sisters presentation a half a world away left the appearance that his family may be trying to profit from his position. a kushner spokesperson said an event organizer put up the pre...

A photo flashed of president trump. >> this needs to be investigated. we need to find out what was said in that room to the chinese investors and whether it did amount to the solicitation of a bribe. further more, based on what we know thus far, i believe its clearly inappropriate for the kushner family to participate in this program. they should be disqualified from the eb5 program investments with the kushner company. >> reporter: richard painter has been critical of donald trump for not doing...

Point of division. jeb bush and john kasich are the the sole supporters in the republican field, though they insist the federal government has no role in dictating curriculum. and while some candidates would eliminate the department of education all together, others believe the white house can be a powerful leader in reforming a failing system. >> i think the president needs to share best practices. i think presidents need to be out. they need to be out of the white house and they need to be -- ...

Point of division. jeb bush and john kasich are the the sole supporters in the republican field, though they insist the federal government has no role in dictating curriculum. and while some candidates would eliminate the department of education all together, others believe the white house can be a powerful leader in reforming a failing system. >> i think the president needs to share best practices. i think presidents need to be out. they need to be out of the white house and they need to be -- ...

Aisle agree on something? do you get a sense from talking to both sides? >> no. i mean, because the super committee had super powers. if they had proposed something, it would have gone to congress and they would not have allowed any amendments, it would have been a straight up-or-down vote, and, the filibuster rule would have gone out in the senate and, it would have been a simple majority. 51 votes. this was the best opportunity, the deficit reduction, whether you favor entitlement cuts or spen...

Weve improved our bottom line, not only are we reporting better numbers, we see a very good environment that could last a year or more. theres been a rage and a debate here about tax cuts and whether theyre just sort of a gimmick. were going to get into that as well. the bottom line is this: we are racing ahead. we are a little more than 330 odd points from 27,000. that would bring us 3,000 points away or less than 10% from 30,000. so some look at this and get worried. we give you the good and t...

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