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Well know by the end of january, i think, whether this infrastructure thing has a bipartisan chance. >> jon: this president has broken a lot of presidential molds. well see if it holds in november. david hawking from "roll call." >> a frigid winter blast causing problems in dozens of states. in missouri it was one of hundreds of accidents over the past few days. a person getting into a tow truck was hit and killed by a driver who lost control. the worst weather was in erie, pennsylvania. five fe...

This infrastructure spend, how does that square off with budget cuts? >> he wants to spend or having spent $1 trillion on infrastructure in the next ten years. recall hillary clinton came out with an infrastructure thing and trumps like, lets double it. he wants to build stuff, for sure. hes thought for a long time this is the way he can actually collaborate with chuck schumer. i have no doubts hes sincere in wanting to build this. a big question will be can he bridge the gap, bridge the gap wit...

Mid-term election. this is your side of the aisle so ill let you first, look, when i first saw this "huffington post" rumor. well, actually, the paul ryan that said he would take the speakership. him only serving through 2018 wouldnt surprise me. if he lost the majority, he wouldnt stay. most dont. so in some ways, this isnt surprising. yet why the rumor mongering got out of hand, i dont know. >> i think hes talking to people and hes not happy about defending donald trump for another year. hes d...

But i have watched him very closely for a long time. >> yeah. >> it seems to me -- i am one of those who was extremely surprised when the chuck and nancy moment happened over daca and the conversation since and the dinner. i was really surprised he did not do that from day one. we always forget about donald trumps core supporters, somewhat more than a third of the nation. they are republicans and democrats who thuically backed donald trumps positions on spending, which was pretty generous. no me...

Got low enough companies decided to hire people. what youve been seeing for the last seven years is companies hiring people at those lower wages so now weve stocked up all those extra workers and youre starting to see wages go up. since about mid 2015. that is economics, folks. thats not actually presidents. thats economics. >> the president did tweet soon after the jobs number came out. excellent jobs number released. i have only just begun. movement back to the usa. now, were going to bring th...

That health care defeat. word now that he wants to, perhaps, consider putting forward some sort of tax reform bill and infrastructure and advancing those things simultaneously. is that a smart move? >> big mistake. big mistake, craig. this is what washington always does. they pile bills on top of bills and they create these big christmas tree bills. look, the infrastructure thing is a big deal. that should be voted on on its own. look, craig, you know, tax reform is a huge heavy lift that should...

Spending, get the quick win and forget about the tax cuts. if that happens, these markets have to sell off to some extent because the economy generally does not do well -- >> neil: when you do that spending, driving us deeper into debt there. thats the point, carrie, you were trying to get at. if its a means to get more support for tax cuts, is it worth it? >> yes, absolutely. thats how you spark innovation. thats how you cree small businesses. charlie is right. >> neil: dont encourage him, carr...

Made steel. the bottom line is the idea the infrastructure thing, we never had meat on the bones to start with is now not going to happen until 2008. investors can jump the gun and get into something before the evidence is clear. thats what makes warren buffett successful because he sees something coming down the road and gets in. thats what a lot of investors have done in this market. they see something coming down the road, dont know what it is. as they see it disappear, they get out. the dang...

Because they want to finish that first. >> if they come out with a concrete plan and they put meat on the bones, that will suffice. particularly -- i talked to republicans like you talked to. they say its coming before the first half of the year. that is a good thing for the markets. the markets will say they have a complex plan. they control both houses. shouldnt be hard to pass. the problem is if they start -- this is where it gets tricky for the average investor. do they start horse trading t...

Notion that tie it with a big infrastructure plan, whether donald trump wants to do that or not, because its not integral to this. >> i know a lot of republicans in congress would like not to do the infrastructure thing. they think that is obamanomics. it failed and they dont like big spending programs. infrastructure spending has been done by president obama, president bush. didnt help the economy that much. so if you bifurcate it, do the tax cuts, do that first and then the infrastructure, gue...