the white house has not commented on the exchange between the congresswoman and her claim that the situation in niger is the president s benghazi. the white house declining comment on a report from role call that makes the case that the president did not have the information necessary to contact all the gold star families he said he did during an interview earlier this week. the focus right now at the white house is tax reform. we got a congressional source, a senior congressional source to confirm to cnn the president will be taking part with republicans in the house this afternoon to discuss moving the agenda forward on tax reform. on tuesday, he s set to meet with senate republicans who may see drama there. as you know, fred, a lot of these are congressmen who the president is openly feuding with, including senators john mccain, jeff flake and bob corker. today, the president also put out that op-ed in usa today,
that makes the situation more risky, more confusing and more dangerous. that s a pattern we have to address. except in nine months, there are plenty of examples of how trump will change his mind. today, case in point, mitch mcconnell in one moment he has very glowing things to say, then very critical, then glowing. shortly, before we go, do you have a point on that? i would say that mitch mcconnell is more rational than kim jong-un. the worst thing for mcconnell is the worst with kim jong-un, we go to war. thanks so much to both of you, appreciate it. thank you. still ahead, the top republicans touting his relationship with the white house, despite criticism from the presidents. why they think the bickering and feuding is helping to move their agenda forward.
republicans will be able to get this done? they absolutely have to get it done. their backs are against the wall. the budget vote was a very, very good sign they are going to get the 51 votes they need. i can tell you, i stay in touch with a lot of fellow house members and senators as well. they know, having not been able to repeal and replace obamacare and having not done the things they needed to do, they know this is a must do. they also believe there s a great case for it. you know, profits in the last five to ten years have been up 11% but worker wages have been flat. one of the reasons is that corporations moved their money overseas or headquarters overseas, the money followed or the profits did. the profits did not come home to reward the workers that make it possible. the money is a part of the tax reform. democrats and republicans have a lot of common views on that.
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